The North Coast County Water District (NCCWD), a local government Special District that provides water to residents and commercial and institutional customers in Pacifica, is proposing to construct the Sharp Park Recycled Water Project to provide recycled water for irrigation purposes. The proposed Sharp Park Recycled Water Project would produce and deliver up to 50 million gallons of recycled water annually. NCCWD and SFPUC are partners in the project. When completed, the NCCWD would serve as the provider of the recycled water.
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| Sharp Park Golf Course |
The Sharp Park Golf Course is owned by the City and County of San Francisco. The golf course is located at the foot of Sharp Park Road, bisected by Highway 1 in Pacifica, California. The Sharp Park property is approximately 420 acres, including natural areas and a golf course of approximately 120 acres. Under the proposed project, recycled water would replace the use of drinking water to meet the irrigation needs of Sharp Park Golf Course and provide recycled water for irrigation purposes to other areas including Sharp Park Beach Promenade, Fairway Park, landscaping along Highway 1, and turf playing fields at Oceana High School and Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School.
The facilities included as part of the project are:
- Distribution Facilities: The project would require a new pump station at the existing Calera Creek Water Recycling Plant (CCWRP) in Pacifica. The CCWRP uses a Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR), a process that is mechanically simple and effectively allows high-quality recycled water to be produced with a minimum number of steps. The plant also has a tertiary sand filtration system for additional clarification, and disinfects the water with ultraviolet light. The water is tertiary-treated to meet California’s Title 22 standards for unrestricted reuse as landscape irrigation water. Distribution facilities would also include approximately 17,000 feet of distribution pipelines to deliver recycled water to users. Distribution pipelines would be located underground mostly in city streets.
- Storage Reservoir: The project would require construction of a new 400,000 gallon above-ground recycled water storage tank along Gypsy Hill Road.
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Purpose and Need
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Regional Water System delivers pristine Sierra snowmelt from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, and water from protected local reservoirs, directly to our customers’ taps. Diversifying San Francisco’s water supply portfolio through the increased use of available local water sources, such as recycled water and groundwater, will ensure that a reliable water supply is available in the event of a major earthquake, drought, or a decline in the snow pack. Developing recycled water for non-potable uses will help ensure that our water supply portfolio is managed to provide a reliable, high quality supply for public drinking water.
The SFPUC proposes to replace drinking water used for irrigation of Sharp Park with recycled water. When completed, the Proposed Sharp Park Recycled Water Project would have the ability to deliver approximately 50 million gallons of recycled water annually. Use of this recycled water for non-potable applications would reduce the San Francisco Regional Water System’s dependency on a single source of water, decrease demand on surface water, provide a drought-proof water source and decrease wastewater discharges to the Pacific Ocean.
