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ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br />RESPONSE TO EUGENE CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON EWEB’S <br />WATER RIGHTS ISSUES <br /> <br />1. How much water does Veneta use per day now? <br /> <br />The projections for Veneta’s 2010 usage outlined in their Water Master Plan are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />? <br /> Average Daily Demand is .90 million gallons a day <br />? <br /> Peak season demand is 1.1 million gallons a day <br />? <br /> Maximum Day Demand is 2.3 million gallons a day <br />? <br /> Peak Hour Demand is 2.9 million gallons a day <br />? <br /> <br />Maximum daily use for Veneta during the hot summer months is 2.2 million gallons a <br />day (mgd), while the city’s wells can produce just 1.69 mgd. Right now, Veneta can’t <br />meet demand on its maximum use days without drawing down its storage reservoirs. <br />Because those reservoirs are meant to respond to emergencies such as fire, Veneta <br />needs to add capacity. Veneta estimates that by 2030, it will need 4.3 mgd. <br /> <br /> <br />2. If this deal didn't go through, what is Veneta's "Plan B"? <br /> <br />Veneta’s adopted 2009 Water Master Plan projected that they would continue to rely <br />upon groundwater sources (wells) to meet Veneta’s immediate needs through 2020, so <br />they would go back to that plan if the pipeline project does not proceed. However, the <br />plan noted that groundwater development alone was not likely sufficient to meet <br />Veneta’s long term needs. Please see the attached Project Overview for more <br />information. <br /> <br /> <br />3. Could Veneta draw water from Fern Ridge Reservoir or the Long Tom? <br /> <br />Fern Ridge Reservoir is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers <br />(CORP) as a flood control basin. Municipal waster supply is not an approved use for <br />this body of water. Even if it was, the quality of this water is poor due to high summer <br />water temperatures combined with nutrient rich influents from local feeder streams. <br />This quality of water is very difficult to treat and the product water often contains <br />undesirable taste or odor. <br /> <br />Aside from having no available water for appropriation, the Long Tom River is a poor <br />quality source of water. The Long Tom experiences low flows during the period of <br />highest water demand for the City of Veneta. It was estimated in the Veneta Master <br />Water Plan that during periods of low flows, the City of Veneta would need to <br />appropriate approximately 65% of the water in the Long Tom to meet peak demand. <br /> 1 <br />