ADMINIS
TRATIVE REPORT
WATER BOARD
TO:
APPROVED
FROM: DEPA
RTMENT HEAD______________
DATE:
Bob Smith, Chairman
Andrae Gonzales, Member
Manpreet Kaur, Member
Daniel Maldonado, Assistant Water Director
August 14, 2026
SUBJECT: Hearing to consider adoption of City’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP)
RECOMMENDATION: For Board Review
BACKGROUND: A public hearing is required to adopt the City’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP).
The 2025 UWMP was prepared in accordance with the California Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) which was established in 1983. The Act requires every “Urban Water Supplier” to prepare and adopt an UWMP, to periodically review its UWMP at least once every five years, and make any amendments or changes which are indicated by the review. An “Urban Water Supplier” is defined as a supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. The primary objective of the Act is to direct Urban Water Suppliers to prepare a Plan that describes and evaluates sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation, and demand management activities. In 2020, “Urban Water Suppliers” were required to adopt a separate WSCP that may be updated independently of the UWMP. City staff elected to update the WSCP concurrently, and is included as an attachment with the UWMP.
This 2025 UWMP combines both the retail (Municipal Water System) and wholesale (Wholesale Water System) activities of the City and is an update to the previously prepared and adopted 2020 Plan. This 2025 UWMP follows California Department of Water Resources’ (DWR’s) “2025 Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook” (Guidebook) dated January 2026.
The City has coordinated the preparation of this UWMP with the appropriate agencies, including other local water purveyors and agencies that receive water from the City. A notification letter was sent to these agencies at least 60 days prior to this public hearing. The UWMP was also posted on the City’s website and was made available for review at the City’s Water Resources office. A public notification of the hearing was published in the newspaper on August 5 th and August 12th. To date, the City has not received any comments.
City Staff recommends the Water Board approve and recommend the plan for formal adoption at the September 16th City Council meeting. If adopted by Council, the plan will be submitted to the DWR and the California State Library within 30 days after adoption.
MEETING DATE: August 19, 2026 AGENDA SECTION:
ITEM: 7.A.