Water Resources Division Annual Report FY 2016-2017 | Page 19

BAY AREA REGIONAL RELIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
The SFPUC is part of the Bay Area Regional Reliability (BARR) Partnership. Through
BARR, the SFPUC is working with Alameda County Water District, Bay Area Water
Supply and Conservation Agency, Contra Costa Water District, East Bay Municipal
Utility District, Marin Municipal Water District, Santa Clara Valley Water District and
Zone 7 Water Agency to identify and develop opportunities for collaboration to improve
water supply reliability throughout the region. In June of 2017, BARR completed a
Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) for the region served by these agencies. The DCP
was the first activity of the regional partnership and was co-funded by a grant from
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. In addition to the BARR agencies, the DCP involved
over 20 stakeholder groups, representing various environmental, planning and industry
organizations in the region.
The DCP identified short- and long-term actions and projects that two or more partners
could take in response to droughts and other emergencies, thereby improving water
supply reliability. The 15 collaborative project opportunities identified in the DCP address
interconnectivity (interties), storage, treatment and supply and operations. The BARR
agencies will continue to collaborate to advance specific opportunities in the coming year.
DALY CITY RECYCLED WATER EXPANSION PROJECT
Daly City operates an existing tertiary treatment facility with a permitted capacity of
2.77 mgd, part of which serves Harding Park and Fleming Golf Courses. The SFPUC is
working with Daly City to assess the feasibility of building a project that would add a
new tertiary treatment process to provide an additional 3 mgd of treatment capacity
during the irrigation season. New pipelines, pump stations and offsite storage would be
constructed to complete the recycled water distribution system and deliver water to
new customers for irrigation purposes. The purpose of the project is to reduce irrigation
reliance on the groundwater basin; provide local, sustainable and drought-proof water
supply; and to preserve available groundwater supplies for drinking water. In FY 2016-17,
the SFPUC worked with Daly City to conduct pilot testing, environmental review and 30%
engineering design for the project.
17