Improving Willits Water Supply Reliability and Drought Resiliency with Groundwater and Conjunctive Use
Project Overview
Basics
Improving Willits Water Supply Reliability and Drought Resiliency with Groundwater and Conjunctive Use
- Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
- Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
- Improve Drinking Water Quality and Water Related Infrastructure to Protect Public Health
- Protect and Enhance Watersheds and Ecosystems that Provide Water Quality and Supply Benefits
- Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation
NCRP IRWM Prop 1 Round 1 (DWR)
Implementation
Today, the Willits water system lacks the groundwater capacity to provide for the needs of the communities if surface water again becomes untenable. The proposed project seeks to expand both groundwater capacity, increasing system resiliency, and conjunctive use, increasing flexibility. This flexibility would increase options for managing water quality, aquifers, watersheds, and critical habitats. Secure water also represents an economic benefit for a severely disadvantaged community.
2019
2021
12/7/2023
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The project will replace a 30 horsepower (hp) pump in the primary "Elias Replacement" Well with a 40 hp pump to increase water capacity. The installation of the new pump will include installation of an upgraded power supply. Approximately 3,3610-feet of pipe connecting the well to the treatment plant will be upgraded. With the installation of the new pump and water line there will be approximately 100,000-gallons per day increase in water capacity to the distribution system. The City will also install a 250,000-gallon chlorine contact tank at the groundwater treatment plant to increase chlorine contact time and pressure control and install a new pumping system between the proposed chlorine contact tank and the City’s water distribution system.
Solutions
Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Community Health and Safety - Community Infrastructure, Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration - Water
Spatial Information
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Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Avoided Costs | Cost category: Emergency Repairs and service disruptions | $15,000.00 |
| Avoided Costs | Cost category: Water supply purchases | $890,840.00 |
| Community Health and Safety - # of projects | Project type: Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements | 1 count |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | Activity focus: Infrastructure improvement | 1 count |
| GHG reduction - avoided/reduced emissions | Project type: Water/ wastewater infrastructure upgrades | 8.2 metric tons |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 2.5 | |
| Water supply improved - estimated increased instream flow (acre-feet) | 70 acre-ft | |
| Water supply improved - households impacted | 2,400 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
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| Emergency Repairs and service disruptions | $0 | |
| Water supply purchases | $0 | |
| Total | $0 | |
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| Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
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| Activity focus | 2022 | Units |
| Infrastructure improvement | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
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| Water/ wastewater infrastructure upgrades | 0 | metric tons |
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| Water supply improved - estimated increased instream flow (acre-feet) | ||
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| Total | 0 | acre-ft |
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| No accomplishments to report for: | |
| Year(s): | 2021 |
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| Explanation: | no accomplishments reported |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
No Expenditures have been reported for this Project.
| Note: | No expenditures yet reported. |
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Project Types
Project Types
This project improves water system infrastructure for a disadvantaged community.
Conjunctive use options will allow the disadvantaged community of Willits to rely on groundwater withdrawals during summer months so that instream habitat can support wildlife. This will enhance overall watershed conditions.
Increasing drought resiliency increases climate change resiliency for the disadvantaged community of Willits. Improvements to infrastructure leading to less energy use reduce GHG emissions.
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