South East Management Area
PROCESS TO EVALUATE NEW
PROJECTS When new projects are proposed within the South East Management Area, the agency proposing the project will be responsible for preparing a CEQA document to ensure alternatives have been evaluated and any significant and unreasonable results are mitigated. Plans to rehabilitate the well are currently going out for construction bid with potential construction expected to start in fall of 2022. The project may include facilities to remove high levels of iron and manganese as needed to meet potable water quality requirements. There are a number of potential well projects currently in development in the South East Management Area. These include: • LF-1 and LF-4 designated monitoring well operations. • LF-2 rehabilitation and water quality treatment planned construction in 2022. • LF-5 (replacement) future projects may include the possible development of a new production well on or near the existing decommissioned site. • General well rehabilitation and monitoring projects across the South East Management Area, with approved funding allocated in the capital budgets approved for 2021-2023. In IRWD’s Lake Forest portion of the South East Management Area, a 2002 study by Boyle Engineering Corporation and 2015 study by Dudek were performed in order to assess the potential for development of two future wells, LF-6 and LF-8, as well as the re-drilling of existing inactive wells. Although IRWD has no near-term plans to drill wells LF-6 and LF-8, it has included a capital project for the design, construction and equipping of LF-1. A capital project for the design, construction and equipping of LF-1 has been included in IRWD’s most recent capital budget, however, there are no plans to begin this specific project. IRWD also has no near-term plans to drill wells LF-6 and LF-8. In 2000, its last active year, LF-1 pumped approximately 230 acre-feet. Over the last 5 years well LF-2 annual pumping has ranged from 0 acre-feet to 389 acre- feet and averaged approximately 90 acre-feet including years of non-operation. It is expected that when LF- 1 is redrilled, groundwater production from IRWD’s southern portion of the South East Management Area could increase. Water produced from LF-1 could be used to provide supply to the nearby lake which currently is supplied by untreated imported water. Water produced could also potentially be pumped and conveyed to the Baker Water Treatment Plant for
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