we can start using it and the use of that is when we came for the notice of change, we explained to you that these are the potential or pending change orders, approved change orders, i think was approved somewhere in april 12, so that s what this item is, i would be glad to give you the response to your questions and reasons for these changes, you already have been briefed by julie, the gas tunnel is the water seepage as well as the harder rocks which we are encountering, for your information, the project now is 83% complete. we have lost less of 900 feet to do it, but this seems to be the most challenging at this moment because of the water seepage. not the harder rock, the water seepage? the harder rock is also part of it but i think water is what s most challenging now. any questions? any public comment? is there a motion? so moved. moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. . er aye. opposed? thank yo
seepage. not the harder rock, the water seepage? the harder rock is also part of it but i think water is what s most challenging now. any questions? any public comment? is there a motion? so moved. moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. . er aye. opposed? thank you very much. item 10, approve the increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2551 in the amount of 449 million 443, 646 dollars. okay, this item is similar to what i did discuss earlier. it was approved in april and what we are asking is that the approved amounts you had done in april was 88.7 million dollars, we re asking part of that money to be transferred to the construction contingencies to cover all these pending change orders or potential change orders, trends and to some extent, some of the risk. alright. any public comment? is there a motion or discussion by the board? so moved. moved, seco
water seepage? the harder rock is also part of it but i think water is what s most challenging now. any questions? any public comment? is there a motion? so moved. moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. . er aye. opposed? thank you very much. item 10, approve the increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2551 in the amount of 449 million 443, 646 dollars. okay, this item is similar to what i did discuss earlier. it was approved in april and what we are asking is that the approved amounts you had done in april was 88.7 million dollars, we re asking part of that money to be transferred to the construction contingencies to cover all these pending change orders or potential change orders, trends and to some extent, some of the risk. alright. any public comment? is there a motion or discussion by the board? so moved. moved, seconded. seconded. commissioners, a
the potential or pending change orders, approved change orders, i think was approved somewhere in april 12, so that s what this item is, i would be glad to give you the response to your questions and reasons for these changes, you already have been briefed by julie, the gas tunnel is the water seepage as well as the harder rocks which we are encountering, for your information, the project now is 83% complete. we have lost less of 900 feet to do it, but this seems to be the most challenging at this moment because of the water seepage. not the harder rock, the water seepage? the harder rock is also part of it but i think water is what s most challenging now. any questions? any public comment? is there a motion? so moved. moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. . er aye. opposed? thank you very much. item 10, approve the increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2551 i
he s trying to hide from you. mr. richie, this is not church, you don t have to hide in the back. [laughter]. okay, i found this very interesting, the desalination projts comparison, could you tell me what it means so i can understand about the energy use, how they compare the different yes, in this case, we compared the bay area regional desalination projts to the santa cruz project t marine project in san diego county on an energy and cost basis, and basically what this shows is that the energy uses for the regional desalination project is lower than the others and that s gr ifrn by the fact that we would be if we proceeded with this project, we would be desail baiting brackish water, you re getting more water per unit and having to separate out less salt so the energy usage is lower because of that, it increases because it has to go to the east bay mud system to be pumped up to get into our system, it shows the desalination cost itself is much less for that proje