2014 IRWM Drought Project Solicitation
The Santa Clara River and Calleguas Creek watersheds have ranked their 2014 IRWM Drought Solicitation project lists. The Ventura River watershed council meets on May 8 to review its project list. To facilitate the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County (WCVC) steering committee and general membership's review, we've posted the project information submitted by project proponents below. The WCVC steering committee and general membership will meet on Monday, May 12, 9:30 to noon (or whenever consensus manifests) to review the projects and select a project suite to submit as our WCVC grant proposal. Kudos to all project proponents for a strong list of projects and to the watershed stakeholders for sorting out their priorities.
Santa Clara River Watershed Projects (as ranked April 30)
- County Stormwater Retrofits for Groundwater Recharge (County of Ventura)
- West Ventura County Emergency Water Intertie (City of Ventura - Ventura Water, in cooperation with the City of Oxnard)
- Pilot ASR Well for Groundwater Replenishment Reuse (City of Oxnard)
Ventura County Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program (Ventura County Watershed Protection District in cooperation with Ventura County Resource Conservation District, Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency, and the Farm Bureau of Ventura County) This project was recommended to the WCVC steering committee, but was unranked by the watershed since it was a regional project.
Calleguas Creek Watershed Project (as ranked May 1)
- Salinity Management Pipeline, Phase 2D (Calleguas Municipal Water District)
- PV Well Project (Camrosa Water District)
- West Simi Valley Recycled Water Project, Phase 3 (Ventura County Waterworks District No. 8)
- Meter Station No. 7 and Penny Well (Camrosa Water District) Projects combined.
- Moorpark Wastewater Treatment Plant Tertiary Facility Optimization (Ventura County Waterworks District No. 1) and Pancho Road Reclaimed Water Pipeline (City of Camarillo) Projects tied in ranking.
The Ventura County Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program and the Pilot ASR Well for Groundwater Replenishment Reuse were both reviewed and recommended to the WCVC steering committee,but left unranked as projects not specific to the watershed. See links to descriptions above.
Ventura River Watershed (unranked, as proposed for consideration on May 8)
- Efficiency Metering - Westside Ventura (City of Ventura - Ventura Water, in cooperation with Casitas Municipal Water District)
- Lake Casitas Aeration Project: Form, Description, and Map (Casitas Municipal Water District)
- Foster Park Wells Completion Improvement Project: Form, Description, and Map (Ventura County Watershed Protection District in cooperation with the City of Ventura)
- Stormwater Capture Drying Bed Capacity Improvement: Form, Description, and Map (Ojai Valley Sanitary District)
- San Antonio Creek Arundo Removal Project: Form and Map (Ojai Valley Land Conservancy)
- Ventura County Agricultural Water Use Efficiency Program (described above)
