DATE: June 14, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
SUBJECT
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Adoption of the City's 2015 Urban Water Management Plan
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts the attached resolution approving the City of Hayward's 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.
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SUMMARY
As a water purveyor, the City of Hayward is required by State law to prepare and adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years. The 2015 UWMP has been developed in accordance with guidance from the State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and includes:
* Projected water use through 2040
* Planned water supply sources
* Water supply reliability and water shortage contingency planning
* Current and planned water conservation programs
In addition to the elements listed above, the 2015 UWMP also updates water use reduction targets and assesses the City's progress towards meeting its targets, as required in the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (also known as SB X7-7).
BACKGROUND
The 1983 Urban Water Management Planning Act and subsequent additional legislation requires all California water agencies that supply 3,000 or more acre feet of water per year, or have 3,000 or more service connections, to prepare an UWMP every five years. With close to 35,000 service connections and annual deliveries of over 15,000 acre feet of water last year, Hayward is subject to provisions of the Act.
In November 2009, Senate Bill SB X7-7, formally known as the Water Conservation Act of 2009, was signed into law. This law is intended to reduce state-wide urban per-capita water consumption by 20% by 2020 by requiring urban water purveyors, such as Hayward, to set and achieve per-capita water use targets in 2015 and 2020. The 20% reduction is a state-wide goal and actual local targets vary by agency, depending on a variety of factors. Th...
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