Conceptual Design Development for Surface Mining Permit Reclamation

Zone 7 Water Agency desires to hire a qualified and reliable consultant to Represent Zone 7 in working with a gravel quarry consultant team responsible for the reconfiguration of mining pond reclamation to complete a a design that will enable Zone 7 to achieve its water management goals, priorities, and the surface mining permit reclamation plan's requirements, and ensure viable future operations and maintenance. . Proposals must be submitted through the E-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/zone7water , no later than 9:00 am on Monday, July 27, 2026 .

In 1981 Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted the Livermore Amador Valley Quarry Area Reclamation (LAVQAR) Site Specific Plan which developed the concept of the Chain of Lakes as mitigation to Zone 7 for the removal of the aquifer materials. All surface mining permits and their corresponding reclamation plans issued in the Livermore Groundwater Basin must comply with LAVQAR. Surface mining permits are periodically amended. Current quarry operator, Vulcan Materials Company, is investigating the feasibility of an alternative configuration to some of the lakes in the Chain of Lakes that fall under their surface mining permit and reclamation plan. Zone 7 is seeking a consultant to support Zone 7 during the assessment of alternative lake configurations. This would include evaluating designs proposed by Vulcan's consultant to ensure that Zone 7 is able to achieve its water management goals, priorities, and the surface mining permit reclamation plan's requirements, and ensure viable future operations and maintenance.