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Objectives: • Additional recycled water availability in the Westlake area from California Water through LVMWD to serve additional parks on the east side of the District. (i.e. North Ranch Playfield, Evenstar Neighborhood Park) • Additional recycled water availability throughout the District. • Ground water availability throughout the District to serve all parks Districtwide. Challenges: • Two of the three District's water suppliers, the City of Thousand Oaks and California American Water, do not have recycled water readily available for District Parks. The treated wastewater from the City's Hill Canyon Treatment Plant is discharged into Calleguas Creek where it is sold to Camrosa Water District where it is reused downstream for primarily crop irrigation in the Oxnard plain. • Costs associated with making additional recycled water available. • Quality of ground water available • Costs and economic feasibility of utilizing ground water for District Parks. S. Create a Procedure for Residents to Report Broken Sprinklers at Agency Parks Current Practice: • The District staff and public report leaks, breaks and faulty irrigation via telephone, email, and the Do Report Irrigation Problems (DRIP) program. Phone calls and emails from DRIP are received from park patrons and interfaced to grounds staff. This system allows real time reporting during operating hours. Objectives: • Develop additional systems such as Apps to complement the existing systems. Challenges: • Costs associated with the additional technology and implementation. 6. Develop a Design Criteria to Reduce Runoff and Promote Groundwater Recharge Current Practice: Many District park sites, generally developed or retrofitted since 2001, are designed to absorb storm water New parks are being outfitted with bioswales and older parks are beginning to be retrofitted with bioswales intended to capture, slow, and filter storm water. Objectives. • Utilize EPA M54 guidelines that allow park sites to accept and treat municipal storm water runoff through the creation of bio swales. In this program developers and local municipalities can divert runoff from conventional storm drains into bio swales that will treat and diffuse storm water. All future parks and park retrofits will utilize these design practices as outlined in the California Building Code, which requires LEED standards. P q g e 16