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Water Management Plan includes reclaimed water use in future planning for the city. This would require construction of additional filtration and disinfection facilities at the City's wastewater treatment plant, as well as a distribution system. The use of reclaimed water is planned for dust control and irrigation at the"Big League Dreams"regional sports complex.Additionally, it is anticipated that the City will use reclaimed water for golf course and miscellaneous landscape irrigation by 2010(Richard,pers. comm.,2006a).Additional information on reclaimed(or recycled)water can be found in Chapter 3, "Project Description." WQCF Water Usage The WQCF is not currently connected to the City water system. An on-site groundwater well at the WQCF site is used to meet the washing and showering needs of facility staff. Bottled water is used for drinking. In the future, the WQCF would connect to the City water system through existing distribution pipelines. The WQCF does not keep records on groundwater well usage at this time (Shannon,pers. comm.,2006). Treated effluent is used to irrigate approximately 190 acres of City-owned cropland surrounding the WQCF site. This nonpotable treated effluent water is also used as facility wash water. STORM DRAINAGE The WQCF site is located on relatively flat land with no major drainages traversing the site. Major drainages in the project vicinity include Lone Tree Creek approximately 5 miles north of the WQCF,the Stanislaus River approximately 5 miles south of the WQCF, and the San Joaquin River approximately 2 miles west of the WQCF site. An SSJID canal is located on the WQCF property. The City's drainage facilities are designed for stormwater to flow into detention and retention basins. Stormwater collected in detention basins,which temporarily hold and gradually release water for short periods of time,would discharge into SSJID drainage facilities. Stormwater collected in retention basins would percolate to groundwater or evaporate(City of Manteca 2003a). SSJID operates drainage facilities that traverse the city of Manteca and carry a portion of the city's stormwater drainage. Water in the SSJID drainage system flows west into the French Camp Canal,which eventually flows into the French Camp Slough and ultimately drains into the Delta. Existing road and railroad crossings of the French Camp Canal are undersized and require replacement to accommodate future peak flows from the city(City of Manteca 2003a). Individual development plans within the city limits are required to provide on-site detention designed to reduce peak stormwater flows to the City's system(City of Manteca 2003a). The City's target level of service is to provide 10-year storm drainage protection for all development and to provide 100-year storm drainage protection for all structures. Stormwater management and drainage impacts are addressed in Section 4.9,"Hydrology and Water Quality." SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL Pickup and disposal of solid waste is provided by the City of Manteca Solid Waste Division. The City provides the following solid waste services: residential,biweekly curbside pickup of compost materials; leaf and Christmas tree pickup; oil collection pickup; commercial recycling; and household hazardous waste collection. Wastes are transported to the Lovelace Transfer Station. Recyclable materials are stored at this facility,while other solid waste and green waste is transported to the Forward Landfill on Austin Road.At present,the Forward Landfill is permitted to accept 8,668 maximum tons per day(tpd)of solid waste. The landfill has a total capacity of 51 million cubic yards(CIWMB 2006) and a remaining capacity of 29.38 million cubic yards (Kennedy,pers. comm.,2006). The landfill has an estimated closure date of 2017 (Kennedy,pers. comm., 2006). EDAW Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR Public Services and Utilities 4.10-2 City of Manteca