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TACKLING CALIFORNIA’S HOUSING CRISIS – HOUSING STRATEGIES TO HELP ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS 🏘

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Clean Water

Monte Vista Water District🐫

Welcome

Dear Valued Customer,

Monte Vista Water District (MVWD) is dedicated to serving the highest quality water to our customers. We are proud to report that last year, as in years past,

your tap water met all federal and state drinking water health standards.

We hope you will take some time to read this Annual Water Quality Report, which details the quality of the water provided by MVWD, where it comes from,

what it contains and how it compares to federal and state standards. You will also learn about the efforts and challenges involved in providing high-quality

drinking water. For example, stricter standards have led to the expansion of MVWD’s treatment process to enhance the quality of water delivered to your

home or business.

MVWD is committed to providing this information to you because we share an appreciation for the value and importance of clean drinking water for our

community. Together with informed consumers, we can protect our drinking water supplies. For more information on your water supply sources, water

quality, and water distribution system, we invite you to visit the “Your Water” section of our website, www.mvwd.org.

Sincerely,

MVWD Board of Directors MVWD General Manager

Sandra S. Rose, President Philip L. Erwin, Director Justin Scott-Coe

G. Michael Milhiser, Vice President Tony Lopez, Director

Manny Martinez, Board Auditor

“Dedicated to Quality, Service, and Innovation”

2020 Annual Water Quality Report

MVWD obtains its drinking water supply from the

following sources:

S Groundwater: Over many years, water that falls on the ground travels

through the soil, is naturally filtered and collects in “aquifers” hundreds

of feet below the earth’s surface. Groundwater is pumped from the ground

through production wells, disinfected, and distributed to customers. In

2020, approximately 86.7% of MVWD’s water supply was produced

from a series of aquifers known collectively as the Chino Groundwater

Basin.

S Imported Surface Water: Water from rivers and streams in northern

California is collected and transported through the California Aqueduct to

Southern California. MVWD’s imported water supply is treated at the

Agua de Lejos Treatment Plant in the city of Upland prior to distribution to customers. In 2020, approximately 11% of MVWD’s water supply

was imported from northern California.

S City of Upland: Upland’s water supply originates from a local

mountain and canyon runoff, groundwater, and imported water. In 2020,

MVWD received approximately 2.3% of its water supply from San Antonio

Water Company through Upland’s water system.

For more information about MVWD’s water supply sources, visit

www.mvwd.org and follow the “Your Water” link.

MVWD Water Treatment and Testing

State-of-the-art technologies are used to treat and test the water served to

MVWD’s customers. To ensure proper disinfection, MVWD adds chlorine in

the form of sodium hypochlorite, a chemical similar to household bleach,

to the water supply produced by its groundwater wells. The chlorine kills

harmful bacteria and viruses that might enter the system via a broken main

or well contamination. Treated water from the Agua de Lejos Treatment

Plant and the city of Upland’s distribution system is introduced directly into

MVWD’s distribution system.

Groundwater produced by the majority of MVWD’s wells requires minimal

treatment prior to distribution. However, the groundwater basin from which

MVWD draws water has areas of high concentrations of nitrates, a salt that

at certain levels may pose a health risk to vulnerable populations (see below).

One of MVWD’s newest wells is equipped with an ion-exchange treatment

facility that removes nitrates from the pumped groundwater. MVWD also

operates three nitrate blending facilities that ensure nitrate levels in water

entering the distribution system meets drinking water requirements.

MVWD safeguards the distribution system by actively monitoring for 88

contaminants. MVWD collects water samples from 16 California State Water

Resources Control Board-approved locations evenly dispersed throughout

our distribution system every week, as well as from each of the District’s

active wells each month.

Your Drinking Water Sources

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include

rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels

over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring

minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up

substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

S Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria that may come from

sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

S Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals that can be naturally

occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic

wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

S Pesticides and herbicides that may come from a variety of sources such

as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.

S Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic

chemicals that are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum

production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater

runoff, agricultural application, and septic systems.

S Radioactive contaminants that can be naturally occurring or be the result

of oil and gas production and mining activities.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the State Water Resources Control Board

(State Water Board) prescribe regulations that limit the number of certain

contaminants in water provided by public water systems. State Water Board

regulations also establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that provide

the same protections for public health.

Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to

contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of

contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.

More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be

obtained by calling the U.S. EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-

4791).

Source water assessments were conducted in 2002 and 2008 to determine

the contamination vulnerabilities of MVWD’s active wells. The sources

are considered most vulnerable to the following activities associated with

contaminants detected in the water supply: high-density housing and

commercial complexes, parks, and schools, graveyards, grazing, sewer

collection systems, automobile body shops, and industrial sites. In addition,

the sources are considered most vulnerable to these activities: gas stations,

dry cleaners, mining operations, hospitals, parking, and transportation, above

ground storage tanks, and permitted waste discharges. You may request

a more detailed summary of the assessment by contacting the State

Water Board sanitary engineer for MVWD at (909) 383-4328 or MVWD at

(909) 624-0035.

Stay Informed

MVWD encourages customers to stay informed by attending our regularly

scheduled Board of Directors meetings, which are held on the 2nd and 4th

Wednesdays of each month, 6:30 p.m., at MVWD’s offices located at 10575

Central Avenue, Montclair. Meeting agendas can be found on the MVWD

website at www.mvwd.org. A time for public comment is included on each

meeting’s agenda.

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding this report, please contact Bill Schwartz,

Director of Engineering, Operations and Maintenance, at (909) 624-0035.

¿Necesita este informe traducido al español?

Este informe contiene información muy importante sobre su agua potable.

Tradúzcalo o hable con alguien que lo entienda bien. Para conseguir copias

de este informe traducidas en español, llame al (909) 624-0035 o visite

www.mvwd.org/reporte.

2020 Annual Water Quality Report

MVWD Water Sources

www.mvwd.org

10575 Central Avenue • Post Office Box 71

Montclair, California 91763

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California AB (Assembly Bills) & SB (Senate Bills) Democracy

Senate Appropriations of California🌎

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Senate Appropriations

·  AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry) Communications: broadband services: California Advanced Services Fund |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 33 (Ting) Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979: energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure: Native American tribes |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 43 (Friedman) Traffic safety |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 46 (Rivas, Luz) California Youth Empowerment Act |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 48 (Gonzalez, Lorena) Law enforcement: kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents| Cities position: Oppose

·  AB 89 (Jones-Sawyer) Peace officers: minimum qualifications | Cities position: Oppose

·  AB 215 (Chiu) Housing element: regional housing need: relative progress determination | Cal Cities position: Oppose

·  AB 339 (Lee) Local government: open and public meetings | Cal Cities position: Oppose

·  AB 500 (Ward) Local planning: coastal development: affordable housing |Cal Cities position: Oppose

·  AB 585 (Rivas, Luz) Climate change: Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 602 (Grayson) Development fees: impact fee nexus study |Cal Cities position: Oppose Unless Amend                

·  AB 758 (Nazarian) Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985: electric utilities: rate reduction bonds |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 816 (Chiu) Homelessness: Housing Trust Fund: housing projects |Cal Cities position: Oppose Unless Amend

·  AB 838 (Friedman) State Housing Law: enforcement response to complaints |Cal Cities position: Oppose Unless Amend

·  AB 897(Mullin) Office of Planning and Research: regional climate networks: regional climate adaptation and resilience action plans |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 1311 (Wood) Recycling: beverage containers |Cal Cities position: Support

·  AB 1401 (Friedman) Residential and commercial development: remodeling, renovations, and additions: parking requirements | Cal Cities position: Oppose 

Priority Bill Summaries

Cal Cities strongly supports AB 14 (Aguiar-Curry), the subject of a broadband action alert. The measure would prioritize the deployment of broadband infrastructure in unserved and underserved communities throughout California through the ongoing collection of the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) surcharge. The bill would also expand the definition of “unserved” to include areas with speeds slightly faster than dial-up, which is obsolete in an internet-driven economy.

Unfortunately, AB 48 (Gonzalez, Lorena) would severely limit the tools at a police officer’s disposal to protect public safety. The bill’s broad restrictions do not consider the dynamic and sometimes unruly nature of public demonstrations. Cal Cities opposes the measure as peace officers need non-lethal options for atypical situations that involve violence or significant risk to infrastructure.

Cal Cities also opposes AB 89 (Jones-Sawyer), which would increase a police officer candidate’s age from 18 to 25, unless they have obtained a college degree prior to being hired. The measure would narrow the pool of eligible candidates to unattainable levels for smaller agencies. Moreover, due to different rates of college enrollment and graduation, the requirements would also hinder the recruitment of officers of color.

AB 339 (Lee) would require city councils and boards of supervisors in jurisdictions with over 250,000 residents to provide in-person and a two-way telephonic option or a two-way internet-based service option for the public to attend their meetings. While this measure has been amended significantly from when it was introduced, it still contains fatal flaws that potentially hinder cities’ ability to be transparent and accessible. As such, Cal Cities opposes the bill.

Two housing-related bills are up for consideration. AB 215 (Chiu) would create a new, mid-cycle regional housing needs progress determination process that does not account for variation in local economies. Moreover, the measure would require cities with “low progress” in meeting those housing targets to consult with the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and adopt new pro-housing policies. Cal Cities opposes the bill, as it turns what was meant to be an incentive program into a mandatory requirement for some jurisdictions.

Finally, Cal Cities opposes AB 1401 (Friedman), as its definition of “public transit” would give developers and transit agencies — who are unaccountable to local voters — the power to determine parking requirements. Additionally, the bill could negatively impact the State’s Density Bonus Law by providing developers parking concessions without also requiring them to include affordable housing units in the project.  

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The Early Years🌎

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Climate Change–Vital Signs of the Planet. 🤡

Humanity is in deep trouble.

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