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<br />ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br />RESPONSE TO EUGENE CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON EWEB’S WATER <br />RIGHTS ISSUES <br /> <br /> ~ Updated June 21, 2010 ~ <br />(Questions 9 through 13) <br />_______________________________________ ____________________ <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 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 day <br />(mgd), while the city’s wells can produce just 1.69 mgd. Right now, Veneta can’t meet <br />demand on its maximum use days without drawing down its storage reservoirs. Because <br />those reservoirs are meant to respond to emergencies such as fire, Veneta needs to add <br />capacity. Veneta estimates that by 2030, it will need 4.3 mgd. <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 upon <br />groundwater sources (wells) to meet Veneta’s immediate needs through 2020, so they would <br />go back to that plan if the pipeline project does not proceed. However, the plan noted that <br />groundwater development alone was not likely sufficient to meet Veneta’s long term needs. <br />Please see the attached Project Overview for more information. <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 (CORP) as <br />a flood control basin. Municipal waster supply is not an approved use for this body of water. <br />Even if it was, the quality of this water is poor due to high summer water temperatures <br />combined with nutrient rich influents from local feeder streams. This quality of water is very <br />difficult to treat and the product water often contains undesirable taste or odor. <br /> <br />Aside from having no available water for appropriation, the Long Tom River is a poor quality <br />source of water. The Long Tom experiences low flows during the period of highest water <br />demand for the City of Veneta. It was estimated in the Veneta Master Water Plan that during <br />periods of low flows, the City of Veneta would need to appropriate approximately 65% of the <br />water in the Long Tom to meet peak demand. That amount of water is not available in this <br />water source even if Veneta could purchase a water right from another water right holder. <br /> 1 <br /> <br />