Clovis reuse system delivered nearly 19 million gallons in March; city plans to deepen Hillcrest ponds

City staff reported that the municipal reuse system delivered almost 19 million gallons of reclaimed water in March, up from about 17 million gallons in March of the previous year, and described projects to expand local storage capacity.

Mr. Holcomb told the committee that the city has completed 100% of the originally designed reuse project but still has nine connections to bring online, including school sites and the final city connection at Bob Spencer Park. He said staff will work this summer to switch the Bob Spencer Park irrigation from potable water to reuse. "In the month of March, we delivered almost 19,000,000 gallons of reuse water. Comparing that to last year, we delivered around 17,000,000 gallons," Holcomb said.

Holcomb described existing storage assets — an elevated tank at the Mike Harris baseball/softball complex (about 1 million gallons) and deepened golf-course lakes — and outlined a city proposal to deepen the Hillcrest Park ponds and the front-nine golf course lake to provide additional storage. Because a sewer line runs along the berm that separates Hillcrest's two ponds, Holcomb said relocating that sewer line would be part of the pond-deepening project.

Nicole Holcomb, the city's marketing and events coordinator, described outreach for Water Conservation Month: information tables at city hall and the library, a social media campaign with conservation tips, PSAs on local radio, and student-produced PSAs in partnership with iAcademy. "A little bit goes a long way if we can get everyone to just save a couple of gallons a day," she told the committee.

Committee members asked a few clarifying questions and there were no formal actions tied to the reuse or outreach updates.