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rlr2~~17 ~ U U.,. " '" , I project costrper acre-foot to CWD is about ..- ' $26, which includes water purchase costs. pipeline capital costs, and annual opera- tion and mamtenance expenses. This compares favorably to CWD's current sur- , face water costs (for example, SWP water costs are about $75 per acre-foot) and groundwater costs, which range fmm $90 to $140 per acre-foot. A requirement of this project is cornprehen- sive rnonitoting of the treatment process and fmal water quiility to en- 'sure the water meets state and federal water quality requirements. . Permit requirements are administered by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. American Basin Conjunctive Use Project . TOCCOY DUDLEY is a senior engineering .peologiEt with DWR's Central District. This article profiles ajuture water man- agement option under considergtionfor the -State Water Project. As we prepare Bulletin 160-98, we are compi/inti information about watep management options be- iQg evaluated by local agencies. by the Swp. and by federal water projects. " This project clearly demonstrates that something good for the environment and something good for business do not have to be mutually exclusive... [and] disproves the old axiom that oil and water cannot mix. " DWR is looking at po- tential conJunctive use projects in the Sacra- mento Valley to improve the SWP's dry year water supply reliability. flne such project, the Ameri- can Basin conjunctive use project. is nearing the end of the feasibility phase of development. The proposed project area is in southeastern , Sutter County. western Placer County, and northwestern Sacra- mento ~ounty. Local water purveyors par- ticipating in the project are: / ' . South Sutter Water District . Natomas-Central Mutual Water Company . Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company '- . Placer County Water Agency The Cawe10 Water District-Texaco Oil Company Water Con- servation Project re~ ~eived an award fill" Dis- tinguished Service in Environmental Plan- ning, which was pr~s- \ ented at the 1996 In- ternational Development Research Council World Congress in New Orleans. In ac- cepting the award, Dean Bears. assistant division manager of Texaco E.& p. Inc.. and John Jones, district manager ofCWD. said, 'This project clearly demonstrates" that something good for the environment and something good for business do riot have to be mutually exclusive." Theyadd- , ,- ed that uthis disproves the old axiorn that oil and water cannot mix." II -Dean Bears, Texaco E&P, Inc. and -John Jones, CWO , 13