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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER
MEMORANDUM NO. 17-08
Date: February 1, 2017
From: Joseph Zoba, Treasurer
Subject: Discussion Regarding Task Order No. 14 with ALDA Inc. for the
Analysis of Return Flows by Appropriators to the Beaumont
Groundwater Basin and incorporation of findings into the 2016
Beaumont Basin Watermaster Annual Report
Recommendation: That the Watermaster Committee approves Task Order No. 14 for
a sum not to exceed $12,960.
In consideration of the fact that irrigation return flows contribute to the Safe Yield of the
Beaumont Basin, the Beaumont Basin Watermaster Board directed ALDA Inc. to
incorporate return flow estimates, by Appropriator, into the report of the 2013
Reevaluation of the Safe Yield. The 2013 return flow estimate was based on water
delivery records within each Appropriator’s respective service areas within the Beaumont
Basin Adjudication boundary.
To date, annual return flow estimates, by Appropriator, have not been incorporated into
the Beaumont Basin Watermaster annual reports. ALDA Inc., in Association with Thomas
Harder and Company has prepared a proposed scope of work and cost estimate to
compile water delivery records and estimate return flow, by Appropriator, within the
Beaumont Basin Adjudication area. The Appropriator service areas to be evaluated will
include the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District, the City of Banning, and the Yucaipa
Valley Water District. The return flow estimates would be incorporated into the 2016
annual report.
The financial impacts associated with the proposed contract would result in a budget line
item of $12,960, and if approved would result in an invoice sent to each Watermaster
Committee member in the amount of $2,592.
