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The Treasure Valley benefits from a substantial local water supply, arguably a greater per capita supply of surface water and groundwater than in many other arid western urban areas. Nevertheless, the Treasure Valley faces the challenge of supplying municipal water to a growing population. Municipal demand is projected to increase by another 110,000 AF to 190,000 AF in the coming decades. Although Treasure Valley aquifers will support additional pumping, there are aquifer-capacity, water-quality, and administrative constraints that may limit additional groundwater withdrawals in some areas. Fortunately, there are numerous options available for increasing municipal supplies. Potential water sources include additional groundwater development, new upstream storage, the Snake River, the Boise River downstream of Star, and treated municipal effluent. In combination, these sources likely will be sufficient to meet the projected domestic, commercial, municipal, and industrial (DCMI) demand in the Treasure Valley over the coming decades. Developing these sources will likely entail overcoming various physical, institutional, and administrative constraints. Meeting a growing municipal water demand will require an adaptive, cooperative strategy for developing some or all of the water-supply options described in this report.Meeting a growing municipal water demand will require an adaptive, cooperative strategy for developing some or all of the water-supply options described in this report.

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Title:
Treasure Valley water supply options to meet projected municipal demand
Authors:
HDR | SPF; Petrich, Christian
Contributors:
Terry Scanlan; Lori Graves; SPF Water Engineering
Date:
2022-05-22
Description:
The Treasure Valley benefits from a substantial local water supply, arguably a greater per capita supply of surface water and groundwater than in many other arid western urban areas. Nevertheless, the Treasure Valley faces the challenge of supplying municipal water to a growing population. Municipal demand is projected to increase by another 110,000 AF to 190,000 AF in the coming decades. Although Treasure Valley aquifers will support additional pumping, there are aquifer-capacity, water-quality, and administrative constraints that may limit additional groundwater withdrawals in some areas. Fortunately, there are numerous options available for increasing municipal supplies. Potential water sources include additional groundwater development, new upstream storage, the Snake River, the Boise River downstream of Star, and treated municipal effluent. In combination, these sources likely will be sufficient to meet the projected domestic, commercial, municipal, and industrial (DCMI) demand in the Treasure Valley over the coming decades. Developing these sources will likely entail overcoming various physical, institutional, and administrative constraints. Meeting a growing municipal water demand will require an adaptive, cooperative strategy for developing some or all of the water-supply options described in this report.Meeting a growing municipal water demand will require an adaptive, cooperative strategy for developing some or all of the water-supply options described in this report.
Location:
Treasure Valley
Idaho County:
Canyon County
Latitude:
43.66
Longitude:
-116.6
Identifier:
Treasure Valley Water-Supply Options 5/22/2022
Publisher:
Veolia Water Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Language:
eng

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