TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager
FROM:
Joe DeFrancesco, Interim Public Works Director
Jeff Page, Utilities Manager
Sandy Nimat, Environmental Compliance Supervisor
SUBJECT:Title
Consideration of the Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Pursuant to Water Code Section 10632.1 (No Budget Impact) (Interim Public Works Director DeFrancesco).
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 of Manhattan Beach's water supply portfolio consists of local groundwater pumped from the West Coast Basin, imported water supplies purchased from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) through the West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD), and recycled water supplied by WBMWD.
The 2018 Water Conservation Legislation, Senate Bill 606 and Assembly Bill 1668, established a long-term framework for urban water use efficiency and drought resilience commonly referred to as "Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life." As part of this framework, California Water Code (CWC) Section 10632.1 requires urban water suppliers to annually prepare an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (AWSDA) and submit an Annual Water Shortage Report to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1 of each year.
The AWSDA evaluates anticipated water supply and demand conditions for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming the following year will be dry. The purpose of the assessment is to determine whether implementation of the City's Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) may be necessary. The City's AWSDA procedures are included in Chapter 8 of the City's 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP).
Although statewide drought emerge...
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