Water Supply Reliability Project
Project Overview
Basics
Water Supply Reliability Project
- Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- Conserve and Restore Salmonid Habitats and Ecosystems
- Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
- Develop, Collect and Analyze Data at a Variety of Spatial Scales to Inform Priority Projects/Actions
- Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
- Ensure Water Supply Reliability and Quality
- Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation
NCRP IRWM Prop 50 R1 (SWRCB)
Completed
Wages Creek supports coho salmon and the District’s bypass flows were set up to correspond to annual cycles of fish migration in accordance with state guidelines (DFG and NMFS 2002). In 2002, the District faced water shortage issues when winter rains came late and it was not able to meet its bypass flows despite a back-up groundwater well. The District’s water system consists of a water right on Wages Creek where a wet well and pump move water through a direct filtration system to a tank above the community’s Fire Department buildings. From storage, water is gravity fed to the community distribution system, which was served by a 100,000 g redwood water tank constructed in the late 1970s.
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2009
11/26/2023
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The town of Westport is a small unincorporated residential community in Mendocino County. The Westport County Water District (District) provides water service to 70 households. Since 2002, the District has had issues assuring reliable water supply due to limited storage and water right bypass flow requirements. The project included construction of a 100,000 gallon steel bolted water tank, surveying, geotechnical evaluation, site preparation, foundation construction, connections to the existing system, and site grading. The project assures a reliable water supply to protect public health, protects beneficial uses in Wages Creek, the District's water source, and improves fire protection. The Project benefited both the District and Wages Creek by providing a minimum of 10 days of additional water storage (up to a month with the use of conservation measures and the District's groundwater well) for use when the creek flows fall below the District's bypass flow requirements.
Solutions
Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Community Health and Safety - Community Infrastructure
Spatial Information
Tribal Region
None
Project Size (Acres)
0.5
acres
Location
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Contacts
Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Avoided Costs | Cost category: Injury and/ or property damage | $35,714.00 |
| Avoided Costs | Cost category: Water supply purchases | $560.00 |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | Activity focus: Infrastructure improvement | 1 count |
| Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 2 | |
| Special status species protection - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Water supply improved - households impacted | 70 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Avoided Costs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cost category | 2009 | Units |
| Injury and/ or property damage | $35,714 | |
| Water supply purchases | $560 | |
| Total | $36,274 | |
| Community Health and Safety - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project type | 2009 | Units |
| Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Activity focus | 2009 | Units |
| Infrastructure improvement | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Units | |
| 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Units | |
| 2 | number | |
| Total | 2 | number |
| Special status species protection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Protection status | 2009 | Units |
| Federal endangered/ threatened fish | 1 | count |
| Special status species protection - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Units | |
| 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Water supply - infrastructure improvements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project type | 2009 | Units |
| Infrastructure repair/improvement | 0.31 | acre-ft |
| Total | 0.31 | acre-ft |
| Water supply improved - households impacted | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Units | |
| 70 | number | |
| Total | 70 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRWM Prop 50 R1 (SWRCB) (Inactive) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $374,241.00 | $374,241.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $374,241.00 | $374,241.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Types
Project Types
This project has a monitoring component to ensure bypass flow requirements are met.
Greater capacity of the water tank enhances fire preparedness as does the seismic retrofit, which will ensure that the tank can withstand most seismic events so that water will be available for firefighting and other uses post-emergency.
Improvements to the stability and capacity of the water storage tank benefit the disadvantaged community of Westport.
Increased summer instream flow enhances watershed and instream health.
Improving the water tank's capacity and seismic stability increases climate resiliency for the disadvantaged community of Westport. Keeping water instream during summer months improves habitat and watershed resiliency to expected impacts of climate change.
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