1. Stephen N. Arakawa
Manager, Bay Delta Initiatives
California Contract Cities Association Annual Fall Seminar 2012
October 6, 2012

2. Regional water wholesaler
Serves 6 counties, 19 million people
5,200 square mile service area
170,000 people/year
$1 trillion regional economy
50%+ of region’s supply
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3. 25% Colorado River supplies
30% State Water Project
(flowing through the Delta)
45% Local Supplies
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Conservation
Recycling
Groundwater
Desalination
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4. Sierra Mountains
LA Aqueduct
Delta
Colorado River
State Water Aqueduct
Project
Conservation
Local Groundwater
& Recycling
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5. Drinking Water for 25 Million Californians
Northern California Southern California
Central Valley
Irrigation for half of the Nation’s
Fruits and Vegetables
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6. Los Angeles Aqueduct
State Water
Project
Colorado River Aqueduct
Local
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7. In-Delta
Consumptive
Use
4%
MWD
4%
Delta Exports
Upstream 17%
Consumptive
Use
31%
Pacific Ocean
48%
Source: Governor’s Delta Vision Report (Estimated total annual runoff 32.85 maf)
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8. Over 750 plant, bird, animal
and fish species, including:
Over 50 different fish species
Chinook Salmon
Over 225 bird species
Egret
Delta Ecosystem
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9. Fishery Declines Seismic Risk
Delta smelt Bay Area Faults
Sea Level Rise
Subsidence
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10. Announcement July 25, 2012
John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources
The Honorable Jerry Brown, California Governor
Ken Salazar, United States Secretary of the Interior
Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Fisheries (not pictured) 10

11. Water Supply Conveyance
North Delta diversion
facilities
Habitat Restoration
Up to 113,000 acres
Actions to reduce/eliminate
stressors
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12. Three pumping plants
Two gravity flow tunnels
(35 miles each) Sac River
Sacramento
9,000 cfs
State-of-the-art fish screens North Delta Diversion
Forebay temporarily stores
water pumped from river Tunnels
Stockton
San Francisco Bay
SWP Pumps South Delta Diversion
CVP Pumps Preliminary Subject to Revision 12

13. Ecological Conservation Restoration &
Targets
Biological goals/objectives Preservation
Nearly 60 species New Floodplain Up to 10,000 acres
Accelerated habitat restoration Tidal Habitat Up to 65,000 acres
30,000 acres of aquatic Channel Margin 20 Levee Miles
habitat over the next Riparian Up to 5,000 acres
15 years Grassland Up to 10,000 acres
Other
(Vernal pool,
nontidal marsh, Up to 13,000 acres
and alkali seasonal
wetland)
TOTAL Up to 113,000 acres
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14. Toxic pollutants
Invasive species
Predator control
Illegal poaching
Hatchery practices
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15. O&M
Improvements Capital Funding Source
(Annual)
Conveyance $14 billion $83 million Water Contractors
Eco-Restoration & Fed/State/Water
$3.6 billion $46 million
Other Stressors Contractors/Other
“Users pay” for new conveyance facility and associated
mitigation
All “beneficiaries pay” for habitat conservation and
other state-wide benefits of the plan
Average Cost for Southern Californians
~ $5 - 6/month per household
Metropolitan’s share is approximately 25 percent
The $14 billion estimate per the Governor’s announcement (July 25, 2012)
Other cost information from Dec-2010 BDCP document
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16. BDCP Delta Facilities
Cost Population Served Per Capita Cost
$14 billion 25 million $560
(Per 7/25 Announcement) (3 million acres of Ag)
San Francisco PUC Hetch Hetchy Project
Repairs to protect against future seismic events, and to meet current
building codes and drinking water regulations
Cost Population Served Per Capita Cost
$4.6 billion 2.5 million $1,840
Contra Costa Water District’s Los Vaqueros Project
Improves water quality and provides emergency storage
Cost Population Served Per Capita Cost
$570 million 550,000 $1,036
BDCP Economic Benefits and Financial Strategies, SCWC/The PFM Group, February 2012
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17. Storage &
Transfers Storage &
Colorado River Transfers Conservation
Conservation
Aqueduct
Colorado River
Local
Aqueduct Local
State Water Supplies
Supplies
Project State Water
Project
Heavy dependence on Emphasis on conservation, local
imported supplies supplies, storage & transfers 17

18. Reducing Reliance on Imports
Conservation: 800,000 af/yr
Recycling: 317,000 af/yr
Groundwater Recovery: 92,000 af/yr
Seawater: 46,000 af/yr (planned)
Conservation represents regional actions both active & passive
Recycling & groundwater represents total regional production 2012 (MWD & member agency)
Seawater represents 3 planned local projects 18

19. Metropolitan is committed to meeting future additional
water supply needs through local resources and conservation
$3,000
$1,000 -
$2,500 2,300/AF
$960 - $1,600 -
2,000/AF 2,000/AF
Supply Cost ($/AF)
$2,000
$300 -
1,300/AF
$1,500
Local Supply Avg. ~ $1,400/AF
$1,000
SWP with BDCP Improvements~ $850
$500
$0
Stormwater Groundwater Recycled Desalination
Recovery
* MWD estimates based on 2010 IRP Update workgroup process
All supply costs exclude Water Stewardship Rate and indirect costs
SWP costs include proposed improvement cost of $200/acre foot 19

20. Status Quo
Ecosystem decline
Pumping restrictions (supply reduced 30%)
Major Levee Failure
Up to three-year disruption of water
deliveries
$40 billion estimated impact to California’s
economy
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21. SWP supplies are essential to alternative supply
options
SWP provides baseline supplies that we
conserve and recycle
SWP provides valuable water quality benefits
Colorado River & groundwater blending
Recycling
Feasibility of alternative supplies
Example: desalination locations are limited
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22. Federal Agencies Public Water Agencies
Council on Environmental State Water Contractors
Quality Central Valley Project
Department of Interior Contractors
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
US Environmental Protection Environmental
Agency
Department of the Army
Organizations
American Rivers
State Agencies Defenders of Wildlife
Environmental Defense
Natural Resources Agency
Natural Heritage Institute
Department of Water Resources
The Bay Institute
Department of Fish/Game
The Nature Conservancy
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23. State Organizations Regional Business Organizations
Association of California Water Agencies Bay Area Council
CA Alliance for Jobs Central City Association of Los Angeles
California Avocado Commission Chambers of Commerce Alliance, Ventura and
California Building Industry Association Santa Barbara Counties
California Business Properties Assn. Inland Empire Economic Partnership
California Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
California Farm Water Coalition North Bay Leadership Council
Construction Industry Coalition on Water North Orange County Legislative Alliance
Quality Orange County Business Council
Western Growers Association San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
San Diego Regional Economic Development
Labor Corporation
CA Conference of Carpenters San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
California State Council of Laborers San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
International Union of Operating Engineers San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
*Organizations listed on the Southern California Leadership Council
Southern California Water Committee South Bay Assn. of Chambers of Commerce
website as supportive of advancing the United Chambers of San Fernando Valley
BDCP Valley Industry & Commerce Association
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24. Draft BDCP and EIR/S Fall 2012
Final BDCP and ROD Summer 2013
Habitat Restoration 2010-2050
Tunnel Construction 2016-2026
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26. (213) 217-6052
sarakawa@mwdh2o.com
www.mwdh2o.com
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