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SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
"Basic Services for a Camp/ex World"
NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, January 24,2007
2:00 P.M.
District Office, Conference Room 2
1275 Meadow Crest Drive, South Lake Tahoe, California
Richard Solbrig, General Mana~er
Eric W. Schafer, President
BOARD MEMBERS
Paul Sciuto, ~ssistant Manag::;.
James R. Jones, Vice President
Duane Wallace, Director
Ma~ Lou Mosbacher, Director
Kathleen Farrell, Director
AGENDA
1. CALL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER
2. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
3.
ITEM FOR BOARD ACTION
REQ~~PBO~DAcn9N
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Urban Water Management Plan
(Randy Curtis, Lynn Nolan)
Approve and Adopt Plan (Final Document
to be distributed prior to the Board meeting)
4. ADJOURNftEt{[
South Tahoe Public Utility District. 1275 Meadow Crest Drive. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Phone 530.544.6474. Facsimile 530.541.0614. www.stpud.us
The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate participation of
the disabled in all of the District's public meetings. If particular accommodations for the disableel are needeel (I.e.. disability-related
aida, or other sarvices), please contact the Clerk of the Board at 530.544.6474. extension 6203, at least 24 hours in advance of the
meeting.
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Mary Lou M05vacher
Duane Wailau
Eric Schaf.r
1275 Me-adow Crest Drive. South Lake Tahoe. CA 96150-7401
Phone 530 544'6474. Fax 530 541-0614 · .....-ww.5tpudus
BOARD AGENDA ITEM
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Randy Curtis, Manager of Field Operations; Lynn Nolan, Grants Coordinator
MEETING DATE: January 24, 2007
ITEM - PROJECT NAME:
Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP)
REQUESTED BOARD ACTION: Approve and adopt plan
DISCUSSION: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) mandates that agencies
supplying water to more than 3,000 customers must submit an Urban Water
Management Plan (UWMP) every five years. If a water agency does not have on file
with DWR a board adopted and state approved UWMP, the agency will be ineligible for
state water funds administered by DWR.
Currently, STPUD is partnering with many other regional agencies on a $25 million
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan(IRWMP) grant under Proposition 50 and
administered jointly by DWR and State Water Resources Control Board. Eligibility to
receive this grant funding necessitates having an approved UWMP. STPUD submitted
an UWMP in 2002 (for the 2000 mandated year) and was required to submit a new
UWMP in 2005. Kennedy Jenks, Inc. was hired to complete this UWMP for submittal
prior to December 31,2006, but has only recently completed a final plan for approval.
DWR recently announced its recommendation to fund the partnerships $25 million
IRWMP Prop 50 grant from 2007 funding allocations (the grant did not make the 2006
funding cuts, dependant upon public input. It is very important that the 2005 UWMP be
submitted to the DWR as soon as possible in order to be eligible to receive the grant
funding when the DWR makes its final funding approval (expected after 02/05/07).
SCHEDULE: Submittal to DWR as soon as approved
COSTS: $27,200
ACCOUNT NO: 2029-7059
BUDGETED AMOUNT REMAINING: $3,981
A IT ACHMENTS: Final document to be distributed prior to Special Board Meeting
CONCURRENCE WITH REQUESTED AcnON:
GENERAl MANAGER: YES
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: YES
CATEGORY: Water
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Section 1: Introduction
This section presents a summary of the Objectives, Scope of Work, and Authorization for this
report.
1.1 Objectives
The South Tahoe Public Utility District (District) has prepared this Urban Water Management
Plan (UWMP) Update. The 2005 UWMP Update is a public statement of the goals, objectives,
and strategies needed to maintain a reliable water supply for the District's service area. It is
important to understand that this UWMP be viewed as a long-term, general planning document,
rather than as policy for supply and demand management.
The State of California Water Code (Section 10610 to 10656) requires water suppliers to
prepare an UWMP to promote water conservation and ~ff1ei~nt water use. Objectives of this
UWMP include the following:
. Accomplishes water supply planning overa.,20-year period in 5-year increments
. Identifies and quantifies adequate water supplies, including recycled water, for existing
and future demands, in normal, dry, ah~ multip.le dry years
. Identifies actions to prepare for andimplEnnent during a catastrophic interruption of water
supplies
. Implements conservation and efficient use of urban water supplies.
1.2 Scope of Servt...
This 2005 UWMP Update is divided into five primary sections. Section 2 describes the Urban
Water Management Planning Act (Act) (State of California Water Code, Section 10610 to
10656). Section 3 describes the District's water service area including water supply and
demands. Section 4 describes the District's recycled water program. Section 5 describes the
District's water shortage contingency planning. Section 6 defines existing and recommended
water demand management measures (Le., water conservation). References are provided
following Section 6, and definitions for selected abbreviations and terminology are included in
Appendix A.
1.3 Authorization
The District authorized Kennedy/Jenks Consultants (Kennedy/Jenks) to provide engineering
services related to preparation of this Report under Task Order 16 dated 4 May 2006 and
Master Agreement dated 3 February 1999.
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Section 2: Urban Water Management Planning Act
This section presents a brief description of the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act). In
addition. amendments to the original Urban Water Management Planning Act are defined
including provisions that apply to the District.
2.1 History of Urban Water Management Planning Act
In 1983, the California Legislature enacted the Urban Water Management Planning Act
(AS 797; Water Code, Division 6, Part 2.6, Section 10610-10656). This Urban Water
Management Planning Act requires water suppliers serving more than 3,000 customers or water
suppliers providing more than 3,000 AF of water annually to prepare an UWMP to promote
water demand management and efficient water use. Currently. the District serves more than
3,000 customers and provides more than 3.000 AF of water'per year. The Urban Water
Management Planning Act also required water suppliers to develop, adopt. and file an UWMP
(or update) every five years until 1990. In 1990. the Legislature deleted this sunset provision
(AS 2661). Accordingly, the UWMP must be updated a minimum of once every five years on or
before December 31 in the years ending in 0 and 5. A copy of the current Urban Water
Management Planning Act is provided in Appendix B.
The Legislature enacted two measures that modified the Urban Water Management Planning
Act in 1991. The first measure requires water suppliers to include an urban water shortage
contingency analysis as part of its urban water management plan (AS 11). This measure also
exempts the implementation of urban water shortage contingency plans from California
Environmental Quality Act (CI;QA). Th~ second measure requires an UWMP to describe and
evaluate water recycling aqtlv'ities, to be updated once every five years. include an estimate of
projected potable and recyclel:iwater use. and to describe activities relating to water audits and
incentives (AS 1869). Anothetprovision of this bill requires agricultural water suppliers to
include in their informational reports and water management plans a description of water
recycling activities.
In 1993, the Legislature enacted a measure, which allows members of the California Urban
Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) to submit to the state a copy of their annual report to the
Council to satisfy current reporting requirements relating to urban water management plans
(AS 892).
The Legislature enacted two measures in 1994. The first measure authorizes an urban water
supplier to recover in its rates the costs incurred in preparing its plan and implementing the
reasonable water conservation measures included in the plan (SS 1017). Any best water
management practice that is included in the plan that is identified in the "Memorandum of
Understanding Regarding Urban Water Conservation in California" (CUWCC. 2000) is deemed
to be reasonable. The second measure requires water suppliers to give greater consideration
to recycled water in their urban management plans (AS 2853).
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In 1995, the Legislature enacted two additional measures. The first measure requires urban
water suppliers to include, as part of their urban water management plans, a prescribed water
supply and demand assessment of the reliability of their water service to their customers during
normal, dry, and multiple dry water years (AB 1845). The assessment shall compare total water
supply sources available to the supplier with the total projected water use over the next
20 years, in 5-year increments. It also requires the supplier to provide the water service
reliability assessment to any District or county within which it provides water within 60 days of
the adoption of its urban water management plan. The second measure made the following
changes to the Urban Water Management Plan Act (SB 1011):
· Revises the components required to be included in the plan.
· Requires urban water suppliers to update their plans at least once every five years on or
before December 31 in the years ending in 5 and O.
· Requires urban water suppliers to include a prescriped water supply and demand
assessment.
· Requires suppliers to encourage active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and
economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during
preparation of the plan.
· Prior to adopting the plan, the urban waterstJpplier shall make the plan available for
public inspection and shall hQlda publiC hearing thereon.
· Deletes the provision requiring actlort alleging failure to adopt a plan to be commenced
within 18 months after. commenCement or urban water service after January 1, 1984.
· Defines "demand ma_gement~ and "recycled water," revises the definition of "plan" and
deletes the definition of~oonservation."
· Exempts suppliers who are implementing a conservation program from conducting a
cost-benefit analysis of those conservation programs.
· Requires the Department of Water Resources to submit a report to the Legislature
summarizing the status of plans on or before December 31 in the years ending in
1 and 6.
2.2 Recent Changes to Urban Water Management Planning Act
In September of 2000, Governor Davis signed legislation (AB 2552) that requires urban water
suppliers to submit their UWMPs to cities and counties where the water supplier provides water.
The intent of this new requirement is to help ensure that District and county planning agencies
have reliable water supply information on which to make growth decisions.
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Additional changes approved in 2001 include AB 901, SB 221, SB 610, and SB 672. AB 901
requires UWMP to include information, relating to the water quality of source supplies and the
manner in which the water quality affects water management strategies and supply reliability.
This bill requires the plan to describe plans to supplement a water source that may not be
available at a consistent level of use. SB 221 prohibits a city or county from approving a
residential subdivision of more than 500 units unless the city council or the board of supervisors
provides written verification from the area's water service provider that a sufficient water supply
is available for the development. SB 610 requires additional information to be included as part
of the UWMP for urban water supplies whose water supply includes groundwater. It requires a
city or county that determines that a development project is subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act to identify any public water system that may supply water for the
project and to request that system to prepare a specific water supply assessment. It requires
urban water suppliers to include in the UWMP a description of all water supply projects and
programs that may be undertaken to meet total projected water use. This bill requires the DWR
to take into consideration whether an urban water supplier has submitted an updated UWMP in
determining eligibility for funds made available pursuant to any program administered by DWR.
SB 672 requires urban water suppliers to describe in the UWMP water management tools and
other options used by that agency to maximize resources and minimize the need to import water
from other regions. A copy of the current Urban Water Management Planning Act is provided in
Appendix B.
In addition, the State of California Department ofW~ter ~sources (DWR) developed two sets
of worksheets to aid water suppliers preparing urban water management plans and to guide
DWR staff with the review of submitted plans. These worksheets include the "2005 UWM P
Review for Completeness Form" which covers the general provisions of the Urban Water
Management Planning Act, and "2005 UWMP Review of DMMs for Completeness Form," which
focuses solely on the 14 demand management measures from Section 10631 (f) of the Urban
Water Management Planning Act. A qopyof each of these completed worksheets is provided in
Appendix K and L, respectively, The worksheets are useful organization tools to ensure that
various provisions of the law haVe.. Qeen addressed in the plan. The Urban Water Management
Planning Act does not require a water supplier to use either of the worksheets. The use of
these tools is optional.
2.3 2005 UWMP Requirements
Table 1-1 shows requirements of the "Guidebook to Assist Water Suppliers in the Preparation of
a 2005 UWMP" by the California Department of Water Resources, dated January 18, 2005:
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TABLE 1-1
SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PREPARATION OF THE 2005 UWMP
Code
Requirement Section Report Section
1. Specifies who must prepare an UWMP 10620 Page
2. Addresses who must prepare an UWMP 10717 Page
3. Discuss whether Agency participated in a regional, 10620(d) NA
watershed or basin plan
4. Describe coordination with other agencies 10620(d) Page
5. Discuss tools and options to maximize resources and 10620(e) Page
minimize need to import water 1 0621 (a)
6. Suppliers must notify cities and counties NA
7. Must cover 20 years in 5-year increments 10631 The entire report
8. Provide service area population Page
9. Provide climate information based on 30 years Page
10. Describe demographic factors - housing density, Page
future development, income levels
11. Identify current and planned water sources 10631 Page
12. Provide information on groundwater - basins, 10631 Page
extractions, pumping levels, water quality, storage,
recharge, adjudication
13. Describe reliability of water supply and vulnerability to 10631 Page
seasonal or climatic shortage and describe alternative
sources
14. Describe opportunities for exchanges and transfers 10631 Page
15. Describe water use by customer type 10631 Page
16. Identify sales to other agencies , additional water uses 10631 Page
and losses and total water use
17. Demand Management Measures (DMM) 10631 Page
18. Describe evaluation of DMMs not implemented 10631 Page
19. Planned water supply projects/programs 10631 Page
20. Describe development of desalinated water 10631 (i) NA
21. Describe current or projected supply Page
22. Include copies of annual DMM implementation 10631.5 Appendix l
23. Provide water shortage contingency plan - stages of 10632(a) Page
action
24. Estimate minimum supply next 3 years 10632(b) Page
25. Describe catastrophic supply interruption plan 10632(c) Page
26. Describe prohibitions, penalties, etc. 10632(d-f) Page
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Requirement
27. Analyze revenue impacts due to reduced sales during
shortages
28. Provide draft ordinance and use monitoring procedure
29. Coordinate with other users
30. Provide wastewater quantity, quality and current uses
31. Discuss recycled water plan
32. Discuss water quality impacts on reliability
33. Discuss water service reliability- normal year
34. Discuss water service reliability - single dry year
35. Discuss water service reliability - multiple dry years
36. Adoption and implementation of UWMP
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2.4 District Compliance with UWMP Act
The District prepared an Urban Water ManagementPfan in 2002. This plan was adopted by the
District Board at the 1 August 2002 Board Meetil1g.
2.5 Plan Adoption
Prior to adopting the plan, the urban water supplier shall make the plan available to the public
inspection and shall hold a public hearing thereon. The UWMP must be adopted by the District,
and is subject to California Governmt:mt Code pertaining to legal public noticing. A copy of the
public hearing announcement8cnd District Resolution adopting the UWMP is provided in
Appendix C. The UWMP must blil fillild with the DWR within 30 days of adoption.
In accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act, this plan is to be updated at
least once every 5 years on or before December 31 in the years ending in 5 and O. Following
an update, warranted amendments or changes must be made. The amended plan must be
readopted by the District and filed with the DWR.
District staff and the firm of Kennedy/Jenks Consultants prepared this UWMP Update. The Plan
was adopted by the Board of Directors on _XX February 2007, and will be submitted to the
California Department of Water Resources.
2.6 Public Participation
The District has actively encouraged public participation in its water management planning
efforts, hosting annual public hearings to describe new capital water projects, budgets, rates,
conducting "open house" and neighborhood meetings at new facilities. A citizen's advisory
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group was established to assist the District in developing a Groundwater Management Plan to
prevent further contamination of groundwater.
District staff works with the City of South Lake Tahoe staff to maximize landscape water use
efficiency at ball fields and public parks especially during periods of water use restrictions. The
agencies have cooperated in finding landscape uses for water that does not meet drinking water
standards, thereby freeing up additional potable water for the community.
For this UWMP, legal public notices and mailings were used to ensure full participation by
District customers and interest groups, as well as other local water and planning agencies. A
public meeting was held on _ XX February 2007, to allow for review and comment on the final
plan prior to the Board's approval (a copy of the Board resolution is provided in Appendix C).
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