Developing new water resources for the City of San Diego by completing their water cycle
Due to limited local sources, the City of San Diego imports 85 percent of its water, making it more vulnerable to drought, seismic events, climate change, and rising water costs. Additionally, only eight percent of the wastewater leaving homes and businesses is currently recycled, the rest is treated and discharged into the ocean. San Diego saw this as an opportunity to transform their water system into a complete water cycle and initiated the Pure Water Program, a potable reuse program.
The City engaged us and our project partners to provide program management and engineering services for the Pure Water Program. In collaboration with the City, we created a program-wide delivery strategy and program governance structure with procedures, program controls, business processes, and reporting requirements. For the first phase of the program, we developed preliminary designs of all projects and completed numerous planning and technical studies.
Currently, we’re providing programmatic construction oversight plus operation and maintenance readiness planning. Along with our project partners, we’re also supporting the extensive regulatory efforts. This includes coordination with the California State Water Board to secure a first-of-its-kind National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to release purified water into the Miramar Reservoir.
At full implementation, the program will locally supply up to one-half of San Diego’s drinking water, significantly reducing their need to import water while also reducing ocean discharges.
At a Glance
- Offices
- Client
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- City of San Diego
- Partners
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- Brown and Caldwell
- Trussell Technologies
Doug Owen, Program Manager
I am honored to be part of a program using innovative infrastructure solutions to build a secure, sustainable water supply for my community.
Michael Adelman, Associate
I’m interested in the intersection of theory and practice—I think good engineering combines both.
Jaime Brown, Senior Associate, Business Development Lead
Program delivery is like preparing an amazing meal—you need the right ingredients, knowhow, and technique in order for it to be a success.
Gavin Gilchrist, Vice President, Program Development
Stay curious and ask yourself why you are doing something—always look at things from the perspective of others.
Mike Priest, Senior Principal, Senior Process Engineer
I’m driven by assembling all the parts and pieces of a project puzzle to deliver clean, safe water to our communities.
Jeff Schulz, Vice President, Water Program Management
The most rewarding experience for me is working as an extension of our clients’ staff to help them achieve success for their programs.
Ben Kuhnel, Principal, Deputy Program Manager
My goal in program management is to balance focusing on current issues with not losing sight of the big picture and path forward.
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