Attachment 6 - San Jacinto Groundwater Compliance Management Tool Project Budget

Attachment 6 - San Jacinto Groundwater Compliance Management Tool Project Budget

The cost estimates prepared for the San Jacinto Groundwater Compliance Management Tool Project (MTP) take into consideration a number of factors including the complexity of the San Jacinto Groundwater Basin and prior experience with similar models. The San Jacinto Groundwater Basin is a highly complex basin composed of eight groundwater management zones as defined by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board’s basin plan and amendments (2004). These groundwater management zones were delineated based on variances in water flow and water quality.

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has prepared a number of hydrogeologic cross sections which suggest aquifer continuity throughout the basin;however, groundwater movement is also influenced by barriers to flow in certain areas (such as the Casa Loma Fault that defines the boundary between the San Jacinto Upper Pressure and Hemet South groundwater management zones). The various interrelationships between the eight groundwater management zones and the intricacies of the basin structure will require a calibration period significantly longer than that of a “standard” (single groundwater management zone) groundwater model. Due to the complexity of being located adjacent to and within the San Jacinto Fault system, a relatively high cost is reflected in the budgetary estimates for model completion. EMWD plans on funding the costs of a model advisory panel to comment on the intricacies of the conceptual model as well as the calibration phase of modeling and reporting. The advisory panel may be comprised of up to 5 members from the California Department of Water Resources, CDPH or other state agencies and regional stakeholders.

EMWD has experience in working with consultants and peer review groups while creating, modifying and calibrating their own in-house models in a timely fashion. The Budget is consistent with and supported by the work plan and schedule shown in Attachment 7 “LGA Proposed Schedule.”

The Cost share and grant share amounts broken down by tasks consistent with the work plan and schedule are shown in the Excel spreadsheet labeled “LGA Budget Table 7-10-12.”

EMWD will be the only other source of funds other than the State for covering the costs of the MTP. The tasks EMWD will be funding are shownin the Excel spreadsheet labeled “LGA Budget Table 7-10-12” under the column heading “Non-State Share (Funding Match).”