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Data-Driven Recycled Water Planning & Communication Drew Atwater, Director of Planning 1

Agency Background  Water, recycled water & wastewater services Serving six south Orange  170,000 customers County cities:  Formed in 1960 1. Laguna Niguel  7-member Board of Directors 2. Laguna Hills  139 employees 3. Aliso Viejo  Annual budget: $124M 4. Mission Viejo  Key Revenues: 5. Dana Point Rates 6. San Juan Capistrano o Property Tax o 2

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Evolution of Approach • Early RW Adopter • Mass expansion • Seasonal Constraints • Key question: how to cost effectively expand? 5

Real-Time Decision Support 6

Full Distribution System AMI • Test benefits of full system AMI on RW system 7

Recycled Water Budget Rates • Incentive to reduce waste • Urban runoff benefits 8

Customer Tools- Portal • Leak Alerts • Hourly Water Usage • App & Web interface 9

Customer Tools- Custom Watering Needs • Financially stable after meeting state mandate • Lowest overall water use since 1990 • Currently at approximately 50% of per capita water use in 1991 • Right-sizing infrastructure- avoided $20 million expense • Collaborating regionally to solve cross-institutional challenges 10

Customer Tools- Evapotranspiration 11

Summary • Early RW Adopter • Use data to cost effectively expand system • Incentivize efficiency • Ongoing customer communications- reduces costs • Next step to continue evaluation of benefits of full system AMI 12

Contact Us Drew Atwater, Director of Planning, Moulton Niguel Water District datwater@mnwd.com www.mnwd.com FOLLOW US ONLINE! 13