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UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

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water at the retail level. The prorated amount <strong>of</strong> allocation is referred to as the Retail<br />

Impact Adjustment Allocation. For agencies that are 100 percent dependent on<br />

MWDOC, this method will result in an allocation <strong>of</strong> MWDOC supplies that, at the retail<br />

level, will result in a shortage equal to the Regional Shortage Percentage. This<br />

adjustment is only applied when the regional shortage levels are 15 percent (level 3) or<br />

greater. Table 4.3 below illustrated the maximum adjustment an agency may receive<br />

according to the regional shortage level.<br />

Table 4.3<br />

Retail Impact Adjustment<br />

Regional<br />

Shortage<br />

Level<br />

Regional<br />

Shortage<br />

Percentage<br />

Retail<br />

Impact<br />

Adjustment<br />

Maximum<br />

1 5% 0.0%<br />

2 10% 0.0%<br />

3 15% 7.5%<br />

4 20% 10.0%<br />

5 25% 12.5%<br />

6 30% 15.0%<br />

7 35% 17.5%<br />

8 40% 20.0%<br />

9 45% 22.5%<br />

10 50% 25.0%<br />

Unfortunately, the Retail Impact Adjustment MWDOC receives from MET may be less<br />

than the total retail impact adjustment for its client agencies. To mitigate this difference,<br />

MWDOC decreased each client agency’s retail impact adjustment according to their<br />

prorated share. However, in doing so the model ensures that no MWDOC client agency<br />

falls below the Wholesale Minimum Allocation Percentage Level, as illustrated in Table<br />

4.2.<br />

Conservation Demand Hardening Credit: The Conservation Demand Hardening Credit is<br />

used to address the increased difficulty in achieving additional water savings at the retail<br />

level due to implementation <strong>of</strong> conservation. The credit is calculated by multiplying an<br />

agency’s quantified conservation savings (in acre-feet) by its estimated retail shortage<br />

percentage prior to applying the credit. Each agency’s quantified conservation savings is<br />

calculated from a combination <strong>of</strong> the following categories:<br />

• Active Conservation – The water savings from <strong>Water</strong>-Use Efficiency devices<br />

according to the most recent year data available (year 2006 is currently used<br />

within the model). MWDOC’s database determines the amount <strong>of</strong> active<br />

conservation each client agency has saved.<br />

• Passive Conservation – The water savings from code-based savings in new<br />

development and natural replacement <strong>of</strong> devices. A two-part calculation was<br />

used to determine each client agency’s passive conservation savings. New<br />

development savings were determined by calculating the increase in retail<br />

service connections within each client agency’s service area for the years 1993<br />

MWDOC <strong>Water</strong> Supply Allocation <strong>Plan</strong> Page 13

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