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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For the Colton Utility Authority Meeting of December 3, 2002 Item #2 TO: HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE COLTON UTILITY AUTHORITY FROM: ERIC FRASER, DIRECTOR OF WATER AND WASTEWATER OPERATIONS SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE 1995 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY OF COLTON DATE: November 12, 2002 BACKGROUND: Staff is recommending City of Colton Utility Authority approve the 1995 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) which was been prepared in response to the California Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act), Water Code Division 6, Part 2.6, Sections 10610 through 10656. The City previously adopted a plan in 1985, and a revised version in 1990. The 1995 plan was apparently developed by a private consultant and reviewed by staff, but never formally adopted by the City Council in accordance with the Act. The failure to do so has resulted in the City being ineligible for several grant programs that could provide valuable assistance in funding water system improvements. Staff is currently gathering information to develop an updated plan. The purpose of the Urban Water Management Plan is to enable the State Department of Water Resources to make projections on water usage and to determine the status of water conservation programs on a Statewide basis. Although the efficient use of water supplies is a statewide concern, the planning and implementation of such use can best be accomplished at the local level. To this end, the State requires publicly and privately owned urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt an UWMP every five years. The major components of the document are summarized as follows: • A description of the service area of the supplier, including current and projected population, climate, and other demographic factors affecting the supplier's water management planning. • Identification, to the extent practicable, of the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier over 5-year increments (to 20 years or as far as data is available). • A description of the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long-term basis. • Historical data on past and current water use, over 5-year increments, identifying the uses among water use sectors including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following uses: (a) Single-family residential, (b) Multifamily, (c) Commercial, (d) Industrial, (e) Institutional and governmental, (f) Landscape, (g) Sales to other agencies, (h) Saline water intrusion barriers, groundwater recharge, or conjunctive use, or any combination thereof (I) Agricultural. • Historical data for each of the following: (1) An average water year, (2) A single dry water year, (3) Multiple dry water years. • A discussion of water sources that may not be available at a consistent level of use, given specific legal, environmental, water quality, or climatic factors, along with a description of