Harvest Water 2023 Annual Summary Report - 2023 - Public Water Quality Benefits Progress and Status

Sep 16, 2026

Annual Summary Report on Public Water Quality Benefits for Calendar Year 2023 covers the Sacramento Area Sewer District’s Harvest Water Program under the California Water Commission’s WSIP and the WSIP Contract for Administration of Public Water Quality Benefits (CAPB). It describes program background, purpose, and governance contacts, summarizes major 2023 milestones including executed CAPB documents and the Funding Agreement, and reports implementation status, projected program-year milestones, and progress toward recycled water delivery and compliance readiness.

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Background and Purpose

Harvest Water Program Overview

Contracting and Funding Actions

Harvest Water Implementation Update

Program Milestones in 2023

CAPB Program Years

Project Implementation Actions

Water Quality CAPB Metrics

Progress and Current Status

Annual Summary Report on Public Water Quality Benefits for Calendar Year 2023 TO: James Nachbaur, State Water Resources Control Board CC: Amy Young, Water Storage Investment Program Manager – California Water Commission SUBMITTED BY: Heidi Oriol, Harvest Water A-PMO Program Coordinator – SacSewer DATE: April 30, 2024 RE: 2023 Annual Summary Report for WSIP Contract for Administration of Public Water Quality Benefits (CAPB) 1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Sacramento Area Sewer District (SacSewer, formerly known as the Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District or Regional San) is developing the Harvest Water Program in southern Sacramento County. Harvest Water isone of seven projects within the California Water Commission’s (Commission) Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) . Harvest Water is a conjunctive use program that will use recycled water deliveries for irrigation to enhance groundwater levels, ecosystem function, and agricultural sustainability in the southern Sacramento County area. Harvest Water will deliver up to 50,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) (with an associated salt load of approximately 85 to 100 tons per day) . On June 5 , 2023, SacSewer entered into a Contract for Administration of Public Water Quality Benefits (CAPB) with the State Water Resources Control Board pursuant to the WSIP regulations. On January 22, 2024, SacSewer entered into a Funding Agreement with the California Water Commission to receive grant funds pursuant to WSIP regulations. The recycled water deliveries within the Harvest Water service area are anticipated to reduce salt loads to 303(d)-listed waterways in the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) . This element provides a Public Water Quality Benefit under the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) . This Annual Summary Report documents the progress and status of the Public Water Quality Benefit provided, including a description of any changes to Project Implementation Actions, during calendar year 2023. SacSewer submitted regular progress reports on the Harvest Water Program to the Commission between October 2018 and May 2023, which are available on the Commission’s website 1. 2. HARVEST WATER IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Over the course of calendar year 2023, Harvest Water accomplished several significant milestones to move the Program forward. Harvest Water negotiated and executed three crucial documents: the CAPB for public ecosystem benefits with CDFW, the CAPB for public water quality benefits with State Water Resources Control Board, and the Final Funding Agreement with the California Water Commission. 1 [https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage/WSIP-Project-Review-Portal/Al](https://cwc.ca.gov/Water-Storage/WSIP-Project-Review-Portal/Al)l-Projects/Harvest-Water-Program The Harvest Water team continued extensive outreach with the landowners in the service area regarding upcoming project construction, the location for on-farm connection assemblies (turnouts and meters) on the customers’properties, and the template for the Recycled Water Service Agreement. The template was approved by the SacSewer Board in December 2023 and will be used to begin executing contracts with landowners in 2024. The majority of the capital program projects completed design in 2023 and moved into the bidding and contract award phase. Construction activity has started on the transmission and distribution systems. The pump station is scheduled to begin construction in July 2024. An overview of the construction schedule is provided in Figure 1. The Program team also completed significant efforts identifying parcels for participation in the ecological program. Figure 1 : Capital Program Schedule Overview Capital Program Harvest Water Pump Station Elk Grove Transmission Main-1 Elk Grove Transmission Main-2 Franklin/Eschinger Pipeline Central/South Distribution Pipelines West Distribution Pipelines On-Farm Connections Operation/Recycled Water Delivery 2021 2022 2023 2

FAQs

What is the purpose of the 2023 Annual Summary Report for the WSIP CAPB?

It documents the progress and status of the Public Water Quality Benefit provided, including descriptions of changes to Project Implementation Actions during calendar year 2023.

What major actions and documents were completed during calendar year 2023?

Harvest Water negotiated and executed CAPB documents for public ecosystem benefits with CDFW and for public water quality benefits with the State Water Resources Control Board, and completed the Final Funding Agreement with the California Water Commission.

When is the program expected to begin full operations (Program Year 1)?

Based on the current schedule, the Program is anticipated to become operational and begin full operations in January 2027, which corresponds to Program Year 1.

Sep 16, 2026

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