| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 4.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | William E. Murray
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Public Works
| | Subject: | Adoption of Resolutions approving the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and the Addendum to 2015 Urban Water Management Plan for Reduced Delta Reliance Reporting. (Action Item) | Date: | 6/22/2021 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To hold a public hearing and recommend that the City Council adopt the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (Plan), as required by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The DWR requires that every urban water supplier providing water for more than 3,000 customers, or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually, prepare and adopt an urban water management plan. The Plan is required to be updated every five years. On November 24, 2020, the City Council approved an agreement with the Municipal Water District of Orange County for the shared cost for the use of a consultant, Arcadis, to partner with staff in updating the Plan. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The purpose of the Plan is to achieve an efficient use of urban water supplies to protect the ratepayers of Garden Grove, and their water sources. The Plan also helps ensure that sufficient water supplies will be available for future beneficial use. This Plan has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines established by the DWR and includes a description of the City’s water system, past and current water use, projected demand, water conservation programs, and a Water Shortage Contingency Plan. The Water Shortage Contingency Plan is a standalone document that will be periodically updated. It involves activities related to implementing water shortage stages that covers specific water conservation measures, operational changes and public outreach. The Water Shortage Contingency Plan also addresses new requirements defining actions for six shortage levels, instead of four shortage levels, with percent shortage ranges of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and greater than 50%. A draft copy of the Plan is posted on the City website.
A prior oversight for the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan has been acknowledged by the DWR. The oversight is in relation to California Code of Regulations (CCR) Section 5003 which requires suppliers to indicate reduced reliance on water supplies with nexus to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region (also known as the Delta). The City did not submit material related to this requirement in the 2015 Plan. The City is not required to submit materials for the Delta as the City is not a direct Delta water user and does not intend to move forward with any projects that would be considered a covered action under CCR Section 5003. Nonetheless, the City has decided to revise and adopt an addendum to the 2015 Plan to include the Delta requirement. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no financial impact that will result from this action. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2020 Urban Water Management Plan;
- Adopt the Resolution approving for the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan;
- Adopt the Resolution for the Water Shortage Contingency Plan; and
- Adopt the Resolution for the Addendum to 2015 Urban Water Management Plan for Reduced Delta Reliance Reporting.
By: Cel Pasillas, Water Quality Supervisor
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