Final Report, 2010 Urban Water Management Plan - Culver City

Chapter 3: Water UseSection 10631(e) of the Act requires that an evaluation of water use be performed for the CulverCity System. The Act states the following:Section 10631.(e) (1) Quantify, to the extent records are available, past and current water use, over the same five-yearincrements described in subdivision (a), and projected water use, identifying the uses among waterusesectors 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 combinationthereof(I) Agricultural.(2) The water-use projections shall be in the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a).In addition, Section 10631(k) directs urban water suppliers to provide existing and projectedwater-use information to wholesale agencies from which water deliveries are obtained. The Actstates the following:Section 10631.(k) Urban water suppliers that rely upon a wholesale agency for a source of water, shall provide thewholesale agency with water-use projections from that agency for that source of water in five-yearincrements to 20 years or as far as data is available. The wholesale agency shall provide information tothe urban water supplier for inclusion in the urban water supplier’s plan that identifies and quantifies, tothe extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water as required by subdivision (b), availablefrom the wholesale agency to the urban water supplier over the same five-year increments, and duringvarious water-year types in accordance with subdivision (c). An urban water supplier may rely upon watersupply information provided by the wholesale agency in fulfilling the plan informational requirements ofsubdivisions (b) and (c).In conjunction with projecting total water demand, each urban water retail supplier must developurban water use targets and an interim urban water use target in accordance with SBX7-7.SBX7-7 amends the Act and requires statewide urban demand reduction of 20 percent by theyear 2020. The bill sets specific methods for calculating both baseline water usage and wateruse targets in gallons per capita day (gpcd).Final Report, 2010 Urban Water Management Plan – Culver City Page 3-1Golden State Water Companyg:\adminasst\jobs\2010\1070001.00_gswc-uwmp\09-reports\9.09-reports\2011-08\grp3\gswc_culvercity_2010_uwmp-final.doc