Replenish Big Bear is a forward-looking water supply project that protects our community's water supplies well into the future, ensuring that our community continues to be a great place to visit and an even better place to live.

We need your input!

The Notice of Preparation public comment period began on November 30, 2022 and will end on January 17, 2023. Two public scoping meetings will be held to receive verbal public comments and suggestions on the environmental issues associated with implementation of the Replenish Big Bear Program that will be addressed in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). These meetings will be identical in nature and will enable two meetings for each of the community areas within which the Program would be installed. The scoping meetings will be open to the public and held at the following locations and at the following times:

City of Big Bear Lake, Department of Water and Power

41972 Garstin Dr., Big Bear Lake, CA 92315

From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM on January 5, 2023

Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency

121 Palomino Dr., Big Bear City, CA 92314

From 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM on January 10, 2023

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What is the Piloting Study?

The Replenish Big Bear Piloting Study Project (Project), a separate project that will occur prior to the initiation of the full Program, will occur from January 2023 through the summer of 2023, with the potential to extend through October 2023, if additional data is needed. The pilot system is expected to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the pilot period, aside from any unanticipated operational interruptions. The purpose of the pilot is to demonstrate process performance of the proposed treatment process for the upgraded Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), which includes upflow denitrification, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet disinfection, advanced oxidation with sodium hypochlorite, and brine minimization. Piloting will involve rented skid- and trailer-mounted treatment processes that will be operated at the existing WWTP to treat approximately 1% of the  WWTP effluent flow, or 20 gallons per minute.