The RARE Water Project will deliver approximately 3.5 million gallons per day of recycled water for industrial use, making an equivalent amount of potable water available to meet other customer needs. This new recycled water supply will help reduce the potential for severe water rationing by EBMUD customers during a drought.

EBMUD has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that analyzes the potential impacts of the RARE Water Project, and will host a workshop to discuss the project and hear comments from the public, including the West County community where the work will take place. The workshop will take place on March 1, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the West County Wastewater District in Richmond, California. The Board Room is located in the Administration Office at 2910 Hilltop Drive. This location is accessible by public transportation. The environmental process schedule is as follows:

Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (NOP) Issued - April 2006

Agency Scoping Meeting Held – May 18, 2006

Public Review of Draft EIR - February 2 through March 19, 2007

Public Workshop on Draft EIR Held – March 1, 2007

EBMUD’s Board of Directors will consider certification of the EIR at the regularly scheduled Board meeting on May 8, 2007

The comment period for the Draft IR closed on March 19, 2007.  The Draft EIR is available below as PDF files that can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software , and also is available on CD or by email request to salfonso@ebmud.com. Copies are available for viewing at the following libraries:

Richmond Public Library (Main Branch)
325 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond

San Pablo Library
2300 El Portal Drive
San Pablo

Note: These documents are best viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0. You may experience problems if you attempt to view these documents with an older version of the Reader.

Final Environmental Impact Report (511KB)

Draft Environmental Impact Report

Notice of Availability (21KB)
Cover Sheets (176KB)
Table of Contents (93KB)
Executive Summary (201 KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (162KB)
Chapter 2 - Project Description (2.1MB)
Chapter 3 – Environmental Setting, Impacts, and Mitigation Measures (4.3MB)
Chapter 4 - Cumulative Impacts (142KB)
Chapter 5 - Growth Inducing Potential and Secondary Effects of Growth (174KB)
Chapter 6 - Alternatives (221KB)
Chapter 7 - Report Preparers (77KB)
Appendix A – Comments on the Notice of Preparation (271KB)

A copy of the NOP and its attachments are available below as a PDF file that can be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software

Note:  These documents are best viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.  You may experience problems if you attempt to view these documents with an older version of the Reader.

RARE Water Project NOP (4.4MB)