SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE 2019 Prepared for : SANTA BARBARA COUNTY IRWM COOPERATING PARTNERS INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE 2019 Prepared by: 621 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, California 93101 Printed on 30% post-consumer recycled material. Santa Barbara County IRWM Region IRWM Plan Update 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page No. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................... XI ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................................... XIII 1 INTRODUCTION TO IRWM PLAN UPDATE 2019 ...................................................1 1.1 Integrated Regional Water Management ................................................................ 6 2 REGIONAL DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................................9 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Regional Overview ................................................................................................. 9 2.2.1 Regional Acceptance Process ..................................................................... 9 2.2.2 Internal Boundaries ..................................................................................... 9 2.2.3 Integrated Regional Water Resource Management in the Region ............ 17 2.3 Physical Setting ..................................................................................................... 21 2.3.1 Location .................................................................................................... 21 2.3.2 Climate ...................................................................................................... 21 2.3.3 Population ................................................................................................. 22 2.4 Land Use, Major Watersheds, and Water Systems ............................................... 25 2.4.1 Land Use ................................................................................................... 25 2.4.2 Watersheds ................................................................................................ 31 2.4.3 Groundwater Basins .................................................................................. 47 2.4.4 Major Infrastructure .................................................................................. 50 2.5 Ecological Processes ............................................................................................. 77 2.5.1 Aquatic Sensitive Species ......................................................................... 77 2.5.2 Freshwater Habitats .................................................................................. 78 2.5.3 Sloughs/Coastal Salt Marshes ................................................................... 81 2.5.4 Coastal Dunes ........................................................................................... 83 2.5.5 Areas of Special Biological Significance ................................................. 84 2.5.6 Marine Protected Areas............................................................................. 84 2.6 Regional Water Management History .................................................................. 89 2.6.1 Water Supply Development – South Coast, Santa Ynez Valley, and Lompoc Valley.......................................................................................... 89 2.6.2 Water Supply Development – Santa Maria Valley ................................... 95 2.6.3 State Water Project ................................................................................... 97 2.6.4 Wastewater Management .......................................................................... 98 11089 i January 2019 Santa Barbara County IRWM Region IRWM Plan Update 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Section Page No. 2.7 Water Supplies and Demand ............................................................................... 102 2.7.1 Water Supply .......................................................................................... 102 2.7.2 Water Demand ........................................................................................ 112 2.8 Projected Water Supply and Demand ................................................................. 114 2.8.1 Projected Municipal Water Supply ......................................................... 115 2.8.2 Projected Agricultural Supply................................................................. 115 2.8.3 Projected Municipal Water Demand ....................................................... 116 2.8.4 Municipal Conservation Estimates ......................................................... 116 2.8.5 Projected Industrial Water Demand ........................................................ 117 2.8.6 Projected Agricultural Water Demand.................................................... 117 2.8.7 Projected Future Water Demand and Supply Balance ............................ 118 2.8.8 Effects of Climate Change on Supply ..................................................... 119 2.8.9 Uncertainty .............................................................................................. 120 2.9 Reducing Dependence on the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta ........................... 121 2.10 Water Quality ...................................................................................................... 123 2.10.1 Groundwater Quality .............................................................................. 128 2.10.2 Surface Water Quality............................................................................. 144 2.10.3 Ocean Water Quality............................................................................... 150 2.11 Social and Cultural Makeup of Santa Barbara County ....................................... 150 2.11.1 Economic Conditions and Trends in the Region .................................... 150 2.11.2 Social and Cultural Makeup .................................................................... 151 2.12 Natural Hazards Requiring Emergency Planning ............................................... 162 2.12.1 Severe Storms and Flooding ................................................................... 162 2.12.2 Earthquake .............................................................................................. 164 2.12.3 Fire .......................................................................................................... 164 2.12.4 Drought ................................................................................................... 165 2.13 Climate Change ................................................................................................... 168 2.13.1 Regional Impacts .................................................................................... 168 2.13.2 Identification of Vulnerabilities .............................................................. 174 2.13.3 Prioritized Vulnerabilities ....................................................................... 179 2.13.4 Methodology for Further Data Gathering and Analysis of Prioritized Vulnerabilities ....................................................................... 187 3 GOVERNANCE AND PARTICIPATION..................................................................189 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 189 11089 ii January 2019 Santa Barbara County IRWM Region IRWM Plan Update 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Section Page No. 3.2 Governance Structure.......................................................................................... 189 3.2.1 Cooperating Partners ............................................................................... 192 3.2.2 Decision Making ..................................................................................... 194 3.3 Balanced Access and Opportunity for Participation in the IRWM Process ....... 196 3.3.1 Stakeholder Outreach and Inter-Regional Coordination......................... 197 3.3.2 Disadvantaged Community Outreach and Involvement ......................... 198 3.3.3 Tribal Communities ................................................................................ 203 3.4 Long-Term Implementation of the IRWM Plan ................................................. 203 3.5 Coordination with Neighboring IRWM Efforts and State and Federal Agencies ................................................................................................. 204 3.6 Neighboring IRWM Efforts ................................................................................ 205 3.7 Effective Communication, both Internal and External, throughout the IRWM Region ..................................................................................................... 206 4 OBJECTIVES, PRIORITIES, AND TARGETS ........................................................209 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 209 4.2 Objectives ........................................................................................................... 209 4.2.1 Groups and Stakeholders Involved in the Process .................................. 209 4.2.2 Process for Developing the Objectives ..................................................