agenda city of watsonville city council/redevelopment agency meeting

It is the State of California’s goal to achieve a 20% reduction in overall water usage in 2020 from today’s
levels. The City of Watsonville service area is located in the Central Coast region, whose target level is
123 gallons per capita per day (gpcd). The City has chosen Method 3 as its guideline to achieve and
maintain a per capita water usage of 95% of the Central Coast regional level of 123 gpcd, which is 117
gpcd.
#25. Quantify, to the extent records are available, past and current water use, and
projected water use (over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a)),
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 (10631(e)(1) and (2)).
Past, Current, and Projected Water Use
Water deliveries in 2005 and 2010 recorded by the City’s Customer Services Division and reported to
DWR are summarized in Tables 3.4 and 3.5.
Table 3.4 - (UWMP Table 3)
Water deliveries - actual, 2005
2005
Metered Not metered Total
Water use sectors # of accounts Volume # of accounts volume volume
Single family 13,236 3,868 n/a n/a 3,868
Multi-family 366 1,098 n/a n/a 1,098
Commercial 1,285 1,127 n/a n/a 1,127
Industrial 21 483 n/a n/a 483
Institutional/governmental 205 41 n/a n/a 41
Landscape 293 405 n/a n/a 405
Agriculture - - n/a n/a 0
Total 15,406 7,022 n/a n/a 7,022
Units:
acre-feet per year
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