Urban Water Management Plan 2015

6.5.2.2 Wastewater Treatment and Discharge Within Service Area No wastewater is treated or disposed of by the City within the UWMP service area, as indicated in Table 6-3 .

Table 6-3 Wastewater Treatment and Discharge Within Service Area in 2015

No wastewater is treated or disposed of within the UWMP service area. The City is not required to complete the table below.

Does This Plant Treat Wastewater Generated Outside the Service Area?

2015 Volume

Recycled Outside of Service Area

Recycled Within Service Area

Discharge Location Name and Description

Discharged Treated Wastewater

Wastewater Treatment Plant Name

Method of Disposal

Wastewater Treated

Treatment Level

(AF)

(AF)

(AF)

(AF)

SCRWA currently operates and maintains the regional wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) south of the City under an agreement with Operations Management International, Inc. and treats an average dry weather flow of approximately 6.5 million gallons per day (mgd). SCRWA also updated their facilities to increase the recycled water production capacity from 3 mgd to 9 mgd. As demand for recycled water continues to increase, SCRWA intends to increase capacity to accommodate these flows. Currently, SCRWA and SCVWD plan to recycle all wastewater flows coming into the plant. 6.5.3 Recycled Water System Law The South County Recycled Water System was initially constructed in 1977 as an agreement between SCVWD, the City of Gilroy, and Gavilan Water Conservation District. The full potential of this system was not realized until 1999, when a new agreement was signed to include the city of Morgan Hill and SCRWA. In this agreement, the system was updated, and consistent recycled water deliveries began in the City of Gilroy. At this time the recycled water system only serves users in the City of Gilroy service area and no infrastructure exists to convey recycled water to Morgan Hill. The Draft 2015 South County Recycled Water Master Plan Update explored several project alternatives for conveying recycled water to the City but not enough benefit was presented, due to small recycled water demands and the high cost of infrastructure that would be required, for them to be considered as viable alternatives. 10633 (c) (Describe) the recycled water currently being used in the supplier’s service area, including, but not limited to, the type, place, and quantity of use.

August 2016

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City of Morgan Hill 2015 Urban Water Management Plan