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Optimum Basin Management Program

• Robert Neufeld

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The Chino Basin

• CALFED Drinking Water Quality Categories
• Capture Higher Quality Delta Drinking Water
• Reduce Delta Contaminants Salinity
• Evaluate Alternatives to Drinking Water Treatment
  (DBPs and Salinity)
• Enable Voluntary Exchanges or Purchases of High
  Quality Source Waters

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The Chino Basin

• Over 220 Square Miles
• Provides Water for Over 700,000 Residents
• 5-7 Million Acre-feet of Storage
• Safe Yield of 140,000 AF/Y
• Over 800 Active Wells

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The Chino Basin

• Strategic Location
• Central to Population Centers and Major Growth
  Areas

• Conveyance Through Existing Water Infrastructure

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Optimum Basin Management Program

• OBMP Elements
• Basin Monitoring Plan
• Salt Management
• Basin Recharge Master Plan
• Conjunctive Use Plan
• Water Storage/Banking Program
• Regional Planning Cooperation

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OBMP Goals/Benefits

• Balanced Solution Provides
• Improved Water Quality
• Drought-Proofing Region
• Additional Water Supplies to Meet Growth
• Improved Environmental Quality
• Enhanced Economic Development Opportunities

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State of the Basin
NITRATES

• Basin Status Continued
• Water Quality - Nitrates

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Groundwater Storage in Southern California

• Assoc. of Ground Water Agencies
• 18 Major Basins
• Over 21 Million AF of Potential Storage for Dry
  Years Use
• 26 times Larger than Diamond Valley Lake

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Chino I/II Desalters

• Treating Up to 20 MGD
• Exporting Salt from Basin
• Treating High TDS/Nitrate Water

• Improving Water Quality in Lower End of Basin
• 68 Million Investment

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Organics Management

• Another Basin Initiative
• Remove Organics
• Provide Benefits
• Air Quality
• Water Quality
• Renewable, Clean Energy
• Provides 100 Power for Desalters and Other Uses

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Chino Basin Watermaster

• Website - www.cbwm.org
• Robert Neufeld - n78098_at_aol.com

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