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NorCal SectionMonthly Meeting
April 22, 2008
Recycled Water Program
Public Outreach & Lessons Learned
Doug VenableEl Dorado Irrigation District
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• Drinking Water
• Waste Water
• Hydroelectric
• Recreation
• Recycled Water
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El Dorado County
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Produced over
1 billion gallons of recycled
water
TwoWWTPs
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SerranoFirst subdivision in California to use dual
plumbed front & back yard landscape irrigation
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Required Use For new developments where recycled water is available
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Approved new housing developments with recycled water
• Blackstone– 1,445 units
• Hawk View– 114 units
• Bell Woods– 80 units
• Carson Creek– 1,973 units
Total of 3,612 new homes to be builtTotal of 3,612 new homes to be built
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Golf Course
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Residential Front YardsResidential Front Yards
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Residential Back YardsResidential Back Yards
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MediansMedians
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ParksParks
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SchoolyardsSchoolyards
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Building An Outreach Program
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Taylor the Program
• Who is your audience?
• What are their concerns?
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Dual Plumbed Community
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Methods of Communication
• Website & Email
• Brochures
• Bill inserts
• Postcards...
• Newsletters
• Newspaper articles
• Fact sheets
• Workshops & Public meetings
• Surveys & Questionnaires
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Building Relationships
• Home Owner’s Associations• Neighborhood groups• Community advocate groups• CC&R’s• Develop trust & relationships
– Education– Transparent objectives– Provide facts– Early planning– Collaboration
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Comprehensive Program Development
• Health & safety– Title 22– Cross-connection prevention– Backflow protection
• Good irrigation practices
• Agency requirements– Approval process– Inspections
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Site Supervisor
• Industrial & Commercial– Facility Employee– Irrigation Contractor
• Responsibilities– Maintaining system– Monitor recycled water use– Uphold local agency rules & regulations– Train & educate facility personnel– Report all modifications to system
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Site Supervisor
• Residential applications– Home Owner’s Association– Resident
• Responsibilities– Maintaining system– Monitor recycled water use– Uphold local agency rules & regulations
• Good irrigation practices
• Agency requirements– Approval process– Inspections
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Irrigation Workshops
• Face to face meeting
• Irrigation plan and inspection process
• Local agency rules & regulations
• Noncompliance issues
• Questions and answers
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EID Recycled Water Orientation
• Monthly workshop at HOA clubhouse
• Required for;– Contractors and Landscape Designers
(repeated every 18 months)– site supervisors– sales staff– residents
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Lessons Learned
• Developers– Preconstruction meetings– Service releases– Outreach material– Public meeting venue– Sales staff– Transfer responsibility to HOA
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Lessons Learned
• Homeowners– Noncompliance– Outreach– Education– Modifications– Regulations
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Lessons Learned
• Contractors & Designers– Level playing field– Noncompliance– Contractor-Agency
Agreement– Clear Design & Construction
standards• Multi lingual versions
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QUESTIONS?
Doug VenableEl Dorado Irrigation District
NorCal SectionMonthly Meeting
April 22, 2008