캘리포니아 용수구역 이사회는 구역의 지역 자원 프로그램에 대한 일련의 개선을 승인했다. 이 개선에는 물 생산의 에이커 풋 당 250달러에서 340달러까지 장려책을 최대한으로 증가시키는 내용이 포함된다.

도심 이사회장 Randy Record는 “장려책 증가는 우리의 6개 서비스 지역에 대한 투자를 더 비용효율적이고 지속가능하게 만들어 줄 장기 방안이 될 것으로 기대된다”고 말했다.

 

 

 

The board approved a series of refinements to the district's local resources programme, including increasing the maximum incentive from US$250 to US$ 340 per acre-foot (US$ 276/Ml) for water produced.

 

"The increased incentive will go a long way toward making local investments more cost-effective and sustainable throughout our six-county service area," said Metropolitan board chairman Randy Record.

 

According to Metropolitain, 85 of the 99 projects under the programme are in operation and they have produced more than half of the recycled and recovered supplies in the Southland.

 

Metropolitan's chief operating officer and assistant general manager, Debra C Man, said: "Revisions to the regional programme will make local projects more viable and help the region meet the statewide goal of reducing residential per-capita water use 20% by the year 2020."

 

The inclusion of seawater desalination projects under Metropolitan's local resources programme has replaced a separate desalination programme established in 2001.

 

Since 1982, Metropolitan has offered financial incentives to help develop local water recycling and groundwater clean-up projects. The local resources programme aims to reduce the region's reliance on imported deliveries from Northern California and the Colorado River and help improve the reliability of Southern California's future supplies.

Over the years, Metropolitan has provided about US$ 490 million in incentives to develop some 2.5 million Ml of recycled water and about 750,000 Ml of recovered groundwater supplies that otherwise would not meet drinking water quality standards.

 

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and seeks to help develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource- management programmes.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 10월 21일]