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<br />USBRIMWD SALINITY MANAGEMENT STUDY <br />FINAL REPORT <br /> <br />COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS WITH OTHER AGENCIES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />w <br />en <br />t.u <br />01 <br /> <br />(Action Item No.6) Local Resources Program Support <br /> <br />Metropolitan will continue its support of local desalination projects, including brine disposal <br />through its Local Resources Program. <br /> <br /> <br />(Action Item No.7) Desalination Research and Development <br /> <br />Metropolitan will continue to pursue research and development partnerships to reduce the" <br />costs associated with removing TDS from the CRA and other water supplies, including <br />brackish groundwater, recycled water, and agricultural drainage. The Desalination Research <br />and Innovation Partnership (DRIP) is a collaborative effort that will focus on developing new <br />and innovative technologies to reduce the cost of desalting water supplies. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(Action Item No.8) Annual Salinity Report Card <br /> <br />Metropolitan, in collaboration with concerned agencies, will prepare an annual ''Salinity <br />Report Card" on salt balance to track key indicators including: <br /> <br />o Salt inflow in imported water; <br /> <br />o Salt outflow to the ocean, primarily in wastewater flow; . <br /> <br />o Salinity of key areas of groundwater basins; and <br /> <br />o Efforts required for desalting. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Salinity Report Card will provide an armual indication of the regions success in managing <br />salinity. <br /> <br />LOCAL SALINITY MANAGEMENT ACTIONS <br /> <br />The following action items represent Metropolitans expectations of local entities to manage <br />their part of the regional salinity problem. Metropolitan, as requested, would aid local <br />leadership through participation in task forces, plarming groups, technical studies, regulatory <br />and legislative actions, and in obtaining outside funding. <br /> <br />(Action Item No.9) Local Wastewater Discharge Management <br /> <br />Discharge Permit <br />Local leadership is needed to reduce the amount of salts entering groundwater and recycled <br />water resources from sewer and agricultural discharges. In some locations as much as <br />600 mg/L of salts are added to water through the sewage collection process. Opportunities . <br /> <br />BOOKMAN-EDMONSTON <br />ENGINEERING, INC. 5-4 <br />O:\LOCALRES\ANDYSISALlNITYlJUNEI998\SECTION5.DOC Last printed 07/20/98 } J: 1 JAM <br /> <br />Section 5 <br />Proposed Action Plan <br />