Walnut Creek Water Treatment Plant Pretreatment Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022020573
Lead Agency
East Bay Municipal Utility District
(EBMUD)
Document Title
Walnut Creek Water Treatment Plant Pretreatment Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Open space, Recreation, Single Family Residential/Open space, Recreation, Public Utility
Document Description
The Walnut Creek Water Treatment Plant (WTP), located at 2201 Larkey Lane, Walnut Creek, is the primary water supply for approximately 225,000 people in the District’s East-of-Hills service area, which includes portions of Pleasant Hill, portions of Walnut Creek, Alamo, Lafayette, Danville, Blackhawk, and San Ramon Valley communities. The Walnut Creek WTP treats Mokelumne River water stored in the Sierra foothills at Pardee Reservoir and water stored locally in Briones Reservoir. The Walnut Creek WTP lacks pretreatment and ozone facilities that limit its ability to treat water from the Sacramento River or other water transfers via the Freeport Regional Water Project facility (Freeport) and from neighboring water agencies via interties during planned and unplanned outages, as well as during droughts.
The Walnut Creek WTP Pretreatment Project (Project) would add pretreatment facilities to the Walnut Creek WTP to more reliably treat a broader range of untreated Pardee and Briones water resulting from high rainfall runoff, wildfires, algae blooms, climate change, improve the ability to treat supplemental supplies from Freeport or the interties during planned and unplanned outages and droughts, and improve treated water taste and odor by removing organics and by adding ozone treatment. The Project would increase the Walnut Creek WTP capacity to meet planned future demands, improve water system reliability and operational flexibility, and allow for the potential decommissioning of the Lafayette WTP. Hydraulic changes at the Walnut Creek WTP would require modification of weir structures at the Lafayette WTP, located at 3848 Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette.
Contact Information
Name
Chien Wang
Agency Name
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Job Title
Associate Civil Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Lafayette, Walnut Creek
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Larkey Lane/Alfred Avenue in Walnut Creek; Mt. Diablo Blvd/El Nido Ranch Rd in Lafayette
Zip
94597-49
Total Acres
50 WC, 14 LAF
Parcel #
175220-016 WC; 252-060-005 LAF
State Highways
680, 24
Railways
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Airports
NA
Schools
Buena Vista Elementary School, Contra Costa Christian Schools
Waterways
Grayson Creek WC; Lafayette Creek LAF
Township
01N
Range
02,3W
Section
21,38
Base
WC, BV
Other Location Info
For Coordinates: 37.9133, -122.0641 WC; 37.8887, -122.1383 LAF; For Base, map quads are Walnut Creek and Briones Valley
Other Information
There are 2 sites of proposed work, so location information provides locations details for both sites.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 4, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Water Facilities (Existing Water Treatment Plant)(Type Pretreatment, MGD 160)
Local Actions
NA
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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