DATE: May 10, 2021
TO: Council Sustainability Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Update on the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Sustainability Committee (CSC) reviews and comments on this report.
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SUMMARY
As the State experiences drought conditions this year, all water agencies in California, including the City of Hayward, are in the process of updating their 2020 Urban Water Management Plans (UWMP). The 2020 UWMP must be adopted by the City Council and submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1, 2021. The UWMP outlines the City’s projected water demands to evaluate and develop a plan to ensure sufficient long-term water supplies to its residences and businesses. Because the City depends exclusively on potable water supplies from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), that water is critical to the City’s projections. This year the SFPUC, in its own projections, has incorporated certain flow assumptions emanating from the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Board) Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan). Based on modeling of those flow assumptions, the SFPUC is anticipating significant cutbacks to regional water supplies in dry and multi-dry years. As one of the most water-efficient cities in California, the City is continuing to work to minimize its share of rationing and reduce the impacts of these cutbacks. These unprecedented cutbacks will nevertheless require creative thinking and thoughtful water use. This report provides an update to the report staff presented at the March 8, 2021 CSC on preparation of the City’s UWMP, with particular focus on projected water supply availability.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report