The New Geography of California Water

A Lecture Series

Timothy
Timothy H.
H. Quinn
Quinn
Vice
Vice President,
President, Metropolitan
Metropolitan Water
Water District
District
April
April 7,
7, 2004
2004
 Overview

 Who is MWD?
 Water development in California
 The State Water Project
 CALFED & Southern California
 MWD resource strategies
 Metropolitan Water District

 Regional Water Wholesaler

– 6 counties
– 5,200 Square Miles
– 18 million people

 26 Member Agencies
 Regional economy: $600+ Billion
 Meets about half of retail demands
 California Water Development
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Oroville
Pardee Dam
ShastaReservoir
Dam

CVP
Mokelumne River
Aqueduct William California
Mulholland Aqueduct
Hetch
Hetchy
System Los Angeles
Aqueduct Los Angeles
CA USDepartment
Bureau
Metropolitan
Groundwater,
East Bay Water of of of
District
Local
Municipal
Department
San Francisco of Water
Public
Southern
Water
Utility California
Reclamation
Resources
Resources
District&
SWP Colorado River & Commission
Utilities Power
Aqueduct Conservation
Colorado
Central
State Water
Valley
Mokelumne River
Project
Project
River
Los
Hetch Angeles
Hetchy System
1940 Aqueduct
Aqueduct
1960- -1st
Burns
water
Porter
delivered
Act
Aqueduct
1913 - Raker Act
1973
(Contra 1929
Metropolitan Service
1941
- 1st water
Costa to Area
Canal)
So.Cal.
1913
 SWP Contract Entitlement

4.1 100
3.7 90

Percent of Contracted Deliveries

3.3 80
SWP Contract = 4,200,000 acre-feet
Annual Delivery (maf)

2.9 70

2.5 60

2.1 50

1.6 40

1.2
Metropolitan Water District 30
Contract = 2,011,500 AF
0.8 20

0.4 10

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
0
0 100
Wet Percent of time at or above
Dry
 The State Water Project
WET
WET Klamath & Trinity Rivers
Eel & Mad Rivers

Lake Oroville

The Original Vision (1960s)

• Large North Coast Storage
• Conveyance across Delta
DRY
DRY
• Deliveries to Southern California
 The State Water Project
Klamath & Trinity Rivers
Eel & Mad Rivers

Lake Oroville

Changing Environmental Priorities (1970s)

• Wild & Scenic Rivers Act limits storage (Federal & State)
• Prop 9 (1982): voters reject Peripheral Canal
• SWP is “incomplete”
 SWP Essential Facilities

Lake Oroville

Banks Pumping Plant

San Luis Reservoir

California Aqueduct

Terminal Reservoirs
 Current SWP Reliability

4130 100

3720 90

3300 80

50% of time
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 70

Percent of Table A
Supplies > 3.3 MAF
2480 60

2070 50

1650 40

1240 30

830
1.65 MAF to MWD 20

410 10

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
Source: The State Water Project Delivery Reliability Report (2001 L.O.D.) – Aug. 2002 draft by DWR
 Current SWP Reliability
4130 100

3720 90

3300
Hydrologic Risk 80

ESA
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 70

Percent of Table A
Regulatory Risk
2480 60

2070 50

1650 40

1240 30

830 20
SWP Supply
410 10

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
4130 100
Demand Management
Reduced Use
3720
Water to Storage 90

3300
Hydrologic Risk 80
Water from
ESAESA
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 Regional 70

Percent of Table A
Regulatory Assurance
Risk Storage

W
2480 60

at
er
2070 50

Tr
an
1650 40

sf
er
1240 30

s
830 20
SWP Supply
410 10

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
The Role of CALFED
4130 100
Water to Storage
3720 Local Mgmt 90

3300 80
Water from
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 Regional 70

Percent of Table A
Storage
2480 60

2070 50
Job #1
1650 40

1240
Demand Management 30

830
 Expand Conservation & recycling 20

410 10

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
 Metropolitan’s
Regional Investments
Conservation: $191 Million
Recycling New LRP Programs
 53 projects: $109 Million  13 proposed projects
Groundwater Recovery Desalination
 22 projects: $33 Million  5 proposed projects

Total Projected Savings > 1.5 MAF

2020: Projected Expenditures : $15 Million / year
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
The Role of CALFED
4130 100
Water to Storage
3720 Local Mgmt 90

3300 80
Water from
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 Regional 70

Percent of Table A
Storage
2480 60

2070 50
Job #2
1650 40
Assure reliability of existing supply
1240 30

830
 Support science program 20

410
 Support ecosystem restoration 10

0
 Implement Environmental Water Account 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
Ecosystem Restoration Program
A Groundbreaking Approach To Ecosystem
Enhancement
Cosumnes River Preserve
 Before …
… After

Butte Creek
Diversion Dam Removal & New Fish Ladders/Screens
 Battle Creek
New Fish Ladders/Screens
 Lake Shasta
Fishery Temperature Control Device
 Reclamation
District 108

M&T Ranch

Princeton-Codora-
Princeton-Codora-
Glenn
Glenn

Screened Diversions
Glenn-Colusa ID & Other Fish Screens
 Environmental Water Account
Assets Protecting environmental interests

Actual Assets Proposed Assets

(2000-03) (Long-Term)
500 500

400 400 Max

Possible
Surplus Exchanges
300 Surplus 300 Water
Water
200 200
Max Market
100 Market Purchases Physical
Possible 100
Purchases Storage
Exchanges Storage
Assets

0 Storage 0
Water Potential Water Potential
Acquisition Reserves Acquisition Reserves
 Spring Run Chinook Salmon Spawning
20,000 Butte Creek

15,000

10,000

5,000

0
82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02
19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20

450 Delta Smelt Recovery Index

400
350
Environmental Gains 300
250
Fishery Recovery – It’s Working! 200
150
100
50
0
9 82 984 986 988 990 992 994 996 998 000 002
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
The Role of CALFED
4130 100

3720
Water to Storage Local Mgmt 90

3300 80
Water from
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 Regional 70

Percent of Table A
Storage
2480 60

2070 50
Job #3
1650 40
Implement effective south-of-Delta
1240 30
storage:
830
 Invest in regional storage capacity 20

410
 Enhance through-Delta conveyance 10

0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
 Dry-Year Portfolio
Sacramento Valley transfers
& DWR Drought Bank

 Surface Reservoirs

San Luis Reservoir

 Multi-Year Programs
Semitropic W.S.D.  Single-Year Options
San Joaquin Valley Kern Delta W.D.
transfers
Arvin-Edison W.S.D.
Mojave W.A.
San Bernardino
Castaic
ValleyLake
M.W.D. Arizona Banking
Hayfield
Lake Perris
Basin

Lake Mathews Diamond Valley Lake

Coachella Valley
Skinner
W.D. Reservoir
Palo Verde
Local Programs I.D.
 7 existing
Imperial I.D.
 7 new Prop. 13
 Metropolitan’s Storage Capacity
For Annual Seasonal and Dry Year Need

North Kern
& Mojave Demo
Kern Delta Prop. 13 Programs 3.0
(start-up)
San Bernardino Valley

Diamond

Millions Acre-Feet
Valley Lake
2.0
Semitropic
Castaic & Perris Arvin
No. Las Posas Edison
Greater than
10x Increase

Desert /
1.0
Coachella Implementation of the Delta
improvement package is consistent with
Lake Mathews Metropolitan’s Integrated Resources Plan (IRP)
Lake Skinner and will enhance adaptable and flexible storage
programs in Southern California

’’90
90 ’’95
95 ’’00
00 ’’05
05
Year
 Wet-Period Banking
Reduces environmental risk &
manages uncertainty

Wet-Period
Water
SWP
Pumping Plant &
Delta Conveyance
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
The Role of CALFED
4130 100

3720 Local Mgmt 90

3300 80
Water from
Annual Delivery (taf)

2890 Regional 70

Percent of Table A
Storage
2480 60

2070
Job #4 50

1650 Provide affordable increases in 40

1240 supply: 30

830
 Implement the “Phase 8 Agreement” 20

410 10
 Water transfers
0 0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wet Percent of time at or above Dry
 Southern California’s Integrated Resources
The Role of CALFED
Sac Valley Phase 8 Agmt.
Redding  60+ projects
 185,000 AF/yr yield
 Total Cost: $80 million
Feather-  Unit Cost: $51/AF
Colusa Butte

Sutter Yuba Surface/Groundwater Planning

Institutional
Yolo/ American System Improvement
Delta Conjunctive Use
 Sacramento & San Joaquin
Sacramento Valley Transfers
Valley
 Willing participants
 Conserved water
 Augmented flows in
Delta Sacramento and Feather Rivers
 Capacity in the Delta is a key

San Joaquin
Valley
 Potential
Transfers

SWP
Pumping Plant &
Delta Conveyance

Improved Conveyance for

Voluntary Water Transfers
Southern California’s Integrated Resources
at Work
Then . . .

. . . Now
Timothy H. Quinn
916-650-2660
tquinn@mwdh2o.com