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hrlr A I E 1'r. il';; Pa 1 K C Y ¢ I Ig RIVERSIDE PUBLIC, UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE-, April 6, 2012 I"7'EM NO� C SUBJECT,' PUBLIC HEARING G -PROPOSED SED R CYCL D WATER CHARGE ISSUE". That the Board of Public Utilities conduct a public hearing and consider approval of the proposed Recycled Water Charge. RECOMMENDA'T'IONS That the Board of Public Utilities. 1. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the proposed Recycled Water Charge for residential and non-residential water customers receiving service under Water Residential Meter Service (Schedule WA-i), Irrigation Metered Service (Schedule WA-3), Riverside Water Company Irrigators (Schedule WA-4), General Metered Service (Schedule WA-6), Special Metered Service (Schedule WA-7), Grove Preservation Service (Schedule WA-9), and proposed changes to Witter Rule 1 as outlined in this report; 2. Adopt a Resolution establishing the revised Schedules WA-1, WA-3, WA-4, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9 and Water Rule 1; and 3. Recommend that the City Council adopt the appropriate Resolution approving the above. BA I GROUND For over 100 years, the delivery of safe and reliable water to its customers has been an essential service of Riverside Public Utilities (RPU). The City's water supplies primarily come from underground sources fed by melting snow from the San Bernardino Mountains_ RPU is now developing additional safe, reliable, local, sustainable and cost effective water supplies. Part of this water supply will be recycled water which will be used to irrigate landscaping and recharge local groundwater levels for RPU wells. RPU is proposing a Recycled Water Charge to pay for the costs of added facilities, ensuring that Riverside customers have reliable sources of water for generations to come. In 2610, RPU engaged a consultant to prepare a Recycled Water Facilities Plan which evaluated the potential direct use customer base, groundwater augmentation in the Riverside Basin, transfers to other water agencies, and the backbone transmission, storage and pump stations required to support a phased implementation, The consultant's proposed recycled water system was estimated at $546 million in total capital expenditure from 2010 through 2030_ The core distribution system would be designed to deliver an estimated 10,083 acre feet per year (AFY) of recycled water throughout the RPU service area to various identified recycled water customers for landscape irrigation. The proposed system would also convey approximately 10,000 AFY of recycled water up to the Pellissier Ranch area for groundwater recharge in the Riverside North Basin_