WASTEWATER RECLAMATION PLANT/SYSTEM
including history and agreements for selling reclaimed water,
improving treatment systems and renovation of Forest Lake Reservoir

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9-17-06 - Forest Lake RESERVIOR with 105 million gallons of RECLAIMED WATER formally christened on September 14th.


11-10-05 - Construction of Pebble Beach Community Services District (PBCSD) improvements to the FOREST LAKE RESERVOIR for RECLAIMED WATER is progressing on schedule. It is expected the reservoir will be read to collect water during the 2005-06 rainy season.

For more details on the Forest Lake Reservoir CLICK HERE for an external link to the PBCSD web site, http://www.pbcsd.org/ForestLakeReservoirPhotoGallery.html

For information on the Carmel Area Wastewater District and PBCSD Reclamation Project, CLICK HERE for an external link to the PBCSD website, http://www.pbcsd.org/reclaimedwater.html

10-08-05 - Pebble Beach Community Services District's 22-acre FOREST LAKE RESERVOIR project for UPGRADING the reservoir for RECLAIMED WATER is about half completed. The reservoir is located northeast of Lopez Road, west of Congress Road, near Forest Lake Road.

The reservoir will be ready to accept recycled water from the Carmel Wastewater plant in December 2005 or January 2006. However, production of improved higher-quality reclaimed water is not expected to be available for Forest golf courses and athletic fields until the fall of 2007 when the Carmel Area Wastewater District micro-filtration/reverse osmosis treatment facilities are completed. Construction of any of P.B. Co.'s proposed future new major development projects in the Forest are contingent on having this improved reclaimed water available.

October 2004 - Summary of action being taken on improving the Wastewater Reclamation Plant/System for Del Monte Forest. The Independent Reclaimed Water Users Group (IRWUG) is working with Pebble Beach Co., Carmel Area Wastewater District, Pebble Beach Community Services District and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District on amended Agreements for sale (or purchase by Golf Club users) of improved recycled water.

 10-22-04 - Mark Stilwell, Pebble Beach Company Executive Vice President, reported, at the Pebble Beach Community Services District meeting on September 24 that Forest property owners are responding to their September 2004 letter outlining how owners may subscribe to a plan which allows them to buy potable water from PB Co.'s allotment of "entitled" water.

Mr. Stilwell reported that as of September 10, 2004 $5.0 million in acre-feet of water rights had been subscribed to by Forest property owners. He indicated that he is receiving approximately 30 inquiries per day.

This plan to sell water rights has been initiated by the PB Co. to help finance the Phase II Improvement of the Wastewater Reclamation Plant/System.

5-28-04 - P.B. Co, authorized to sell "entitled" water for between $150,000 and $175,000 per acre-foot, several times more than the water district's $20,000 per acre-foot price. The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board approved by 4-2 an Ordinance, No 109, allowing P.B. Co. to sell 175 acre-feet of their water to raise money to improve the existing waste water reclamation plant and reopen the Forest Lake reservoir for storage of reclaimed water.

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