REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
July 16, 2015
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (Citywide)
1. Approve Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group, a California Corporation dba Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group for $90,354 for preparation of the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.
2. Authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign all documents on behalf of the City of Fresno.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Council approve a Professional Consultant Services Agreement with Provost & Pritchard Engineering Group, a California Corporation dba Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group for $90,354 for preparation of the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, and authorize the Director of Public Utilities or designee to sign the Agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City is required by the State to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (Plan) that assesses the reliability of its water sources over a 20-year planning horizon, and reports its progress on 20% reduction in per-capita urban water consumption by the year 2020, as required in the Water Conservation Bill of 2009 SBX7-7. The 2015 Plan will document Fresno's actions to support these two objectives, among other things. A Plan must be prepared every five years and submitted to the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The 2015 Plan is due to DWR by July 1, 2016.
BACKGROUND
The City has a service area that covers nearly 114 square miles and serves approximately 513,000 residential customers and 35,000 commercial and industrial accounts. The City's water demands are approximately 145,000 acre-feet annually, 88 percent of which is met by groundwater and 12 percent by treated surface water. Groundwater production is achi...
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