OCWD Management Area
6.5.2 Surface Water Recharge Facilities
OCWD operates a network of 25 surface water facilities located adjacent to the Santa Ana River in the City of Anaheim and Santiago Creek in the City of Orange as shown in Figure 6-5. The system has a total storage capacity of over 25,000 acre-feet. OCWD carefully tracks the amount of water being recharged in each facility on a daily basis.
Figure 6-5: OCWD Surface Water Recharge Facilities
Three full-time hydrographers control and monitor the recharge system. These hydrographers and other OCWD staff prepare a monthly Water Resources Summary Report , which lists the source and volume for each recharge water supply, provides an estimate of the amount of water percolated in each recharge basin, documents total groundwater production from the basin, and estimates the change in groundwater storage. The report also estimates the amount of incidental recharge, evaporation and losses to the ocean – essentially a monthly water budget
BASIN 8-1 ALTERNATIVE 2022 UPDATE
Water Resource Management Programs 6-4
Appendix F - 142
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