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ACTION ITEMS

 

19.

CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2011-01 MODIFYING RULE 162 – REGULATORY WATER PRODUCTION TARGETS FOR CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER SYSTEMS

 

Meeting Date:

January 27, 2011

Budgeted: 

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From:

Darby Fuerst,

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General Manager

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Prepared By:

Darby Fuerst

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General Counsel Review:  N/A

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CEQA Compliance:  N/A

 

SUMMARY:  District Rule 162 specifies the regulatory water production targets that are used in the District’s Expanded Water Conservation and Standby Rationing Plan to trigger higher stages of water conservation to ensure California American Water (Cal-Am) compliance with the production limits set by State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Orders 95-10 and 2009-0060 and the Seaside Groundwater Basin adjudication decision, as amended.  Specifically, Table XV-1 in Exhibit 19-A shows monthly and year-to-date at month-end targets for all Cal-Am systems that derive their source of supply or rely on production offsets from the Monterey Peninsula Water Resource System (MPWRS).  Similarly, Table XV-2 in Exhibit 19-A breaks out monthly and year-to-date at month-end targets for Cal-Am systems that derive their source of supply from the Laguna Seca Subarea of the Seaside Groundwater Basin, which is part of the MPWRS.

 

Rule 162 authorizes modifications to Tables XV-1 and XV-2 to account for changes in the amount of water that Cal-Am is allowed to divert from the Carmel River System under the SWRCB Orders and the amount of water that Cal-Am is allowed to produce from the Seaside Groundwater Basin under the Seaside Basin Decision, as administered by the Seaside Basin Watermaster.  Any modifications to these tables must be made by Board resolution.

 

Resolution 2011-XX (Exhibit 19-A) modifies Table XV-1 and XV-2 of Rule 162 to account for the change in allowable diversions by Cal-Am from the Seaside Groundwater Basin in Water Year 2011 that were made by the Seaside Basin Watermaster in December 2010. 

  

RECOMMENDATION:  District staff recommends adoption of Resolution 2011-XX (Exhibit 19-A) modifying Rule 162.

 

EXHIBITS

19-A    Resolution 2011-01 Modifying Rule 162 – Regulatory Water Production Targets for California American Water Systems

 

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