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SPRING 2004
Developing Revolutionary
Agricultural
WaterModels
Computer
(Left to Right) DWR’s Morteza Orang along with UC Davis
Scientist Dr. Richard Snyder stand in front of a deciduous
orchard near Davis to discuss irrigation scheduling strategies.The 11th Floor VIEW
It Feels Like Home
California has a fabled history of water Water Plan to guide water development
conflict. Fortunately, it also boasts a and management; obtaining, at
rich legacy of visionary leadership. reasonable cost, a new license from the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Today’s water managers have
to operate our Oroville Facilities, and
developed great planning
fulfilling our role in the legislatively
sophistication, operational flexibility
mandated effort to restore the
and innovative techniques. DWR and,
ecosystem of the Salton Sea.
indeed, the entire California water
community now functions with more So many tasks, projects, programs
skill, ingenuity, tools, unity, public and duties deserve to be listed --
outreach and input, and diplomatic skill including conservation, dam safety,
Though I’ve been with DWR only a than historically was the norm. desalination, flood management,
short time, I feel right at home, as
drought preparedness, groundwater
though I’ve been here for years instead My chief goal as DWR Director
management, power contract
of weeks. Being appointed Director by is to promote wise management
management, levee restoration and
Governor Schwarzenegger feels more of California’s water resources to
integrity, water quality, water storage,
like coming home than moving to a contribute to a vital economy,
water transfers, water use efficiency,
new job. healthy environment and high
and myriad Delta projects. But let’s
quality of life. Many DWR programs
As many of you know, from 1995 save a few for future discussions.
and projects contribute to these
through 1999 I served as CALFED’s things. This includes the State Water I’m proud to be part of the DWR
first Director, working on the 11th floor Project, a premier water storage and team. I greatly respect the proven
of the Resources Building. In that transfer system that has consistently expertise, skill and dedication of DWR
job, I had the privilege of working been operated with a concern for staff members. I’m appreciative of
with many DWR individuals and environmental impacts. your pride in the Department’s history,
programs. I quickly learned to rely
achievements and productivity.
on the professionalism, integrity, and But the SWP infrastructure is aging,
dedication of DWR employees. and post-9/11 security concerns Together, we have a new opportunity
have brought challenges that were
Upon leaving CALFED, I became mid- to accomplish great things in protecting
unknown only a few decades ago. As
Pacific Regional Director for the Bureau and managing California’s water
Director, I will work to modernize the
of Reclamation and continued to work SWP, its operational flexibility and its resources for the benefit of our State’s
with DWR staff on Delta issues. management. We will continue to people, environment and economy.
Now, as we face program and budget assure its reliability as a vital water
challenges together, I look forward to source benefiting California’s people,
renewing old relationships, building agriculture, industry, environment and
new ones, and tapping DWR’s fish and wildlife.
Lester A. Snow
outstanding talent pool to keep us Other important tasks include Director
ahead of the curve. completing our update of the California
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acting Chief of the Office of Water Education FEATURE ARTICLES:
Ted Thomas
Cover Story: Agricultural Water Computer Models ......... ..4
Editor
California Data Exchange Center ....................................... 7
Margarita Macias
Show me the Legislation....................................................11
Editorial Assistant
Annie Parker Schaeffer Fish Barrier Dam ................................................12
Castaic Lake Recreation Area Project .................................14
Contributing Writers:
Tina Johnson Hyatt Refurbishment..........................................................16
Alan Ladwig Desalination ......................................................................18
Don Strickland
Sean Walsh
NEWS IN BRIEF:
Pete Weisser
Reclamation Board Meeting along the Sacramento River....20
Design:
Xiaojun Li/DWR Graphic Services Emergency Preparedness for Disability Awareness Month..........21
Photography: Calif. State Employees Charitable Campaign 2003 ............22
DWR Photography Unit Blood Drives.......................................................................23
DWR NEWS/People is
published quarterly by the PEOPLE PROFILES:
California Department of
Information Security Officer Bert Pierroz............................24
Water Resources.
Susan Weber & Chorus......................................................26
Please send questions,
comments, or story ideas to: Poet Faye Portman ............................................................28
DWR NEWS/People
Office of Water Education
DWR AWARDS:
1416 Ninth Street, Room 1104-1 DWR Management Development Program........................29
Sacramento, CA 94236-0001
Training 2003 Awards (Trainers).........................................30
Email:
Twenty-five Years of Service ..............................................34
dwrpeople@water.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 653-8743 PEOPLE NEWS:
DWR NEWS/People’s Web site Retirements .......................................................................32
is http://wwwowe.water.
New Hires/Promotions/Retirements ...................................34
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Birth Announcements ........................................................35
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A fter three and a half years of work, Morteza Orang,
an Associate Land and Water Use Scientist with DWR’s
Division of Planning and Local Assistance, Statewide Water
Planning Branch, and Dr. Richard Snyder, a University of
California at Davis scientist, have produced two computer
models that promise to revolutionize the way farmers and
water planners estimate crop irrigation needs.
“The amazing aspect of these programs is that they take
monthly averages of various weather parameters needed to
estimate evapotranspiration, then convert them to reliable
daily estimates,” said Morteza. “Until the Consumptive
Use Program (CUP) and Simulation of Evapotranspiration
of Applied Water (SIMETAW), no one has been able to use
monthly weather data with the latest evapotranspiration
formulas that require daily calculations.”
DEVELOPING REVOLUTIONARY “On a scale of one to ten, these programs are tens,” said
AGRICULTURAL Dr. Snyder. “They are very significant for planning purposes
in figuring out how much water we need in California and
WATER
around the world. Both CUP and SIMETAW are big advances
because it’s a pretty complicated process to estimate the
evapotranspiration of crops. You have to consider the
COMPUTER reference evapotranspiration, crop coefficients, rainfall
effects…and all this is put together in the SIMETAW and the
MODELS CUP programs.”
The Creators’ Background
By Don Strickland Dr. Snyder, a biometeorologist, is among the country’s
top researchers in the area of evapotranspiration, the
process by which water is transpired by plant leaves and
evaporated from the surrounding soil. Reliable data on
Page 4: (Left to Right) Dr. Richard Snyder of UC evapotranspiration is a key element of DWR’s California
Davis and Morteza Orang of the Division of Plan-
ning and Local Assistance review the eddy covari- Land and Water Use database, a primary source of water use
ance equipment for measuring energy balance, information for the “California Water Plan Update,” State
evapotranspiration and carbon dioxide fluxes. The
equipment was set up at UC Davis by participants Water Project planning and operations studies, and evaluation
of the Ameriflux network to compare measurement of proposed water transfers.
techniques. Richard and Morteza also use similar
equipment to determine crop coefficients Originally from Iran, Morteza completed undergraduate
(Above) Dr. Richard Snyder looks at the UC Davis work in engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Graduate
Lysimiter, which is a device used to measure studies followed at UC Davis with a concentration on
evapotranspiration by measuring gains and losses
of water core. groundwater hydrology. While at UCD, Morteza worked
with Dr. Snyder as a postgraduate researcher on several
projects that developed new methods for estimating
Photos by Steve Payer & Don Strickland
evapotranspiration. A DWR contract with UCD provided an
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SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 5Developing Revolutionary Agricultural
Water Computer Models
forever,” said Dr. Snyder. “But at this point, they’re about
as good as anything you can find. We’ve improved the crop
coefficients in California. We used to use the same values
throughout the state for tree crops.“
“Since we account for rainfall effects, we know that the
crop coefficients are going to be higher in the Sacramento
Valley than in the San Joaquin Valley because there’s more
frequent rainfall,” said Dr. Snyder. “We never did that in past
estimates, so we’re making improvements all the time and,
as we develop new and better crop coefficients, we’ll make
adjustments.”
Dr. Snyder will use CUP in his teaching program at UCD.
According to Dr. Snyder, CUP is very useful as a teaching tool
Morteza Orang of DPLA’s Statewide Planning Branch reviews
because students can see everything that’s happening.
information for the Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied
Water model program.
“With SIMETAW, there’s a black box. You put information in
one end and get information out the other end, but you can’t
opportunity for Morteza to work once again with Dr. Snyder see what took place, ” said Dr. Snyder.
on the design and development of the CUP and SIMETAW
“Although still new on the market, response to the computer
computer models.
models has been strong. We’ve gotten more than 100
In 1992, Morteza joined DWR as a Graduate Student requests from private companies,” said Morteza. “Geologists,
Assistant, developing equations for estimating monthly environmental companies, engineers, researchers, universities.
evapotranspiration in the Delta. Before joining DWR’s They’ve called from Texas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Indiana,
Statewide Water Planning Branch full time in 1997, he and California. We’ve also been contacted by units of the
worked as a Postgraduate Researcher in the Departments United Nations in Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and India.”
of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Hydrologic
Interest in the programs has been enhanced through
Science at UCD, where he conducted studies in groundwater
presentations at the following events: 2002 U.S. Committee
hydrology.
on Irrigation and Drainage/Environmental and Water
Morteza built the CUP model in what he calls “a user-friendly Resources Institute of ASCE Conference in San Luis Obispo;
Excel application program.” SIMETAW is written in Borland Sixth International Conference on Civil Engineering at Isfahan
C++. Development of the models comes after many years of University of Technology in Isfahan, Iran on May 5-7, 2003;
computer studies. Fourth International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural
Crops at the University of California, Davis on September 1-5,
The Models’ Purpose 2003; 24th Annual International Irrigation Show in San Diego
While the computer models were designed primarily to on November 18-20, 2003.
estimate agricultural irrigation needs, Morteza sees value in Morteza said he and Dr. Snyder also plan workshops to help
other areas. “Take California’s wine grape industry,“ said farmers and others use the computer programs.
Morteza. “SIMETAW could help in frost protection. It could
help us to see what the probabilities are that we could have For more information about SIMETAW and CUP, visit the Web
a temperature below freezing…which in turn could help the site at:
farmers make investment decisions to protect their grapes.” http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/landwateruse/wateruse/
CUP and SIMETAW are finished programs. But that doesn’t Ag/wuagricultural.htm
mean work on them has stopped. “We’ll be improving them
6 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/PeopleA Wealth of
Water Information
By Margarita Macias
S Since 1984, DWR’s California
Data Exchange Center (CDEC) has
and operates a variety of hydrologic
data collection networks, including
provided the most reliable source of automatic snow reporting gages for the
water supply and flood operations Cooperative Snow Surveys Program and
DWR’s California Data Exchange Center information for the State of California. precipitation and river stage sensors for
staff always work as a team to provide
CDEC information. flood forecasting.
(Left to Right) Standing: CDEC Supervi- CDEC, part of the Division of Flood
sor David Parker, Mohsen Nasseri, Ray Management’s Hydrology and Flood “In addition to providing a central
Welch, Paul Kawata. Sitting: Bing Zhang
and Anna Fong. Operations Office, installs, maintains, location for storing and processing real-
Photos by Norm Hughes
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SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 7The Wealth of
Water Information
time hydrologic information gathered
by cooperators throughout the State,
CDEC’s information is available for
review by the cooperators, public,
private agencies, and news media,” said
CDEC’s Supervisor David Parker.
The variety of resources available
through CDEC include current river
conditions, snow pack status, river
stages along with flows, reservoir data
along with reports, satellite images,
station information, data query tools,
precipitation along with snowfall and
snowmelt, water supply, weather
forecasts, and river and tide forecasts.
One hundred ninety agencies, including
State, federal, local, and public utilities,
provide data to CDEC through sensors
throughout California at remote data
stations, such as snow sensor stations,
CDEC’s Webmaster Anna Fong along with Associate Program Analyst Bing Zhang
fire weather stations, and reservoir
make sure CDEC’s computer equipment is working properly.
operations stations; and information
through direct file exchange over the
Internet or dedicated networks.
The History of CDEC
Management Division as a Mechanical
From students in Northern California to
Although manual measurements of Engineering Student in 1980 and later
engineers in China, CDEC’s information
the Sacramento River began as early as programmed the mainframe of CDEC
is widely used worldwide.
1932, gages were not automated and as a Programmer I. With the 1986
The success of CDEC’s information telemetry controlled until 1973. By floods, CDEC’s popularity increased and
comes from the total team effort by 1981, information was made available a larger capacity minicomputer called
CDEC’s staff, which includes David for outside use. After three years, CDEC MV 10,000 was purchased.
Parker, Paul Kawata, Ray Welch, Bing became a 24-hour service allowing
In 1994, CDEC made a major change
Zhang, Anna Fong, and Mohsen more than 70 users to “log on” to the
from MV 15,000 Data General
Nasseri. system at one time.
computers to Hewlett Packard Unix-
“Our team works closely together to “When CDEC began, information had based servers. A Web site for public
make sure the systems, and applications to be gathered from about five different access was created in 1995. This system
are available and running efficiently computers each morning,” said Senior change allowed anyone with access to
in order for users to obtain what is Programmer Analyst Supervisor David the Web to view CDEC information.
needed,” said David. Parker, who joined DWR’s Flood
8 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People“It was great to be on the leading edge CDEC has also expanded to assist with the CDEC staff responds to all inquiries
of the new technology,” said planning water releases, forecasting about the data from the various
water supplies, monitoring water sensors.”
Ray Welch, Staff Programmer Analyst
quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin
who has worked for CDEC for more Generally there are multiple sensors per
Delta, managing watersheds, providing
than 19 years. “CDEC was one of the remote station. More than 50 stations
Delta compliance, and performing
first in DWR to have dynamic Web owned by DWR are maintained by
other hydrogically related functions.
pages that allowed access to a real- DWR’s District offices. Along with other
time hydrologic and weather relational Maintenance of Information DWR field technicians, CDEC’s Associate
database.” Electrical Engineer Mohsen Nasseri
From 300 sensors in 1984 to 9,000
assists in inspecting and repairing these
Use of Information sensors in 2003, CDEC’s source of
remote stations on an annual basis.
information has expanded greatly.
With the modernization of software Since some of these stations are in very
These sensors, which collect
and hardware, there was also a change remote locations, Mohsen has traveled
information and send it to DWR’s
in visits to the Web site. In 1995, the by horse and skis to complete his
satellite or microwave receivers, are
site had 12,000 estimated page views inspections.
maintained by federal, State, local, and
in one water year. For the entire 2003
utility agencies. Making site inspections and
water year, CDEC had 12 million page
troubleshooting is not new to Mohsen,
views. “Although the information is not all
who worked for Caltrans and the
from DWR’s sensors, CDEC staff is still
“From the general public to water Department of Forestry and Fire
the focal point,” said David. “Since
officials, CDEC has provided very Protection before joining DWR in 2000.
CDEC collects the various information,
helpful information in many situations,
such as high water emergency
conditions,” said David. “A person,
who lived in a mobile home park, was
very thankful for having access to CDEC
when the Sacramento River was rising.
By viewing CDEC’s Web site, she knew
when she needed to leave her mobile
home.”
Since CDEC was primarily created to
provide early flood warning, the Web
site is heavily used during high water.
In 1997, the Web site had 35,000
hits per week. In 1998, the Web site
approached 600,000 hits per week.
After additional system enhancements,
the numbers reached over 1.3 million
(Left to Right) Ray Welch and David Parker have worked together on CDEC for the last 19 years.
per week for the current water year.
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SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 9The Wealth of
Water Information
Staff Programmer Analyst Paul Kawata, Coordinating with Others Systems Analyst Anna Fong make
who joined DWR in 1995, previously sure the system is running efficiently.
Ray coordinates data exchange
worked as an Electronic Engineer at As CDEC’s Webmaster, Anna ensures
between the National Weather
McClellan Air Force Base. He ensures data retrieval and site navigation is
Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau
that the microwave and satellite data functioning properly. She also develops
of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of
collection systems are functional around Web software applications that
Engineers, as well as other federal
the clock by developing software support data retrieval and summarize
agencies, public utilities, and private
applications to make these systems various information. Bing takes care
corporations. He also develops software
more manageable and efficient. of the computer systems behind the
applications that support this exchange
Paul also modifies the satellite data scenes and assists in Web application
and the dissemination of data.
collection system and CDEC databases development.
whenever a site is added or an existing “Since I’ve always been fascinated
Bing, who joined DWR in 2001,
one is changed. by all types of weather, including
previously worked for Lockheed Martin
storms, I really enjoy helping provide
as a LAN administrator. Anna, who
all of this important weather
joined DWR in 1989 as a Student
information to others,” said
Assistant and CDEC in 1997 as an
Ray.
Assistant Information Systems Analyst,
From Eureka to Fresno, Ray created one of DWR’s first Web sites.
has also given seminars on In 1998, Anna programmed the total
CDEC for various agencies. redesign of CDEC’s Web site.
Making it Work Well “As part of the redesign, I added
additional navigation and data retrieval
To make sure all of CDEC’s
tools,” said Anna. “The original format
information is available and
would not allow a user to click on a link
operating properly, Associate
and then return to the previous page
Program Analyst Bing
without having to click through all of
Zhang and Staff Information
the previous pages.”
Future Plans
With additional stations and newer
software and hardware, CDEC is
increasing its capability each day.
(Left to Right) Mohsen Nasseri
and Paul Kawata work together
to test and repair microwave and “CDEC has changed significantly in
satellite data collection systems,
20 years,” said David. “Future projects
which are used to provide infor-
mation for CDEC. include automation of data and product
alarms, and development of decision
support tools for reservoir operations.”
10 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/Peoplebut must include that determination,
based on the entire record, in the
Land and Water Use
findings for the project. It must include
Program Manager
Dave Todd presents substantial evidence in the record to
the “Guidebook for support its approval of the project.
Implementation of Any challenge to a verification must be
Senate Bill 610 and initiated within 90 days.
Senate Bill 221 of
2001” created by “SB 221 and SB 610 foster
Office of Water Use communication between land-use
Efficiency staff to as- agencies and water supply planners,
sist counties and cities
resulting in more coordinated planning
in implementing these
new bills. activities. This coordination encourages
innovative solutions to address
water supply challenges, including
Photo by Steve Payer implementing comprehensive water
conservation and water recycling
programs,” said Katie Shulte
Show me Joung of the California Urban Water
Conservation Council.
the Legislation To assist counties and cities in complying
with SB 221 and SB 610, the Office of
A
By Annie Parker Water Use Efficiency has compiled the
“Guidebook for Implementation of Senate
Bill 610 and Senate Bill 221 of 2001.”
“This legislation should ensure that
s California’s population project plus existing and planned future developments occur only when
continues to expand and the current future use, including agricultural and a reliable supply of water is available,”
housing shortage grows, developers manufacturing uses,” said Dave Todd, said Larry Farwell, a private consultant
are looking to locate large housing Land and Water Use Program Manager who assisted the Office of Water Use
projects in less urban, less crowded for DWR’s Office of Water Use Efficiency. Efficiency in creating the guidebook.
areas of the State, preferably further out
past the widening circles of suburban The Urban Water Management Some developers have complained the
neighborhoods. Southern California Planning Act is identified by both SB new laws are further restrictions on
climates and Sierra Nevada foothills are 610 and SB 221 as a foundational building homes to meet the needs of an
especially popular areas for expansion. document and source of information ever-growing population.
for the assessment/verification. If an
But in California, where water is a UWMP is not submitted to DWR, the “SB 610 and SB 221 were adopted to
precious commodity, water supply urban water supplier is not eligible for advance water supply planning efforts,
for a fledgling community must be certain funding administered by the not to inhibit development,” said
taken into consideration. Senate Bill Department until the plan is completed. Dave. “They are designed to improve
610, authored by former Senator Jim the link between information on water
Costa, which requires a Water Supply DWR does not review Water Supply supply availability and certain land use
Assessment, and SB 221, authored by Assessments and Written Verifications decisions made by cities and counties.”
Senator Shelia Kuehl, which requires a of Water Supply. Prior to adoption,
written Verification of Water Supply, are citizens have an opportunity at the local The California Urban Water
also known as the “Show me the Water” level (city, county or water supplier) Conservation Council and the
bills. They require that any development to comment, request information, Department of Water Resources are
planned with more than 500 houses question reliability, and examine the sponsoring workshops in 2004 on
must demonstrate an “adequate” water adequacy of a Water Supply Assessment the Implementation of SB 221 and
supply for the next 20 years. and/or Verification. The lead agency SB 610. Workshops are scheduled
must include the Assessment in from April to May in San Diego, Santa
“The assessment/verification must the Negative Declaration or Draft Rosa, Sacramento, San Jose, and
address whether the projected Environmental Impact Report prepared Fountain Valley. If you are interested in
supply– based on normal, single for the project. If it is determined that attending, contact Dave Todd at
dry, and multiple dry years–will sufficient water is not available, the lead (916) 651-7027.
meet the demand projected for the agency may still approve the project,
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 11DWR-Designed
Fish Barrier Dam will protect
Golden Trout in Sierra
By Pete Weisser Photos by Division
of Engineering staff
W orkers high in the remote southern Sierra
Nevada completed construction of a new DWR-designed
Schaeffer Fish Barrier Dam on the South Fork of the Kern
River. The dam gives California’s official State Fish a better
chance to survive.
At an 8,000-foot altitude site on the edge of the Golden
Trout Wilderness, 25 miles south of Mount Whitney,
workers replaced a deteriorating gabion rock structure with
a new dam, designed to protect California Golden Trout
from predation or breeding with non-native brown and
rainbow trout. The California Golden Trout was designated
California’s State Fish in 1947.
(Left to Right) Of the Division of
Engineering, Mechanical Construc- In the 1970s, the Department of Fish and Game
tion Supervisor Ron Wermuth, and Inyo National Forest initiated a fish barrier
Senior Engineer Bill Forsythe,
and Supervising Engineer Jeanne program to prevent upstream movement of
Schallberger inspect the construc-
tion of Schaeffer Fish Barrier. the browns and rainbows. The fish barrier is
intended to safeguard the high-altitude Golden
Trout from planted browns and rainbows, which thrive in
lower regions of the Kern River’s South Fork.
12 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/PeopleThe approximately 15 foot tall barrier dam on the South
Fork of the Kern River was completed in October.
During the barrier’s construction, a
cyclopean concrete apron was built.
DFG proposed the dam as part of its effort to protect native
fish species, especially goldens. This is a cooperative project
with the Sequoia and Inyo National Forests, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, and several angling organizations. DFG (Above) During a construction inspection, Ron Wermuth and
Dyanna Laing of Engineering watch as formwork is being
funded the project and contracted with the Department of removed.
Water Resources for design and construction.
(Bottom) Concrete sacks stockpiled after being flown in by
helicopter. Due to the remote location of the dam, construction
DWR designed the new fish barrier dam and provided materials had to be flown in by helicopter rather than being
construction inspection and technical assistance on the trucked into the site.
project, according to Bill Forsythe, a Senior Engineer in
DWR’s Division of Engineering. of 2002. The contractor remobilized in July 2003 and
completed the barrier construction in late October 2003.
The low concrete structure spans the 200-foot stream
channel, causing the river to cascade over the dam, thereby To avoid ecological impacts on Inyo National Forest land at
creating a barrier to upstream fish migration. and around the site, construction materials were flown to the
high-altitude construction site by helicopter.
DWR awarded a $1.3 million contract on May 30, 2002 to the
successful bidder, Whitaker Contractors, Inc. of Santa Margarita. According to George Heise, a DFG Senior Hydraulic
Construction began in July 2002 but was suspended due to Engineer, this is the newest of several barrier dams to be
the McNally wildfire, which engulfed the Sequoia National constructed in or around the Golden Trout Wilderness for
Forest area with flames and smoke during the late summer protection of the California Golden Trout.
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 13During construction, concrete formwork was placed for the stairway and viewing area to Castaic Lake.
Castaic Lake
RECREATION AREA PROJECT
Photos by Norm Hughes
T he first major improvements
to facilities at the East Ramp of Castaic
Lake Recreation Area in more than 20
years were completed in March 2004.
The project, funded by the Department
of Boating and Waterways, enlarged a
concessionaire building, a patio, and
a viewing area. It also provided a new
access road, entrance kiosks, restrooms,
(Left to Right) Architect C.Y. Kan reviews Castaic Lake Recreation area’s architectural
plans with Project Manager Gordon Enas and Juan Escobar of his staff. a playground, and picnic area with
14 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/Peoplebarbecue grills building in addition to
upgrades to the area’s water, sewer,
and electrical systems.
“This was one of my most interesting
projects because of the wide variety
of design issues,” said Gordon Enas,
Project Manager of the Castaic
Lake Recreation Area project who
has worked for DWR since 1987.
Gordon has worked on the California
Aqueduct’s Mile 55 Repair, Vaquero
Recreation Area, and Thermalito-
Afterbay and Forebay Recreation Area.
“On any retrofit, you never know what
you’ll find until you uncover things.”
(Left to Right) Standing next to the new entry kiosk at Castaic Lake are Engineering’s Chief
The design of the $2.3 million project Inspector Dave Sale, Sea Pac Engineering’s Superintendent William Powelson, and Construction
Management Supervisor Rob Fill. (Not in photo: Supervising Construction Engineer Jim Brantley.)
began in 1999. Construction, which
was contracted to Sea Pac Engineering,
Incorporated began in 2002.
DWR’s Division of Engineering designers
included Tru Nguyen, Roger Lee
(now with Flood Management), Nader
Noori (now with Operations and
The new picnic area includes
Maintenance), and Juan Escobar. The several tables with benches
along with barbecue grills.
Architectural staff included C.Y. Kan,
Mia Marvelli, and Lino Hernandez,
who designed the new buildings.
The construction was inspected by
Engineering’s Construction Office’s
Construction Management Supervisor
Rob Fill and his staff of Jim Brantley
and Dave Sale.
“The completion of this project made it
A playground was also added
Castaic’s second refurbishment since its
to Castaic Lake Recreation area.
construction in 1967,” said Gordon.
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 15HYATT POWERPLANT
Refurbishment Nears Halfway Mark
By Don Strickland
Above photo:
(Left to Right) Journeyman Machinist
T he five-year, $30 million
refurbishment project at the Oroville
Refurbishment of turbine units 1, 3, and
5 was done through a turnkey contract
Facilities Hyatt Powerplant is nearing with VA Tech Hydro from Linz, Austria.
Clint Wells, Field Supervisor Harry
Railing, and Project Manager Tom Work included designing, manufacturing,
McDonald, all from VA Tech Hydro the halfway point. Refurbishment
uncrate a runner at Oroville’s Hyatt delivering to the work site, and installing
on the plant’s three generating units
Powerplant. turbine runners, wearing rings, wicket
was completed in April. Fabrication
gates, greaseless bushings, turbine
Photos by is under way on the first of three
Division of Engineering staff guide bearings, facing plates, and shaft
reversible pump-turbines with work due sleeves; sand-blasting, inspecting, testing,
to commence at Hyatt Powerplant in repairing, and coating water passages;
October 2004. and start-up tests.
16 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People“Thanks to new components and state- equipment provides better monitoring the Metropolitan Water District of
of-the-art materials, the modernized and control capabilities, with increased Southern California also witnessed the
units are nearly five percent more reliability. model testing.
efficient than the original turbines,
A contract to refurbish pump-turbine Runner and wicket gates for the first
resulting in a substantial power
units 2, 4, and 6 was awarded to GE unit are currently being fabricated.
sales revenue increase coupled with
Hydro in November 2001. GE Hydro Disassembly of the first pump-
substantial maintenance cost savings, “
is a leading turbine designer that uses turbine unit is set for October 1,
said Farshid Falaki, Chief of Division
the latest design and computational 2004. Refurbishment of all three
fluid dynamic pump-turbine units is scheduled for
technologies. completion by June 15, 2006. As with
However, the the turbines, efficiency of the new
design of a pump-turbine units will be nearly five
successful percent higher than the existing units.
model to meet
The first article about Hyatt’s
the contractual
refurbishment project was featured in
efficiency and
DWR People’s Fall 2002 newsletter.
cavitation
requirements
proved to be
a technical
challenge. This
challenge is
attributed to
unique features
at Oroville,
including
(Left to Right) William Watson and Sam Kuah from Metropoli-
tan Water District of Southern California stand next to DWR staff large lake level
Farshid Falaki, Soheil Loghmanpour, and Joel Richard outside of
the GE Hydro Hydraulic Laboratory in Trondheim, Norway. variations and the
wide operating
of Engineering’s Mechanical and range in both pumping and generating
Electrical Engineering Branch. modes. (Left to Right) GE Hydro Chief of Test Henning
Lysaker discusses the runner test results with
As part of the modernization, VA Tech Farshid Falaki of the Division of Engineering.
From December 1 through December
also furnished 10 digital governors to
12, 2003, Division of Engineering staff
replace the outdated control system
members Farshid Falaki, Lonnie Essig,
for the units at Hyatt and Thermalito
and Soheil Loghmanpour witnessed
Powerplants under a separate contract.
model testing in Trondheim, Norway.
Oroville Field Division staff has already
Joel Richard from the Division of
completed the installation of all the
Operations and Maintenance and
new digital governors. The new
William Watson and Sam Kuah from
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 17Part of the reverse osmosis system at
PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Pow-
erplant desalination facility. Diablo
has the largest direct seawater desal
plant in the Western Hemisphere,
producing 450 gallons of fresh water
per minute.
Photo by PG&E
DESALINATION Offers Partial Answer
to California’s Water Supply Question
By Don Strickland
F or the first time since 1982,
the United States hosted the World
Filtration Congress, in New Orleans in
DWR’s Involvement
Converting saltwater to fresh water
desalination should be considered
as part of a balanced water supply
portfolio to help meet California’s
became the topic of serious discussion existing and future water supply and
April, underscoring a growing American
after the State’s drought of 1977. Then, environmental needs.
interest in desalination as an alternative
in September 2002, Assembly Bill 2717
source of drinking water. It was the 9th
became law directing the Department Cost of Desalination
World Filtration Congress (previously
of Water Resources to convene a
held in France, the United Kingdom, “New advances in desalination
Water Desalination Task Force. It was
Belgium, Japan, and Hungary) and technology have made the cost of
comprised of representatives of 27
offered more than 300 technical desalination more competitive with
organizations including State, local
sessions and an exposition of 50-75 other water supply options,” said
and federal agencies, water districts,
booths. Chuck. “This has spurred renewed
environmental groups, and others.
interest in desalination as a potential
Advances in filtration technology are
Charles “Chuck” Keene, Chief of the high quality, reliable and sustainable
of great interest to California water
Water Management Branch in DWR’s supply to meet a portion of California’s
officials because the State’s population
Southern District, was named Executive future water demands. However, the
of 35 million is expected to surpass 50
Officer of the Task Force. DWR staff decision to build a desalination facility
million by the year 2020.
assisting the Task Force included Fawzi should be made on a case-by-case
With increasing pressure to provide Karajeh and Fethi Ben Jemaa (Office of basis given locally based water supply
water -- and rising costs of dams and Water Use Efficiency), Brian Smith (San and reliability needs, environmental
environmental mitigation -- water Joaquin District), and Jennifer Wong considerations, project objectives, and
officials are searching for water supply and Aneta Glen (Southern District). planning issues.”
alternatives.
The Task Force met five times in The price of removing salt from
Desalination may become an 2003, and distributed its findings seawater has dropped by at least one-
increasingly attractive water source, and recommendations in October. A third in the last decade, although it can
especially along California’s coast. primary conclusion is that economically still cost three times as much as some
and environmentally acceptable other water supplies.
18 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/PeopleThere are two basic ways of removing are concerns about groundwater being Cuba, has been using desalinated water
salt from water: distillation and filtering. seriously depleted. for 35 years.
The more popular method in the
Desalination Plants around the In Barbados, the St. Michael
United States is filtering, or reverse
World desalination plant supplies about 20
osmosis. In this process, water is
percent of the total water supply to the
forced through thin plastic membranes There are more than 11,000
island’s 264,000 residents.
permeated with tiny holes big enough desalination plants in operation
to let water molecules pass through around the world, according to the About 60 percent of the world’s
while holding back the larger salt International Desalination Association. desalination facilities are in the Middle
particles. But most plants, especially in the United East. In fact, more than half of the fresh
States, are relatively small ones that water in the Middle East and Northern
Ten years ago, a typical three-foot tall
turn brackish water into fresh water for Africa is supplied by desalination plants.
tube of coiled membrane cost about
industry or agriculture. The world’s largest plant is located in
$1,250 and lasted two to three years.
Saudi Arabia and produces 128 million
Now, that same tube costs about $500, The California Coastal Commission
gallons of desalted water per day. So
lasts about seven years and produces says there are about a dozen existing
far, only 12 percent of the world’s
twice as much fresh water (a 50-million desalination plants on the California
desalination plants are in the Americas,
gallon per day plant uses about 18,000 coast, both public and private, with an
most of them located in the Caribbean
such tubes). additional two dozen in the planning
and Florida.
process.
Improved membrane technologies and
Proposals to build more desalination
more efficient plant designs have cut The Marin Municipal Water District,
plants in California do not come
the approximate cost of desalting water for instance, is considering a plan to
without opposition from environmental
from about $3,000 per acre-foot to convert 5 to 10 million gallons of San
groups, concerned about the possibility
around $900. That’s still considerably Pablo Bay water into drinking water
that the plants will endanger marine
more expensive than Orange County every day. This would be enough to
life by dumping concentrated levels
groundwater at $107 per acre-foot and supply about 30,000 homes annually.
of brine and bacteria back into the
Metropolitan Water District of Southern
The cities of Carlsbad and Huntington sea. Some environmentalists also fear
California supplemental (imported)
Beach are looking at plants that can that turning seawater into drinking
water at about $450, but the dynamics
provide 50 million gallons of desalted water will encourage an even bigger
are changing rapidly. Imported water
water per day, enough to supply population increase than what's already
(particularly from the Colorado River) is
110,000 homes annually. predicted.
becoming much less available and there
Desalting ocean “Nonetheless, conversion costs and
water is nothing new. environmental concerns may not slow
Some countries have the trend toward more desalination
relied on desalination plants,” said former DWR Deputy
for decades, as have Director Jonas Minton, who served as
military vessels and Chairperson of the Task Force. “With
cruise ships. an additional 600,000 people calling
this state home each year, desalination
The U.S. Navy base looks more and more like one of the
at Guantanamo Bay, possible solutions to California’s water
supply problem…regardless of price.”
Executive Officer of the Desalination Task Force Charles Keene, who
works in the Southern District office in Glendale, and former Deputy
Director Jonas Minton (Right) met with the Water Desalination Task
Force during their visit to the desalination plants at Marina Water
District and Monterey Bay Aquarium. (Photo by Dale Kolke)
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 19NEWS IN BRIEF
Reclamation Board Takes its
Meeting Down the Sacramento Photos by Don Strickland
The Reclamation Board may
have established a first for a State
government body on February 6, when
the agency with flood management
responsibility along the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers held its public
meeting aboard a riverboat while
cruising from Alamar Marina to
Clarksburg.
The Sacramento River Corridor
Planning Forum organized the on-the-
water field trip so that Reclamation
Board members and representatives
DWR Chief of Floodplain Management Ricardo Pineda (center) talks
of other city, county, State and federal with members during the tour.
agencies and organizations could
view the Sacramento River floodway
Chief Engineer Stephen Bradley spoke Later he commented on the boat tour:
firsthand.
for Reclamation Board staff on the
“We had a great experience today…
While the 65-foot “River City Queen” trip. He explained the Board’s position
we’ve seen a lot of things…erosion
provided a close look at trouble spots this way: “Although there are many
sites, marinas, potential development
and proposed development areas, visions for use of the Sacramento River
sites and we’ve been able to discuss
speakers covered topics ranging from such as recreational, environmental, or
potential conflicts and opportunities in
concern about residences and debris economic development, the safety of
a very positive way.”
within the floodway to meeting the the public from flooding along the river
challenge of a managed river floodway is the primary consideration of The Buer went on to say that by taking a
in a growing metropolitan region. Reclamation Board.” boat tour, one senses the power of
the river, which is hard to do from a
DWR’s Division
bridge passing overhead. “You can
of Flood
see the erosive power of the current
Management
working on the banks,” he said. “It’s
Chief Stein Buer
kind of awe-inspiring and even though
spoke about
the flow rate is only 33,000 cubic feet
the Sacramento
per second today (about one-third the
Bypass and weir
design flow of 107,000 cfs) you still get
facilities.
The upper deck passengers on the river tour included Recla-
mation Board President Betsy Marchand (in the aisle seat
of the third row).
20 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/Peoplethe feeling that this is a living river…
and it’s a wonderful asset for the city.”
Reclamation Board President Betsy
Marchand said she thought the outing
was exciting…and informative. “I really
enjoyed talking with so many people
interested in preserving the Sacramento
River and in favor of doing good
planning for the future. I think this is
an opportune time before the whole
Reclamation Board
Sacramento River is changed. We are so Chief Engineer Steve
pleased with the cooperation from all Bradley speaks about
development along the
the agencies. DWR has been extremely Sacramento River.
cooperative and helpful. Stein and
others who spoke today really helped
put the whole project in perspective. When asked if she ever conducted good perspective of what we’re talking
All the people came here today about a Reclamation Board meeting afloat about. It’s a different view and it’s a
a real project…something that’s before, Betsy had this response: “No, view that we need. This is a lot better
important to our area and to future this is the first time, but I hope it’s than a PowerPoint, I’ll tell you that.”
generations.” not the last because you really get a
Emergency Preparedness Seminar Marcell Lewis, discussed emergency
evacuation procedures with an
emphasis on emergency preparedness
On December 8, 2003, The Resources October 2003 as part of Disability for individuals with disabilities. The
Agency sponsored a seminar Awareness Month. panel also responded to questions
on emergency preparedness for and concerns from an audience that
Panel members consisting of
employees in the Resources and included emergency team members,
representatives of the California
Bonderson buildings. The seminar facilities staff, and health and safety
Highway Patrol and Sacramento City
was a follow-up to the seminar on officers.
Fire Department, along with Resources
Emergency Preparedness for Employees
Building Manager Greek Harvey and The event was coordinated by the
with Disabilities, which was held in
Bonderson Building Manager Department of Water Resources’
Equal Opportunity and Management
Investigations Office.
At the Preparedness Seminar, speakers (Left to
Right) included Resources Building Manager
Greek Harvey, Bonderson Building Manager
Marcell Lewis, CHP Officer David Brunell,
CHP Staff Services Analyst Kelly Williams, and
Sacramento Fire Department Fire Prevention
Officer Rosemary Robles.
Photo by Norm Hughes
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 21NEWS IN BRIEF
A Dime A Day
During the 2003 California State “DWR’s 2003 CSEC Campaign, also and made this such a successful
Employees Charitable Campaign, DWR known at DWR as ‘A Dime a Day’ campaign.”
employees raised $155,900, for campaign, was a success,” said Ernie
The Divisions and Offices donating
nonprofit organizations, such as the Tapia, DWR’s CSECC Department
more than $100 per capita included
Sacramento Food Bank Services, Chairperson. “Although DWR has lost
Executive, Office of Water Education,
Stanford Home for Children, and the many positions, we still increased our
Bay-Delta Office, Safety of Dams,
American Red Cross. DWR received a participation rate to 50 percent and per
Planning and Local Assistance, the
Gold Award for per capita donations to capita contributions to $85. A special
State Water Project Analysis Office, and
the CSECC. thanks to everyone who contributed
DPLA's San Joaquin District.
In March, DWR employees attended
the CSECC Appreciation Ceremony,
where employees and divisions
received awards for their contributions.
(Left to Right) CSECC Representative Ron Her-
mann, DWR’s CSECC Department Chair Ernie
Tapia, DWR Director Lester Snow, and DWR
Acting Chief Deputy Director Steve Verigin
attended the CSECC Appreciation Ceremony.
(Left to Right) DWR’s Division
Vice Chairs, who attended the
CSECC Appreciation Ceremony
included (Sitting) Rebecca
Boyer for Executive, Gholam
Shakouri for DPLA’s San Joa-
quin District, Lynn Stephens for
the Office of the Chief Counsel,
Linda Ingalls for Technology
Services. (Standing) DWR
Director Lester Snow, Mike
Torabian for the State Water
Project Analysis Office, Ray
Welch for Flood Management,
Chris Demes for CERS, and
Baryohay Davidoff of Office of
Water Use Efficiency.
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DWR Blood Drives
Donating blood to DWR’s Blood Drive could help save someone’s life. DWR’ last three Blood Drives in 2004 are
scheduled in the Resources Building’s Auditorium for July 7, September 9 and November 9.
Donors must be in general good health, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be at least 17 years old (16 years with
written parental/guardian permission).
For more information about donating blood, visit the Blood Source’s Web site at www.bloodsource.org
or email questions to DWR’s Blood Drive Coordinator Lynne Bitnoff at blooddrive@water.ca.gov
If you would like to donate blood, visit DWR’s Web site at
http://donateblood.water.ca.gov/cgi-bin/donor or email Lynne.
SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/People 23PEOPLE PROFILES
“Since September 2001, DWR has
taken proactive measures to enhance
both its physical and cyber security
programs,” said Sonny. “Bert plays
a key leadership role in safeguarding
DWR’s cyber information systems and
activities. He’s also an effective IT
link with our security and emergency
planning partners in other agencies.”
Bert acts as Incident Commander
for the Computer Security Incident
Response Team that can be activated
in emergencies, and
he also provides expert
For more than 14 years, Bert Pierroz
input on business
has worked on DWR electronic and
information security issues. In recent resumption planning
years, he has had special concern for for IT. Bert serves as
the security of mobile devices. Chairperson of the
Department’s Network
Security Task Force.
He works very closely with Ben
Information Security Officer Williams, Chief, Division of Technology
Helps DWR Thwart Services, and the DTS management
and technical staff. Bert credits DTS
Computer Viruses, Hackers technical staff and other members
of the Network Security Task Force
for creating and maintaining the
By Pete Weisser
Department’s numerous security
Photos by Paul Hames systems.
A s a pioneer among State
agencies in electronic communications,
it’s fitting that DWR has its own cyber
Bert provides strategic direction and
guidance for the DWR information
security program. This involves
DWR recognized Bert’s outstanding
performance in 2003 with a
Management Excellence Award. The
award citation praised Bert for taking
the initiative to “design and implement
a comprehensive, cohesive information
security patrol, riding the Internet range providing IT security advice to top
security program,” calling him “the
and protecting the Department against management, as well as conducting
unquestioned leader within DWR with
e-mail rustlers and hustlers. risk analyses to identify assets,
regard to information security matters.”
vulnerabilities and the adequacy of
Data Processing Manager III Bert information systems safeguards. Bert brings a decade of top-level
Pierroz, who is a veteran Information
information technology security
Technology analyst, supervisor and Security Input for expertise to his cyber security job,
educator, is the IT pro riding security Management along with career experience as an
shotgun to safeguard DWR’s working
educator, trainer and information
population of computer, e-mail and “Bert’s expert input on IT security is
systems supervisor and analyst. He
laptop users. a valuable resource to DWR policy
became acting Information Security
makers and top managers in strategic
On September 1, 2001- just days Officer starting in November 2000.
planning and assuring protection for
prior to the infamous terrorist attacks Since 1992, he’s been active in IT
our communications from viruses and
on the Pentagon and in New York security planning and management,
other disruptions,” said Steve Verigin,
- Bert was appointed DWR’s first first as a Staff Information System
Acting Chief Deputy Director.
full-time Information Security Officer, Analyst (Supervisor) and later as a
working closely with the Department’s Sonny Fong, DWR’s Emergency Senior ISA.
Emergency Preparedness Manager and Preparedness Manager, credits Bert
“I’ve actually been working on a wide
reporting directly to the Chief Deputy with helping DWR upgrade its IT
variety of electronic and information
Director. security in recent years.
24 SPRING 2 0 0 4 DWR NEWS/Peoplesecurity issues within DWR since of terrorism and spam is on system
1990,” said Bert. This covered a period protection against villainy from outside
of great technological advances in the Department and risks imported
computer use and burgeoning e-mail from home systems, he also enforces
traffic within the Department. the DWR policies on proper employee
use of computers and IT.
With firewalls, layered protection,
security patches and vigilant Virus Alerts
supervision, DWR has developed and
implemented sound in-depth security Bert is well known to grateful
safeguards. computer users and e-mailers
throughout DWR for his
Safety Tips for Home speedy, informative alerts
Computers when viruses threaten the
security and usefulness of
Consequently, much of Bert’s emphasis the Information Highway.
now is on educating computer users Such viruses have the
on the need for individual security ability to quickly spread
and vigilance, especially to safeguard through and contaminate
vulnerable points of entry for viruses and e-mail systems. His
hackers. This includes home computer alerts describe the virus,
use, as well as work computers, and the providing best available
vital points of interface between home information and advice on
and work systems. how to thwart or minimize
Early in 2004, Bert issued an e-mail exposure and risk from such
message on computer security at home, unwanted intrusions into
crammed with tips on how to use the DWR communications
firewalls, security patches and anti-virus system.
software for protection. He also gives Career Profile
referrals for more information.
A longtime DWR
“Mobile laptops and home systems employee, Bert
don’t have the security benefits that our has worked for
(DWR) network provides,” he said. the Department
Areas of special concern are laptop continuously since 1988.
reconnects, Internet Explorer and A credentialed teacher
wireless networking. “Keep your home and veteran Training
computer anti-virus software current, Officer, he moved into the
your operating systems and applications Information Technology
patched, and use a personal firewall,” field in the early 1990s.
said Bert. He also recommends the Bert started with the
following: Department in the 1970s in the
-Don’t open any e-mail attachment Training Office. He left to work as a
that you haven’t requested or weren’t director of education and organization
expecting. development at Sutter Health System
for four years in the early 1980s. From
-Don’t visit any Web sites that aren’t 1987 to 1988, he worked as a Training Bert Pierroz, a UC Davis graduate,
well known and ‘content appropriate.’ enjoys ending his workday with a
Officer at the California State Lottery. bicycle ride home.
-If you use a DWR laptop in the field for Bert earned a Master in Public
extended periods, you need to check Administration degree at California
with your local LAN administrator State University, Sacramento, in 1979.
before reconnecting to DWR’s internal A 1968 graduate of UC Davis, Bert
network to ensure that your anti-virus majored in Psychology and minored in high-tech professional, Bert commutes
software is up-to-date. Mathematics. to work on a low-tech vehicle, a
While much of Bert’s focus in an era bicycle, as befits a Davis alumnus.
Bert and his wife have two sons. A
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