Casitas-Ojai Water System Consolidation Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070808
Lead Agency
Casitas Municipal Water District
Document Title
Casitas-Ojai Water System Consolidation Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The project site has Rural and Low Density Residential land use designations and is zoned as Rural Agricultural-2, Rural-Agricultural 5, Rural-Exclusive 5, Agricultural, and Public.
Document Description
CMWD acquired the Ojai Water System in 2017 from Golden State Water Company. The proposed project would integrate the Ojai Water System with the Casitas Water System to address insufficient storage capacity in the Ojai Water System and provide compatible water treatment to both systems. The proposed project consists of five main components:
• Pipeline installation, consisting of approximately 450 linear feet of a new 6-inch water pipeline at the Private Drive site in unincorporated Ventura County; as well as approximately 1,100 linear feet of a new 8-inch pipeline at the Foothill Road site, in unincorporated Ventura County and the City of Ojai;
• Tank demolition, abandonment, and construction, consisting of demolition of the existing 1.0-million gallon concrete tank at the Arbolada Tank site in Ojai; abandonment of the existing Running Ridge tanks at the Running Ridge site in unincorporated Ventura County; and construction of a 1.0-million gallon welded steel tank at the Ojai East Tank site in Ojai;
• Tank rehabilitation, consisting of rehabilitation of an existing 3.0-million gallon welded steel tank at the Ojai East Tank site in Ojai;
• Water treatment, consisting of conversion of the existing treatment system at the Ojai Water System Wellfield in Ojai from chlorine to chloramines, which would involve installation of a new, approximately 2,700 linear feet discharge line, a new free chlorine analyzer, a new sample point for the analyzer, a new ammonia injection point, and new ammonia storage tanks and dosing pumps;
• Booster pump station demolition and construction, consisting of demolition of the existing pump station at the Arbolada Tank site in Ojai; and construction of a temporary pump station and new pump station at the same site.
Contact Information
Name
Julia Aranda
Agency Name
Casitas Municipal Water District
Job Title
Engineering Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Amanda Antonelli
Agency Name
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Job Title
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Ojai, Unincorporated Ventura County
Counties
Ventura
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Foothill Road, Fairview Road, Grand Avenue, Reeves Road
Zip
93023/4
Parcel #
010012021, 010013021, 020001001, 030017007, 028011102
State Highways
33, 150
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Multiple
Waterways
San Antonio Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 6, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
Development Types
Water Facilities (Booster pump station, storage, transmission)(Type Same, MGD 0.000001)
Local Actions
Development
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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