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Laguna Beach County Water District 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Laguna Beach County Water District 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Karen E. Johnson, Water Resources Planning June 2016 Cover photograph credit: Greg O’Loughlin www.grego.com 2015 Urban Water Management Plan June 2016 Prepared With Assistance From: Karen E. Johnson, Water Resources Planning Contact Sheet Report Contact Person: Christopher J. Regan Assistant General Manager Phone: 949.494.1041 e-mail: [email protected] Date of Public Hearing: June 14, 2016 Plan Adoption Date: June 15, 2016 Resolution Number: 813 Plan Submitted to Department of Water Resources: by July 1, 2016 The water supplier is a: Special District – retailer Utility services provided by the water supplier include: Water Public Water System Number: 3010017 Is the agency a Bureau of Reclamation Contractor? No Is the agency a State Water Project Contractor? No Plan Preparer: Karen E. Johnson, Water Resources Planning [email protected] Laguna Beach County Water District Orange County, California Board of Directors Kelly H. Boyd President Robert Whalen Vice President Toni Iseman Director Steve Dicterow Director Robert Zur Schmiede Director Commission Deborah Neev Chairperson Mark Lewis Vice Chairperson Jane Egly Commissioner Marvin Johnson Commissioner Cheryl Kinsman Commissioner District Management Renae M. Hinchey General Manager Christopher J. Regan Assistant General Manager David Youngblood Manager of Engineering & Operations Robert L. Westphal Manager of Finance Gerald D. Schoaf, Esq. District Counsel Laguna Beach County Water District 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview 1.1 Background 1-1 1.2 Utilization of Other Planning Documents 1-2 Chapter 2 – Plan Preparation 2.1 District Public Water System 2-1 2.2 Coordination 2-1 Chapter 3 – System Description 3.1 District History 3-1 3.2 Service Area Physical Description 3-2 3.3 Service Area Climate 3-5 3.4 Climate Change Impacts 3-5 3.4.1 Imported Supply and Service Area Impacts 3-6 3.4.2 Groundwater Supply 3-7 3.4.3 Sea Level Rise 3-8 3.4.4 Water Demands 3-8 3.5 Service Area Population and Demographics 3-8 Chapter 4 – System Water Use 4.1 Water Demands 4-1 4.2 Demand Projections 4-1 4.3 Distribution System Water Losses 4-3 4.4 Estimating Future Water Savings 4-3 4.5 Water Use for Lower Income Households 4-4 Chapter 5 – Baselines and Targets 5.1 Establishing Baselines 5-1 5.2 Establishing Targets 5-2 5.2.1 Individual District SB X7-7 Targets 5-3 5.2.2 Regional Alliance 5-3 Chapter 6 – System Supplies 6.1 Purchased or Imported Purchases 6-1 6.1.1 MWD Wholesale Supplies 6-1 6.1.2 MWDOC’s Role 6-1 6.1.3 LBCWD Imported Purchases 6-2 6.1.4 Sales to Emerald Bay Services District 6-2 i 6.2 Groundwater Resources 6-3 6.2.1 Orange County Groundwater Basin 6-3 6.2.2 Groundwater Recently Pumped 6-6 6.2.3 Groundwater Projected to be Pumped 6-6 6.3 Surface Water 6-6 6.4 Stormwater 6-7 6.5 Wastewater and Recycled Water Opportunities 6-7 6.5.1 Recycled Water Coordination 6-7 6.5.2 Wastewater Collection, Treatment, and Disposal 6-7 6.5.3 Recycled Water System 6-10 6.6 Desalination Water Opportunities 6-13 6.6.1 Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project 6-13 6.6.2 Doheny Desalination Project 6-13 6.7 Exchange or Transfer Opportunities 6-13 6.8 Future Water Projects 6-14 6.8.1 LBCWD Projects 6-14 6.8.2 Regional Agency Projects 6-14 6.9 Summary of Existing and Planned Sources of Water 6-16 Chapter 7 – Water Supply Reliability 7.1 Constraints on Water Sources 7-1 7.1.1 Imported Supply 7-1 7.1.2 Groundwater Supply 7-2 7.2 Reliability by Type of Year 7-3 7.3 Supply and Demand Assessment 7-4 7.3.1 District Capabilities: Normal Year 7-4 7.3.2 District Capabilities: Single Dry Year 7-5 7.3.3 District Capabilities: Multiple Dry Years 7-6 7.4 Regional Supply Reliability 7-7 Chapter 8 – Water Shortage Contingency Planning 8.1 Stages of Action 8-1 8.1.1 Permanent, Mandatory Restrictions 8-1 8.1.2 Staged Responses to Supply Shortages 8-3 8.1.3 Enforcement and Penalties 8-4 8.2 Prohibitions on End Users 8-5 8.3 Penalties, Charges, Other Enforcement of Prohibitions 8-5 8.4 Consumption Reduction Methods 8-7 8.5 Determining Water Shortage Reductions 8-7 8.6 Revenue and Expenditure Impacts 8-8 8.7 Resolution or Ordinance 8-9 8.8 Catastrophic Supply Interruption 8-9 8.9 Minimum Supply Next Three Years 8-10 ii Chapter 9 – Demand Management Measures 9.1 Background 9-1 9.2 Demand Management Measures 9-2 9.2.1 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances 9-2 9.2.2 Metering 9-3 9.2.3 Conservation Pricing 9-3 9.2.4 Public Education and Outreach 9-4 9.2.5 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss 9-9 9.2.6 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support 9-10 9.2.7 Other Demand Management Measures 9-10 9.3 Implementation over Past Five Years 9-13 9.4 Planned Implementation to Achieve Water Use Targets 9-15 9.5 Members of California Urban Water Conservation Council 9-15 Chapter 10 – Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Implementation 10.1 Inclusion of all 2015 Data 10-1 10.2 Notice of Public Hearing 10-1 10.2.1 Notice to City and County 10-1 10.2.2 Notice to the Public 10-2 10.3 Public Hearing and Adoption 10-3 10.4 Plan Submittal and Availability 10-3 APPENDICES Appendix A 2015 UWMP Checklist Appendix B References Appendix C Agreement for Contract Services between EBSD and District Appendix D Water Loss Table Appendix E SB X7-7 Tables Appendix F Agreement between OCWD and LBCWD Regarding Groundwater Production within Basin; Orange County Basin Groundwater Management Plan link Appendix G Water Shortage Ordinances Appendix H Public Participation and Plan Adoption LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Service Area Boundary 3-3 Figure 2 MWD Feeders and Transmission Mains 3-4 iii LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 Public Water Systems 2-1 Table 2-2 Plan Identification 2-2 Table 2-3 Agency Identification 2-2 Table 2-4 Water Supplier Information Exchange 2-3 Table 3-1 Population – Current and Projected 3-9 Table 4-1 Demands for Potable and Raw Water - Actual 4-1 Table 4-2 Demands for Potable and Raw Water - Projected 4-2 Table 4-3 Total Water Demands 4-2 Table 4-4 12 Month Water Loss Audit Reporting 4-3 Table 4-5 Inclusion in Water Use Projections 4-3 Table 5-1 Baselines and Targets Summary 5-1 Table 5-2 2015 Compliance 5-4 Table 6-1 Groundwater Volume Pumped 6-6 Table 6-2 Wastewater Collected Within Service Area in 2015 6-8 Table 6-3 Wastewater Treatment and Discharge within Service Area in 2015 6-9 Table 6-4 Current and Projected Recycled Water Direct Beneficial Uses 6-11 Table 6-5 2010 UWMP Recycled Water Use Projection Compared with 2015 Actual 6-12 Table 6-6 Methods to Expand Future Recycled Water Use 6-12 Table 6-7 Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs 6-15 Table 6-8 Water Supplies – Actual 6-16 Table 6-9 Water Supplies – Projected 6-27 Table 7-1 Basis of Water Year Data 7-4 Table 7-2 Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison 7-5 Table 7-3 Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison 7-6 Table 7-4 Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison 7-7 Table 8-1 Stages of Water Shortage Contingency Plan 8-4 Table 8-2 Restrictions and Prohibitions on End Users 8-6 Table 8-3 Stages of Water Shortage Contingency Plan – Consumption Reduction Methods 8-7 Table 8-4 Minimum Supply Next Three Years 8-11 Table 10-1 Notification to Cities and Counties 10-2 iv Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview 1.1 Background The Laguna Beach County Water District (District/LBCWD) was incorporated as a County Water District in 1925 and operates as a Special District under the Water Code Section 30000 et. seq. On June 3, 1998, the District and City of Laguna Beach filed an application with the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) of Orange County California for the District to operate as a subsidiary district of the city while continuing to exist as a special district with all the powers, rights, duties, obligations, and functions provided for by the Water Code. The reorganization of the District became effective November 1, 2000 with the Laguna Beach City Council members sworn into office as the Ex-Officio Board of Directors (Board). The Board meets quarterly. A five-member Commission is appointed by the Board to serve in an advisory capacity. The Commission meets once per month. The District serves potable water to a population of approximately 19,225 people within a portion of the City of Laguna Beach, including small areas of unincorporated lands, through 8,636 service connections. Since the 1940’s, the District has relied 100 percent on imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) through the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC). The District’s service area, shown on Figure 1, is largely built out with primarily single-family homes and some commercial uses.
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