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Additionally, the City currently has an agreement with EBMUD to make recycled water available to EBMUD to serve existing recycled water customers. In a letter from the City to EBMUD dated February 23, 2004, the City indicated that it was interested in using recycled water from its wastewater plant for the purpose of irrigating public areas within the City. EBMUD would like clarification on whether the City is proposing to distribute recycled water only to City-owned sites, or whether the City would be proposing to serve non-City owned sites in the future as well. Discussion The City will continue to provide recycled water to EBMUD for its San Leandro Reclamation Facility customers. At this time, the City intends to approve and implement distribution of recycled water to Monarch Bay Golf Complex (Phase la) and to Marina Park and the nearby road medians (Phase lb), as summarized in Table 1-1, on page 1-2 of the IS/MND document. Consistent with the requirements of CEQA, the City's MND considers potential future phases of the project. Oyster Bay Regional Park is included in the report, but it is not being currently considered for construction. There are no plans for the City to provide recycled water to other non City-owned sites. Comment on Adequacy of Analysis EBMUD feels that the discussion of Impacts to EBMUD's existing recycled water customers is inadequate. While the IS/MND correctly states on page 1-1 that EBMUD's existing customers use an average of 0.4 MGD of recycled water, this information alone is not sufficient to evaluate potential impacts to EBMUD's existing recycled water customers. EBMUD's San Leandro Reclamation Facility (SERF) pump station has a capacity of 1, 400 gallons per minute (2MGD). EBMUD's existing customers (Chuck Corica Golf Complex, Metropolitan Golf Links Course, Harbor Bay Parkway medians) have a maximum day demand of approximately 1.1 MGD, with a peak hour demand of approximately Z MGD. This means that, during the dry season, EBMUD's pump station draws recycled water at a rate of 2 MGD for approximately 13 hours per day. The SERF both supplies recycled water for irrigation during the night and delivers recycled water into golf course ponds for storage during the day. EBMUD is also studying options to add new customers to the existing recycled water system to maximize recycled water deliveries far the SERF EBMUD requests a more detailed discussion of the proposed Project to determine whether there is any impact to the availability of recycled water for EBMUD's existing customers. Any decrease in availability of recycled water to meet the needs of EBMUD's existing customers would most likely correspond to an increase in the use of EBMUD's potable water. Page Z-49 of the IS/MND states, "The project consists of construction and operation of recycled water treatment and distribution facilities, and would have a beneficial effect on water supplies. " If the proposed Project were to impact EBMUD's existing recycled water customers and require them to use more potable water, the beneficial effect on water supplies would be partially offset, or even completely negated. An increase in potable water use by EBMUD's recycled water customers would also mean a financial impact to those customers as EBMUD charges less for recycled water than potable water. Amore detailed description of the impact to existing recycled water customers is needed to verify the statement of "No Impact" under item Xi~Ld on page 2- 48 of the IS/MND.