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Dear Resident,<br />
It’s been two years since the Santa Cruz City Council approved recommendations<br />
made by the Water Supply Advisory Committee (<strong>WSAC</strong>) to help make our water<br />
supply secure and reliable. This second <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> will bring you up to speed<br />
on the status of those recommendations.<br />
First a quick recap. The <strong>WSAC</strong> – a group of 14 residents who were appointed by<br />
the City Council in 2014 – met for 18 months to complete a deep technical dive<br />
into the City’s water system. The <strong>WSAC</strong> identified the water supply gap that<br />
needs to be filled, and made several recommendations for potential solutions.<br />
The <strong>WSAC</strong> finished their work by making the following recommendations<br />
to City Council:<br />
• Increase water conservation<br />
• Explore sharing water with other water districts<br />
• Store excess winter water in underground aquifers<br />
• Utilize purified recycled water<br />
• Utilize desalinated water to meet the supply gap<br />
The <strong>WSAC</strong> also recommended that the City study the feasibility of all five<br />
recommendations at the same time, so that by 2020 a fully informed decision<br />
can be made on which recommendation(s) to implement.<br />
That brings us to 2018. What’s happened since our last report?<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Rosemary Menard, Water Director, Santa Cruz Water Department
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