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ACWD staff outlined plans for up to $250 in rebates for eligible landscape drip-irrigation components and wider weather-based controller rebate eligibility for commercial, industrial and institutional sites. New rebates are anticipated March 1, 2027. Staff reported Chinook salmon and Pacific lamprey using Alameda Creek fish passages during immigration, juvenile O. mykiss during emigration, and 27 PIT-tag detections in spring 2026.
The board voted 5-0 to accept the Jenny Lind A-B pipeline, which improves pumping and moves an older line to lower-pressure distribution use. Staff target January 2027 for monthly billing and hope to launch a no-fee bank-draft option in December. A county-led proposal would use about $200,000 in grant funds for fuel maintenance at the Arnold wastewater plant, pending a grant extension, environmental review and later board action.
The board approved an updated East Las Posas groundwater model for evaluating Calleguas aquifer storage and recovery operations and managing groundwater. Executive Officer John Demers reported that the technical section has 2.5 of its planned 5.5 staff members after three departures; two offers for an open position were declined. Dudek works to stitch the separate East and West Las Posas models together. The board also approved its 2027 meeting schedules.
The Monterey Subbasin Committee reviewed draft groundwater plan amendments ahead of January 2027 hearings. Staff outlined Salinas Valley Basin GSA-wide costs through 2042, not yet combined with Marina Coast’s estimates; project cost allocation remains unresolved. Members discussed Corral de Tierra demand management, domestic-well mitigation and recharge; staff could not say whether local measures would suffice. The committee expressed consensus to cancel its December 30 meeting without a vote.
Valley Water discussed data center water demand, noting that use is not separately tracked and no increase attributable to data centers has been confirmed. Staff cautioned that recycled water is finite and greater use of it could affect a planned potable reuse project. Commissioner Daly urged members to check which model water-efficiency measures their agencies use; staff offered an adoption tracking sheet.
