Draft Environmental Impact Report (January 30, 2009) The Draft EIR has identified significant environmental effects in the following areas: surface water resources; groundwater resources; biological resources; hazards and hazardous materials; geology, soils, and seismicity; traffic; cultural resources; air quality; noise; visual resources; land use; public services and utilities; agricultural resources; and energy. The Draft EIR identifies measures that could reduce most of these impacts to less-than-significant levels. Some pipeline alignments proposed under the project are near sites identified on lists compiled in accordance with Government Code Section 65962.5 (potential hazardous waste sites).

Notice — DEIR Comment Deadline Extended to April 15 (PDF)

• Volume I
  • Volume I Cover
  • Executive Summary
  • Table of Contents / Acronyms
  • Section 1 Introduction
  • Section 2 Water Demand and Supplies
  • Section 3 Project Description
  • Sections 4.1 - 4.6 Environmental Setting, Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Moss Landing and North Marina Project
• Volume II
  • Sections 4.7 - 4.14 Environmental Setting, Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Moss Landing and North Marina Project
  • Section 5 Regional Project Description
  • Section 6 Environmental Setting, Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Regional Project
  • Section 7 Alternatives
  • Section 8 Growth Inducement Potential and Secondary Effects of Growth
  • Section 9 Cumulative Impacts
  • Section 10 Draft EIR Authors
• Volume III
  • Appendix A Scoping Report
  • Appendix B Monterey Peninsula Water Management Distict Technical Memo
  • Appendix C Combined Effluent Dilution Calculations for Moss Landing Power Plant
  • Appendix D Brine Discharge Diffuser Analysis
  • Appendix E North Marina Ground Water Model Evalution of Potential Projects
  • Appendix F Air Quality Data
  • Appendix G Air Quality Health Risk Assessment
  • Appendix H Land Use, Agriculture and Recreation
  • Appendix I Regional Plenary Oversight Group
  • Appendix J Regional Project: Certified Environmental Impact Report Summary of Findings
  • Appendix K Component Screening Report
  • Appendix L Technical Memorandums: Results of Geoscience
  • Appendix M Memorandum: Segunda Pipeline Alternatives Analysis
  • Appendix N Technical Memorandum: Monterey Regional Water Supply Evaluation
  • Appendix O Secondary Effects of Growth
  • Appendix P Groundwater Modeling Simulation of Impacts

Alternatives to be evaluated in the CWP EIR

• Figure 1- Moss Landing (PDF, 360 KB)
• Figure 2-North Marina (PDF, 356 KB)
• Figure 3-Regional Approach (PDF, 404 KB)
• Figure 4-Alternatives (PDF, 404 KB)

Regional Water Supply Program (PDF, 8.7 MB)
Monterey Regional Water Supply Program, EIR Project Description. Provided to the CPUC on June 4, 2008. Prepared by RMC for California American Water, Marina Coast Water District, Monterey County Water Resources Agency, and the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency.

CalAm Application (September 2004)
CalAm’s application to the CPUC to build and operate the Coastal Water Project and recover the costs through rates, includes the company’s environmental assessment and includes a map of the proposed project.

Proponent’s Environmental Assessment (July 2005)
Submitted by CalAm, outlines the foreseeable environmental impacts and helps the Commission focus its EIR efforts.

• Proponent's Environmental Assessment (PDF, 75 MB)
• Air Quality Data (PDF, 325KB)
• Results of ASR Wellfield Design Report (PDF, 15 MB)
• Public Scoping Summary (PDF, 40 MB)
• Terrestrial Biological Resources (PDF, 19.7 MB)
• Visual Simulation Methodology (PDF, 2.1 MB)

Notice of Preparation (Sept. 29, 2006)
CPUC’s Notice of Preparation on the EIR for the CWP; inviting resource agencies and the public to offer input on the scope of the document, which will detail the potential marine and terrestrialbiological, water/air quality, noise/vibration, visual/aesthetic, land use, growth inducing and transportation/traffic impacts of the proposed project and alternatives.

Notice of Availability (Sept. 29, 2006)

Agency and Public Scoping Meetings Announcement (held Oct. 24–26, 2006)
Time, place, site and other details regarding the CEQA public meeting that allowed the public to comment on the scope of the Environmental Impact Report.

Agency and Public Scoping Meetings Presentation (PDF, 708KB)

Coastal Water Project Scoping Report (December 2006)

Applicant's Proposed Project Map (April 2007)

Alternative Project Map (April 2007)