Regional Water Facilities Master Plan

The Water Authority's Regional Water Facilities Master Plan effort evaluates the ability of the Water Authority to continue to meet its mission of a safe and reliable water supply to its member agencies. The master plan recommends additional regional facilities and improvements to existing facilities needed to cost-effectively meet the Water Authority's mission through the planning horizon.

The Water Authority is currently in the process of updating its 2003 Regional Water Facilities Master Plan with planned completion of the update occurring in 2012.

The master plan encompasses a region-wide planning effort, incorporating three interrelated components: water demands, water supplies, and facilities. Facility planning begins with estimating future water demands, proceeds to the identification of water supplies and their reliability, and then defines facilities needed to treat and transport the supplies to the points of demand. This planning process is iterative in nature and computer simulations are employed to model facility alternatives that supplement the Water Authority's current system.

The 2012 master plan will follow the same master planning principles as the 2002 plan and ultimately lead to a document that will help define the Water Authority’s capital improvement process. This will be key to controlling the overall capital improvement budget while maintaining a reliable water supply infrastructure through 2035.

2002 Draft Regional Water Facilities Master Plan