Water Resources Division Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2017-18 WaterResourcesAR-FY17_18 | Page 20

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 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. This year, the
group was awarded a grant to develop a market study to determine opportunities to share water supplies.
In the coming year, the BARR agencies will embark on this second phase of collaboration.
DALY CITY RECYCLED WATER
EXPANSION PROJECT
Daly City operates a recycled water treatment facility
which serves Harding Park, Fleming, and other
neighboring golf courses. The SFPUC is working with
Daly City to assess the feasibility of building a new
facility that would provide an additional 3 mgd of
treatment capacity. 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 2017-18, the SFPUC worked with Daly City to
complete 30% engineering design for the project and
to start exploring a funding structure that would be
equitable for all project beneficiaries.
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