2. EV SPENCE
CITY OF SAN ANGELO
WATER SOURCES
ROBERT LEE
BALLINGER
O.H. IVIE
GRAPE
CREEK OC FISHER
PAINT ROCK
SAN ANGELO
LAKE NASWORTHY
TWIN
BUTTES EDEN
MELVIN
CHRISTOVAL
HICKORY BRADY
AQUIFER
3. Robert Lee
Garden Sterling City
City
TWIN BUTTES WATERSHED
Grape Creek
San Angelo
TWIN BUTTES RESERVOIR
Mertzon
Rankin Big Lake Christoval
Barnhart
Eldorado
4. LAKE NASWORTHY WATERSHED
Ballinger
Grape
Creek
Paint Rock
San Angelo
LAKE NASWORTHY
Mertzon
Eden
Christoval
5. Big Spring
O. C. FISHER WATERSHED
Stanton
Garden
City Robert Lee
Sterling City
Grape Creek
O. C. FISHER RESERVOIR San
Angelo
Mertzon
6. Sweetwater
Colorado City
Big Spring
E V SPENCE RESERVOIR
Winters
Robert Lee
Sterling City
Ballinger
E V SPENCE WATERSHED
Grape Creek
San Angelo
7. O. H. IVIE
WATERSHED
Winters
Robert Lee
Sterling City Coleman
Ballinger
Grape Creek
O. H. IVIE RESERVOIR
Paint Rock
San Angelo
Mertzon
Eden
Brady
11. Water Use Groups
• Residential Use- 62%
• Commercial Use- 18%
• Industrial Use- 4%
• System Operation- 16%
12. Gallons per Capita Day
100
150
200
250
50
0
183
1995
1996
1997
230
1998
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004
150
2005
174
2006
2007
152
2008
2009
2010
Average Water Use per Person per Day
2011
177
44. Groundwater Treatment - Radium Removal
• Treatment Options:
-Ion Exchange (IX)
-Reverse Osmosis (RO)
• Pilot Testing Results:
-Both methods effective in radium removal
-Ion Exchange Process- 99% water recovery
-Reverse Osmosis Process- 90% water recovery
45. Treatment Method: Ion Exchange (IX)
Pretreatment Ion Exchange (IX)
Phosphate
Finished Water
(99% Recovery)
Well Granular Spent Disposal to
Media Resin Licensed Facility
Filter
48. Radioactivity in the Environment
1.00E+06
1.00E+05
1.00E+04
Radium Concentration (pCi/g)
1.00E+03
1.00E+02
1.00E+01
1.00E+00
1.00E-01
1.00E-02
Lantern Glazed Gypsum Granite Soil Beans Teeth Bone
Mantle Zircon
Building
Tiles
49. Radioactivity in the Environment
1.00E+02
1.00E+01
Radium Concentration (pCi/L)
1.00E+00
1.00E-01
1.00E-02
Untreated EPA Drinking Medical (Spa) Mineral Wine Beer Milk
Hickory Water Water Limit Water Water
50. EPA Standard for Drinking Water
• EPA limit for Radium- 5 piC/l
• Health Risk Assessment for Radium
-Based on long term exposure
• If 10,000 people consumed 2 liters of water every day
for 70 years, there would be a possibility of one
additional incident of cancer
51. Levels of Radium in Drinking Water
• Hickory Well Field- Average 35 pCi/l
• Millersview-Doole WSC- 68 pCi/l
• City of Brady Wells- 19 pCi/l
pCi/L-Picocuries per liter
52. HICKORY PROJECT SCHEDULE
Collector Piping Complete May 2012
Transmission Main Complete July 2013
Booster Pump Station and Wells Online July 2013
IX Plant On-Line July 2014
Jan-12 Jul-12 Feb-13 Aug-13 Mar-14 Sep-14
64. Projected Water Supply
20,000
Drought
18,000 Level III
16,000
Projected Supply, Acre-Feet
14,000
Ivie
12,000 Supply
Depleted
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct
Month
65. Stage III Water Use Restrictions
• No watering of lawns, shrubs, gardens, golf courses
• City Council may designate days and times for hand
watering of trees and foundations
• No filling or refilling of swimming pools or fountains
• No washing of vehicles except as needed for public
health, safety and welfare
66. Water Usage Surcharges
• Residential accounts- $6.00/1,000 gallons for usage
over 10,000 gallons
• Apartments- $5.00/1,000 gallons for usage over 3,000
gallons/apartment unit
• All other accounts- $2.50/1,000 gallons
67. City of San Angelo
Water Forum
August 30, 2012