REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 23, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Division Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
BY: DEJAN PAVIC, P.E. Project Manager
Department of Public Utilities - Water Division
SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to discuss and consider adoption of the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.
a. RESOLUTION - Adopting 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (Citywide).
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council adopt a Resolution adopting the City's 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (2015 UWMP).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) currently has over 130,000 active service connections and provided over 133,000 acrefeet of potable water to customers in 2015. The City is required to comply with the requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act, established by Assembly Bill 797 (AB797) on September 21, 1983.
Adoption of an Urban Water Management Plan is required every five years by the Urban Water Management Planning Act for urban retail water suppliers that directly provide potable municipal water to more than 3,000 end users or that supply more than 3,000 acre-feet of potable water annually at retail for municipal purposes. The proposed 2015 Urban Water Management Plan complies with requirements of the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (Senate Bill x7-7) and the Urban Water Management Planning Act.
BACKGROUND
In August 2015, the City entered into an agreement with Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group to develop the City's 2015 UWMP. Urban Water Management Plans (UWMP) are required to be updated and submitted to the State Department of Water Resources (DWR) every five years under the Urban Water Management Planning Act (UWMPA). In November 2009, Senate Bill x7-7 (SBx7-7), the Water Conservation Act of 2009, was signed into law as part of a comprehensive water legislation package. The Water Conservation Act addresses both urban and agric...
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