TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Erick Lee, Public Works Director
Jeff Page, Utilities Manager
Sandy Nimat, Water Compliance Supervisor
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of the Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Pursuant to Water Code Section 10632.1 (No Budget Impact) (Public Works Director Lee).
RECEIVE AND FILE ASSESSMENT
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file the Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action.
BACKGROUND:
The City's water supply sources include local pumped groundwater from the West Coast Basin and imported water purchased from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), which is provided by the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD). The City also receives recycled water supplies from WBMWD.
The 2018 Water Conservation Legislation (Senate Bill 606 and Assembly Bill 1668), Making Conservation a California Way of Life, established a new framework for urban water use efficiency and drought preparedness. As part of this framework, the California Water Code (CWC) now requires urban water suppliers to complete an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (Assessment) and submit an Annual Shortage Report to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1st of each year.
The Assessment is intended to evaluate the anticipated water supply and demand conditions, from July of the current year to June of the following year, assuming that the next year is a dry year. Its purpose is to determine whether the implementation of the City's Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) is warranted. The Annual Shortage Report, as outlined in CWC Section 10632.1, must be prepared in accordance with the procedures established in the City's adopted WSCP. The City's procedures for completi...
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