Beverly Hills City Council
June 23, 2026

AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: June 23, 2026
Item Number:

To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Robert Welch, P.E., Utilities General Manager
Vince Damasse, P.E., Water Resources / Operations Manager Subject: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT

PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
Attachments: 1. Resolution

2. Draft 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (including Water Shortage Contingency Plan)

3. Water Shortage Contingency Plan

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommend that City Council approve a resolution adopting the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (including the Water Shortage Contingency Plan).

INTRODUCTION
The City, and any water agency serving over 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water services to more than 3,000 customers, is required to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) in years ending in 5 and 0 and submit it to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) by July 1 of the following year.

The UWMP Act (California Water Code Sections 10610 et. seq.) requires water agencies to develop UWMPs. The UWMP provides a prescribed framework for long-term water planning and informs the public of a supplier’s plans for long-term water resource planning that ensures adequate water supplies for existing and future demands. The UWMP is required to follow the DWR’s 257-page guidebook prepared by a 29-member workgroup.

The 2025 Urban Water Management Guidebook (Guidebook) includes recommended report organization, standardized tables, appendices on suggested methods to be utilized and various checklists to ensure report uniformity to assist DWR staff in reviewing the UWMPs.

The UWMP assesses the reliability of the agency’s water supplies over a 20-year planning horizon and reports its progress on a 20 percent reduction in per-capita urban water

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consumption by the year 2020, as required in the Water Conservation Bill of 2009, SBX7-7. The 2020 target was part of a broader statewide conservation effort. Unlike a Water Master Plan or Integrated Water Master Plan, the UWMP is not intended to address project specific details of the feasibility and selection of projects, scope, budget and schedule associated with a more detailed Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

DWR reviews the UWMPs to ensure they have satisfied the requirements identified in the applicable Water Code sections then submits a report to the Legislature summarizing the status of the plans. DWR states there were only “minor changes” to the Water Code since the 2020 cycle, primarily involving updated definitions, and that these do not materially change UWMP requirements for 2025.

DISCUSSION
The process for preparation of the draft 2025 UWMP follows strict guidelines prepared by the DWR. The reporting format, contents, and in some cases the precise wording, is rigidly prescribed in the Guidebook. By so strictly prescribing the preparation and contents of the document, DWR can now review and certify each of the approximately 430 agency UWMPs within approximately one year, as opposed to the three or four years it was taking prior to standardizing the guidelines for the 2015 and 2020 UWMPs.

UWMPs provide a framework for long-term water resources planning not only at the local level to ensure adequate water supplies to meet current and future demands, but in the aggregate statewide as DWR receives uniform statewide UWMPs.

Pursuant to DWR guidelines, the City’s last (2020) UWMP was completed in 2021, submitted to and approved by DWR. This 2025 UWMP updates the 2020 UWMP. Below are the 2025 UWMP required updates as prescribed by DWR, which address the following major elements including:

1. A Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which is Chapter 8 of the 2025 UWMP, enacted by Senate Bill 606 in accordance with Water Code section 10632.

This WSCP expands on the City’s existing Emergency Water Conservation Plan most recently updated by Ordinance 20-O-2819.

2. A Drought Risk Assessment (DRA), which is Chapter 7, enacted by Senate Bill 606 in accordance with Water Code section 10635. The DRA requires analysis of impacts of five multiple dry years instead of the previous requirement of three years for each of the projected five-year periods out to 20 years into the future.

3. Addressing the Reduced Reliance on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which is Appendix G. This requirement is to demonstrate consistency with Delta Plan Policy WR P1 (Title 23 of California Code of Regulations Section 5003).

4. Addressing seismic vulnerability of the system. This is covered by the City’s current Local Hazard Mitigation Action Plan as it relates to seismic risk, included as Appendix J to the UWMP.

5. Reporting of the energy requirements related to delivery and distribution of water within the City’s service area.

6. Inclusion of a lay description / executive summary section covering fundamental determinations of the UWMP, especially regarding water service reliability, challenges ahead and strategies for managing reliability risks.

If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of supply, the following information is required to be included in the Plan:

Meeting Date: June 23, 2026

 A copy of any adopted Groundwater Management Plan.
 A description of the groundwater basin or basins from which the supplier pumps groundwater. For unadjudicated basins, information as to whether DWR has identified the basin or basins as overdrafted or has projected the basin or basins will become overdrafted.
 A detailed description and analysis of the location, amount and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the supplier for the past five years.  A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location that is projected to be pumped by the supplier.

A link (https://www.beverlyhills.org/1022/Urban-Water-Management-Plan) has been provided for the City’s 2025 UWMP update along with a hard copy (Attachment 2). The 2025 UWMP update includes the WSCP (Chapter 8). This WSCP incorporates the City’s current emergency conservation plan provisions as well as DWR’s regulatory requirements and is required to be approved under separate City Council action. As such, the WSCP has been referenced in Attachment 3 as Chapter 8 of the 2025 UWMP.

Staff presented the 2025 UWMP to the Public Works Commission (PWC) at the May 14, 2026, meeting. The PWC comments were received and incorporated into the draft UWMP. The PWC recommended that staff move this item forward for approval at the City Council meeting on June 23, 2026.

City staff coordinated closely with Metropolitan Water District staff for the preparation of the 2025 UWMP; drafts of these work products are attached hereto. A PowerPoint presentation is scheduled for City Council at its June 23, 2026 meeting, at which time City staff will be available to conduct the public hearing and answer any questions.

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

Shana Epstein,
Director of Public Works
Approved By
Attachment 1
1 RESOLUTION NO. 26-R-_________

RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY
HILLS ADOPTING THE 2025 URBAN WATER

MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER SHORTAGE

CONTINGENCY PLAN
WHEREAS, California Water Code Section 10610 et seq. under the Urban Water Management Planning Act (“Act”) requires that an urban water supplier prepare and adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). Once adopted, the Water Code requires the UWMP be updated every five years in years ending in “0” or “5”.

WHEREAS, the City has prepared the draft 2025 UWMP (dated May 2026) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Chapter 8 of the 2025 UWMP), which has been circulated for public review and may be modified following input from the Council or public.

WHEREAS, the City Council has held a public hearing to hear, consider, and accept review comments as required under the Act.

NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY
HILLS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Council adopts the City’s 2025 UWMP and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Chapter 8 of the 2025 UWMP) and directs the Director of Public Works and/or his/her designee to file copies of the 2025 UWMP (including Chapter 8 -Water Shortage Contingency Plan) with the State Department of Water Resources, the California State Library, and the County of Los Angeles. A copy of the 2025 UWMP (including Chapter 8 -Water Shortage Contingency Plan) is on file in the office of the City Clerk.

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Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause this resolution and its certification to be entered in the Book of Resolutions of the Council of this City.

Adopted:

CRAIG A. CORMAN
Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills, California
ATTEST:
(SEAL)

HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

LAURENCE S. WIENER NANCY-HUNT COFFEY
City Attorney City Manager

SHANA E. EPSTEIN
Director of Public Works

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2025

URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN

BEVERLV
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2025 URBAN WATER

MANAGEMENT PLAN
City of Beverly Hills
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City of Beverly Hills
455 N. Rexford Dr.

Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Prepared by:

Psomas
5 Hutton Centre Dr., Suite 300
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Date:

June 2026
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter Page
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................. 1 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ................................................................................... 1-1 Urban Water Management Plan Requirements........................................................ 1-1 Senate Bill 7 of the Seventh Extraordinary Session of 2009, Water Conservation in the Delta Legislative Package ........................................... 1-2 Assembly Bill 1668 and Senate Bill 606 ...................................................... 1-2 Lay Description ......................................................................................................... 1-3 Water Demands ........................................................................................... 1-3 Water Supply................................................................................................ 1-4 Water Service Reliability .............................................................................. 1-6 Water Shortage Contingency Plan............................................................... 1-7 Continued Reliability Planning ..................................................................... 1-7 2 PLAN PREPARATION........................................................................................................ 2-1 Basis for Preparing a Plan ........................................................................................ 2-1 Individual or Regional Planning and Compliance ..................................................... 2-1 Fiscal or Calendar Year and Unit of Measure........................................................... 2-2 Coordination and Outreach....................................................................................... 2-2 Wholesale Coordination............................................................................... 2-2 Coordination with Other Agencies and the Community............................... 2-3 3 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................... 3-1 General Description .................................................................................................. 3-1 City Water System Description .................................................................... 3-1 Service Area Boundary ............................................................................................. 3-1 Service Area Climate ................................................................................................ 3-2 Service Area Population, Demographics, and Socioeconomics............................... 3-4 Land Uses and Service Area .................................................................................... 3-5 4 SYSTEM WATER USE CHARACTERIZATION................................................................. 4-1 Recycled Versus Potable and Raw Water Demand ................................................. 4-2 Water Use by Sector................................................................................................. 4-2 Water Use Sectors Listed in Water Code .................................................... 4-2 Non-Revenue Water .................................................................................... 4-2 Past and Current Water Use........................................................................ 4-3

1.1 1.1.1

1.1.2 1.2

1.2.1 1.2.2

1.2.3 1.2.4

1.2.5 2.1

2.2 2.3

2.4 2.4.1

3.2 3.3

3.4 3.5

4.1 4.2

4.2.1 4.2.2

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Distribution System Water Losses ............................................................................ 4-3 Projected Water Use................................................................................................. 4-4 25-Year Planning Horizon............................................................................ 4-5 Reduced Future City Water Use due to Existing and Future Conservation Measures ..................................................................................................... 4-6 Worksheets and Reporting Tables............................................................................ 4-8 Total Gross Water Demands by Sector - 2025............................................ 4-8 Gross Water Use by Sector - Projected....................................................... 4-8 Water Use for Lower Income Households ................................................. 4-10 Preceding Five-Year Water Loss Audit Reporting..................................... 4-12 Climate Change Considerations ............................................................................. 4-13 5 CONSERVATION TARGET COMPLIANCE ...................................................................... 5-1 Reporting Requirements ........................................................................................... 5-1 6 WATER SUPPLY CHARACTERIZATION.......................................................................... 6-1 Purchased Imported Water....................................................................................... 6-3 Colorado River Supplies .............................................................................. 6-4 State Water Project Supplies ....................................................................... 6-5 Storage......................................................................................................... 6-7 Groundwater ............................................................................................................. 6-7 Hollywood GWB........................................................................................... 6-8 La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB ......................................................... 6-9 Groundwater Treatment............................................................................... 6-9 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014................................. 6-10 Surface Water ......................................................................................................... 6-11 Stormwater.............................................................................................................. 6-11 Wastewater and Recycled Water............................................................................ 6-12 Desalination Water Opportunities ........................................................................... 6-15 Exchanges or Transfers.......................................................................................... 6-15 Future Water Projects ............................................................................................. 6-15 Increased Water Conservation .................................................................. 6-17 Summary of Existing and Planned Sources of Water............................................. 6-17 Energy Intensity ...................................................................................................... 6-19 7 WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT ............................................................... 7-1 Overview ................................................................................................................... 7-1 Factors Impacting Reliability ..................................................................................... 7-2 Climate Change and the Environment......................................................... 7-2

4.3 4.4

4.4.1 4.4.2

4.5 4.5.1

4.5.2 4.5.3

4.5.4 4.6

5.1 6.1

6.1.1 6.1.2

6.1.3 6.2

6.2.1 6.2.2

6.2.3 6.2.4

6.3 6.4

6.5 6.6

6.7 6.8

6.8.1 6.9

6.10 7.1

7.2 7.2.1
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Regulatory.................................................................................................... 7-2 Water Quality ............................................................................................... 7-3 Water Service Reliability ........................................................................................... 7-4 Normal-Year Reliability Comparison............................................................ 7-6 Single-Dry Year Reliability Comparison....................................................... 7-6 Five Consecutive Dry Years Reliability Comparison ................................... 7-7 Supply Diversification................................................................................... 7-7 Supply and Demand Assessment............................................................................. 7-8 Drought Risk Assessment....................................................................................... 7-11 8 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLANNING .......................................................... 8-1 Water Supply Reliability Analysis.............................................................................. 8-1 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures .................................. 8-1 Decision-Making Process ............................................................................ 8-2 Data and Methodologies .............................................................................. 8-3 Water Shortage Levels ............................................................................................. 8-4 Shortage Response Actions ..................................................................................... 8-5 Metropolitan Water Shortage Contingency Plan.......................................... 8-5 City of Beverly Hills Response Actions........................................................ 8-6 Public Information Campaign..................................................................... 8-12 Customer Billing......................................................................................... 8-13 Frequency of Meter Reading ..................................................................... 8-13 Water Use Surveys .................................................................................... 8-13 Rebates or Giveaways of Plumbing Fixtures and Devices........................ 8-13 Reduction of Water System Loss............................................................... 8-13 Implementation of Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge .......................... 8-13 Other .......................................................................................................... 8-13 Catastrophic Supply Interruption............................................................................. 8-14 Metropolitan ............................................................................................... 8-14 City of Beverly Hills .................................................................................... 8-14 Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan.......................................... 8-16 Communication Protocols ....................................................................................... 8-18 Compliance and Enforcement................................................................................. 8-18 Legal Authorities ..................................................................................................... 8-19 Financial Consequences of WSCP......................................................................... 8-19 Monitoring and Reporting........................................................................................ 8-20 WSCP Refinement Procedures .............................................................................. 8-20

7.2.2 7.2.3

7.3 7.3.1

7.3.2 7.3.3

7.3.4 7.4

7.5 8.1

8.2 8.2.1

8.2.2 8.3

8.4 8.4.1

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8.4. 8.5

8.5.1 8.5.2

8.5.3 8.6

8.7 8.8

8.9 8.10

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Special Water Feature Distinction........................................................................... 8-20 Plan Adoption, Submittal and Availability ............................................................... 8-21 9 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES............................................................................ 9-1 Demand Management Measures for Retail Agencies .............................................. 9-1 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances .......................................................... 9-1 Metering ....................................................................................................... 9-2 Conservation Pricing.................................................................................... 9-3 Public Education and Outreach ................................................................... 9-3 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss .............. 9-4 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support............... 9-4 Implementation Over the Past Five Years ................................................................ 9-4 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances .......................................................... 9-4 Metering ....................................................................................................... 9-5 Conservation Pricing.................................................................................... 9-5 Public Education and Outreach ................................................................... 9-5 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss .............. 9-5 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support............... 9-5 Planned Implementation to Achieve Water Use Targets.......................................... 9-5 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances .......................................................... 9-5 Metering ....................................................................................................... 9-5 Conservation Pricing.................................................................................... 9-5 Public Education and Outreach ................................................................... 9-6 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss .............. 9-6 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support............... 9-6 Members of the California Water Efficiency Partnership .......................................... 9-6 10 PLAN ADOPTION, SUBMITTAL, AND IMPLEMENTATION ........................................... 10-1 Inclusion of all 2025 Data........................................................................................ 10-1 Notice of Public Hearing ......................................................................................... 10-1 Public Hearing and Adoption .................................................................................. 10-1 Plan Submittal......................................................................................................... 10-1 Public Availability .................................................................................................... 10-2 Amending an Adopted UWMP................................................................................ 10-2

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8.12 8.13

9.1 9.1.1

9.1.2 9.1.3

9.1.4 9.1.5

9.1.6 9.2

9.2.1 9.2.2

9.2.3 9.2.4

9.2.5 9.2.6

9.3 9.3.1

9.3.2 9.3.3

9.3.4 9.3.5

9.3.6 9.4

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10.3 10.4

10.5 10.6
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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 2-4A: City of Beverly Hills Coordination and Public Involvement....................................... 2-4 Table 3-1A: Historic Climate Data ................................................................................................ 3-2 Table 3-1B – Demographic Forecast ........................................................................................... 3-4 Table 3-1: Population – Current and Projected............................................................................ 3-5 Table 4-1A: Historical Water Use ................................................................................................. 4-3 Table 4-1B: Water Loss Audit Data.............................................................................................. 4-4 Table 4-1C: Unit Demand from 2025 Water Billings .................................................................... 4-6 Table 4-1D: Long-term Supply Projections .................................................................................. 4-6 Table 4-1: Total Uses for Potable Water – Actual........................................................................ 4-8 Table 4-2: Total Uses for Potable Water – Projected................................................................... 4-9 Table 4-3: Inclusion in Water Use Projections ............................................................................. 4-9 Table 4-4: Passive Water Savings Projections .......................................................................... 4-10 Table 4-4A: Number of Households by Income ......................................................................... 4-11 Table 4-4B: Projected Water Demands for Low Income Households (AF)................................ 4-12 Table 4-5: Water Loss Audit Reporting ...................................................................................... 4-12 Table 4-6: Progress Towards 2028 Water Loss Standard ......................................................... 4-13 Table 5-1: SB X7-7 2020 Target Progress ................................................................................... 5-1 Table 6-1A: City Water Supply 1996 – 2025................................................................................ 6-2 Table 6-1: Groundwater Volume Pumped.................................................................................... 6-8 Table 6-2: Wastewater Collected Within Service Area............................................................... 6-13 Table 6-3: Wastewater Treatment and Outcomes ..................................................................... 6-14 Table 6-7: Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs .............................................. 6-18 Table 6-8: Water Supplies — Actual .......................................................................................... 6-18 Table 6-9: Water Supplies — Projected ..................................................................................... 6-19 Table 6-10: Energy Intensity – Total Utility Approach ................................................................ 6-19 Table 7-1: Basis of Water Year Data............................................................................................ 7-5 Table 7-1A: Metropolitan Projections for City of Beverly Hills...................................................... 7-6 Table 7-2A: Metropolitan Supply Capability and Projected Demands (AFY)............................... 7-8 Table 7-2: Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison.......................................................... 7-9 Table 7-3: Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison..................................................... 7-9 Table 7-4: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison............................................... 7-10 City of Beverly Hills
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Table 7-4A: Projected City Water Supplies ................................................................................ 7-11 Table 7-5A: DRA Supply & Demand by Source......................................................................... 7-12 Table 7-5: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment ........................................................................ 7-13 Table 8-1A: Annual Assessment Timeline and Procedures......................................................... 8-3 Table 8-1: Cross-reference of City and State Standard Shortage Levels.................................... 8-5 Table 8-2A: Metropolitan Water Shortage Contingency Plan Shortage Levels ........................... 8-6 Table 8-2B: City Stages of Water Shortage ................................................................................. 8-7 Table 8-2 Water Shortage Contingency Plan Levels ................................................................... 8-8 Table 8-3: Restrictions and Prohibitions on End Uses............................................................... 8-10 Table 8-3A: Consumption Reduction Methods........................................................................... 8-12 Table 8-4A: Penalties and Fines for Violations in Each Conservation Stage ............................ 8-19 Table 10-1: Notification to Cities and Counties .......................................................................... 10-1

FIGURES
Figure 3-1: Service Area Boundary .............................................................................................. 3-3 City of Beverly Hills
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APPENDICES
Appendix A DWR UWMP Checklist
Appendix B UWMP Standardized Submittal Tables
Appendix C AWWA Water Audit Worksheets
Appendix D Supply Capability and Projected Demands for Single-Dry Year, Multiple-Dry Year, and Average Conditions from 2025 Metropolitan Urban Water Management Plan
Appendix E City of Beverly Hills Municipal Code Regarding Emergency Water Conservation Provisions
Appendix F Notice of Public Hearing and Resolution for Plan Adoption Appendix G Reduced Reliance on the Delta
Appendix H Energy Intensity Submittal Tables
Appendix I City of Beverly Hills 2019 Water Rates Ordinance and Water Rate Study Appendix J Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AB Assembly Bill
AF Acre Feet
AFY Acre Feet per Year
AMI Area Median Income
AWWA American Water Works Association
BMP Best Management Practices
CalWEP California Water Efficiency Partnership
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
CFS Cubic Feet Per Second
CII Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional
CIMIS California Irrigation Management Information System CPA Clean Power Alliance
CRA Colorado River Aqueduct
CVP Central Valley Project
CWD California Water Code
DMM Demand Management Measure
DOF Department of Finance
DRA Drought Risk Assessment
DVL Diamond Valley Lake
DWR Department of Water Resources
ETo Evapotranspiration from a Standardized Grass Surface EWMP Enhanced Watershed Management Program
FY Fiscal Year
GPCD Gallons Per Capita Per Day
GPD Gallons Per Day
GPM Gallons Per Minute
GSA Groundwater Sustainability Agency
GWB Groundwater Basin
HCD Department of Housing and Community Development
IRP Integrated Resources Plan
IWRMP Integrated Water Resources Master Plan
LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
M&I Municipal and Industrial
MAF Million Acre Feet
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level
Metropolitan,
MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
MGD Million Gallons per Day
Mg/L Milligrams Per Liter
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
QSA Quantification Settlement Agreement
RHNA Regional Housing Needs Assessment
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RDM Robust Decision Making
RO Reverse Osmosis
RTP Regional Transportation Plan
RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board
SB Senate Bill
SCAG Southern California Association of Governments
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
SWP State Water Project
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
TAF Thousand Acre Feet
USBR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency
UWMP Urban Water Management Plan
WSAP Water Supply Allocation Plan
WSCP Water Shortage Contingency Plan
WSDM Water Surplus and Drought Management
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1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Urban Water Management Plan Requirements
The City of Beverly Hills (City) prepared this 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) to submit to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to satisfy the UWMP Act of 1983 (UWMP Act or Act) and subsequent California Water Code (CWC or Water Code) requirements.

This 2025 UWMP contains all elements required by the Act.

The UWMP Act, enacted by the California legislature, requires every Urban Water Supplier (Supplier) providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet (AF) of water annually to prepare, adopt, and file a UWMP with the DWR every five years in the years ending in six and one.

This 2025 UWMP provides a detailed summary of present and future water supplies and demands and provides an assessment of the City of Beverly Hills (City) water resource needs. Specifically, the UWMP provides water supply planning for a 25-year planning period in five-year increments and identifies water supplies needed to meet existing and future demands. The demand analysis must identify supply reliability under three hydrologic conditions: a normal year, single dry-year, and five consecutive dry-years. The City’s 2025 UWMP updates the 2020 UWMP, in compliance with new requirements of the Act.

For this 2025 UWMP cycle, DWR continues to place emphasis on achieving improvements for longterm reliability and resilience to drought and climate change in California. Despite there being no new statutory requirements, Suppliers must now report progress on meeting their 2028 Water Loss Standards and continue to state their compliance with Senate Bill (SB) X7-7 2020 Targets.

This UWMP is organized into 10 chapters aligned with the DWR guidebook recommendations as listed below:

Chapter 1 Introduction and UWMP Overview gives an overview of the UWMP fundamentals and requirements for the 2025 UWMP and a lay description of the Plan.

Chapter 2 UWMP Preparation identifies this UWMP as an individual planning effort of the City, lists the type of year and units of measure used, and introduces the coordination and outreach activities conducted by the City to develop this UWMP.

Chapter 3 System Description gives a background on the City's water system and its climate characteristics, population projections, demographics, socioeconomics, and predominant current and projected land uses of its service area.

Chapter 4 Water Use Characterization provides historical, current, and projected water use by customer category for the next 25 years for the City and the projection methodology used by the City to develop the 25-year projections.

Chapter 5 Conservation Target Compliance states that the City's 2020 per capita water use in gallons per capita per day (gpcd) met the compliance target defined by SB X7-7.

Chapter 6 Water Supply Characterization describes the current water supply portfolio of the City as well as the planned and potential water supply projects and water exchange and transfer opportunities.

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Chapter 7 Water Supply Reliability Assessment describes the assessment of the reliability of the City's water supply service to its customers for a normal year, single dry year, and five consecutive dry years scenarios. This section also includes a Drought Risk Assessment of all the supply sources for a consecutive five-year drought period beginning in 2026.

Chapter 8 Water Shortage Contingency Plan provides a structured guide for the City to deal with water shortages, incorporating prescriptive information and standardized action levels, lists the appropriate actions and water use efficiency measures to be taken to ensure water supply reliability in times of water shortage conditions, along with implementation actions in the event of a catastrophic supply interruption.

Chapter 9 Demand Management Measures provides a description of the City's current and planned measures and programs to help customers in its service area be water efficient and comply with the City’s urban water use reduction targets.

Chapter 10 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Implementation provides a record of the process the City followed to adopt and implement its UWMP.

Senate Bill 7 of the Seventh Extraordinary Session of 2009, Water Conservation in the Delta Legislative Package
The state Legislature passed Senate Bill 7 as part of the Seventh Extraordinary Session, referred to as SB X7-7, on November 10, 2009, which became effective February 3, 2010. This law was the water conservation component to the historic Delta legislative package and sought to achieve a 20 percent statewide reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. The law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets to meet the 20 percent goal by 2020 and continue to maintain this objective beyond 2020.

The bill states that the legislative intent is to require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of water resources and to establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban water conservation called for by the Governor. The bill establishes methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine targets to help achieve increased water use efficiency by the year 2020 and beyond. The law is intended to promote urban water conservation standards consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted best management practices.

The 2020 UWMP provided the 2020 per-capita target value that was adopted in the 2015 UWMP, and the compliance value based upon actual 2020 customer water use. This 2025 UWMP shows continued compliance with this water use objective.

Assembly Bill 1668 and Senate Bill 606
In 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the water conservation bills AB 1668 and SB 606. These bills created a long-term regulatory framework titled “Making Conservation a California Way of Life”.

On January 1, 2025, the Making Conservation a California Way of Life regulation went into effect.

This regulation sets forth a framework for retail water providers to more accurately gauge water use in their service area, submit annual water use reports to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and implement performance measures to reach urban water use objectives.

The regulation establishes a water-use “budget” for urban retail water suppliers across the state whereby each supplier must calculate a customized Urban Water Use Objective each year based on four main efficiency standards:

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• Indoor Residential Use: Initially set at 55 gallons per person per day, decreasing to 47 gallons by 2025 and 42 gallons by 2020.
• Outdoor Residential Use: Based on local climate and irrigable landscape area. • Commercial/Industrial/Institutional (CII): Performance measures for large landscapes and highuse sectors, including dedicated irrigation meters for areas of 0.5 acres or more. • Water Loss: Standards to reduce leaks in distribution system.

Lay Description
The City of Beverly Hills (City) has prepared this 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) in compliance with the California Water Code (CWC). This summary satisfies the requirement of the CWC to include a simple lay description of information necessary to provide a general understanding of the Plan, including a description of City’s reliable water, as well as its strategies and potential challenges for the foreseeable future.

This UWMP provides an assessment of the City’s water service reliability, describes, and evaluates sources of water supply, demand management measures, and other relevant information and programs. In addition to the water reliability assessments, the Plan includes an evaluation of frequent and severe periods of drought and the preparation and adoption of the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) that provides actions in response to potential water supply shortages.

The CWC requires reporting agencies to describe their water reliability under the conditions associated with a normal water year, a single dry-year, and droughts lasting at least five consecutive water years, with projected information in five-year increments for a minimum period of 20 years into the future. The factors used to evaluate the City’s water supply and demand balance for the 2025 UWMP are presented below. Some of the considerations and resulting projections may change over time with changes in water supply conditions and planning efforts.

These changes will be reflected in future updates of the UWMP which occur at least every five years.

Water Demands
Water demands within the City’s service area are dependent on many factors such as local climate conditions, population, demographics, land use, and economics. The City’s water service area is approximately 6.35 square miles and consists of the City of Beverly Hills and a portion of the City of West Hollywood, which portion makes up about 10 percent of the City’s total water service area.

Based on data from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and the California Department of Finance, the City’s water service area population was approximately 40,300 in 2025 and is projected to increase by 13 percent by 2050.

Future water use is estimated by understanding the type of use and customer type creating the demand. Developing local water use profiles helps to identify the quantity of water used by different land uses within the agency’s service area. Knowledge of water use by customer type enables the City to develop more effective water conservation programs and to project the future benefit of those programs. Water consumption in this UWMP is evaluated by the following customer classes:
• Single-family Residential
• Multi-family Residential

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• Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial
By far, the predominant land use in the City is residential, making up approximately 84% of the City’s water service connections. In addition to customer water uses, which are metered and billed, there are also water losses associated with leaks and meter inaccuracies. The City has programs in place to reduce these types of water losses. These programs include automated meter infrastructure technology that identifies potential leaks and an ongoing pipeline replacement program.

Southern California’s urban water demand has been largely shaped by the efforts to comply with conservation requirements set forth by state law. A 2010 water conservation law known as Senate Bill x7-7 required California water suppliers to reduce water demand by 20 percent (from a historical baseline) by 2020. The City has actively engaged in efforts to reduce water use in its service area to meet the final 2020 water use target, which was accomplished. The City achieved a 32% reduction from the baseline value. Meeting and maintaining this objective is critical to ensure the City’s eligibility to receive future state water grants and loans. Water conservation measures that made this reduction possible are largely still in place at this time.

On January 1, 2025, the Making Conservation a California Way of Life regulation went into effect following the passing of Assembly Bill (AB) 1668 and Senate Bill (SB) 606 in 2018. This regulation sets a framework for retail water providers to more accurately gauge water use in their service area, Regulatory compliance efforts include submitting annual water use reports to the state and implementing efficiency measures to reach urban water use objectives that increase in stringency over the next fifteen years.

Water demand for the City was projected out to the year 2050 based on existing use data as well as projected land use, population, economic growth, and future conservation. Future conservation assumes continued implementation of the City’s current conservation programs which have proven to be very effective.

Water Supply
The City obtains its water supply from two sources: imported surface water purchased from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) and local groundwater extracted from the local Hollywood Basin and, with the construction of a new well in 2022, the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin. The imported water is treated by Metropolitan and the groundwater is treated at the City’s Foothill Water Treatment Plant (Foothill WTP) before being distributed to the City’s water system.

The City’s primary source of water supply is imported water from Metropolitan. From 2004, the year the Foothill WTP was placed into service, through 2014, the City purchased an average of 92% of its water from Metropolitan. The Foothill WTP was taken out of service in 2015 for expansion and came back online in 2022. As a result, groundwater production has increased to approximately 13% of the total water supply with imported water providing the remaining 87% of supply.

Metropolitan’s principal sources of water are the Colorado River via the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) and the Lake Oroville watershed in northern California through the State Water Project (SWP). Storage is also a major component of Metropolitan’s dry year resource management strategy. Metropolitan’s likelihood of having adequate supply capability to meet projected demands is highly dependent on its storage resources. Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP provides details on the factors that affect the ability to estimate existing and future water delivery reliability.

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Colorado River Aqueduct
The Colorado River was Metropolitan’s original source of water after its establishment in 1928. The CRA, which has a capacity of 1.25 MAF a year, is owned and operated by Metropolitan and transports water from the Colorado River to Lake Mathews in Riverside County. The actual amount of water per year that may be conveyed through the CRA to Metropolitan’s member agencies is based on availability of Colorado River water for delivery. The Colorado River Basin has historically experienced large swings in annual hydrologic conditions. These swings have largely been buffered through a large volume of storage. However, a potential change in the rainfall to runoff relationship may be resulting in conditions in which less runoff is generated from a given level of precipitation, pushing the system toward a drying trend that is often characterized as a long-term drought. The current operational guidelines that govern operations on the Colorado River expire in 2026.

Negotiations to determine operational guidelines to replace them remain ongoing and the outcome is highly uncertain. California will likely be required to reduce its supplies from the Colorado River, on average, under the new guidelines. As such, Metropolitan is at risk of reduced supplies.

With the long-term challenges of water demand exceeding available supply from the Colorado River, and additional uncertainties due to climate change, Metropolitan has developed a number of supply, storage, and conservation programs to increase the amount of supply available from the Colorado River. These supplies can be used to provide additional water to ensure that, when needed, Metropolitan can deliver up to the CRA capacity of 1.25 MAF.

State Water Project
The State Water Project (SWP) consists of a network of pump stations, reservoirs, aqueducts, tunnels, and power plants owned and operated by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Nearly two-thirds of residents in California receive at least part of their water from the SWP.

Metropolitan receives SWP supplies via the California Aqueduct.

The availability of water supplies from the SWP can be highly variable. A wet water year may be followed by a dry or critically dry year and fisheries issues can limit the operations of the delivery pumps even when water supplies are available. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) is key to the SWP’s ability to deliver water to its agricultural and urban contractors. However, the Delta faces many challenges concerning its long-term sustainability such as climate change posing a threat of increased variability in floods and droughts and sea level rise which can impact water quality. State Water Project (SWP) supplies are estimated by Metropolitan using the 2025 SWP Delivery Capability Report distributed by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) in October 2025. The 2025 Delivery Capability Report presents the current DWR estimate of the amount of water deliveries for current (2025) conditions and conditions 20 years in the future.

In dry, below-normal conditions, Metropolitan has increased the supplies received from the California Aqueduct by developing storage and transfer programs. The goal of these programs is to develop additional supplies that can be conveyed through the California Aqueduct during dry conditions and regulatory restrictions.

Groundwater
The City has a history of groundwater production from both the Hollywood Groundwater Basin and the adjacent portion of the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin as a secondary source of water supply in conjunction with imported water. The City maintains overlying rights to City of Beverly Hills
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these basins and files annual extraction reports with DWR. The City is developing these alternative supplies to ensure a safe and reliable local water supply source that will continue to serve the community in periods of drought and shortage.

The City has water supply from six (6) wells that pump groundwater from the Hollywood Basin and one (1) well in the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin. With the completion of the Foothill WTP improvements in 2022, local groundwater supplies serve approximately 13 percent of the City’s water demand. Two additional wells have been drilled in the La Brea Subarea and are projected to be equipped and permitted by 2029. It is anticipated that the treatment plant will be out of service for 6 to 12 months in 2031 for an expansion to treat the additional well supplies. By 2032, it is expected that local groundwater supply will increase to approximately greater than 20 percent of the total demand.

Increased Conservation
Conservation and the efficient sustainable use of water is of the highest priority to the City.

Conservation represents water that is controlled locally and, from a water supply perspective, reduces imported water volumes thus increasing reliability. Conservation also has environmental benefits of reducing energy usage for treatment and delivery.

The City has responded proactively to the requirements of SBx7-7 that set goals for water use reduction. The City has also implemented water conservation ordinances and programs under the leadership of the Water Conservation Administrator and Sustainability Analyst to develop, oversee, and manage programs to help the City achieve its conservation goals. The City’s water conservation programs include smart metering, conservation pricing, public outreach, water loss reduction, and conservation staff.

Water Service Reliability
Every urban water supplier is required to assess the reliability of their water service to its customers under normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. The City depends on imported water supplemented by local supplies to meet its water demands and has taken numerous steps to ensure it has adequate supplies under both normal and drought conditions. With the projects and programs implemented by Metropolitan and the City, the water supplies are projected to meet future demands under both normal and drought conditions.

Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP finds that Metropolitan can meet demands of its member agencies, including the City, from 2025 through 2050 during normal years, single dry years, and multiple dry years. The foundation of Metropolitan’s resource strategy for achieving regional water supply reliability has been to develop and implement water resources programs and activities that provide a mix of resources. This preferred resource mix includes conservation, local resources such as water recycling and groundwater recovery, Colorado River supplies and transfers, SWP supplies and transfers, in-region surface reservoir storage, in-region groundwater storage, out-of-region water banking, treatment, conveyance, and infrastructure improvements.

The CWC also requires every urban water supplier to include, as part of its UWMP, a drought risk assessment (DRA) for its water service as part of information considered in developing its demand management measures and water supply projects and programs for the upcoming five-year period.

The DRA allows suppliers to consider how to manage water supplies during dry conditions in relation to variations in demand. This process helps a supplier evaluate its Water Shortage

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Contingency Plan (WSCP) and anticipate appropriate shortage response actions before an actual extended drought period.

For the City’s DRA, there are no foreseen interruptions in supply from Metropolitan and local groundwater supply is expected to increase over the five-year DRA period. Metropolitan projects sufficient supply to meet demands under both normal conditions and a potential five-year drought condition.

The combination of projects and programs implemented by Metropolitan and the City provide for reliable water supplies that are projected to meet demands. As provided in this UWMP, the City anticipates being able to meet water demand with adequate supplies through the year 2050 under normal, dry, and multiple dry year conditions. The DRA shows no water shortages are projected if a drought were to occur over the next five years.

Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Water supplies may be interrupted or reduced by droughts, earthquakes, and power outages which hinder a water agency’s ability to effectively deliver water. Drought impacts increase with the length of a drought, as supplies in reservoirs and other storage programs are depleted and water levels in groundwater basins decline. The ability to manage water supplies in times of drought or other emergencies is an important part of water resource management for a community. In anticipation of such water supply challenges, the CWC requires suppliers to prepare and adopt a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) which includes water shortage response actions that they would take in response to various water shortage levels. This WSCP describes the water supply shortage policies the City has in place to respond to events including reductions and catastrophic interruption in water supply.

During a water shortage period, the City will determine the extent of conservation required based on water supply availability from its imported and groundwater sources. As a Metropolitan member agency, the City will follow Metropolitan’s adopted WSCP and required actions. Depending on the severity of the water shortage, the city manager will adopt a water shortage response action. The City has five existing shortage levels that are used in its WSCP that range from 5% to 50% of the normal water demand with various associated response actions. For shortage levels greater than 50%, the city manager will activate the City’s Emergency Response Plan (ERP) which outlines response and recovery responsibilities during catastrophic water supply interruptions.

Continued Reliability Planning
Although Metropolitan’s water supply has proven to be reliable and cost effective relative to local groundwater production over the years, the ongoing threat of drought and climate change has increased the need for the City to develop additional water supply reliability. In its Integrated Water Resources Master Plan (IWRMP), dated November 2020, the City established and documented the following priorities to increase reliability though conservation, local water supplies, and other opportunities:
• Prioritizing conservation and the efficient use of water – The City has implemented water conservation ordinances and programs under the leadership of the Water Conservation Administrator.

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• Optimizing existing local water supplies – Proper maintenance and rehabilitation to ensure long-term production capability of groundwater wells in the Hollywood Basin and the La Brea Subarea.
• Developing new local water supplies – The City has near-term and long-term local water supply goals. To achieve those goals, the City has identified projects to construct new local water supply facilities.
• Keeping an eye toward long-term opportunities – It is important that the City take effective near-term steps to accomplish long-term goals. The City will engage in regional efforts now to be in position for future opportunities.
• Reducing the use of imported water from Metropolitan – The City’s imported water supply from Metropolitan will always be a significant portion of the water supply portfolio. However, focusing on the above priorities will allow the City to increase local control of their water supply by reducing reliance on imported water from Metropolitan.

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Basis for Preparing a Plan
Per California Water Code (CWC), “urban water supplier” means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier includes a supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to customers. This part applies only to water supplied from public water systems.

Every urban water supplier must adopt an urban water management plan within one year after it has become an urban water supplier.

The City of Beverly Hills is a public water supplier that meets the definition of an urban water supplier with 10,522 municipal water service connections and a total 9,306 acre-feet (AF) of water supplied to customers in their water service area in 2025. See Submittal Table 2-1.

Table 2-1: Public Water Systems
Public Water Systems
Public Water
System Number Public Water System Name
Number of
Municipal
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Water Supplied
2025
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CA1910156 City of Beverly Hills 10,522 9,306
Total 9,306
NOTE: Municipal connections include active and inactive service connections. Fire services are excluded. Volume of water supplied is metered use from Metropolitan billing data plus metered use from the City’s Foothill WTP.

The 2025 UWMP is intended to serve as a general, flexible, and open-ended document that is updated every five years (or more often if necessary) to reflect changes in the City’s water supply trends, and conservation and water use efficiency policies. The 2025 UWMP will be used by City staff to guide water use and management efforts through the year 2030, when the 2025 UWMP will require an update.

Individual or Regional Planning and Compliance
The City of Beverly Hills has developed an individual UWMP (as opposed to a Regional UWMP) that reports solely on its service area; addresses all requirements of the CWC; and notifies and coordinates with appropriate regional agencies and constituents. See Submittal Table 2-2.

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Table 2-2: Plan Identification
Plan Identification
Individual UWMP
Regional UWMP (RUWMP)
Fiscal or Calendar Year and Unit of Measure
The City of Beverly Hills is a water retailer (as opposed to a water wholesaler). The City’s 2025 UWMP has been prepared using calendar years (as opposed to fiscal years) and has been prepared using acre-feet (AF) as the units of water volume measure. See Submittal Table 2-3.

Table 2-3: Agency Identification
Agency Identification
Type of Agency
Agency is a wholesaler
Agency is a retailer
Fiscal or Calendar Year
UWMP Tables Are in Calendar Years
UWMP Tables Are in Fiscal Years
Units of Measure Used in UWMP
Unit AF
Coordination and Outreach
Wholesale Coordination
Per CWC Section 10631, an urban water supplier that relies upon a wholesale agency for a source of water shall provide the wholesale agency with water use projections from that agency for that source of water in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. The wholesale agency shall provide information to the urban water supplier for inclusion in the urban water supplier’s plan that identifies and quantifies, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available from the wholesale agency to the urban water supplier over the same five-year increments, and during various water-year types. An urban water supplier may rely upon water supply information provided by the wholesale agency in fulfilling the plan. □

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The City of Beverly Hills has provided the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan), the City’s water wholesaler, with projected water use in accordance with CWC and has relied upon water supply information provided by Metropolitan in fulfilling its 2025 UWMP. See Table 2-4. The City’s consultant, Psomas, and City staff also participated in numerous webinars presented by Metropolitan detailing the assumptions and methodologies utilized in preparing their 2025 UWMP.

Table 2-4: Water Supplier Information Exchange
Water Supplier Information Exchange
The retail supplier has informed the following wholesale supplier(s) of projected water use in accordance with CWC 10631(h).

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
The intent of the 2025 UWMP is to focus on specific issues unique to the City’s water service area.

While some regional UWMP issues are introduced in this Plan, more detailed regional information is presented in Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP.

Coordination with Other Agencies and the Community
The City’s water supply planning relates to the policies, rules, and regulations of its regional and local water providers. Recognizing that close coordination among other relevant public agencies is key to the success of its UWMP, the City worked closely with other entities to develop and update this planning document.

The City encouraged community and public interest involvement in the plan update through a public hearing and inspection of the draft document. A public meeting of the Public Works Commission was held on May 14, 2026, where a draft of the UWMP was presented. The public hearing was conducted at the Beverly Hills City Council regular meeting on June 23, 2026. Public hearing notifications were published in local newspapers, both 2 weeks and 3 weeks prior to the public hearing. A copy of the published Notice of Public Hearing is included in Appendix F. The notice was also posted on the City’s website, along with a draft copy of the UWMP, 3 weeks prior to the public hearing. The hearing provided an opportunity for all residents and employees in the service area to learn and ask questions about their water supply in addition to the City’s plans for providing a reliable, safe, high-quality water supply.

To assist City staff in preparation of their 2025 UWMP, Psomas attended UWMP Workshops, that were facilitated by DWR. Psomas also coordinated with the City of Beverly Hills and City of West Hollywood Planning Departments to understand current and projected land use, including new near-term development which could impact water demands within the next five years.

The City of Beverly Hills Integrated Water Resources Master Plan (IWRMP), dated November 2020, was utilized in the development of this UWMP. The IWRMP addresses the City’s water resources strategy including water demand and supply projection information, near-term supply projects, potential new sources, and emergency planning.

Table 2-4A lists the entities that the City and/or Psomas coordinated with in the development of the City’s 2025 UWMP. Information from the Metropolitan 2025 UWMP and the “Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025” prepared by DWR were utilized in preparing the City’s 2025

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Table 2-4A: City of Beverly Hills Coordination and Public Involvement City of Beverly Hills Coordination and Public Involvement Participated
In Plan
Preparation
Contacted
for
Assistance
Reviewed /
Commented
on Draft
Notified
of Public
Hearing
Attended
Public
Hearing
City Water Utility x x x x x
City Public Works
Commission x x x
City Planning Department x x x x x
City Management
Department x x
Beverly Hills City Council x x x
Metropolitan Water District x x
City of West Hollywood x x x
City of Santa Monica x
City of Culver City x
Golden State Water
Company x
L.A. Department of Water &
Power x
L.A. County Dept. of Public
Works x
Water Replenishment
District x
Interested General Public x x
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3 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
Water demands within the City’s service area are dependent on many factors such as local climate conditions, population, demographics, land use, and economics. This chapter describes the City’s service area and the characteristics which relate to water demand.

General Description
The City is a general law city governed by a five-member City Council and a City Manager that serves as executive officer for the City. Professional personnel staff the City departments providing municipal services to the public. The Utilities General Manager manages the City’s Water Utility under the auspices of the Director of Public Works.

City Water System Description
The City’s existing domestic water supply includes imported water received from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) and groundwater pumped from the local Hollywood Basin and La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin.

The City’s imported water is delivered via two connections on Metropolitan’s Santa Monica Feeder System (BH-1 and BH-2); each with a capacity of 52 cubic feet per second (cfs). The City's imported water supply is a blend of water received from Northern California and the Colorado River that is treated at Metropolitan’s Weymouth Treatment Plant in La Verne and their Jensen Treatment Plant in Sylmar under normal conditions.

In addition to imported water, the City has water supply from six (6) wells that pump groundwater from the local Hollywood Basin and one (1) well in the La Brea Subarea of the unadjudicated Central Groundwater Basin. The raw groundwater from all of these sources is treated at the City's Foothill WTP utilizing an influent sand separator and oxidant media filtration pre-treatment system followed by a 2-stage reverse osmosis (RO) treatment train. Although both the Hollywood Basin and the portion of the Central Basin from which the City extracts groundwater are unadjudicated, the City maintains overlying rights to these basins and files annual extraction reports with the State Department of Water Resources.

The City distributes treated potable water to customers inside the City limits and to a portion of the City of West Hollywood. The City’s water service area distribution system consists of 170 miles of water mains, 13 water service pressure zones, 9 active pump stations, and 10 active reservoirs with a combined storage capacity of 43 million gallons.

The City also has three emergency water system interconnections with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). One connection is located at the City’s Coldwater Booster Station with 9,400 gallons per minute (gpm) capacity; the second is located at Reservoir No. 7 with 1,800 gpm capacity for a maximum of 4 hours per day; and the third is located in the City’s Zone 9 service area with 3,300 gpm capacity.

LADWP can also receive emergency water from the City via the Zone 9 connection.

Service Area Boundary
The City’s water service area encompasses an area of approximately 6.35 square miles (4,069 acres) and consists of the City of Beverly Hills with an area of 3,646 acres, and a portion of the City of West Hollywood with an area of 423 acres, which is 10.4 percent of the City’s total water service area. The City’s water service area is shown on Figure 3-1.

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Service Area Climate
The City is located within the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) that encompasses all of Los Angeles County, and the urban areas of Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties. The SCAB climate is characterized by southern California’s “Mediterranean” climate; a semi-arid environment with moderate, dry summers and cool winters that receive most of the rainfall.

As shown in Table 3-1A, the average maximum temperature of 78.5°F occurs in August, and the average minimum temperature of 50.1 °F occurs in January. Approximately 79 percent of the City’s average annual rainfall of 16.92 inches occurs between December and March. The rainfall data is based on a 73-year average for a station located at University of California, Los Angeles. The average rainfall for the past 20 years at the same station is somewhat lower, equal to 15.85 inches. The average annual evapotranspiration (ETo) is 48.27 inches for the closest ETo station in Santa Monica. It should be noted that Santa Monica experiences a more marine climate than Beverly Hills so ETo tends to be somewhat higher in Beverly Hills.

Table 3-1A: Historic Climate Data
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Month
Standard
Average
ETo(a)
(inches)
Average
Rainfall(b)
(inches)
Average Max
Temperature(b)
(degrees F)
Average Min
Temperature(b)
(degrees F)
January 2.37 3.59 66.36 50.06
February 2.68 4.14 66.58 50.22
March 3.84 2.82 66.89 50.41
April 4.79 1.00 68.86 52.57
May 5.10 0.27 69.88 55.05
June 5.26 0.06 72.63 57.94
July 5.80 0.02 77.23 61.11
August 5.67 0.12 78.53 62.00
September 4.43 0.20 78.47 61.37
October 3.56 0.55 75.59 58.52
November 2.61 1.58 71.62 54.39
December 2.16 2.88 66.89 50.76
Annual 48.27 16.92 71.65 55.66
a) Standard Average ETo from California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) Station 99, Santa Monica, CA. Station 99 is CIMIS station closest to the City of Beverly Hills; Average for December 1992 through December 2025.
b) Data obtained from Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), Station 049152 at UCLA, CA; 1933-2025.

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Local rainfall has limited impacts on reducing demand for the City. Water that infiltrates into the soil may enter groundwater supplies depending on the local geography. However, due to the large extent of impervious cover in southern California, rainfall runoff quickly flows to a system of concrete storm drains and channels that lead directly to the ocean.

Metropolitan’s water supplies come from the SWP and the CRA, influenced by climate conditions in northern California and the Colorado River Basin, respectively. Drought conditions in these regions directly impact water supplies to southern California.

The local and regional climates are being impacted by climate change which, in turn, has an impact on water demands, supplies and supply reliability. Scientists and water purveyors are already observing the effects of climate change and the resulting risks related to water planning. A discussion of the effects of climate change on water demands, supplies, and reliability is discussed in later sections of this UWMP.

Service Area Population, Demographics, and Socioeconomics The City’s water service area population consists of people living in the City of Beverly Hills and people living in a portion of the City of West Hollywood.

The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) projects population, housing units, and employment for the region 50 years into the future and Metropolitan aggregates these projections by water supply agencies within their service area using census block data. Additionally, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood track potential housing development projects to report to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Table 3-1B shows the current and projected population, employment numbers, and housing units separated by single family and multi-family residential use for the Beverly Hills water service area. Housing development projects approved for entitlement, in plan check, or with an approved building permit are included in the near-term, 2030 housing projections along with the associated population growth. This potential residential development within the water service area adds approximately 1,600 units. Growth beyond 2030 is projected using SCAG data, with 2030 as the starting point.

Table 3-1B – Demographic Forecast
Table 3-1B: Demographic Forecast
2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Population 40,335 43,426 44,701 45,372 45,626 45,511
Occupied Housing Units 20,540 22,156 23,042 23,631 23,888 23,953 Single Family 6,715 6,937 7,245 7,333 7,347 7,387
Multi-family 13,825 15,219 15,797 16,298 16,541 16,566
Persons Per Household 1.96 1.96 1.94 1.92 1.91 1.90
Urban Employment 100,285 100,285 101,844 103,522 103,274 103,172 Notes:

1. 2025 based on available data from CA Department of Finance and CA Employment Development Department

2. 2030 projection based on potential housing development (approved for entitlement), current persons per dwelling unit, and SCAG employment data.

3. 2035-2050 based on SCAG's 2024 Regional Transportation Plan Demographic Forecast.

Forecasted growth (increase in population, dwelling units, and employment) is added to 2030 values.

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Based on the data shown in Table 3-1B, the water service area population is projected to increase 13 percent between 2025 and 2050. Submittal Table 3-1 shows a summary of the current and projected population.

Table 3-1: Population – Current and Projected
Population - Current and Projected
Population
Served
2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
40,335 43,426 44,701 45,372 45,626 45,511
NOTES: Population figure based on near-term development and SCAG data and includes the West Hollywood portion of the water service area.

The City of Beverly Hills is a high-rent area when compared to the greater Los Angeles region. Much of the north end of the City, above Sunset Boulevard, consists of estate-style properties. The central area, between Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevard, consists of higher-end residences. The south end of the City, below Santa Monica Boulevard, consists of condominiums and apartments, smaller single-family homes, and commercial uses. Based on 2020 Census Data, the City of Beverly Hills median household income was 15 percent higher than the County average with the household occupant ownership rate of approximately 41 percent. Water use for lower income households is discussed in Section 4.6.

Based on data from SCAG, 2022 Spatial & Statistical Summary for the City of Beverly Hills, the City has a dense urban population with approximately 5,729 persons per square mile compared to Los Angeles County density of 2,467 persons per square mile. The approximately 1.96 persons per household within the water service area (Table 3-1A) is lower than the County average of 2.81. Approximately 71 percent of the housing product was built before 1970 with 37 percent of those built before 1939. These older housing products could have old water fixtures and increased potential for water savings.

Land Uses and Service Area
Water consumption is projected by understanding the type of use and customer type creating the demand.

Developing local water use profiles helps to identify the quantity of water used, and by whom within the agency’s service area. Knowledge of water use by customer type enables the City to develop more effective water conservation programs and to project the future benefit of those programs. Water consumption in this UWMP is evaluated by the following customer classes:
• Single-family Residential
• Multi-family Residential
• Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial (CII)
Of the City’s 10,552 residential and CII water service connections in 2025, 8,610 (82%) were residential connections. Of the 8,610 residential connections, 6,715 (78%) were single family and 1,621 (22%) were multi-family. By far, the predominant land use in the City is single family residential; specifically, low-density residential, which has a maximum density of 1 dwelling unit (DU) per acre, and medium-density residential, which has a maximum density of 4 DU/acre; and high-density residential, which has a maximum density of 6 dwelling unit (DU) per acre.

To a much lesser extent, the next largest land uses are multi-family residential (22 to 50 DU/acre) and

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commercial, which are predominately located south of Santa Monica Boulevard. There are also some institutional and low density general and municipal land uses south of Santa Monica Boulevard.

Approximately 50 percent of the land use in the portion of West Hollywood located inside the City of Beverly Hills water service area is single-family or two-unit low density residential, and approximately 25 percent is multi-family high density residential. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of this area is zoned for commercial land use, with the remaining 10 to 15 percent of land use a mix of very low and medium residential and public land uses.

While the predominant land uses in the City are for lower-density residential, the predominant housing units are 2- to 4-unit residences and five plus units. According to DOF E-5 City/County Population and Housing Estimates, May 2025, of the 16,346 housing units inside the City limits, 5,788 (36%) were single-detached houses, 305 (2%) were single-attached, 1,842 (11%) were 2- to 4-unit residences, and 8,372 were five plus units (51%). The vacancy rate in 2025 was 10.3 percent.

The water service area is built out, but there are infill and re-development projects on-going and planned for the future, especially in the portion of West Hollywood inside the City of Beverly Hills water service area.

The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the City of Beverly Hills and City of West Hollywood provides for increased housing as identified in the 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029) which is a statemandated planning document requiring California cities to identify sites and strategies to meet regional housing needs. The City of Beverly Hills has received a final allocation of 3,104 new units for this planning cycle period. As of December 31, 2024, 268 units have been developed or approved with 2,836 remaining.

The City of West Hollywood has a RHNA of 3,933 units. As of 2024, West Hollywood has developed or approved 1,164 units. Approximately 24 percent of West Hollywood households, based on population, are located within the City of Beverly Hills water service area.

Additionally, SB 79, effective July 1, 2026, requires cities to allow housing development on residential, commercial, and mixed-use sites located near qualifying transit stops, with state-imposed standards for density, height, and floor-to-area ratio (FAR) that override local zoning. The law allows cities to adopt a Transit-Oriented Development Alternative Plan (TODAP) to modify these standards by reducing density by up to 50% or increasing it by up to 200%, as long as the overall housing capacity and residential FAR required by SB 79 are maintained.

Beverly Hills adopted its TODAP on January 21, 2026, and submitted it to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for review, which can take up to 120 days. If the plan is not approved or not in place by July 1, 2026, the default SB 79 standards will apply to projects submitted during that period. Once an HCD-approved TODAP is adopted, projects submitted afterward will follow the modified standards in the plan. The total projected net zoned housing capacity under SB 79 is approximately 17,623 units. At the time of this Plan, the City is waiting for additional information from the State that could potentially affect the total unit capacity. The projected new dwelling units included in Table 3-1B, Demographic Forecast, equate to approximately 20% of the housing capacity under SB 79 by the year 2050.

Both the RHNA and SB 79 requirements result in identified parcels with development densities that allow for significant increases in residential units. However, actual development is dependent on economic and other factors that drive regional growth.

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4 SYSTEM WATER USE CHARACTERIZATION
Southern California’s urban water demand has been largely shaped by the efforts to comply with SBx7-7. This law requires all California retail urban water suppliers serving more than 3,000 acrefeet per year (AFY) or 3,000 service connections to achieve a 20 percent water demand reduction (from a historical baseline) by 2020 and continue to maintain this reduction indefinitely. The City has been actively engaged in efforts to reduce water use in its service area and has met the final 2020 water use target. Meeting this target is critical to ensure the City’s eligibility to receive future state water grants and loans.

In April 2015 Governor Brown issued an Executive Order as a result of one of the most severe droughts in California’s history, requiring a collective reduction in statewide urban water use of 25 percent by February 2016, with each agency in the state given a specific reduction target by DWR.

In response to the Governor’s mandate, the City updated the Water Use Efficiency Regulations, establishing provisions against water waste and implementing higher (more restrictive) stages of water conservation to achieve its demand reduction target of 20 percent. The City met the mandated water use reduction from June 2015 through the end of 2016 with an average of 20.2%.

Since 2015, the City has kept a rolling average reduction of over 20% with much of the water savings attributed to a significant reduction in outdoor water use.

In March 2016, then-Governor Brown’s Executive Order (EO) B-37-16 charged the SWRCB and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) with developing new efficient water use targets, paving the way for AB 1668 and SB 606 in May 2018. AB 1668 and SB 606 regulations, also known as the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework, became effective on January 1, 2025. It set standards for efficient indoor and outdoor residential water use, and efficient outdoor use for CII properties with dedicated irrigation meters (DIMs), incorporated a supplier’s real water loss budget, and established performance measures for the CII indoor and mixed-use sectors. These components of AB 1668 and SB 606 are summated to develop an agency’s Urban Water Use Objective (UWUO) at the service area level, or an overall target for efficient water use.

AB 1668 and SB 606 were enacted in 2018; the resulting UWUO regulations and performance measures were formally adopted in 2024, and made effective in 2025, with the intent to prepare the state for future long-term drought conditions.

Future conservation efforts are shaped by evolving state regulations and water use efficiency standards, including implementation of the California UWUO requirements. Meeting these requirements will present both challenges and opportunities, requiring expanded customer engagement, enhanced data tracking, and innovative conservation strategies to sustain long-term water reliability for the City and the State of California.

Through the implementation of water conservation ordinances and measures, the City of Beverly Hills has steadily decreased per-capita water use since 2010 and continues to reduce water use through a long-term conservation plan. Further discussion on the City’s water conservation measures is covered in Chapter 8, Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and Chapter 9, Demand Management Measures. This section analyzes the City’s current water demands by customer type, factors that influence those demands, and projections of future water demand for the next 25 years.

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Recycled Versus Potable and Raw Water Demand
Historically, the City has obtained its water supply from two sources: imported surface water purchased from Metropolitan, and local groundwater extracted from the local Hollywood Groundwater Basin (Hollywood Basin) and La Brea Subarea of the Central Basin. The imported water is treated by Metropolitan and the groundwater was treated at the City’s Foothill WTP, recently reconstructed and retrofitted to include pre-treatment to treat water from both the Hollywood and unadjudicated Central Basins, before being distributed to the City’s water system.

The City of Beverly Hills is working with the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation and LADWP on a regional recycled water distribution system to potentially provide Beverly Hills and other communities with recycled water produced at the Los Angeles Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, or alternatively, develop a form of credit resulting from the use of Beverly Hills’ wastewater in the development/allocation of the recycled water from Hyperion. This effort is in conjunction with the City of Los Angeles One Water Plan and to meet their Sustainability Plan. However, currently, the City has no recycled water supply and no indirect recycled water use. With no projected time frame for when such supplies would become available, recycled water is not included as a source of supply within the near future.

Water Use by Sector
Water Use Sectors Listed in Water Code
The following sections of this UWMP provide an overview of the City’s water consumption by customer account type as follows:
• Single-family Residential
• Multi-family Residential
• Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial (CII)
• Non-Revenue Water
Non-residential uses are combined based on billing designation to include commercial and institutional demand. These uses include a mix of commercial entities (markets, restaurants, etc.), public entities (schools, fire stations and government offices), office complexes, and limited industrial use. Non-revenue water, including temporary fire use, is identified as a separate water use sector. There is no agricultural use category within the City’s service area and the City does not sell or exchange water to other agencies.

Non-Revenue Water
Non-revenue water, or water loss, is defined by the International Water Association (IWA) and American Water Works Association (AWWA) as the difference between distribution systems input volume (i.e. production) and billed authorized consumption. Non-revenue water consists of three components: unbilled authorized consumption (e.g. hydrant flushing and firefighting), real losses (e.g. leakage in mains and service lines), and apparent losses (unauthorized consumption and customer metering inaccuracies). In 2025, non-revenue water accounted for approximately 8.8% of the total water supply based on metered supply from both Metropolitan and the Foothill WTP,

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and metered customer use. Refer to Section 4.3 for a detailed discussion of non-revenue water demands.

Past and Current Water Use
Historical metered and billed water use by customer sector is shown in Table 4-1A. Residential water use has accounted for approximately 75 percent of total system water use. Total water use has consistently decreased since 2010. Between 2020 and 2025, water use decreased slightly but so has the population. This has resulted in a slight increase in per-capita water use which is discussed in Chapter 5. City water system demands for 2025 are also included in Section 4.5, Worksheets and Reporting Tables.

Table 4-1A: Historical Water Use
Table 4-1B: Historical Water Use and Water Loss (AFY)
2010 2015 2020 2025
Population 42,179 43,189 43,371 40,335
Single-Family Residential 5,281 5,029 5,135 4,644
Multi-Family Residential 2,553 2,211 2,034 1,759
Total Residential 7,834 7,240 7,169 6,403
Residential Per-Capita (gpcd) 165.8 149.7 147.6 141.8
CII 2,429 2,545 2,095 2,080
Fire 4 18 9 6
Total Demand 10,267 9,803 9,273 8,489
Water Supply 11,204 10,432 9,565 9,306
Total Per-Capita (gpcd) 237.1 215.6 196.9 206.0
Non-Revenue Water (a) 937 629 292 817
Non-Revenue Water % 8.36% 6.03% 3.05% 8.78%
(a) Equal to water supply volume minus metered use. Includes authorized but unbilled water use for fighting fires, flushing water mains, fire flow tests, etc.

The City purchased treated surface water from Metropolitan to meet 87 percent of the water supply for the City’s water service area in 2025. The City pumped groundwater from the local Hollywood Basin and the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin, which is then treated at the City’s Foothill WTP before being distributed to the City’s water system. The Foothill WTP went out of service in 2015 for rehabilitation and came back online in 2022. City water use by customer sector plus system water loss represents 100 percent of the water demands for the City’s water system.

Distribution System Water Losses
Distribution system water loss, or non-revenue water, is to be quantified for each of the five years preceding the UWMP update. Losses are reported in accordance with a worksheet approved or developed by DWR through a public process. The water loss quantification worksheet is based on the water system balance methodology developed by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and meets the requirements of SB 1420 that was signed into law in September 2014.

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Non-revenue water consists of three components: real losses (e.g., leakage in mains and service lines, and storage tank overflows), apparent losses (unauthorized consumption, customer metering inaccuracies, and systematic data handling errors), and unbilled water (e.g., hydrant flushing, firefighting, and blowoff water from well start-ups).

Understanding and controlling water loss from a distribution system is an effective way for the City to achieve regulatory standards and manage their existing resources. The volume of water loss quantified in the City’s Water Loss Audits for the past five years are summarized in Table 4-1B, with an average of 6.9 percent water loss over this period, which is well below industry standards, especially for a system with the number of pressure zones and age of its pipeline network. The water loss audit for 2025 has not been completed but the preliminary unaudited estimated loss is

8.8% based on 2025 water supply volumes and customer billing data. The water loss audit, once completed for 2025, will account for unbilled usage including water usage during operation and maintenance activities, changes in storage, and other factors.

Table 4-1B: Water Loss Audit Data
Water Loss Audit Data
Reporting Period Water
Supplied
Volume
of Water
Loss
% Water
Loss
CY 2021 9,632 585 6.1%
CY 2022 9,128 612 6.7%
CY 2023 8,496 529 6.2%
CY 2024 9,065 608 6.7%
CY 2025(1) 9,306 817 8.8%
(1) Water Loss Audit has not been completed for CY 2025.

Value provided is non-revenue water estimate equal to
supply minus metered use.

Table 4-5 in Section 4.5, Worksheets and Reporting Tables, includes a link to the five most recent annual AWWA Water Loss Audits completed for the City’s drinking water distribution system ending December 31 of each year.

The City continues to take steps to reduce water losses including the ongoing pipeline replacement, completion of a pilot leak detection program, and meter replacement program. The City uses SMART water meter technology to proactively identify potential leaks and notify water customers so they can repair leaks in a timely manner and minimize water loss.

In 2024, the City completed the replacement of 10,400 feet of aging water mains along Coldwater Canyon Drive at a construction cost of approximately $8M and recently finished replacing an additional 10,500 feet of aging water mains in the City's "Flats" area costing approximately $6.1M.

Projected Water Use
Projected City water demand was determined by historical water use, projected population growth, and anticipated new development and the equivalent amount of water that development will use.

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The incremental demand for new development was added to the demand from existing services.

Adjustments for future conservation on existing demands can then be accounted for, if considered appropriate. And finally, an amount is added to account for water loss within the system (difference between billed water or demand and water production or supply requirement).

The City’s 2020 IWRMP identified developments with processed “will-serve” requests that are assumed to have been realized by 2025. Major development projects and other infill development based on incremental water demand projections from the IWRMP are therefore considered to be accounted for in the City’s 2025 UWMP as current water demand. 25-Year Planning Horizon
A requirement of the UWMP is to look out 20 years into the future. Since it will be five years until another UWMP is prepared, it is helpful for the projections to extend an additional five years so that if a Water Supply Assessment, which also must look out 20 years into the future, is required for a development project within the next five years the projections in the UWMP can be used. Therefore, this 2025 UWMP includes demand projections in five-year increments out to Year 2050.

SCAG projects population and employment for the region 50 years into the future and Metropolitan has aggregated these projections by water supply agencies within their service area using census block data. In preparing its demographic and economic growth forecast for the region, Metropolitan relied on the Southern California Association of Government’s (SCAG) 2024 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) which consider current and projected land uses. In addition, the plans also considered economic factors, in particular high cost of living due to housing shortages.

The RHNA and SB 79 allow for significant increases in residential units as discussed in Section

3.5. However, these units are not mandated to be developed. The identified parcels allow development densities to achieve these allocations, but actual development is dependent on demand and economic factors that are accounted for in the SCAG forecasts. As such, the SCAG projections are utilized in developing future water demands through 2050 as the most reliable and realistic source of data on regional growth. The near-term growth forecast and related water demand through 2030 also includes potential residential development projects within the water service area that have been approved for entitlement, are in plan check, or have an approved building permit.

Table 3-1B in Section 3.4 shows the projected population, single family units, multi-family units, and employment used to calculate water demands in five-year increments between 2030 and 2050.

From 2025 to 2030, housing units related to potential development projects are added to the 2025 demographic data. From 2035 through 2050, the SCAG growth projections (incremental increase in population, housing units, and employment) are added for each of the 5-year reporting periods.

The existing per unit demands for single family, multi-family and employment have been developed from a detailed breakdown of water meter data from CY 2025. This data was segregated by customer billing type with the assumption that non-residential categories for fire meters and general categories are lumped in with the commercial category to determine per unit employment demand.

Table 4-1C shows the results of the water use by unit (either per dwelling unit or employee) based on 2025 data.

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Table 4-1C: Unit Demand from 2025 Water Billings
Unit Demand from CY 2025 Water Billings
Use Category Gallons AF Units Gallons/
Unit
Gallons/
Unit/Day
Single Family Residential 1,513,252,044 4,644 6,704 225,724 618 Multi-family Residential 573,171,909 1,759 13,825 41,459 114 Employment 679,725,186 2,086 100,285 6,778 19
Total 2,766,149,139 8,489
Note: Employment includes Commercial, Fire and General Categories, Multi-family includes Duplex Category and Units are dwelling units for Residential and employees for Employment.

The calculated gallons per day per dwelling unit for the residential categories and per employee for non-residential uses shown in Table 4-1C (last column) are reasonable demand factors based on experience in water master planning. These unit demand factors were multiplied by the incremental increase in dwelling units and employment to obtain the increase in water demand out to 2050.

The long-term supply projections are shown in Table 4-1D. The demands through 2050 are developed by adding the increases in demand for each fire-year projection to the 2025 demand shown in Table 4-1A. The supply requirements are determined to account for projected water losses of 8.8%. This water loss volume is conservative compared to the most recent, 2024 Water Loss Audit percentage of 6.7. Water demand projections assume current conservation levels.

Table 4-1D: Long-term Supply Projections
Demand Projection
Year 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Single Family Residential 4,644 4,798 5,011 5,072 5,082 5,110 Multi-family Residential 1,759 1,936 2,010 2,074 2,105 2,108 Commercial 2,086 2,086 2,123 2,158 2,153 2,151
Unaccounted 817 849 880 895 899 902
Total 9,306 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
(1) Includes 8.8% water loss as unaccounted for or non-revenue water.

Reduced Future City Water Use due to Existing and Future Conservation Measures
Through the implementation of City water conservation ordinances and measures discussed in Chapter 9, City water use has decreased since 2010, even with increases in population (shown in Table 4-1A). Greater reductions were seen between 2010 and 2015 due to severe drought conditions and related demand management measures, but water demand reductions have continued through the present. To be conservative when planning for future demands, the current levels of conservation and corresponding unit water demand for 2025 are utilized in projecting future water demands through 2050.

Water conservation measures implemented by City customers will have permanent effects on water use (reduction) in the future. The City’s Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) system helps to alert

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staff about various water issues, such as continuous water flows and excessive irrigation. The City’s WaterSmart customer portal helps the City and customers better monitor water use and promote water conservation messaging. With the assistance of staff and WaterSmart portal, water flow issues are rectified promptly, and excessive water issues can be caught and corrected. This program has helped the City reduce usage by about 5% to 6% a year. Frequent outreach and education are provided to all customers via local newspaper, postcards, direct emails, and social media. In addition, helpful resources and rebates are available on the City’s sustainability website like turf replacement with water-wise landscaping, conversion to weather-based irrigation controllers, rotating sprinkler heads, and upgrades to high-efficiency clothes washers and toilets.

The existing per capita water use is anticipated to be sustainable in the future with the potential for additional reductions due to continuing conservation efforts. More significant per-capita water use reduction may occur in the City due to building codes, landscape requirements, and stormwater ordinances for new residential developments compared with existing residential land use.

California’s Green Building code has a direct impact on new home building and water conservation in the State. The code aims to cut indoor water consumption by at least 20 percent, primarily through more efficient indoor water fixtures. For a three-bedroom house, the savings are estimated to be about 10,000 gallons of water per year, on average.

The California Green Building program also includes outdoor water conservation by reducing the area devoted to high-irrigation lawns and plants, emphasizing drought-tolerant plants, and the installation of weather-based irrigation controllers. This is consistent with the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), which was adopted by the State on July 15, 2015, and was adopted by the City on December 1, 2015, by default.

The City’s Stormwater and Urban Runoff Pollution Control Ordinance was amended in 2025 that lowered the Low Impact Development (LID) threshold for all development projects. Lowering the LID standard meant that all new construction projects are required to manage site runoff by diverting it to landscape, capture and reuse, or treat and release. The City projects that mostly all projects will be implementing storm water control measures that will further offset potable water use by utilizing captured stormwater directly for irrigation or promoting soil moisture maintenance through pervious surfaces. Further reductions in water use are anticipated with an imminent ban on potable water irrigation for non-functional turf (NFT) in the city. In fall of 2023, Assembly Bill 1572 was passed prohibiting the use of potable water to irrigate NFT located on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties (CII). The legislation replaces a temporary non-functional turf irrigation ban enacted during the last drought and will be phased in beginning January 1, 2027. NFT is ornamental grass not used for recreation, civic and/or other community events. It includes turf irrigated for aesthetics such as street medians and parking lots and comprises approximately 8% of the irrigable area within service area.

Sustained conservation is enacted by AB 1668 and SB 606 regulations, also known as the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework, which became effective on January 1, 2025, and establish new efficient water use targets. It set standards for efficient indoor and outdoor residential water use, efficient outdoor use for CII properties with dedicated irrigation meters (DIMs), provides suppliers with a real water loss budget, and established performance measures for the CII indoor and mixed-use sectors. These components of AB 1668 and SB 606 are combined to develop an agency’s UWUO at the service area level, or an overall target for efficient water use. Over the course of the 15-year implementation horizon, peaking in 2040, efficiency standards for both indoor City of Beverly Hills
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and outdoor water use continually become more stringent requiring commensurate enhancement of program actions and achievements to meet the UWUO target.

Worksheets and Reporting Tables
Total Gross Water Demands by Sector - 2025
Submittal Table 4-1 contains a summary of the City’s water demand by use type in year 2025 based on City billing data.

Table 4-1: Total Uses for Potable Water – Actual
Total Uses for Potable Water – Actual
Use Type
2025 Actual
Additional
Description
Level of
Treatment
When
Delivered
Volume (AFY)
Single-Family - Potable 4,644
Multi-Family - Potable 1,759
Commercial CII (Comm/Institut, Indust) Potable 2,080
Other Fire hydrant water Potable 6
Distribution System Water Loss - Potable 817
Total 9,306
Gross Water Use by Sector - Projected
Total projected City water demands for the planning period (2030-2050) by water use sector and water loss are shown in Submittal Table 4-2. All projected water demands are for potable water as there is no recycled or indirect recycled water use projected for the City. The methodology for developing these projected demands is presented in Section 4-4.

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Table 4-2: Total Uses for Potable Water – Projected
Total Uses for Potable Water - Projected (AFY)
Use Type Additional
Description
Projected Potable Water Use
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Single Family 4,798 5,011 5,072 5,082 5,110
Multi-Family 1,936 2,010 2,074 2,105 2,108
Commercial
CII (Comm/Institut.,
Indust.), and
Fire/Temp
2,086 2,123 2,158 2,153 2,151
Distribution System
Water Loss 849 880 895 899 902
TOTAL 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
NOTES: Losses are assumed equal to 8.8% of supply based on estimated 2025 unaccounted for water percentage.

The City of Beverly Hills coordinated with Metropolitan in the preparation of the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). The City provided Metropolitan with local supply projections based on planned groundwater development and estimated demand data. Metropolitan projected water demands through 2050 for each member agency that will be used in the regionwide analysis for Metropolitan’s UWMP. Metropolitan models produce a range of output that allows for planning under a wide variety of future hydrology and demand conditions. Metropolitan provided demand projections that are slightly higher than the City’s projections but within 7 percent for each of the 5- year increments.

Confirmation that future water savings and demands for lower income households are included in demand projections is provided in Submittal Table 4-3.

Table 4-3: Inclusion in Water Use Projections
Inclusion in Water Use Projections
Are Future Water Savings Included in Projections? Yes
If "Yes" to above, state the section or page number, in the cell to the right, where citations of the codes, ordinances, etc., utilized in demand projections are found.

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Are Lower Income Residential Demands Included in Projections? Yes Water savings included in projected water demand includes continued implementation of current water conservation measures. This reduction is estimated based on the comparison of per capita water use for a baseline 5-year period from 2006 – 2010, prior to SBx7-7 conservation reductions.

Optional Submittal Table 4-4 shows the projected passive water saving from Beverly Hills continued conservation measures.

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Table 4-4: Passive Water Savings Projections
Passive Water Savings Projections
Description
Passive Savings
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Existing savings programs since
2010 3,426 3,456 3,483 3,520 3,453
NOTES: Savings estimated on per capita water use for the 5 years prior to 2010 conservation from 2006 – 2010.

Water Use for Lower Income Households
The UWMP Act requires retail water suppliers to include water use projections for single-family and multi-family residential housing for lower income and affordable households. This will assist the City in complying with the requirement under Government Code Section 65589.7 granting priority for providing water service to lower income households. A lower income household is defined as a household earning below 80 percent of the median household income (MHI) for the County. MHI is also sometimes referred to as HAMFI (Housing Urban Development Area Median Family Income) or simply as AMI (Area Median Income). These terms were originally developed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

For planning and funding purposes, the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) categorizes households into the following five income groups based on the County Area Median Income (AMI):
• Extremely Low Income – up to 30 percent of AMI
• Very Low Income – 31 to 50 percent of AMI
• Low Income – 51 to 80 percent of AMI
• Moderate Income – 81 to 120 percent of AMI
• Above Moderate Income – Greater than 120 percent of AMI Combined, extremely low, very low, and low-income households are often referred to as lower income households.

State Housing Element law requires that a local jurisdiction accommodate a share of the region’s projected housing needs for the planning period. This share, called the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), is important because State law mandates that a jurisdiction provide sufficient land to accommodate a variety of housing opportunities for all economic segments of the community. Compliance with this requirement is measured by the jurisdiction's ability in ensuring that an adequate amount of land allows adequate density and appropriate development standards to accommodate the RHNA. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), as the regional planning agency, is responsible for allocating the RHNA to individual jurisdictions within the region.

The RHNA is an important component of the jurisdiction’s update of the Housing Element of the General Plan. The RHNA not only identifies housing needs but also assesses households by

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income level using several major data sources including U.S Census Bureau, California Department of Finance (DOF), California Employment Development Department (EDD), existing and General Plan land use, and SCAG growth forecasts. The sixth cycle of the RHNA covers the planning period of October 2021 to October 2029. SCAG adopted the RHNA Allocation Plan for this cycle on March 4, 2021. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) reviewed the housing elements data submitted by jurisdictions in the SCAG region and concluded the data meets statutory requirements for the assessment of current housing needs and approved the plan on March 22, 2021.

Table 4-4A presents the household distribution for all households of various income levels in the City of Beverly Hills. Similarly, the percent of households by income level is reported for the portion of the City of West Hollywood within the City’s service area. It was estimated that 24 percent of the total households by income level for the City of West Hollywood are located within the City’s service area (based on the approximate percentage of West Hollywood population located within the service area). Altogether the City’s service area has 6,623, or 34.1 percent, low-income housing units (SCAG, RHNA, September 2020).

Table 4-4A: Number of Households by Income
Number of Households by Income
Income Level Beverly Hills West
Hollywood(1) Total
Extremely Low Income 1,895 1,020 2,915
Very Low Income 933 540 1,473
Lower Income 1,475 760 2,235
Moderate Income 954 466 1,420
Above Moderate Income 8,875 2,489 11,364
Total Households 14,132 5,274 19,406
(1) Assumes approximately 24 percent of total households by income based on the percent of West Hollywood, by population, within the City of Beverly Hills water service area. (https://scag.ca.gov/housing-elements)
SCAG assigned a RHNA of 1,688 lower income housing units (including extremely low, very low and low categories) to the City of Beverly Hills for the 2021-2029 planning period and 1,755 lower income housing units to the City of West Hollywood, of which 421 (24 percent) are assumed to be within the City’s service area, for a total of 2,109 allocated lower income housing units. These allocations include existing need (approximately 62% of the total RHNA) and projected need including housing growth, vacancy, and replacement.

Table 4-4B provides the projected water needs for lower income households based on existing income distribution shown in Table 4-4A. The projected lower income water demand shown here represents 34.1 percent of the projected water demand for the single-family and multi-family categories provided in Table 4-2 above.

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Table 4-4B: Projected Water Demands for Low Income Households (AF) Low-Income Households Demand (AFY)
Water Use Sector
Year Ending
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Total Residential Demand 6,734 7,021 7,146 7,187 7,218
Residential Demand-Low Income Households 2,298 2,396 2,439 2,453 2,463 Preceding Five-Year Water Loss Audit Reporting
In accordance with CWC, distribution system water losses are quantified using the values calculated in the AWWA worksheet and submitted to DWR for each of the five years prior to this UWMP update. Submittal Table 4-5 confirms that the City has submitted the required Water Loss Audit Reports to DWR and provides a link to the WUEdata portal where the City reports can be found. The water loss quantification worksheet is based on the water system balance methodology developed by AWWA and approved by DWR through a public process. The individual water loss audit reports are included in Appendix C.

Table 4-5: Water Loss Audit Reporting
Water Loss Audit Reporting
Public Water System ID # Reporting
Period
Submitted to DWR
Water Loss Audit
Program (yes/no)
CA1910156
2020 Yes
2021 Yes
2022 Yes
2023 Yes
2024 Yes
NOTES: Water Loss Audit Reports may be found on the WUEdata Portal at the following link: https://wuedata.water.ca.gov/awwa_plans Signed in 2018 and adopted in 2024, the "Making Conservation a California Way of Life" legislation (SB 606 and Assembly Bill 1668) establishes a new framework for long-term improvements in urban water use efficiency and drought planning as California adapts to climate change impacts.

Under the regulation, Suppliers must annually calculate Urban Water Use Objectives based on standards applied at the service area scale, including the Water Loss Performance Standard developed by the State Water Resources Control Board to minimize water waste through system leaks. The Water Loss Performance Standard requires that Suppliers must meet the real water loss standard and apparent water loss standard by 2028.

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Submittal Table 4-6 presents the City's progress towards compliance with the 2028 Water Loss Standard, as of the time of writing this UWMP. The most recent American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Loss Audit for CY 2024 was utilized for the calculations presented.

As discussed in Section 4.3, the City is actively administering programs to reduce water loss. The City is also in the process of requesting an update to the Water Loss Standard calculated by the State Water Board to appropriately reflect the age of the City’s distribution system.

Table 4-6: Progress Towards 2028 Water Loss Standard
Progress Towards 2028 Water Loss Standard.

Real Water Loss
State Water Board
Standard
Most Recent AWWA Water Loss Audit
Real Water Loss Per
Connection per Day 2028 Real Water Loss
Standard per
Connection per day
Number of
Connections
Volume of Total Real
Loss (AF)

17.8 10,258 480.1 41.8
Apparent Water Loss
State Water Board
Standard Most Recent AWWA Water Loss Audit Apparent Water Loss Per Connection per
Day 2028 Apparent Water
Loss Standard per
Connection per Day
Number of
Connections
Volume of Total
Apparent Loss (AF)

15.4 10,258 127.6 11.1
NOTES: Uses the Water Board’s calculated water loss standards updated 1/30/26 and AWWA Water Loss Audit for CY 2024. Connection count differs from what is reported in Table 2-1 for CY 2025.

Climate Change Considerations
Changing climate patterns are expected to shift precipitation patterns and affect water supply.

Unpredictable weather patterns will make water supply planning more challenging. The areas of concern for California include a reduction in Sierra Nevada Mountain snowpack, increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, conveyance subsidence, and rising sea levels causing increased risk of Delta levee failure, seawater intrusion of coastal groundwater basins, and potential cutbacks on the SWP and CVP. The major impact in California is that without additional surface storage, the earlier and heavier runoff (rather than snowpack retaining water in storage in the mountains), will result in more water being lost to the ocean. A heavy emphasis on storage is needed in the State of California.

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Legal, environmental, and water quality issues may have impacts on MWD supplies, however, it is anticipated that climatic change will have a greater impact. Climatic conditions have been projected based on historical patterns, but severe pattern changes are still a possibility in the future.

Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP provides details on the factors that affect the ability to estimate existing and future water delivery reliability including climate change. Metropolitan continues to incorporate current climate change science into its planning efforts. Metropolitan has developed a Robust Decision Making (RDM) approach which is a comprehensive technical process to identify key vulnerabilities to regional reliability. This approach has been incorporated into the IRP process and Metropolitan’s forecast modeling. Metropolitan assembled a panel of climate change experts to translate how specific climate change impacts would be quantified and to what degree in the IRP scenario approach. A wide range of water management strategies are evaluated to develop robust and adaptive plans that will ultimately perform under a wide range of future conditions. As such, climate change has been incorporated into the availability of supplies to the City from Metropolitan and is thus incorporated into supply reliability and the drought risk assessment provided in Chapter

7. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) is key to the SWP’s ability to deliver water to its agricultural and urban contractors. All but five of the 29 SWP contractors receive water deliveries below the Delta (pumped via the Harvey O. Banks or Barker Slough pumping plants). However, the Delta faces many challenges concerning its long-term sustainability such as climate change posing a threat of increased variability in floods and droughts. Sea level rise complicates efforts in managing salinity levels and preserving water quality in the Delta to ensure a suitable water supply for urban and agricultural use. Furthermore, other challenges include continued subsidence of Delta islands, many of which are below sea level, and the related threat of a catastrophic levee failure as the water pressure increases, or as a result of a major seismic event, as well as restoration of water conveyance capacity for state water conveyance systems affected by subsidence.

The Colorado River Basin supplies have been inconsistent since about the year 2000 with the U.S.

Bureau of Reclamation estimating the 25-year period from 2000 to 2025 as the driest period in more than 100 years of record keeping. Climate models are predicting a continuation of this pattern whereby hotter and drier weather conditions will result in continuing lower runoff. Metropolitan’s water supplies from the Colorado River have largely been buffered from these swings by the large volume of storage on the river, especially in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the United States. However, current conditions in the Colorado River Basin remain challenging.

The current operational guidelines that govern operations on the Colorado River expire in 2026 and negotiations to replace them remain ongoing. California will likely be required to reduce its supplies from the Colorado River, on average, under the new guidelines.

Other important issues of concern due to global climate change include:
• Effects on local supplies such as groundwater;
• Changes in urban and agricultural demand levels and patterns; • Impacts on human health from water-borne pathogens and water quality degradation; • Declines in ecosystem health and function; and
• Alterations to power generation and pumping regimes.

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Details on Metropolitan’s climate change considerations and planning can be found in their 2025 UWMP.

The City of Beverly Hills adopted a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) in 2025 to identify specific strategies it will implement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare the community for climate change impacts. The CAAP outlines specific actions for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across building, transportation, waste, water, household, business, and ecosystem sectors, while quantifying emissions based on the best available science to reduce GHG. An overall goal of the CAAP is to achieve community-wide carbon neutrality.

The CAAP was shaped by a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, which evaluated how the City will be harmed by climate-related hazards, including more extreme and frequent wildfires, extended drought conditions, extreme rainfall events, worsened air quality, and extreme heat days.

The CAAP allows the City to respond to, withstand, and efficiently recover from adverse climate scenarios. Climate change has adversely affected regional water supplies through induced drought, decreased snowpack, reduced, and accelerated snowpack melt. Climate change may impact regional hydrology and affect natural recharge to the local groundwater aquifers, impacting the quantity of groundwater that could be pumped sustainably over the long-term, resulting in more reliance on imported sources of water. Lower rainfall, more intense runoff, increased evaporative losses, and warmer and shorter winter seasons can alter natural recharge of groundwater.

To reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate related impacts on water supply, the CAAP provides the following action items:
• Water efficiency requirements – Continue to adopt CAL Green Tier1 and 2 water efficiency requirements for residential and nonresidential new construction, alterations, and additions. • Water-neutral new development – Explore strategies to encourage water-neutral new development (new development with no additional water demand than the previous building or land use) for new construction.
• Urban Forest Management Plan – Implement policy recommendations included in the Urban Forest Management Plan, a strategic framework designed to maintain, enhance, and sustain the City’s mature tree canopy. Due to rising temperatures and water limitations, the plan emphasizes replacing vulnerable tree species with climate-appropriate options. • Non-potable water resources – Explore alternative sources for irrigation, including greywater, rainwater harvest, dual plumbing, and shallow groundwater for new and existing residential and nonresidential buildings. Promote State efficiency incentives and programs to encourage the adoption of water saving practices and encourage the use of greywater systems for developers.

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5 CONSERVATION TARGET COMPLIANCE
The Water Conservation Act of 2009, also known as Senate Bill (SB)x7-7, signed into law on February 3, 2010, mandated a 20 percent reduction in urban per-capita water use across California by 2020. To achieve this goal, the Act required each retail water supplier to establish an urban water-use target, contributing to the State's collective efforts. The Legislature stated that the combined reductions from all retail suppliers would fulfill the statewide legislative mandate.

The goal of this chapter is for the City to report on its progress toward meeting its urban water-use targets in their Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), pursuant to Water Code Section 10608.40. The City is required to comply with SB X7-7 individually or as a region in collaboration with other retail water suppliers. The City is not part of a regional alliance and is required to comply with SB X7-7 individually or demonstrate they have a plan or have secured funding to comply, in order to be eligible for water related state grants and loans.

Reporting Requirements
The City’s established urban water-use target reported in the 2020 UWMP is equal to 233.4 GPCD.

The 2020 UWMP demonstrated compliance with the final 2020 water use target. The City met the state's 20 percent by 2020 mandate by coordinating conservation efforts and by funding and implementing water use efficiency programs. The City is required to report its results in the UWMP.

The City has complied with the SB X7-7 2020 Target as shown in Submittal Table 5.1. A discussion of programs implemented to support the achievement of the City's per capita water reduction goals is covered in Chapter 9, Demand Management Measures, of this UWMP Table 5-1: SB X7-7 2020 Target Progress
SB X7-7 2020 Target Progress
Was Supplier part
of a merger or
consolidation since
2020?
Regional
Alliance Target
or Individual
Target?
2020
Target
Actual
2020
GPCD
Did Supplier
Achieve Targeted
Reduction for
2020?
No Individual Target 233 197 Yes
NOTES: 2020 Target and Actual 2020 GPCD from 2020 UWMP, SB X7-7 Compliance Form.

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6 WATER SUPPLY CHARACTERIZATION
The City obtains its water supply from two sources: imported surface water purchased from Metropolitan and local groundwater extracted from both the local Hollywood Basin and the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin. The imported water is treated by Metropolitan and the groundwater is treated at the City’s Foothill WTP before being distributed to the City’s water system.

In 2025, imported water provided approximately 87 percent of the total water supply with groundwater providing 13 percent.

The City possesses appropriative local groundwater rights dating back to the early 1900’s. The City began purchasing water from Metropolitan in 1941-42 as a supplementary supply to City groundwater production. In 1970, Metropolitan water purchases began to exceed the City’s groundwater production, a trend that has continued to this day. In 1976, the City ceased operating its original groundwater treatment plant and all of its wells. The wells remained out of service until 2003 when a new groundwater treatment plant and four wells were placed into operation.

City water supply for the years 1996 through 2025 is shown in Table 6-1A. From 1996 through 2003, all City water supply came from imported water purchased from Metropolitan. From 2004, the year the WTP was placed into service, and through 2014, the City purchased an average of

91.5 percent of its water from Metropolitan, with the remaining 8.5 percent coming from its own groundwater production. The Foothill WTP was again taken out of service in 2015 for an expansion and came back online in 2022. With the addition of two new wells in the La Brea Subarea, groundwater production has increased to approximately 1,200 acre-feet per year or 13% of the current water supply volume.

Metropolitan’s available supplies have adequately met its member agency’s needs for the past 20 years. However, to cautiously preserve its supplies, Metropolitan imposed allocations in 2009 and again in 2015 to address concerns stemming from separate ongoing droughts. Additionally, in the event of a severe emergency or a failure to agree on an allocation plan, Metropolitan’s Administrative Code requires allocations to be generally distributed based on “preferential rights” or cumulative fixed fees paid. Metropolitan’s total minimum supply, absent impacts of a major earthquake or other natural or man-made disaster, is approximately 1.2 Million AFY. Beverly Hills’ preferential rights share of that total supply is about 11,800 AFY.

The City has relied on Metropolitan to supply most of its water since 1970 because Metropolitan water was more cost-effective than the combined cost of pumping and treating groundwater.

However, even if groundwater pumping and treatment were more cost-effective, the City’s existing wells are not capable of reliably meeting more than 15 percent of the City’s existing water demand.

With the addition of new wells and treatment, groundwater will become a more significant source of supply.

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Table 6-1A: City Water Supply 1996 – 2025
City Water Supply 1996 – 2025
Year
Imported Water/
Metropolitan
(AFY)
%
Treated
Groundwater
(AFY)
%
Total Water
Supply (AFY)
1996 13,368 100 0 0 13,368
1997 13,659 100 0 0 13,659
1998 13,139 100 0 0 13,139
1999 13,545 100 0 0 13,545
2000 14,093 100 0 0 14,093
2001 13,598 100 0 0 13,598
2002 13,598 100 0 0 13,598
2003 13,178 97 405 3 13,583
2004 12,188 87 1,854 13 14,042
2005 11,918 90 1,362 10 13,280
2006 12,144 91 1,142 9 13,286
2007 12,775 91 1,231 9 14,007
2008 12,179 91 1,273 10 13,453
2009 11,801 93 852 7 12,653
2010 10,474 91 1,088 9 11,562
2011 10,249 93 819 7 11,068
2012 10,495 92 944 8 11,439
2013 11,114 93 779 7 11,893
2014 11,632 95 637 5 12,269
2015 10,389 100 43 0 10,432
2016 9,508 100 0 0 9,508
2017 10,001 100 0 0 10,001
2018 10,312 100 0 0 10,312
2019 9,517 100 0 0 9,517
2020 9,565 100 0 0 9,565
2021 9,618 100 0 0 9,618
2022 8,748 96 360 4 9,108
2023 7,575 90 874 10 8,449
2024 7,980 88 1,090 12 9,070
2025 8,109 87 1,197 13 9,306
Although Metropolitan’s water supply has proven to be reliable and cost-effective relative to local groundwater production over the years, the ongoing threat of drought and climate change has increased the need for the City to develop additional water supply reliability. Priorities related to the City’s water supply were established during stakeholder workshops during the preparation of the IWRMP and include the following:

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• Prioritizing conservation and the efficient use of water – The most cost-effective factor in the water supply scenario is conservation and the efficient use of water. The City has responded proactively to the requirements of Senate Bill x7-7 that set goals for water use reduction. The City has also implemented water conservation ordinances and programs under the leadership of the Water Conservation Administrator. Continued conservation is required through UWUO regulations and performance measures that were formally adopted in 2024, and made effective in 2025, with the intent to prepare the state for future long-term drought conditions.
• Optimizing existing local water supplies – Existing water supplies include imported water from MWD, and groundwater wells in the Hollywood Basin and the La Brea Subarea.

Proper maintenance and rehabilitation are needed to ensure long-term operability and production capability.
• Developing new local water supplies – The City has near-term and long-term local water supply goals. To achieve those goals, the City must construct new local water supply facilities. The IWRMP identifies projects to support local water supply goals. • Keeping an eye toward long-term opportunities – It is important that the City take effective near-term steps to accomplish long-term goals. The City will engage in regional efforts now to be in position for future opportunities.
• Reducing the use of imported water from Metropolitan – The City’s imported water supply from Metropolitan will always be a significant portion of the water supply portfolio. However, focusing on the above priorities will allow the City to increase local control of their water supply by reducing reliance on imported water from Metropolitan.

The City’s water supply priorities are to increase reliability though conservation, local water, and other opportunities align with Metropolitan’s priorities as described in their 2020 IWRMP.

Purchased Imported Water
The City's primary source of water supply is water purchased from Metropolitan, a wholesale water agency serving 19 million people in six Southern California counties. Metropolitan was formed in 1928 and is composed of 26 member agencies including both cities and water districts. The City is one of 11 founding members and provides one of the 38 Directors who govern Metropolitan.

Metropolitan provides water from the Colorado River and the State Water Project (San-Joaquin River Delta), and also obtains additional supplies from numerous storage, water transfers, exchanges, water banking, and fallowing projects.

Metropolitan has legal entitlement to receive water from the Colorado River under a permanent service contract with the Secretary of the Interior. The Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) transports water from Lake Havasu, at the border of the states of California and Arizona, approximately 242 miles to its terminus at Lake Mathews in Riverside County. The CRA is owned and operated by Metropolitan and has a capacity of 1.2 MAF a year.

Metropolitan also receives water from the San-Joaquin River Delta (Delta) in northern California via the 444-mile-long California Aqueduct (State Water Project or SWP), which is managed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The SWP provides imported water to the Metropolitan service area and has provided from 25 to 50 percent of Metropolitan’s water supplies. In accordance with its contract with the DWR, Metropolitan has a Table A allocation of 1,911,500 AF per year under contract from the SWP.

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As a wholesale agency, Metropolitan distributes imported water to its 26 member agencies throughout Southern California. The City of Beverly Hills is one of 15 retail agencies served by Metropolitan. The City has two connections (BH-1 and BH-2) to the Metropolitan Santa Monica Feeder System, each having an operational capacity of 53 cfs or approximately 30,700 AFY (at 80% capacity). The City's Tier 1 rate allocation is 13,380 AFY.

Metropolitan’s total minimum supply, absent impacts of a major earthquake or other natural or manmade disaster, is approximately 1.2 Million AFY. Beverly Hills’ preferential rights share of that total supply is about 11,800 AFY.

Colorado River Supplies
The Colorado River was Metropolitan’s original source of water after Metropolitan’s establishment in 1928. The CRA, which is owned and operated by Metropolitan, transports water from the Colorado River to its terminus at Lake Mathews in Riverside County. The actual amount of water per year that may be conveyed through the CRA to Metropolitan’s member agencies is subject to the availability of Colorado River water for delivery.

The CRA includes supplies from the implementation of the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA) and related agreements to transfer water from agricultural agencies to urban uses. The 2003 QSA enabled California to implement major Colorado River water conservation and transfer programs, reducing California’s demand on the river to its 4.4 million acre-feet (MAF) entitlement.

Colorado River transactions are potentially available to supply additional water up to the CRA capacity of 1.25 MAF on an as-needed basis. Water from the Colorado River or its tributaries is available to users in California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as to Mexico. California is apportioned to use 4.4 MAF of water from the Colorado River each year plus one-half of any surplus that may be available for use collectively in Arizona, California, and Nevada. In addition, California has historically been allowed to use Colorado River water apportioned to but not used by Arizona or Nevada.

Metropolitan was established to obtain an allotment of Colorado River water, and its first mission was to construct and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA). Under its contracts with the federal government, Metropolitan has a basic fourth priority entitlement of 550,000 acre-feet (AF) per year of Colorado River water. Metropolitan also holds a fifth priority for an additional 662,000 AF per year that exceeds California’s 4.4 million acre-feet (MAF) per year basic apportionment, and another 180,000 AF per year when surplus flows are available.

The Colorado River Basin has historically experienced large swings in annual hydrologic conditions. These swings have largely been buffered through a large volume of storage. However, a potential change in the precipitation to runoff relationship may result in conditions in which less runoff is generated from a given level of precipitation, pushing the system toward a drying trend that is often characterized as a long-term drought.

The Colorado River Basin experienced a severe 5-year drought from 2000 to 2004 with both precipitation and runoff significantly below average. Since that time, precipitation has been, on average, near normal, while runoff has been less than average in approximately two out of every three years. For example, in 2020, the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack peaked in April at 107 percent of the median. However, April through July runoff was observed at just 52 percent of average due to hot and dry conditions in the late spring and early summer. Similarly, in 2025, snowpack peaked at 93 percent of normal in late March while water year inflows to Lake Powell were only 49 percent of normal. The overall drying trend has left Lake Mead storage at 31 percent City of Beverly Hills
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of capacity and Lake Powell storage at 28 percent of capacity, as of November 2025, providing less of a buffer for a future period of reduced precipitation. (Metropolitan, 2025 UWMP).

The coordinated operation of Lake Powel and Lake Mead was provided for in the 2007 Interim Guidelines and the Intentionally Created Surplus (ICS) program that allows Metropolitan to store water in Lake Mead. These stored supplies help ensure that Metropolitan can deliver up the CRA capacity of 1.25 MAF. Additionally, the Lower Basin Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) was signed in 2019 to incentivize storage in Lake Mead. This program helps maintain water levels and increases Metropolitan’s flexibility to both store water and take delivery of stored water.

The 2007 Interim Guidelines governing Lower Basin shortages and the operations of Lakes Mead and Powell are set to expire in 2026, and new operating guidelines will need to be developed for 2027 and beyond. At the time of this report, negotiations over the successor post-2026 guidelines are ongoing, and the outcome is highly uncertain. However, it is anticipated that California will likely be required to reduce its supplies from the Colorado River, on average, under the new guidelines, and as the junior priority, Metropolitan is at risk. A final Environmental Impact Statement with a Selected Alternative is expected in the summer of 2026 with a record of decision to follow.

With the long-term challenges of water demand exceeding available supply from the Colorado River, and additional uncertainties due to climate change, Metropolitan has developed a number of supply and conservation programs to increase the amount of supply available from the Colorado River. These are discussed in Chapter 3 of the Metropolitan 2025 UWMP, which also quantifies the volume of water available through these programs to meet expected CRA deliveries equal to its annual capacity of 1.25 MAF. The amount of supplies available to Metropolitan for the 2025 UWMP planning period are based on USBR modeling developed in August 2023, which is the latest available at the time of production.

USBR modeling is used to estimate Metropolitan’s basic apportionment and the availability of QSA and other related programs. For this reliability assessment, Metropolitan used the current methodologies USBR employs in its official model run and applied a moderate climate change factor that reduces Lake Mead and Lake Powell inflows through the life of the forecast. This climate change factor is equivalent to a 9.3 percent decrease in flows for every degree Celsius increase.

This methodology was adopted during the 2020 IRP Regional Needs Assessment process, and the climate change impacts are consistent with the modeled impacts to SWP deliveries. The 2025 UWMP assumes continuation of current operating agreements through the planning horizon.

State Water Project Supplies
The SWP consists of a network of pump stations, reservoirs, aqueducts, tunnels, and power plants operated by DWR and is an integral part of the effort to ensure that business and industry, urban and suburban residents, and farmers throughout much of California have sufficient water. The SWP is the largest state-built, multipurpose, user-financed water project in the United States. Nearly twothirds of residents in California receive at least part of their water from the SWP with approximately 70 percent of SWP’s contracted water supply going to urban users and 30 percent to agricultural users. The primary purpose of the SWP is to divert and store water during wet periods in northern and central California and distribute it to areas of need in northern California, the San Francisco Bay area, the San Joaquin Valley, the Central Coast, and Southern California.

The availability of water supplies from the SWP can be highly variable. A wet water year may be followed by a dry or critically dry year and fisheries issues can restrict the operations of the export pumps even when water supplies are available.

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The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) is key to the SWP’s ability to deliver water to its agricultural and urban contractors. All but five of the 29 SWP contractors receive water deliveries below the Delta (pumped via the Harvey O. Banks or Barker Slough pumping plants). However, the Delta faces many challenges concerning its long-term sustainability such as climate change posing a threat of increased variability in floods and droughts. Sea level rise complicates efforts in managing salinity levels and preserving water quality in the Delta to ensure a suitable water supply for urban and agricultural use. Furthermore, other challenges include continued subsidence of Delta islands, many of which are below sea level, and the related threat of a catastrophic levee failure as the water pressure increases, or because of a major seismic event.

Ongoing regulatory restrictions, such as those imposed by federal biological opinions (BiOps) on the effects of SWP and the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) operations on certain marine life, also contributes to the challenge of determining the SWP’s water delivery reliability. In addition, the SWRCB has set water quality objectives that must be met by the SWP including minimum Delta outflows, limits on SWP and CVP Delta exports, and maximum allowable salinity level.

In dry, below-normal conditions, Metropolitan has increased the supplies received from the California Aqueduct by developing flexible Central Valley/SWP storage and transfer programs.

Over the years, under the pumping restrictions of the SWP, Metropolitan has collaborated with the other contractors to develop numerous voluntary Central Valley/SWP storage and transfer programs. The goal of these storage/transfer programs is to develop additional dry-year supplies that can be conveyed through the California Aqueduct during dry hydrologic conditions and regulatory restrictions.
“Table A” water is the maximum entitlement of SWP water for each water contracting agency.

Currently, the combined maximum Table A amount is 4.17 MAFY. Of this amount, 4.13 MAFY is the maximum Table A water available for delivery from the Delta pumps as stated in the State Water Contract. However, deliveries commonly are less than 50 percent of Table A.

SWP contractors may receive Article 21 water on a short-term basis in addition to Table A water if requested. Article 21 of SWP contracts allows contractors to receive additional water deliveries only under specific conditions, generally during wet months of the year (December through March).

Because a SWP contractor must have an immediate use for Article 21 supply or a place to store it outside of the SWP, there are few contractors like Metropolitan that can access such supplies.

Carryover water is SWP water allocated to an SWP contractor and approved for delivery to the contractor each year but not used by the end of the year. The unused water is stored in the SWP’s share of San Luis Reservoir, when space is available, for the contractor to use in the following year.

Turnback pool water is Table A water that has been allocated to SWP contractors that has exceeded their demands. This water can then be purchased by another contractor depending on its availability.

SWP Delta exports are the water supplies that are transferred directly to SWP contractors or to San Luis Reservoir storage south of the Delta via the Harvey O. Banks pumping plant. Estimated average annual Delta exports and SWP Table A water deliveries have generally decreased since 2005, when Delta export regulations affecting SWP pumping operations began to become more restrictive due to the BiOps.

Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP provides details on the factors that affect the ability to estimate existing and future water delivery reliability. In summary, they include water availability at the source, water rights with priority of the SWP, climate change, regulatory restrictions on SWP Delta exports, City of Beverly Hills
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ongoing environmental and policy planning efforts, and Delta levee failure. Metropolitan estimated SWP supplies using the 2025 SWP Delivery Capability Report (DCR) distributed by DWR in October 2025. The DCR presents the current estimate of the amount of deliveries for current (2025) conditions and conditions 20 years in the future under DWR’s set of stated assumptions and assuming currently exiting SWP facilities. Under the 2025 DCR – climate-adjusted current condition scenario – the delivery estimates for the SWP for 2025 conditions as a percentage of Table A amounts are 54 percent, equivalent to 1,034 thousand acre-feet (TAF) for Metropolitan under a long-term average condition, and five percent under a single dry-year (1977) condition, equivalent to 97 TAF for Metropolitan
An urban water supplier that anticipates participating in or receiving water from a proposed project (covered action) in the Delta should provide information in their 2025 UWMP that can be used to demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan Policy WR P1, Reduced Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance. A covered action includes projects such as a conveyance facility or new diversion that involve transferring water through, exporting water from, or using water in the Delta. Appendix G to this UWMP provides the analysis and documentation to demonstrate the City of Beverly Hill’s measurable reduction in reliance on Delta water supplies and improved regional self-reliance, consistent with Delta Plan Policy, to support a certification of consistency for a future covered action.

Storage
Storage is a major component of Metropolitan’s dry year resource management strategy.

Metropolitan’s likelihood of having adequate supply capability to meet projected demands, without implementing its Water Supply Allocation Plan (WSAP), is dependent on its storage resources.

Under some conditions, Metropolitan may choose to implement the WSAP to preserve storage reserves for a future year rather than using the full supply capability.

Lake Oroville is the SWP’s largest storage facility, with a capacity of about 3.5 MAF. The water is released from Oroville Dam into the Feather River as needed, which converges with the Sacramento River while some of the water at Bethany Reservoir is diverted from the California Aqueduct into the South Bay Aqueduct. The primary pumping plant, the Harvey O. Banks pumping plant, pumps Delta water into the California Aqueduct, which is the longest water conveyance system in California.

Groundwater
The City is located within the Coastal Plain of the Los Angeles Groundwater Basin which is divided into multiple groundwater subbasins. The City overlies three of these subbasins (referred to as basins), specifically the Hollywood Groundwater Basin (GWB), the La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB, and the Crestal Subarea of the Santa Monica GWB. Most of the City overlies the Hollywood GWB, with smaller portions overlying the other two basins. The groundwater pumping rights in the three basins underlying the City have not been adjudicated by the Courts.

The City has a history of groundwater production from both the Hollywood GWB and the adjacent portion of the La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB as a secondary source of water supply behind imported water.

The City has been and continues to be the only municipal-supply producer of groundwater in the Hollywood GWB, owning and operating six active wells to supply local groundwater to its customers. A new municipal-supply well was constructed to supply local groundwater from the La

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Brea Subarea that began production in March 2023. No City infrastructure currently exists in the Santa Monica GWB. Groundwater production in the past 5 years supplying the City’s service area is shown in Submittal Table 6-1.

Table 6-1: Groundwater Volume Pumped
Groundwater Volume Pumped
Groundwater
Type
Location or
Basin Name
2021
(AF)
2022
(AF)
2023
(AF)
2024
(AF)
2025
(AF)
Alluvial Basin Hollywood and
Central Basin 0 360 874 1090 1197
Total 0 360 874 1,090 1,197
NOTES: Groundwater supply is combined from two basins based on metered water into distribution from the water treatment plant.

Groundwater occurrence within the GWBs that underlie the City exists primarily within Pleistoceneaged sand and gravel aquifer systems. The formations include unconsolidated and semiconsolidated marine and alluvial sediments deposited over time. The San Pedro Formation (Jefferson, Lynwood, Silverado, and Sunnyside) and the shallower aquifers of the Lakewood Formation (Exposition and Gage) are the major production aquifers. The Gage aquifer is the major water-bearing aquifer of the basin. However, aquifers are not highly transmissive and do not yield significant amounts of groundwater except in the deeper aquifers of the San Pedro Formation. The depth below ground surface and thickness of the water-bearing strata vary between each of the three GWBs.

Percolation from precipitation, surface stream flows, and subsurface inflows from the Santa Monica Mountains naturally replenish the groundwater system. Direct percolation has decreased significantly due to urbanization, and natural replenishment to the water-bearing formations is limited to only a small portion of basin soils. The GWBs do not receive any artificial recharge through injection wells or spreading basins, and groundwater production is limited by low safe-yield limits.

Hollywood GWB
The Hollywood GWB is bounded on the north by the Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood fault, on the east by the Elysian Hills, on the west by the Inglewood fault zone, and on the south by the La Brea High, formed by an anticline that brings impermeable rocks close to the surface. Six municipal-supply wells provide local groundwater supply for the City from the Hollywood GWB.

Four are considered “deep” wells constructed between 1994 and 2000 that extract groundwater between the approximate depths of 400 feet below ground surface (ft. bgs) and 700 ft bgs (Hollywood Basin Wells #2, #4, #5, and #6); and two are relatively “shallow” wells, constructed in 2016, that extract groundwater between the approximate depths of 70 ft bgs and 200 ft bgs (Maple Yard Wells #1 and #2).

Groundwater flow in the Basin is generally from the Santa Monica Mountains to the north and out towards the Central Basin to the south. The USGS has estimated groundwater outflows of about 5,900 AFY to the Central Basin, but there are no formal agreements regarding this outflow. The City of Beverly Hills
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total Hollywood Basin storage is estimated to be approximately 200,000 acre-feet (AF) and the natural perennial yield is estimated to be about 3,000 AFY. As the Basin does not receive artificial recharge, the actual annual pumping limits are equal to the natural yield of 3,000 AFY.

Groundwater levels in the Basin are generally at or above mean sea level (MSL) and aquifers in the western portion of the Basin, which is the main groundwater producing zone, are estimated up to 660 feet in depth. The water bearing thickness ranges from 60 to 175 feet.

Seawater intrusion is not a risk to the City's groundwater supply due to its distance from the ocean and because the Newport-Inglewood uplift restricts outflows from the Santa Monica Basin, which has a higher risk of seawater intrusion. Accordingly, there are no seawater intrusion barriers in the Hollywood Basin.

Since the Hollywood GWB is unadjudicated, the City manages the Basin through municipal ordinances that regulate the production of groundwater, prohibit waste, protect water quality, and require dewatering activities to mitigate adverse impacts on the Hollywood GWB. The California Department of Health Services provides additional oversight of the Basin's groundwater quality and helps monitor contaminant levels.

The City pumps groundwater from the Hollywood GWB to the City’s Foothill WTP via City Well Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6. Groundwater was not extracted from the Basin from 2016 through 2022 because the Foothill WTP was under renovation.

La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB
The City historically extracted groundwater from the La Brea Subarea utilizing multiple wellfields owned by the City both within the City boundaries and within the City of Los Angeles boundaries.

Groundwater extractions were ceased in approximately 1975-76 when the City destroyed all remaining wells within the Subarea and sold off most of the well sites owned by the City at that time.

The City has one production well in the La Brea Subarea and it began production in March 2023.

This new well (La Cienega Well No. 1, LCW-1), is the first production well constructed in the Subarea since the City’s former wells were destroyed in the 1970s. The well has a long-term operational pumping capacity of approximately 500 gpm. Groundwater pumped from the new well is transmitted via a new transmission pipeline to the Foothill WTP.

There is one other existing known actively producing well in the La Brea Subarea used for irrigation supply by a private well owner. There is limited published data available related to the perennial yield of the La Brea Subarea, but it is estimated to be approximately 4,300 AFY (2020 IWRMP).

Groundwater Treatment
All groundwater supplies to be used for water system distribution are treated at the Foothill WTP.

The Foothill WTP consists of a single reverse osmosis (RO) train and its associated pre-treatment and post-treatment systems. The Foothill WTP is planned to be expandable at a future date to achieve the ultimate production capacity of 4.7 MGD. Treatment expansion will be necessary to utilize two additional proposed groundwater wells in the La Brea Subarea along with the existing City wells. The current plant provides 2.7 MGD of raw groundwater treatment to the ultimate capacity. The 2.7 MGD raw groundwater capacity treats the existing 6 Hollywood GWB wells and 1 La Brea well.

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Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
Prior to 2015, California had never managed its groundwater supplies on a state-wide basis. As of January 1, 2015, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown in September 2014, regulates the use of groundwater on a more universal scale.

The SGMA's emphasis on local groundwater management provides the opportunity to shape California's future for those whose livelihoods and involvement in the larger economy are fundamentally dependent on access to the state's groundwater resources.

Until the SGMA, the right to use groundwater in California had been viewed as a property right attached to overlying surface lands. In City of Pasadena v. City of Alhambra, for example, the California Supreme Court stated that the "overlying right," or right of the owner of the land to take water from the ground underneath for use on his overlying land "…is based on ownership of the land and is appurtenant thereto." Under the doctrine of correlative rights, landowners had a common right to the beneficial use of percolating waters underlying their property. When an underlying aquifer became overdrawn, courts could allocate pumping rights among overlying landowners through an adjudicatory procedure.

The SGMA adopts a fundamentally different strategy for managing the State's groundwater resources. At the heart of the law is a requirement to implement sustainability plans for most groundwater basins throughout the state, including many on which California's agricultural community is highly dependent. These plans can vary from simple basin-wide plans developed and implemented by individual local agencies, to multiple plans by different local agencies operating in the same basin, to state-imposed plans where no sufficient local plan exists.

While sustainability plans must contain a number of specific requirements, by far the most significant is that they be designed to meet what the SGMA calls the "sustainability goal" within 20 years of implementation. The sustainability goal is, in short, a stated objective to "achieve sustainable groundwater management" by ensuring that a given basin is "operated within its sustainable yield." In other words, the basin must be operated in such a way as not to cause "undesirable results.” Many of these standards leave a great deal of interpretive work to regulatory agencies and ultimately to the courts. Disputes over the on-the-ground, practical meaning of key terms such as "sustainable groundwater management," "sustainable yield," and "undesirable results," for example, almost certainly will wind up in litigation.

The SGMA also contains procedural requirements for plan development and implementation, and exempts many activities involved in that process from the environmental review requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA").

While the SGMA regulates California's groundwater on a statewide basis for the first time, it does not cover every groundwater basin within the state's jurisdiction, nor will its impact be felt immediately. The statute generally does not apply to specified basins that have already been adjudicated under existing law, for example, and it does not require sustainability plans from basins considered to be low priority. Moreover, sustainability plans need not be implemented for several years, and affected basins are not required to attain sustainability goals until approximately 2040.

The Central Basin had initially been designated as “high priority” under SGMA which would require the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) and a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). The Central Basin is largely adjudicated, however the La Brea Subarea was excluded from the adjudication. The adjudicated portion of the Central Basin is exempt from the SGMA. The unadjudicated La Brea Sub Basin, that was originally required to form a GSA and a GSP under the

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high priority status, has since been re-designated as “low priority”. The City had already entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with basin stakeholders and developed an alternative plan in lieu of a full GSP which was submitted to the State WRCB. The stakeholders included the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) as the lead, the City of Beverly Hills, Culver City, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and Golden State Water Company.

When the unadjudicated area of the Central Basin was changed to low priority the City of Beverly Hills opted to withdraw from the MOU but agreed to cooperate with the remaining MOU members and continue to share information regarding the City’s plan to develop the La Brea Subarea. The alternative plan was also withdrawn by the remaining stakeholders since it was no longer needed for the low priority basin.

Hollywood GWB was designated as low priority and therefore is not subject to SGMA regulations.

The Santa Monica GWB is subject to SGMA regulations. The City does not have wells in the small portion of the City that overlies a portion of the Santa Monica GWB but joined the City of Santa Monica and other stakeholders in a MOU to form the Santa Monica Basin GSA with Santa Monica as the lead agency. Other stakeholders include LADWP, Culver City, and the County of Los Angeles. The Santa Monica Basin GSP was approved by DWR and adopted by the Santa Monica GSA in January 2022. The City does not have plans to develop any local sources within the Santa Monica Basin.

Surface Water
The City does not use, or plan to use, self-supplied surface water as part of its water supply.

Stormwater
The City is developing programs related to stormwater management to achieve water quality objectives, provide infiltration for groundwater recharge, and provide re-use for non-potable use primarily consisting of irrigation.

The City of Beverly Hills is regulated by a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to manage its urban runoff to Ballona Creek. The City is implementing a regional Enhanced Watershed Management Program (EWMP) where it is required to manage 87 acre-feet of dry and wet weather urban runoff to achieve its water quality obligations.

The City adopted a Stormwater and Urban Runoff Ordinance that requires implementation of many stormwater programs which includes Low Impact Development (LID) requirements for development and infrastructure improvement projects. LID requires these projects to capture, infiltrate and treat, in that order, the first inch of runoff of a storm event. Runoff from these projects can be captured and infiltrated for groundwater recharge or re-used for non-potable use. Due to the general clay soil condition within the city limits, private development projects have often captured the first inch of runoff and re-used it for non-potable use, primarily for irrigation.

The City’s Burton Way Median Green Streets regional LID project provides the City’s first green street designed to use soil and vegetation to slow down, filter, and treat pollutants from urban runoff discharged onto the street. The Burton Way Median Green Streets project exemplifies the City’s dedication to both stormwater management and water conservation through a nature-based solution. At its core, the project integrates infiltration swales and Continuous Deflection Separation (CDS) technology to treat stormwater runoff and provide irrigation water for the new 3-acre waterefficient landscape. The project is designed to address both wet and dry weather runoff from a 211-

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acre drainage area, which includes commercial, industrial, and multifamily residential zones throughout Beverly Hills. It is estimated that the project has a total volume capacity of 10.6 acrefeet of which it has the potential to recharge the groundwater basin by 96 AFY and reduce potable water irrigation by 16 AFY.

The La Cienega Park Regional Project will be designed to divert stormwater runoff from a 461-acre drainage area into a 21-acre-feet underground reservoir. The captured runoff will be treated and discharged to the sanitary sewer system that will eventually be treated at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, further increasing the region’s recycled water source. The City will be investigating the feasibility of capturing urban runoff and using the water for irrigation in public medians and parks. This is a control measure prescribed to meet stormwater quality regulations.

Capturing urban runoff from large drainage areas has the potential to offset hundreds of acre-feet of park and median irrigation per year. Also, a potential multi-benefit stormwater project has been identified at the City’s Roxbury Park. The project is intended to divert dry and wet weather flows from a storm drain pipe that would be captured, treated, and used to meet non-potable water demand for the park.

The City will continue to schedule the construction of additional urban runoff projects to meet its 87 acre-feet obligation as funding becomes available. The City will continue to refine its LID policies in private development and infrastructure improvement projects to increase the use of captured urban runoff for irrigation and increase opportunities for groundwater recharge within the city-limits.

Pumping groundwater for foundation dewatering currently occurs in various locations within the City. Discharges are released into the storm drain system and ultimately into the Ballona Creek.

Consideration has been given to utilize dewatering flows generated from subterranean structures within the City for beneficial use, thus offsetting equivalent potable water demands. This consideration has been codified with the adoption of a dewatering ordinance in Beverly Hills. The dewatering ordinance requires dewatering properties to use their water beneficially or be subject to a replenishment fee. Revenue collected from the replenishment fee will be used for additional groundwater development.

Wastewater and Recycled Water
The City collects sanitary wastewater flows within the City via a City sewer system that conveys the flows to trunk sewers operated and maintained by the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation (L.A.

Bureau of Sanitation). The trunk sewers convey the wastewater to the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant that is owned by the City of Los Angeles and operated by the L.A. Bureau of Sanitation.

Initially built as a raw sewage discharge plant into the Santa Monica Bay, Hyperion has been upgraded over the years to secondary and full secondary treatment. Hyperion‘s full treatment capacity is 450-800 MGD and secondary treatment capacity is 450 MGD. Under the City of Los Angeles’` Sustainability Plan and One Water Plan, the City of Los Angeles is planning to further upgrade Hyperion Plant to produce recycled water for the Los Angeles region. The City of Los Angeles has invited all potential stakeholders, including Beverly Hills, to gauge interest in receiving recycled water produced at Hyperion. Currently, the City of Los Angeles aims to complete the Hyperion Plant upgrade by 2035, and a recycled distribution system will be planned concurrently.

West Basin Municipal Water District, a water wholesaler that provides imported and recycled water to 17 cities in the Los Angeles region, purchases secondary effluent from Hyperion for treatment at the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility, where most of the water is treated to meet California Code of Regulations Title 22 tertiary standards for uses as recycled water including groundwater City of Beverly Hills
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replenishment, injection into the seawater intrusion barrier, industrial use, irrigation, and other reuse purposes. Approximately 29,456 acre-feet of secondary treated water was delivered from Hyperion to Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility for treatment to Title 22 recycled water standards in fiscal year 2024/25 (LADWP Draft 2025 UWMP). On average, the plant produces approximately 35 million gallons of useable water every day.

The current average dry weather wastewater flow generated within the City limits, based on flow monitoring data, is approximately 3.5 MGD (IWRMP, 2020). This flow is projected to increase with future stormwater projects that would be diverting urban runoff to the sewer system. Additional feasibility studies will be conducted to determine the increase in the sewer system flow. The City’s system also conveys sewer flow generated outside of the City boundary, primarily flows from the City of Los Angeles and the City of West Hollywood. Sewer flows generated outside of City limits are “pass-through” only and are not generated by customers of the City. The City of Los Angeles reports wastewater flows for the City of Beverly Hills annually in accordance with their wastewater service agreement. The reporting period covers a “Flow Year” for the period from April to March.

The City’s reported net wastewater flow, after subtracting out the “pass-through” flows, for Flow Year 2024-2025 was 4.125 MGD (4,621 AFY).

City wastewater characteristics are shown in Submittal Table 6-2. Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant characteristics are shown in Submittal Table 6-3. Hyperion is located outside of the City’s service area, and no wastewater is treated or disposed of within the City’s water service area.

Table 6-2: Wastewater Collected Within Service Area
Wastewater Collected Within Service Area
Wastewater Collection Recipient of Collected Wastewater Wastewater
Collection
Agency
Wastewater
Volume
Metered or
Estimated?
Volume of
Wastewater
Collected in
2025 (AFY)
Wastewater
Treatment
Agency
Treatment
Plant Name
Is WWTP
Located
Within
UWMP Area?
L.A. Bureau
of Sanitation Metered 4,621 L.A. Bureau of Sanitation
Hyperion
WWTP, Place
ID 232063
No
Total 4,621
NOTES: Volume based on average flow rate reported by City of Los Angeles to City of Beverly Hills for April 2024 through March 2025 as part of annual reporting in accordance with the wastewater service agreement.

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Table 6-3: Wastewater Treatment and Outcomes
Wastewater Treatment and Outcomes Within UWMP Service Area Wastewater
Treatment
Plant Name
and Place ID
Number
2025
Volume
Received
from
UWMP
Service
Area (AF)
Total
2025
Volume
Treated
(AF)
2025 Outcomes of Treated Wastewater
Effluent Discharge
that is not a
Permitted Recycled
Water Use
Delivered to Another Entity for
Additional Treatment
Treatment
Level
Volume
(AF)
Treatment
Level
Volume
(AF)
Name of
other entity
Hyperion
WWTP,
Place ID
232063
4,621 288,000 Secondary,
Disinfected 232,200 Tertiary 40,500
Edward C.

Little Water
Recycling
Plant
(Recycled
Water
Irrigation),
Place ID
273663
Total 4,621 288,000 232,200 40,500
NOTES: Volume data from LADWP 2025 UWMP. Hyperion is located outside of the City’s service area. No wastewater is treated or disposed of within the City’s service area.

The City currently does not have a recycled water system or receive any recycled water supply.

There is currently no regional recycled water supply available to the City or anywhere near the City.

The nearest regional recycled water systems are located near the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant (Van Nuys), Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant (Glendale), and Hyperion Water Reclamation Plan (LAX area).

LADWP is planning for continued investments into its recycled water program by expanding irrigation and industrial non-potable reuses, groundwater replenishment with indirect potable reuse, and other indirect and direct potable reuse opportunities. Major recycled water initiatives over the UWMP planning horizon include the Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment Project (LA GWR) replenishing the San Fernando Basin and supplying the Dominguez Gap Seawater Intrusion Barrier with 100 percent recycled water.

Pure Water Los Angeles Program
The Pure Water Los Angeles Program is the largest local water supply and reuse initiative in the City of Los Angeles and is being developed through a partnership between LADWP and LASAN.

The Pure Water Los Angeles Program aims to maximize reuse of wastewater from the HWRP and improve the health of Santa Monica Bay. The Pure Water Los Angeles Program is currently in the re-planning phase and is supported by two foundational documents: The Program Implementation Plan for Hyperion and Pure Water Los Angeles Master Plan. These plans define the technical and institutional framework for implementation. The program may deliver a potential capacity of 230 City of Beverly Hills
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MGD upon completion, but the final capacity is subject to adjustment based on scale, affordability, operational flexibility, partnerships, and supply reliability.

Pure Water Southern California (MWD/LACSD)
Metropolitan’s Pure Water Southern California program (formerly the Regional Recycled Water Program), in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (Sanitation Districts), would purify treated wastewater from the Sanitation Districts’ A.K. Warren Water Resource Facility (Warren Facility). The program could produce an average 155,000 AF of purified water for groundwater replenishment, industrial use, and potentially direct potable reuse. The agencies have been working together for over 15 years on the program and are currently operating a demonstration facility, the Grace F. Napolitano Pure Water Southern California Innovation Center (Napolitano Innovation Center) at the Warren Facility to validate the potential treatment trains. On February 10, 2026, the Metropolitan Board of Directors voted to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for Pure Water Southern California, taking a major step towards the potential development of what could be the world’s largest water recycling program. This program would provide a drought-proof, locally produced water source, reducing reliance on imported water and strengthening long-term supply reliability in the region.

Desalination Water Opportunities
The City currently does not participate in desalination water supply projects. The potential to participate in capacity within a desalination plant through a water exchange/wheeling agreement could be feasible in the long-term. The City would need to buy into the desalination plant and pay for a wheeling rate through MWD.

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Plant (Carlsbad Plant) is the region’s first and only seawater desalination facility in operation and can produce up to 56 TAF per year of potable water. In December 2015, pursuant to its Water Purchase Agreement with the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), Poseidon Resources began operation of the Carlsbad Plant.

During calendar years 2016 through 2023, the facility produced an annual average of 45 TAF, meeting nearly 9 percent of SDCWA’s service area demands.

In April 2024, Metropolitan’s Board authorized the first seawater desalination project to receive financial incentives through their Local Resource Program (LRP). Owned by South Coast Water District (SCWD), the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project will produce up to 5,600 AFY and is expected to become operational in 2029. Currently, Metropolitan, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), and SCWD are in the process of finalizing the LRP agreement.

Exchanges or Transfers
The City currently does not participate with other water agencies in water exchanges or transfers into or out of the City’s water service area and none are planned for the future at this time.

Future Water Projects
The City’s 2020 IWRMP has evaluated the water supply portfolio and the potential for future sources of supply, some of which have been addressed in the preceding sections. The City’s IWRMP priorities are to provide the following:

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• Water Supply Reliability – Increasing flexibility of the City’s water supply by increasing local water supply, which includes alternative water resources, and reducing imported water from MWD
• Emergency Resiliency – Implementing projects that make systems more resilient to emergencies
• Addressing Aging Infrastructure – Taking a proactive approach to replacing aging infrastructure
• Accounting for Growth Needs – Ensuring the City’s systems are adequately addressing growth within the service area
Potential water supply projects have been identified for expansion of the City’s groundwater supplies with the goal of increasing the redundancy and reliability. Additional wells allow the flexibility to remove wells from service temporarily for maintenance and repair, creates more operational scenarios for groundwater production if there is a benefit to shifting pumping from one basin or area to another, and greater production capacity in both the shallow and deep aquifers to allow tailored operation based on wet or dry year hydrology. Locations for potential new wells are identified in the City’s IWRMP. All groundwater supplies to be used for water system distribution must be treated at the Foothill WTP. The Foothill WTP consists of a single reverse osmosis (RO) train and its associated pre-treatment and post-treatment systems.

To develop new groundwater supplies, the City has drilled two new shallow wells at La Cienega Park (LCW-2 and LCW-3). It is anticipated that these new La Brea Basin wells will come online by 2029 and operate within the current water treatment plant capacity. The new wells are estimated to add 500 acre-feet per year of new groundwater supply, increasing local supply from approximately 1,200 AFY to 1,700 AFY.

The City is currently looking for new well sites to increase local supply. This increase will require an expansion of the Foothill WTP. Following well siting, purchasing land, well design and construction, and WTP expansion design, the WTP will shut down for expansion construction. It is assumed the WTP will shut down for 12 months during 2031 and come back online in 2032 with a groundwater production rate of 2,200 AFY (another 500 AFY increase). By 2032, it is expected that local groundwater will increase to 25 percent of the total water supply.

An analysis was conducted as part of the IWRMP to evaluate potential long-term alternative sources and non-potable demands. Potential alternative source projects and multi-benefit projects have been identified and include the following:
• Roxbury Park – stormwater diversion, treatment, and distribution for irrigation supply (Section 6.4)
• Subterranean Structures – shallow groundwater diversion, treatment, and distribution for irrigation supply (Section 6.4)
• Desalination – buying into a desalination plant and delivery through MWD (Section 6.6) Detailed descriptions of these projects can be found in the City’s 2020 IWRMP along with a list of specific capital improvement projects and associated costs.

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Increased Water Conservation
Conservation and the efficient use of water is of the highest priority to the City. Conservation represents water that is controlled locally and, from a water supply perspective, reduces imported water volumes thus increasing reliability. Conservation also has environmental benefits of reducing energy usage for treatment and delivery.

The City has responded proactively to the requirements of Senate Bill X7-7 and will continue to enhance program activities to achieve compliance with the UWUO regulations and performance measures that set increasing stringency goals for water use reduction through 2040. The City has also implemented water conservation ordinances and programs under the purview of the Sustainability Program that received significant staff augmentation in late 2024. The City’s water conservation programs include smart metering, conservation pricing, public outreach, water loss reduction, and conservation staff. These are discussed in Chapter 9.

Summary of Existing and Planned Sources of Water
The City obtains its water supply from two sources: imported surface and local groundwater. The imported water is treated by Metropolitan and the groundwater is treated at the City’s Foothill WTP before being distributed to the City’s water system. Local groundwater supplies currently account for approximately 13 percent of the City’s total water supply with the remainder coming from imported water.

Although Metropolitan’s water supply has proven to be reliable and cost-effective relative to local groundwater production over the years, the ongoing concerns of drought and climate change have increased the need for the City to develop additional water supply reliability. Accordingly, the City is developing additional groundwater supplies and has identified potential alternate sources of supply as part of its 2020 IWRMP.

The City currently does not receive any recycled water supply. If existing recycled water supply were to extend closer to the City or proposed projects discussed in Section 6.5 were to become available, then recycled water may become more economically feasible. For this 2025 UWMP, future recycled water supply is not counted upon.

A summary of future approved water supply projects for the City is shown in Submittal Table 6-7.

The remainder of potential future projects described in Section 6.8 may be considered at a future date but are not included in planned supplies for this UWMP planning cycle. The City’s actual water supplies for 2025 and projected normal year supplies for 2030 through 2050 are shown in Submittal Tables 6-8 and 6-9, respectively.

Metropolitan has indicated full reliability to meet member agency demands for the UWMP planning period through 2050. Actual supply from Metropolitan will equal the amount needed to meet City demands after the use of local groundwater supplies. Metropolitan projects surplus supply in their 2025 UWMP.

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Table 6-7: Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs
Name
Joint Project
with other
agencies? Description
Year
Planned
Planned
YearType
Expected
Supply
(gpm)
Two (2) wells
in La Brea
Subarea of
Central Basin
(Le Doux &
Gregory Wells)
No
Wells drilled and
ready to be
equipped and
permitted
2029 All Year
Types 500
New well in La
Brea Subarea
and WTP
Expansion
No Well location to be
determined 2032 All Year Types 500
NOTE: LeDoux and Gregory Wells are expected to produce approximately 250 gpm each for a total of 500 gpm combined.

Table 6-8: Water Supplies — Actual
Water Supplies — Actual
Water Supply
Additional Detail on
Water Supply
2025
Actual
Volume Water Quality
Purchased or
Imported Water
Treated
Metropolitan 8,109 Potable
Groundwater Local Basins 1,197 Potable
Total 9,306
NOTE: Volumes in AF from WTP production and Metropolitan billing data for 2025.

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Table 6-9: Water Supplies — Projected
Water Supplies — Projected
Water
Supply Additional
Detail
Projected Water Supply
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Purchased or
Imported
Water
Treated
Metropolitan 7,969 7,824 7,999 8,039 8,071
Groundwater Local Basins 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
NOTE: Imported water supply is equal to the City’s demand less local, treated groundwater supply. It should be noted that actual groundwater production will be somewhat higher, accounting for WTP losses.

Energy Intensity
Starting with the 2020 UWMP, suppliers must provide information that can be used to calculate the energy intensity of their water service. Energy intensity is a ratio of energy consumed per unit volume of water supplied. Required information is limited to that which is readily obtainable by the supplier for their operations which includes acquiring, treating, and distributing water supplies. The energy use within the water system is attributed to wells, treatment plant operation, and pump stations used in the distribution of water supplies. Southern California Edison (SCE) provided the City’s billing records with energy use for 2025.

The City’s water service processes that require energy use are the groundwater wells, Foothill WTP, and distribution system pump stations; therefore, the energy usage intensity is calculated using the water supply process approach as described in Appendix O of the DWR’s UWMP Guidebook. Submittal Table 6-10 shows the energy usage intensity for the City’s water system.

The energy intensity reporting table along with metered energy use is included in Appendix H.

Table 6-10: Energy Intensity – Total Utility Approach
Energy Reporting – Water Supply Process Approach
Start Date 1/1/2025
Water Management Process
End Date 12/31/2025
Extract and
Divert Treatment Distribution Total Utility
Volume of Water Entering
Process (AF) 1,489 1,197 9,306 9,306
Energy Consumed (kWh) 570,061 1,447,419 1,007,149 3,024,629 Energy Intensity (kWh/vol.
converted to MG) 1,175 3,711 332 997

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The City has been using renewable electricity since 2018 through its participation in the Clean Power Alliance (CPA). The CPA is a locally operated electricity provider across Los Angeles and Ventura counties, offering renewable energy at competitive rates. The CPA purchases clean power and SCE delivers it. As of October 2022, 100% of the electricity supply for Beverly Hills homes and businesses is sourced through the CPA 100% Green Power option. An adjustment for renewable energy in the reporting table is only allowed if it is generated by the supplier. As such, this energy savings in not reflected in Table 6-10A.

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7 WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT
Overview
As part of the UWMP, every urban water supplier is required to assess the reliability of their water service to its customers under normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. The City’s water sources are from local groundwater and imported water purchased from Metropolitan. Beverly Hills is one of 26 member agencies of Metropolitan, which imports water from the Colorado River through its own CRA and from Northern California through the California Aqueduct managed by the SWP.

Metropolitan has also invested in numerous programs and projects to augment its direct deliveries of imported water, such as water transfers, groundwater banking, and use of its reservoir storage, as summarized in Chapter 6.

The City depends largely on imported water from Metropolitan with additional supply from local groundwater. With the projects and programs implemented by Metropolitan and the City, these water supplies are projected to meet full-service demands.

Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP finds that Metropolitan can meet full-service demands of its member agencies through 2050 during normal years, single dry years, and five consecutive dry years.

Metropolitan and its member agencies have engaged in a comprehensive regional planning process called the Integrated Water Resources Plan (IRP) since the 1990s. In its 2020 IRP Regional Needs Assessment process, Metropolitan adopted a scenario planning approach to identify and account for the broad range of uncertainty that the region faces in its water supplies and demands. The IRP represents Metropolitan’s comprehensive blueprint for long-term water reliability, including key supply development and water use efficiency goals.

In February 2023, Metropolitan’s Board directed staff to integrate water resources, climate considerations, and financial planning into a comprehensive Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water (CAMP4W), for the second phase of Metropolitan’s long-term IRP planning process. The intent of CAMP4W is to translate the high-level portfolio analysis from the Regional Needs Assessment into guidance for specific policies, programs, and projects to address the findings, and mitigate the potential shortages.

As documented in Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP, the IRP and CAMP4W incorporate an explicit scenario planning step with the purpose of understanding plausible, yet uncertain, future conditions affecting both supplies and demands, including climate change. This approach is an improvement over the single outcome approach used in previous IRP updates and in the UWMP requirements.

Metropolitan’s UWMP assumptions fall within the plausible future outcomes; however, the IRP goes beyond these requirements to prepare Metropolitan and its member agencies for a wider range of future conditions.

The City’s water supply priorities of increasing reliability through conservation, local water supply development, and other opportunities align with Metropolitan’s priorities as described in their UWMP and IRP planning documents. Metropolitan addresses the changing water supply portfolio of their member agencies, including the City, as they see the reliance on imported water decreasing and member agencies continuing to prioritize conservation and local supplies. The benefit of this

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changing portfolio includes strengthening Metropolitan’s emergency storage, thus providing increased reliability to its member agencies.

Factors Impacting Reliability
The Act requires a description of water supply reliability related to seasonal or climatic shortage.

Factors impacting the reliability of the City’s imported and groundwater supplies are discussed in Chapter 6. The following are additional factors that may have an impact on the reliability of Metropolitan and local supplies.

Climate Change and the Environment
Water supply planning has largely been based on historical hydrological data as a foundation for both the severity and frequency of drought conditions and the frequency and abundance of abovenormal rainfall years. Climate change threatens to shift weather patterns and thus adds uncertainty to water supply planning. Research has identified areas of concern regarding California water supply that include reduced Sierra Nevada snowpack, increased intensity of extreme weather events, prolonged drought periods, changes in runoff patterns, rising sea levels, effects on local groundwater supplies, and changes in water demand levels and patterns.

The City is considering the impacts of climate change on its water resources as an integral part of its long-term water supply planning. Though it is not possible to measure the risk associated with climate change, water supply reliability is more secure with a long-term plan that recognizes such risk and provides the development of resources to offset that risk.

Though groundwater provides a local source of supply, the City depends primarily on imported water from Metropolitan. Metropolitan continues to incorporate current climate change science into its planning efforts.

Under their 2020 IRP Regional Needs Assessment, Metropolitan recognizes the risks and uncertainties associated with climate change and other factors that impact supply reliability such as water quality, regulatory requirements, system infrastructure, and regional demographics.

Metropolitan has developed a Robust Decision Making (RDM) approach which is a comprehensive technical process to identify key vulnerabilities to regional reliability. This approach has been incorporated into the IRP process and Metropolitan’s forecast modeling. Metropolitan assembled a panel of climate change experts to translate how specific climate change impacts, such as changes to runoff timing, would be quantified and to what degree in the IRP scenario approach. A wide range of water management strategies are evaluated to develop robust and adaptive plans that will ultimately perform under a wide range of future conditions.

In addition to Metropolitan’s planning, increasing local sources will allow added flexibility to manage water supplies under varying climate conditions. Climate change impacts on the City and Metropolitan water supplies, including Metropolitan’s activities related to climate change concerns, are also discussed in Section 4.6.

Regulatory
Endangered species protection needs in the Delta have resulted in operational constraints to the SWP system, as discussed previously in the State Water Project Supplies Section 6.1.2.

Metropolitan incorporates restrictions on both SWP and CVP operations in its water supply forecasting based on water quality objectives established by the State Water Resources Control

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Board, the biological opinions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued on November 8, 2024, biological opinions of the National Marine Fisheries Service issued on December 6, 2024, and the Incidental Take Permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on November 4, 2024.

Ongoing regulatory restrictions, such as those imposed by the Biological Opinions (BiOps) on the effects of SWP and CVP operations on certain marine life, contribute to the challenge of determining water delivery reliability. Endangered species protection and conveyance needs in the Delta have resulted in operational constraints that are particularly important because pumping restrictions impact many water resources programs - SWP supplies and additional voluntary transfers, Central Valley storage and transfers, and in-region groundwater and surface water storage. In addition, the SWRCB has set water quality objectives that must be met by the SWP including minimum Delta outflows, limits on SWP and CVP Delta exports, and maximum allowable salinity level.

Due to water supply challenges related to the Delta, an urban water supplier that anticipates participating in or receiving water from a proposed project (covered action) in the Delta should provide information in their Urban Water Management Plans that can be used to demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan Policy WR P1, Reduced Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance. The City receives water from the Delta through Metropolitan and could benefit from a future covered action. As such, Appendix G to this UWMP provides the analysis and documentation to demonstrate the City’s improved regional self-reliance and measurable reduction in reliance on Delta water supplies, consistent with Delta Plan Policy WR P1, to support a certification of consistency for a future covered action.

The Colorado River 2007 Interim Guidelines governing the Lower Basin water supply shortages and the operations of Lake Mead and Lake Powell are set to expire in 2026, and new operating guidelines will need to be developed for 2027 and beyond. At the time of this 2025 UWMP, negotiations over the successor post-2026 guidelines are ongoing, and the outcome is highly uncertain. It is anticipated that California will likely be required to reduce its supplies from the Colorado River, on average, under the new guidelines, and that as the junior priority, Metropolitan is at risk. A final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with a Selected Alternative is expected in the summer of 2026 with a record of decision to follow.

Water Quality
Imported Water
Metropolitan is responsible for providing high quality potable water throughout its service area.

Regular water quality tests are performed on Metropolitan’s water to test for regulated contaminants and additional contaminants of concern to ensure the safety of its waters. Metropolitan’s supplies originate primarily from the CRA and from the SWP. A blend of these two sources, proportional to each year’s availability of the source, is then delivered throughout Metropolitan’s service area.

Metropolitan’s primary water sources face individual water quality issues of concern. The CRA water source contains higher total dissolved solids (TDS) and the SWP contains higher levels of organic matter, lending to the formation of disinfection byproducts. To remediate the CRA’s high level of salinity and the SWP’s high level of organic matter, Metropolitan blends CRA and SWP supplies and has upgraded all its treatment facilities to include ozone treatment processes. In addition, Metropolitan has been engaged in efforts to protect its Colorado River supplies from

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threats of uranium, perchlorate, and chromium VI while also investigating the potential water quality impact of emerging contaminants, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCP), microplastics, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and 1,4-dioxane. While unforeseeable water quality issues could alter reliability, Metropolitan’s current strategies ensure the deliverability of high-quality water.

The presence of Quagga mussels in water sources is a water quality concern. Quagga mussels are an invasive species that was first discovered in 2007 at Lake Mead, on the Colorado River.

This species of mussels forms massive colonies in short periods of time, disrupting ecosystems and blocking water intakes. They can cause significant disruption and damage to water distribution systems. Metropolitan has had success in controlling the spread and impacts of the quagga mussels within the CRA, however, the future could require more extensive maintenance and reduced operational flexibility than current operations allow. It also resulted in Metropolitan eliminating deliveries of CRA water into Diamond Valley Lake (DVL) to keep the reservoir free from quagga mussels.

In addition, Golden Mussels, another invasive species capable of disrupting pipelines and altering ecosystems, were detected in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in October 2024 and are now spreading through the SWP. These mussels pose similar concerns due to their ability to obstruct raw water conveyance facilities and negatively affect aquatic environments. Although their presence does not typically result in violations of drinking water standards, unmanaged infestations can degrade habitats, clog infrastructure, and reduce the aesthetic and recreational value of lakes and reservoirs. State and regional agencies continue to monitor golden mussel movement and evaluate appropriate response strategies to limit their spread (Metropolitan, 2025).

Groundwater
Groundwater from the City’s wells is treated at the Foothill WTP before being distributed to the water system. The City coordinated with the State Division of Drinking Water (DDW) in the rehabilitation of the Foothill WTP which continued operation in 2022. DDW’s primary involvement was during plant startup when water treatment compliance and sampling results are verified by their staff, prior to issuance of the Permit To Operate. The treated groundwater is then blended with imported water from Metropolitan. The City conducts extensive water quality sampling and testing to ensure the water supply meets all state and federal water quality standards. Each year, the City publishes an Annual Water Quality Report, also known as the Consumer Confidence Report, which outlines reports on water quality and describes the programs and processes that ensure a safe and reliable water supply.

Water Service Reliability
There are three water-year types that must be included in the water service reliability assessment for the UWMP: normal year, single-dry year, and a five-consecutive-year drought. Metropolitan developed and evaluated estimates of future demands and supplies based on a record of 100 years (1922-2021) of historic hydrology. In their Draft 2025 UWMP dated February 2026, Metropolitan estimated supply capability and projected demands for an average (normal) year based on an average of hydrology for the years 1922 to 2021; for a single dry-year based on a repeat of the single driest year hydrology of 1977; and for a five-consecutive-year drought period based on a

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repeat of the hydrology of 1988 to 1992, representing the driest 5-year historical sequence in Metropolitan water supply.

The basis of the water year data is displayed in Submittal Table 7-1. The available supply shown in Table 7-1 does not include Metropolitan-estimated surplus but is rather the supply to meet projected demands based on projected 100 percent reliability.

Table 7-1: Basis of Water Year Data
Basis of Water Year Data
Year Type Base Year
Available Supplies if
Year Type Repeats
Quantification of available supplies
is not compatible with this table
and is provided elsewhere in the
UWMP. Location
__________________________
Quantification of available supplies
is provided in this table as either
volume only, percent only, or both.
% of Average Supply
Average Year 1922-2021 100%
Single-Dry Year 1977 99.5%
Consecutive Dry Years 1st Year 1988 101.1%
Consecutive Dry Years 2nd Year 1989 102.4%
Consecutive Dry Years 3rd Year 1990 102.7%
Consecutive Dry Years 4th Year 1991 99.1%
Consecutive Dry Years 5th Year 1992 100.3%
NOTES: Based on hydrology provided in Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP Metropolitan’s member agencies, including the City of Beverly Hills, provide Metropolitan with projected demands and local sources of supply, including local groundwater. Regional water demands and local supplies for the three water-year types are then modeled by Metropolitan for the UWMP planning period and are summarized in Tables 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 of their 2025 UWMP.

Metropolitan modeling takes into consideration historical drought hydrology, projected supplies and demands under climate change conditions, and anticipated regulatory changes. The resulting demands on Metropolitan and their supply capabilities are summarized in Tables 2-4, 2-5, and 2-6 of their 2025 UWMP for each of the water-year types through 2050. Metropolitan supply capability tables are included in Appendix D of this report for reference.

Metropolitan provided each member agency with the water demand projections that were incorporated into their combined region-wide demand included in the Metropolitan UWMP. The Metropolitan demand projections provided to the City are higher than the City’s projections (shown in Table 4-2) but within 7 percent for each of the 5-year increments under normal year conditions.

The Metropolitan supply and demand projections for the City under the three hydrologic conditions; normal year, single dry year, and five consecutive dry years, are summarized in Table 7-1A.

Metropolitan’s normal year demands result in an average per capita use of approximately 224 gallons per person per day (gpcd) while the City’s projections result in an average per capita use City of Beverly Hills
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Table 7-1A: Metropolitan Projections for City of Beverly Hills Metropolitan Projections for City of Beverly Hills (AF) Hydrologic Condition 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Normal Year
Total Demand 10,381 10,518 10,547 10,449 10,351
Total Local Supplies 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total Metropolitan Supply 8,681 8,318 8,347 8,249 8,151 Single Dry Year
Total Demand 10,333 10,469 10,498 10,400 10,303
Total Local Supplies 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total Metropolitan Supply 8,633 8,269 8,298 8,200 8,103 Drought Lasting Five Consecutive Years
Total Demand 10,258 10,573 10,646 10,598 10,499
Total Local Supplies 1,350 1,760 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total Metropolitan Supply 8,908 8,813 8,446 8,398 8,299 NOTES: Data provided Metropolitan to the City of Beverly Hills as part of 2025 UWMP agency coordination. All units in AF.

Normal-Year Reliability Comparison
Tables 2-3 and 2-6 from Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP summarize the regional demand and demonstrate reliable water supply capability under normal water year conditions through 2050. As shown in Table 2-6, Metropolitan projects potential surplus supply through the entire UWMP planning period.

The City is 100 percent reliable for normal year demands from 2030 through 2050. The City has entitlements to receive imported water from Metropolitan via connections to Metropolitan's regional distribution system. Although pipeline and connection capacity rights do not guarantee the availability of water, per se, they do guarantee the ability to convey water when it is available to the Metropolitan distribution system. All imported water supplies are assumed to be available to the City from existing water transmission facilities. The projected City supplies also include local groundwater supplies that are available from City wells.

Single-Dry Year Reliability Comparison
A single-dry year is defined as a single year of minimal rainfall within a period that average precipitation is expected to occur. Table 2-1 from Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP summarizes the regional demand and local sources of supply and for the single dry-year (1977) hydrology, while Table 2-4 shows Metropolitan’s supply capability to under single dry-year conditions through year 2050. As seen in their Table 2-4, Metropolitan projects potential surplus supply under single dryyear conditions through the entire UWMP planning period. ---------------------- --
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Metropolitan also provided the model output of the reliability forecast for Beverly Hills which is used in this UWMP. Based on a comparison of the City’s normal year and single-dry year demand data provided by Metropolitan, the single dry-year demand (1977 hydrology) is equal to 100 percent of the normal year demand as provided in Table 7-1 above. The City is 100 percent reliable for single dry year demands from 2030 through 2050 with significant reserves held by Metropolitan, local groundwater supplies, and conservation.

Five Consecutive Dry Years Reliability Comparison
The multiple-dry years evaluation for the 2025 UWMP is defined as five consecutive years with minimal rainfall within a period of average precipitation. Metropolitan modeled various hydrologic conditions for its service area, including individual member agencies, based on hydrology for the period from 1922 through 2021. The driest five consecutive year period within this period was from 1988 through 1992. Metropolitan provided the reliability forecast data for Beverly Hills which is used in this UWMP to evaluate five-consecutive dry years. Metropolitan shows 100% supply reliability to the City of Beverly Hills with the percent of normal year supply and demand for each year provided in Table 7-1.

Metropolitan’s UWMP Table 2-5 shows regional supply reliability for five-consecutive-dry year periods through 2050. These tables show that the region can provide reliable water supplies under multiple dry year conditions with projected potential surplus in each of the five-year periods.

The City can meet all customers’ demands with reserves held by Metropolitan, local groundwater supplies, and conservation in multiple dry years from 2030 through 2050 with multiple dry-year reliability based on Metropolitan’s five consecutive dry year hydrology. In actuality, demands would likely decrease toward the end of a five-year dry period due to potential mandated conservation.

Supply Diversification
As previously stated herein, the City has historically relied primarily on imported water supply, with groundwater production used as a secondary supply source. Although imported water has proven to be reliable and cost effective relative to local groundwater production, and is projected to remain reliable as evidenced by the projected supply surpluses estimated by Metropolitan (see Table 7- 2A), the ongoing concern of drought and climate change has increased the need for the City to develop additional water supply reliability through improved and increased groundwater production.

For projected supplies, local groundwater production within the City has been expanded by the renovation of the Foothill WTP and the construction of new wells. The Foothill WTP currently supplies approximately 13% of the total supply volume. After future enhancements to groundwater production facilities, future groundwater supply is expected to increase to 20 percent of the total supply by 2035. The City’s projected groundwater supplies are within the safe yield of the groundwater basins and are considered reliable under projected hydrologic conditions. The City continues to investigate and pursue increased groundwater production and other options to expand local water supply sources as described in Chapter 6.

Metropolitan has improved its self-reliance through methods including water use efficiency, water recycling, stormwater capture and reuse, advanced water technologies, conjunctive use projects, local and regional water supply and storage programs, and other programs and projects.

Metropolitan’s Integrated Resources Planning (IRP) process guides their water resources strategy

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from the initial adoption in 1996 to the latest update in 2020 in developing a diverse resource mix and long-term reliability.

Metropolitan has supply capabilities to meet projected demands during various hydrologic conditions as presented in Sections 2.3 and 2.4 of their 2025 UWMP. As shown in their water reliability assessment, Metropolitan anticipates being able to meet water demands with adequate supplies across the single driest year and droughts lasting five consecutive year through 2050 as summarized in Table 7-2A. Metropolitan’s Drought Risk Assessment anticipates no water service reliability concerns over the next five years under a repeat of the historic driest five-year sequence of Metropolitan’s water supply.

Table 7-2A: Metropolitan Supply Capability and Projected Demands (AFY) Metropolitan Supply Capability and Projected Demands (AFY) Average Year MWD Supply Capability and Projected Demands (1922-2022 Hydrology) Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Capability of Current Supplies 3,762,000 3,720,000 3,664,000 3,624,000 3,718,000 Projected Demands(a) 1,503,000 1,516,000 1,544,000 1,563,000 1,581,000 Projected Surplus 2,259,000 2,204,000 2,120,000 2,061,000 2,137,000 Projected Surplus %(b) 150% 145% 137% 132% 135%
Single Dry Year MWD Supply Capability and Projected Demands (1977 Hydrology) Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Capability of Current Supplies 2,701,000 2,675,000 2,631,000 2,605,000 2,699,000 Projected Demands(a) 1,634,000 1,653,000 1,679,000 1,697,000 1,714,000 Projected Surplus 1,067,000 1,022,000 952,000 908,000 985,000 Projected Surplus %(b) 65% 62% 57% 54% 57%
Multiple Dry Year MWD Supply Capability and Projected Demands (1988-1992 Hydrology) Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Capability of Current Supplies 2,082,400 2,118,100 2,043,900 2,003,400 1,989,900 Projected Demands(a) 1,602,000 1,668,000 1,689,000 1,712,000 1,731,000 Projected Surplus 480,400 450,100 354,900 291,400 258,900 Projected Surplus %(b) 30% 27% 21% 17% 15%
(a) Total demands are adjusted to include exchange with SDCWA. (b) As a percentage of deliveries
Source: 2025 Draft Metropolitand UWMP (February 2026)
Supply and Demand Assessment
The City’s supply and demand assessment for normal year, single dry year, and five consecutive drought years are provided in Submittal Tables 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4, respectively. As discussed above, Metropolitan accounted for higher City demands in their 2025 UWMP projections shown in Table 7-1A. Additionally, Metropolitan projects surplus supply under each hydrologic condition as shown in Table 7-2A. Regardless of additional supply available to the City, the supply totals provided in

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the supply and demand assessment are set equal to the projected demands under each of the hydrologic conditions. The City will only purchase the amount of imported water needed to meet demands and thus will not acquire surplus supply. If the City requires additional supply due to development beyond what was projected in the demographic data (Table 3-1B) used in the water demand projections, there is sufficient supply capability projected from Metropolitan.

A comparison between the supply and demand for projected normal years between 2030 and 2050 is shown in Table 7-2. The City’s projected normal-year supplies and demands shown in Table 7- 2 are developed in Table 6-9 and Table 4-3, respectively.

Table 7-2: Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison
Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison (AFY)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Supply totals
(from Table 6-9) 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
Demand totals
(from Table 4-3) 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
Surplus/(Shortfall)
0 0 0 0 0
A comparison between the supply and the demand in a single dry year and multiple dry years are shown in Tables 7-3 and 7-4, respectively. Demands are estimated for single dry-year and multiple dry-year supply scenarios by multiplying normal year demand by the percentages provided in Table 7-1.

Table 7-3: Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (AFY)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Supply totals 9,621 9,974 10,148 10,188 10,219
Demand totals 9,621 9,974 10,148 10,188 10,219
Surplus/(Shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
NOTES: Supply and demand equal to percentage shown in Table 7-1 for single-dry year multiplied by the normal year values shown in Table 7-2.

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Table 7-4: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison (AFY)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
First year
Supply totals 9,775 10,134 10,312 10,352 10,384
Demand totals 9,775 10,134 10,312 10,352 10,384
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Second year
Supply totals 9,901 10,265 10,444 10,485 10,517
Demand totals 9,901 10,265 10,444 10,485 10,517
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Third year
Supply totals 9,930 10,295 10,475 10,515 10,548
Demand totals 9,930 10,295 10,475 10,515 10,548
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Fourth year
Supply totals 9,582 9,934 10,108 10,147 10,178
Demand totals 9,582 9,934 10,108 10,147 10,178
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Fifth year
Supply totals 9,698 10,054 10,230 10,270 10,302
Demand totals 9,698 10,054 10,230 10,270 10,302
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
NOTES: Supply and demand equal to normal year values shown in Table 7-2 multiplied by percentages shown in Table 7-1 for each year.

City demands during single dry-year and multiple dry-year supply scenarios are projected to be met with imported water and groundwater supplies as shown in Table 7-4A, with available Metropolitan surplus supplies as shown in Table 7-2A. The five consecutive drought years are averaged in Table 7-4A as a summary of the prolonged drought conditions.

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Table 7-4A: Projected City Water Supplies
Projected City Water Supplies
Water Supply
Additional
Detail
Projected Water Supply (AFY)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Projected Normal-Year Supplies
Imported Water Metropolitan 7,969 7,824 7,999 8,039 8,071 Groundwater Local Basins 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
Projected Single-Dry Year
Imported Water Metropolitan 7,921 7,774 7,948 7,988 8,019 Groundwater Local Basins 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total 9,621 9,974 10,148 10,188 10,219
Projected Five Consecutive Drought Years
Imported Water Metropolitan 8,427 8,376 8,114 8,154 8,186 Groundwater Local Basins 1,350 1,760 2,200 2,200 2,200
Total 9,777 10,136 10,314 10,354 10,386
NOTES: Projected five consecutive drought years is equal to the five-year average.

Drought Risk Assessment
CWC requires every urban water supplier to include, as part of its UWMP, a drought risk assessment (DRA) for its water service as part of information considered in developing its demand management measures and water supply projects and programs. The DRA allows suppliers to consider how to manage water supplies during dry hydrologic conditions in relation to variations in demand. This process helps a supplier evaluate its WSCP and anticipate appropriate shortage response actions prior to an actual extended drought period.

The CWC requires the DRA to be based on the driest five-year historic sequence for the agency’s water supply. The Water Code also requires that the analysis consider plausible changes in projected supplies and demands due to climate change, anticipated regulatory changes, and other applicable criteria.

The five-year drought period for the DRA is estimated in the same manner as the multiple dry year analysis in the supply and demand assessment presented in Section 7.4. The drought is represented based on the five driest years using hydrology from Metropolitan shown in Table 7-1.

Metropolitan modeling takes into consideration historical drought hydrology, projected supplies and demands under climate change conditions, and anticipated regulatory changes. The dry year unconstrained demand is estimated as a percentage of the normal year demand for the same period. The normal year demand forecast is described in Chapter 4 and is based on local agency and SCAG demographic projections and existing baseline conservation. The normal year demand for the intermediate years between 2025 and 2030 were interpolated.

Water supply characterization and reliability are discussed in Chapter 6. Table 7-5A shows the summary of supply and demand for the DRA period from 2026 to 2030.

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Table 7-5A: DRA Supply & Demand by Source
DRA Supply & Demand by Source
Demand 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Normal Year Demand 9,379 9,451 9,524 9,596 9,669
Dry-year hydrology 101.1% 102.4% 102.7% 99.1% 100.3%
DRA Demand 9,482 9,678 9,781 9,510 9,698
Supply 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Groundwater 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,450 1,700
Imported Water 8,282 8,478 8,581 8,060 7,998
DRA Supply 9,482 9,678 9,781 9,510 9,698
Metropolitan projects sufficient supply to meet demands over the next five years under both normal conditions and drought conditions. Metropolitan’s near-term DRA reveals that there could be a potential shortfall in core supplies in four of the next five years. This shortfall is largely triggered by the assumed low supply conditions from the SWP under a repeat of the historical condition of 1988- 1992. However, the DRA shows that Metropolitan’s total core, flexible, and storage supplies exceed the projected demand on Metropolitan for 2026-2030. This demonstrates Metropolitan’s water service reliability for each year of the next five years under a repeat of the driest five-year historical sequence of Metropolitan’s water supply.

The City’s DRA is presented in Submittal Table 7-5 which demonstrates water supply reliability during the long-term drought scenario that occurs over the next five years. No water shortage is projected that would trigger Water Shortage Contingency Plan Actions (discussed in Chapter 8).

This DRA will be modified as needed during interim periods between each UWMP should information become available that changes the forecasted supply.

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Table 7-5: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment
Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment
2026 Total
Gross Water Use 9,482
Total Supplies 9,482
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
Planned WSCP Actions
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0%
2027 Total
Gross Water Use 9,678
Total Supplies 9,678
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
Planned WSCP Actions
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0%
2028 Total
Gross Water Use 9,781
Total Supplies 9,781
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
Planned WSCP Actions
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0%
2029 Total
Gross Water Use 9,510
Total Supplies 9,510
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
Planned WSCP Actions
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0%
2030 Total
Gross Water Use 9,698
Total Supplies 9,698
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
Planned WSCP Actions
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0%
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8 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLANNING
Water supplies may be interrupted or reduced by droughts, earthquakes, and power outages which hinder a water agency’s ability to effectively deliver water. Drought impacts increase with the length of a drought, as supplies in reservoirs and other storage programs are depleted and water levels in groundwater basins decline. The ability to manage water supplies in times of drought or other emergencies is an important part of water resource management for a community. In anticipation of such water supply challenges; the Water Code requires suppliers to prepare and adopt a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which includes water shortage response actions that they would take in response to six standard levels of water shortage. This WSCP describes the water supply shortage policies the City has in place to respond to events including reductions and catastrophic interruption in water supply.

Water Supply Reliability Analysis
The City obtains its water supply from two sources: imported surface water purchased from Metropolitan and local groundwater extracted from the local Hollywood Basin and the La Brea Subarea of the Central Groundwater Basin. The imported water is treated by Metropolitan, and the groundwater is treated at the City’s Foothill WTP before being distributed to the City’s water system.

Every urban water supplier is required to assess the reliability of their water service to its customers under normal, dry, and five consecutive dry water years. There are various factors that may impact reliability of supplies such as environmental, regulatory, water quality and climatic, which are discussed in Section 7.2 of the 2025 UWMP.

Imported water supplies are subject to demand increases and reduced supplies during dry years.

However, Metropolitan modeling in its draft 2025 UWMP, as referenced in Section 7, results in 100 percent reliability for full-service demands through the year 2050 for all climatic conditions. Based on the conditions described above, the City anticipates the ability to meet water demand for all climatic conditions for the near future. In addition, the natural replenishment of the local groundwater basins from surface and subsurface flows (in addition to percolation from precipitation) and available groundwater storage provide a local source of supply and moderate dry season supply protection.

The combination of projects and programs implemented by Metropolitan and the City provide for reliable water supplies that are projected to meet full-service demands. The long-term supply and demand assessment to year 2050 is included in Section 7.3 of the UWMP with the results summarized in Table 8-1A below (UWMP Submittal Tables 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4). As shown, the City anticipates being able to meet water demand with adequate supplies through the year 2050 under normal, single dry, and multiple dry year conditions. The Drought Risk Assessment (DRA) for the next five years is included in Section 7.5 of the UWMP with the results of the analysis summarized in Table 7-5. There are no shortages projected if a drought were to occur over the next five years, thus it is anticipated that shortfall mitigation measures will not be needed.

Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures
Beginning in 2022, each supplier was required to prepare and submit to DWR an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (Annual Assessment) on or before July 1 of each year. The

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Annual Assessment and associated reporting are to be conducted based on procedures outlined in this section.

Decision-Making Process
Beginning in January of each year, the Annual Assessment will be prepared by the City’s Water Utility. During the Annual Assessment, or any unexpected water shortage period, the Water Utility will determine the extent of the conservation required based on water supply availability from its groundwater and imported water sources. As a member agency, the City will incorporate Metropolitan’s analysis and applicable response actions into its Annual Assessment if the information is available prior to the July 1 deadline. If the Annual Assessment results in a water shortage where response actions are required, the Department will recommend the adoption of a water reduction plan in the City’s Emergency Water Conservation Plan, last updated by Ordinance 20-O-2819 (effective October 16, 2020) that is necessary to address the level of water shortage.

The Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance was adopted and updated by the City Council to address the 2014 and 2015 State-mandated water conservation regulations. The water shortage stages are described in Section 8.4.

The Annual Assessment process will begin in January with the evaluation of supply and demand data and of current water supply conditions. The analysis will be reviewed by the Water Utility to determine any necessary shortage response actions by the end of April. By the month of June, Metropolitan staff will present its completed Annual Assessment for approval by Metropolitan’s Board of Directors along with any recommended specific shortage response actions resulting from the assessment. As a member agency, the City will incorporate Metropolitan’s analysis and response actions into its Annual Assessment if the information is available prior to the deadline for delivery to DWR by July 1. If a shortage response action is necessary to address an identified water shortage, the City’s Water Utility will seek the necessary approvals for implementation. See Table 8-1A below for procedures and timeline.

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Table 8-1A: Annual Assessment Timeline and Procedures
Annual Assessment Timeline and Procedures
Month(s) Activities
Data Phase
Jan-Feb Collect water supply by source for current year: Describe and quantify sources by provider along with any current constraints and related adjustments Jan-Feb Determine unconstrained water demand for current year: Describe and quantify demand and any influencing factors on demand along with related adjustments Jan-Mar Quantify "Dry Year" supplies and demands based on historical hydrologic data and input from Metropolitan
Feb-Mar Calculate the water supply reliability by comparing expected dry year supplies and demands to identify potential shortage.

Feb-Apr Determine any shortage and related actions
Decision Phase
May Draft Annual Assessment Report including water shortage response actions as needed Jun Finalize Annual Assessment. Deadline for incorporating data or analysis from Metropolitan.
1-Jul Send Final Annual Assessment Report to DWR
As Needed Implement water shortage response actions as required Data and Methodologies
The purpose of the Annual Assessment is to evaluate the water supply reliability for the coming year by conservatively assuming conditions will be dry and to determine how a perceived shortage may relate to WSCP shortage stage response actions. This information will be based on information available to the City at the time of the analysis. The Annual Assessment will utilize information from Metropolitan and current groundwater conditions for the expected supply of imported water and groundwater, respectively. The assessment will also consider the unconstrained water demand, planned water use, and infrastructure conditions. The analysis will look at current year water supply and demand conditions and assumed dry year conditions for the following year. The conditions of what defines a dry year will be determined based on current information from Metropolitan and will likely involve historic hydrology as is typically used in the dry-year analysis for the UWMP. The balance between projected water supplies and anticipated demand will be used to determine what, if any, shortage stage is expected under the WSCP framework.

The following steps outline the procedures for completing the Annual Assessment:

1. Water Supply - Quantify water supply by each source for the current year and anticipated supply for the subsequent year. The City will rely on coordination with Metropolitan for projected imported supply availability.

2. Unconstrained Water Demands - Quantify unconstrained customer demand for the current year and one year to follow. Use current year water demand by sector (available from monthly billing data) and adjust as needed to account for weather, prior8.2.2 City of Beverly Hills
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year conditions, anticipated new demands for the coming year, and any other factors pertinent to the land use and customer use patterns.

3. Subsequent Dry Year Analysis - Determine how the following year’s supply and demand quantities will be impacted anticipating that the year will be dry. Determine dry year conditions using methods similar to those used in the UWMP which consider historical hydrology, data from Metropolitan, and any additional sources available at the time.

4. Infrastructure Considerations - Evaluate infrastructure capabilities and any constraints within the City, Metropolitan, and groundwater supplies that may affect the ability to deliver supplies to meet expected demand in the coming year, including anticipated capital improvement projects.

5. Other Factors - Address any other applicable factors that can influence or disrupt supplies.

6. Evaluation - Compare the anticipated supply and demand that have been calculated for the following year, assuming dry conditions to determine any potential shortage in supply and the appropriate response action as developed in the WSCP.

The steps above will be documented with supporting text including coordination with other agencies, sources of data, and assumptions.

Water Shortage Levels
The State developed six standard shortage levels pursuant to Water Code Section 10632(a)(3)(B).

The State’s shortage levels correspond to progressive ranges of up to 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 percent shortages, and greater than 50 percent shortages. Each of the six shortage levels represents an increasing gap between the City’s estimated supplies and the unconstrained demand as determined in the Annual Assessment or the gap between supply and demand at any time due to an unforeseen event that interrupts water supplies. A supplier’s existing water shortage categories that use different shortage levels may comply with these six levels by developing a cross-reference relating the existing categories to the six standard water shortage levels. The City has five existing shortage level categories, included in its Emergency Water Conservation Plan, that will be utilized in this WSCP and cross-referenced to the standard six levels. Submittal Table 8-1 shows a graphic of the City’s adopted water shortage levels and their relationship to the six standard water shortage levels prescribed by the Water Code.

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Table 8-1: Cross-reference of City and State Standard Shortage Levels Water Shortage Contingency Plan Levels
State Standard Levels Beverly Hills Corresponding Shortage Levels Shortage
Level
Percent
Shortage
Range
Beverly Hills
Shortage Level
Supply
Reduction Water Supply Condition
1 Up to 10%
A 5%
A stage A shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a five percent (5%) reduction in potable water use is required
B 10%
A stage B shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a ten percent (10%) reduction in potable water use is required
2 Up to 20% C 20%
A stage C shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a twenty percent (20%)
reduction in potable water use is required
3 Up to 30%
D 30%
A stage D shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a thirty percent (30%) or higher reduction in potable water use is required.
4 Up to 40%
5 Up to 50%
E
50%
A stage E shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a catastrophic interruption of
potable water supply has occurred or is foreseen
6 >50% E & ERP >50% A stage E shortage plus activation of Emergency Response Plan
Shortage Response Actions
CWC directs that the WSCP contains shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels, and include:
• Supply Augmentation Actions
• Demand Reduction Actions
• Operational Changes
• Additional, mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices that are in addition to state-mandated prohibitions and appropriate to the local conditions • An estimate of the extent to which the gap between supplies and demand will be reduced by implementation of each action
Metropolitan Water Shortage Contingency Plan
The City relies on imported water from Metropolitan. Metropolitan’s WSCP describes preparedness and response actions for droughts and other impacts on water supplies and outlines the measures to manage and mitigate water shortage. A copy of Metropolitan’s WSCP is included in Appendix 4

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of their 2025 UWMP. As a member agency, the City will coordinate and cooperate with programs implemented by Metropolitan in response to water shortages.

Table 8-2A (Table A.4-5, Metropolitan WSCP) indicates Metropolitan’s shortage responses to meet the circumstance for the six shortage levels defined by DWR. Metropolitan’s planning involves a complex mix of variables. To determine specific actions at each standard shortage level, Metropolitan will evaluate conditions specific to cost, timing, distribution needs and capabilities, and other variables that include SWP allocation, Colorado River conditions, demand reduction measures, supply program take capacities, and storage balances.

Table 8-2A: Metropolitan Water Shortage Contingency Plan Shortage Levels Metropolitan’s WSCP is designed to be consistent with their previously adopted Water Surplus and Drought Management (WSDM) and Water Supply Allocation Plan (WSAP).

City of Beverly Hills Response Actions
During a water shortage period, the Water Utility will determine the extent of the conservation required based on water supply availability from its groundwater and imported water sources. As a Metropolitan member agency, the City will follow Metropolitan’s adopted WSCP and required actions. Depending on the severity of the water shortage, the Department will recommend to the Shortage
Stage
Shortage
Percentage
1 Up to 10%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation 2 10% to 20%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation 3 20% to 30%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation 4 30% to 40%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation 5 40% to 50%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation 6 More than
50%
• Take from Storage
• Execute Flexible Supplies
• Implement Voluntary Demand Reduction
• Take from Emergency Storage, if needed
• Implement Supply Allocations
• 0 to 100% met by Storage
• 0 to 100% met by Flexible Supplies
• 0 to 20% of total retail w ater use met by implementing Communication Plan • 0 to 50% of total base demand met by supply allocation • Take from emergecy storage during a catastrophic event Metropolitan WSCP Shortage Stages and Response Actions
Shortage Response

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City Manager the adoption of a water reduction plan, as detailed in Ordinance 20-O-2819, that is necessary to address the level of water shortage.

In 1992, the Beverly Hills City Council adopted an Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance (Ordinance 92-O-2139) last updated in 2020 by Ordinance 20-O-2819, which establishes five stages of water shortage severity based on predicted or actual water supply reductions as shown in Table 8-2B. The City implements certain initiatives to optimize water supply during water shortages or drought conditions. The City will manage water supplies to minimize the social and economic impacts of water shortages. Additionally, in an emergency which leads to catastrophic supply interruption, the City has an emergency response plan in place to respond to catastrophic interruption.

Table 8-2B: City Stages of Water Shortage
City Stages of Water Shortage
Stage
Supply
Reduction Water Supply Condition
A 5%
A stage A shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a five percent (5%) reduction
in potable water use is required.

B 10%
A stage B shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a ten percent (10%) reduction
in potable water use is required.

C 20%
A stage C shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a twenty percent (20%)
reduction in potable water use is required.

D 30% or higher
A stage D shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a thirty percent (30%) or
higher reduction in potable water use is required.

E 50%
A stage E shortage shall be declared when the city
manager determines that a catastrophic interruption of
potable water supply has occurred or is foreseen.

The Water Conservation Ordinance is designed to provide the amount of conservation needed for various conditions. This ranges from a minor drought (Stage A) to the occurrence of an unforeseen catastrophic interruption of potable water supply (Stage E). The City's two potable water sources are local groundwater and imported deliveries through Metropolitan. Rationing stages may be triggered by a shortage in one source or a combination of sources, and shortages may trigger a stage at any time. In the event of a shortage, the City Manager will declare the appropriate water conservation stage by resolution.

Table 8-2 includes the City’s water shortage response actions classified at the State’s six standard shortage levels. The response actions correspond to the City’s established stages of water shortage as shown previously in Table 8-1 and also the City’s Emergency Response Plan for shortage levels above 50 percent. The shortage response actions are further detailed below and in Table 8-3.

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Table 8-2 Water Shortage Contingency Plan Levels
Water Shortage Contingency Plan Levels
State
Shortage
Level
Percent Shortage
Range
Shortage Response Actions
(Narrative description)
1 Up to 10%
City Manager declares a Stage B shortage: All users reduce to 90 percent of baseline water use, restaurants serve water upon request only, customers must repair leaks and breaks in a timely manner.
2 Up to 20% City Manager declares a Stage C shortage: All restrictions of Stage B and users reduce to 80 percent of baseline water use.
3 Up to 30%
City Manager declares a Stage D shortage: All restrictions of Stage C, users reduce to 70 percent of baseline water use, limit landscape irrigation days, pool filling allowed only when appropriate cover is in place, restrict water feature use, prohibit potable use for vehicle washing, construction, dust control, and washing hard surfaces. 4 Up to 40%
City Manager declares a Stage D: All restrictions of Stage D, users further reduce use to 60 percent of baseline.
5 Up to 50%
City Manager declares a Stage E shortage: All restrictions of Stage D, users reduce to 50 percent of baseline water use, prioritize water use to health and safety needs, subsequent water use is prioritized to maintain commerce, then enhance aesthetic, and last to facilitate construction.
6 >50%
City Manager declares a Stage E shortage and activates Emergency Response Plan: All restrictions of Stage D, ERP standardized response and recovery protocol, contact planning partnerships as part of Mutual Aid Agreements to respond to catastrophic supply interruption.

Supply Augmentation Actions
The City has two primary sources of supply, imported water from Metropolitan and local groundwater. The reliability of these supplies and the response to shortages have been integrated into the City’s normal water management planning. The reliability of these water supplies under normal and dry conditions is documented in Chapter 7 of the 2020 UWMP.

If there is a specified shortage in supply as shown in Table 8-2, then it is assumed that one or both sources are limited to the extent to cause such a shortage. As no alternative sources are available, supply is not a response triggered by the WSCP’s shortage level but already represented in the determination of any gap between supply and customer water use.

Demand Reduction Actions
When a water reduction plan is not in effect, the City encourages all customers within the service area to use water efficiently by avoiding wasteful activities as specified in Article 2 of the City’s City of Beverly Hills
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Water Use Efficiency Regulations, Section 9-4-201: Permanent Water Use Restrictions and Waste Prevention. The City’s Emergency Water Conservation Plan adopted priorities for making water available from highest to lowest are as follows:

1. Health and Safety including consumption and sanitation for all water users; fire suppression; hospitals, emergency care, nursing and other convalescent homes and other similar health care facilities; shelters and water treatment

2. Institutions, including government facilities and schools such as public safety facilities, essential government operations, public pools, and recreation areas

3. All non-essential commercial and residential water uses

4. Landscaped areas of significance, including parks, open spaces, and government-facility landscaped areas

5. New water demand
The City has developed various restrictions and prohibitions on end uses for each of the five stages indicated in Table 8-3. Water conservation measures become more restrictive with each progressive stage to address the increasing differential between water supply and demand. These prohibitions and restrictions include the following type of areas where these prohibitions or restrictions would be imposed:
• Landscape Irrigation
• Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional
• Water Features
• Swimming Pools and Spas
• Other
Table 8-3 presents the restrictions or prohibitions that would be implemented with each conservation stage along with the estimated percent reduction that could be anticipated. The City will also work in conjunction with Metropolitan to implement water shortage plans on a regional level.

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Table 8-3: Restrictions and Prohibitions on End Uses
Demand Reduction Actions
State
Shortage
Level
Demand Reduction Actions
How much is
this going to
reduce the
shortage gap?
Additional Explanation or Reference
(optional)
Penalty, Charge,
or Other
Enforcement?
1 Other 5% Stage A 5% system-wide reduction is
required No
1 Expand Public Information
Campaign
Enhancing effectiveness of other
actions No
1 Improve Customer Billing 1% No
1 Provide Rebates on Plumbing
Fixtures and Devices 1% No
1 Reduce System Water Loss 1% No
1 Other - Customers must repair
leaks, breaks, and malfunctions in a
timely manner
3% to 5% Yes
1 Other 5% Stage B 10% system-wide reduction is
required Yes
2 Other 10% All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage
B (Level 1)
Yes
2 Other 10% Stage C 20% system-wide reduction is
required Yes
2 Landscape – Limit irrigation to
specific days 5% Limit to specific days and times Yes
3 Other 20% All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage
C (Level 2) Yes
3 Other 5% - 20% Stage D 30% or more system-wide
reduction is required Yes
3 Other water feature or swimming
pool restriction 1% Allow filling swimming pools only if needed for health and safety Yes 3 Other - Prohibit use of potable
water for washing hard surfaces 2%
Limit to specific situations. Includes
buildings. Details in City’s Emergency
Water Conservation Plan
Yes
3 Other 1% Prohibits use of hydrant water and
flushing. Limit use to firefighting only Yes
4 Other 30% or more
Same as Level 3: Stage D system-wide
reduction is required Yes
5 Other 30% or more All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage D (Levels 3 & 4) Yes
5 Other 10% to
Unknown
All users to reduce to 50% or percent
needed due to interruption in supply Yes
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Demand Reduction Actions (cont.)
State
Shortage
Level
Demand Reduction Actions
How much is this going
to reduce the shortage
gap?
Additional Explanation
or Reference
(optional)
Penalty, Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
5 Landscape - Prohibit all landscape
irrigation 20% to 50%
Priority to health and
safety needs. Subsequent
water uses are prioritized
to maintain and expand
commerce, then to
enhance the aesthetics of
the environment, and then
to facilitate construction
activities.

Yes
6 Other 50% +
All restrictions and
prohibitions of Stage E
(Level 5)
Yes
6 Other Ration water supplies as
needed
ERP response and
recovery protocol to
catastrophic supply
interruption
Yes
NOTES: (1) Reduction percentages are estimated based on experience with existing DMMs and are subject to refinement after monitoring observed outcomes. (2) Reduction Actions are selected from a DWR drop down list. These are the only categories that are accepted for online submittal. See Additional Explanation for “Other.” (3) Shortage Level based on State’s six standard levels which can be mapped to the City’s Shortage Stages using UWMP Table 8-1.

The City has developed a number of consumption reduction program methods that include:
• Public Information Campaign
• Enhancement of City’s Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) Customer Portal Program • Customer Billing
• Frequency of Meter Reading
• Water Use Landscape Audits
• Rebates or Giveaways of Plumbing Fixtures and Devices • Rebates for Landscape Irrigation Efficiency
• Reduction of Water System Loss
Table 8-3A presents the various consumption reduction methods employed by the City that are not quantifiable as far as percentage of closing the shortage gap but supplement the shortage response actions shown in Table 8-3.

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Table 8-3A: Consumption Reduction Methods
Consumption Reduction Methods by Conservation Stage
Conservation
Stage
Consumption Reduction
Methods Additional Explanation or Reference
All Stages Offer Water Use Audits
The City's water audits are aimed at developing residential customer water use efficiency for both landscape and indoor water use.

All Stages
Provide Rebates on
Plumbing Fixtures and
Devices
The City's residential, commercial, industrial, & institutional plumbing retrofit programs involve providing customers with water efficient plumbing devices such as low-flow showerheads, highefficiency washing machines, and low-flush toilets.

All Stages Expand Public Information
Campaign
These programs provide the public information to promote water conservation and water conservation-related benefits.

All Stages Improve Customer Billing Through this program, the City provides economic incentives to customers to use water efficiently.

All Stages Reduce System Water Loss
System water audits, leak detection and repair conducted by water operations/maintenance staff; these programs aim at reducing water losses through a water agency's system.

All Stages Other City’s Water Conservation Administrator works with other City staff to enhance water conservation measures.

All Stages Other The City has deployed SMART timers and drip irrigation systems used in City landscaped areas to improve water use efficiency.

The following consumption reduction methods, also discussed in Chapter 9 (Demand Management Measures), have been undertaken by the City to reduce water demand within their service area:

Public Information Campaign
The City maintains a website titled BHsaves.org which provides information regarding:
• Methods to reduce water use;
• Watering restrictions;
• Fines and surcharges associated with violation of watering restrictions; • Water rebates for installing certain water saving devices; • Individual water metering monitoring; and
• Other frequently asked questions regarding water use and conservation.

In addition, the City has hired a Sustainability Program Administrator to assist in the public information campaign to educate the public on water conservation. Moreover, the City has partnered with Metropolitan in school education outreach programs that provide information to children to learn the importance of water conservation.

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Customer Billing
The City has developed conservation pricing to provide economic incentives to customers to use water efficiently. In addition, the City has installed SMART water meters that allow individual residential customers to view their water usage on a daily basis through the City’s website BHsaves.org.

Frequency of Meter Reading
The City employs an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). The AMI uses new Neptune Water Meters that are SMART meters that can detect a suspected leak if it is on the customer’s property.

The new water meters use a fixed network system where the water meter sends the water meter reading hourly to a Data Collection Unit. The Data Collection Unit calls into the network computer each morning around 2:00 A.M. These meters will determine if there is an apparent leak on the customer’s property. If there is continuous usage of water over a 24-hour period, the system will send out an alarm (noting the address) to the City’s Customer Service Representative who can notify the customer that they have a suspected leak on their property.

Water Use Surveys
The City has developed water survey programs for both single and multi-family residential customers. The City's water surveys are aimed at developing residential customer water use efficiency for both landscape and indoor water use.

Rebates or Giveaways of Plumbing Fixtures and Devices
The City maintains a residential plumbing retrofit program that involves providing customers with rebates for water efficient plumbing devices such as low-flow showerheads, ultra-low flush toilets, high-efficiency washing machines, and rain-collection barrels.

Reduction of Water System Loss
The City regularly conducts water system audits, leak detection and repairs as part of its overall operations. These activities are conducted by water operations/maintenance staff and are aimed at reducing water losses through the City’s water mains.

Implementation of Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge
The City has developed a tiered rate pricing structure which incorporates drought rates into the overall rate structure. The quantity charge under non-drought conditions varies depending on the amount of metered use in each billing period with tiered or increasing block rates across four use volume tiers. The City of Beverly Hills Water Rate Study (January 2019) describes the City’s rate structure and water storage revenue stabilization factors that may be put into effect during water shortages. The City may implement water shortage revenue stabilization factors during periods of water use restrictions to allow rate adjustments on quantity charges based on the level of restriction as specified in the WSCP. This rate structure is in the City’s Water Regulations, Title 9, Chapter 4, Article 3.

Other
In early 2016, the City hired a full time Water Sustainability Program Administrator and Water Sustainability Analyst who are responsible for the City’s water conservation programs including

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water and landscape audits, public education on water efficiency and the overall water conservation efforts of the City of Beverly Hills and the portion of West Hollywood the City serves.

In addition, the City’s Parks Department has deployed SMART timers and drip irrigation systems for landscaped areas for many of the City-owned properties within the City’s service area.

Moreover, the City is revising its overall landscape strategy for the City’s parks and medians to incorporate water conservation methods using drought tolerant vegetation and upgrading water features including high-efficiency filters, sensors, pumps, and other devices to reduce overall water loss.

Catastrophic Supply Interruption
Given the great distances that imported supplies travel to reach Southern California, the region is vulnerable to interruptions along hundreds of miles of aqueducts, pipelines and other facilities associated with delivering the supplies to the region. Additionally, the infrastructure in place to deliver supplies is susceptible to damage from earthquakes and other disasters.

Metropolitan
Metropolitan has comprehensive plans for stages of actions it would undertake to address a catastrophic interruption in water supplies through its WSDM Plan and WSAP. In addition, Metropolitan’s Emergency Storage Objective is the regional planning estimate for emergency storage and is based on the potential for a major earthquake that would damage all supply aqueducts, thus isolating southern California from its imported water sources or a similar disaster.

In 2019, Metropolitan and its member agencies completed a process to update the planning estimate of Metropolitan’s Emergency Storage Objective. This represents the amount of water that Metropolitan would store for the region in preparation for catastrophic damage to aqueducts.

Emergency storage allows Metropolitan to deliver reserve supplies to the member agencies to supplement local production and avoid severe water shortages. Seismic risk assessment is also addressed in Metropolitan’s seismic resiliency reports in Appendix 8 to their 2025 UWMP.

Metropolitan staff routinely participate in emergency response training exercises that are often based on a postulated seismic event. In 2019, Metropolitan started a new five‐year emergency exercise plan that will allow all member agencies to participate in at least one of Metropolitan’s annual emergency exercises. The first of these exercises was a tabletop exercise for the Orange County member agencies on August 29, 2019, which focused on a hypothetical incident at the Diemer Water Treatment Plant (Metropolitan, 2025 UWMP).

Metropolitan is working with the State to implement a comprehensive improvement plan to address catastrophic occurrences outside of the southern California region, such as a maximum probable seismic event in the Delta that would cause levee failure and disruption of SWP deliveries. Details on Metropolitan’s planned responses to catastrophic interruption can be found in Metropolitan’s 2025 UWMP.

City of Beverly Hills
The City of Beverly Hills Potable Water Emergency Response Plan (ERP) includes a standardized response and recovery protocol to prevent, minimize, and mitigate injury and damage resulting from emergencies or disasters caused by man, natural, or of dependency/proximity origin.

The goals of this ERP are to:

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• Minimize negative impacts on public health and employee safety • Provide emergency public information concerning customer service • Rapidly restore water service after an emergency
• Ensure adequate water supply for fire suppression
• Minimize water system damage
• Minimize impact and loss to customers
The ERP describes how the City of Beverly Hills will respond to potential threats or actual scenarios identified in the vulnerability assessment, as well as additional emergency response situations.

Included in the ERP are specific action plans that will be used to respond to events and incidents.

As part of the overall ERP planning process, the City has developed Planning Partnerships with other parties who have agreed to help the utility in an emergency situation. In addition, the City has developed Mutual Aid Agreements with both internal and external agencies and organizations in the event of a disaster or event that causes a catastrophic supply interruption.

The planning process also includes a vulnerability assessment and the development of Disaster Events or Scenarios and associated specific action plans. The action plans would include:
• Initiation and Notification Requirements
• Required Equipment
• Specific Activities that would be performed
o Assess the problem
o Isolation of the problem and fixing
o Monitoring of the problem
o Recovery from the problem and return to normal operations o Reporting of findings
Due to the sensitive nature of the information contained in the ERP, distribution of the document is limited to those individuals directly involved in the emergency planning and response activities for the City.

8.5.2.1 City Emergency Connections
The City of Beverly Hills has three emergency water supply connections with the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The metered connections have design capacities of 2.6 MGD, 13.5 MGD, and 4.8 MGD. City staff must contact the City of Los Angeles to request the activation of either connection. Activation of the connection(s) is dependent upon and subject to the prior needs of the LADWP customers and availability of surplus water. In accordance with the water transfer agreement, both agencies are required to meet in the field at each connection and agree to the volumetric reading of the meter prior to activation.

8.5.2.2 Electrical Outages
Metropolitan has also developed contingency plans that enable it to address both planned and unplanned electrical outages. These plans include the following key points:

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• In event of power outages, water supply can be maintained by gravity feed from Diamond Valley Lake, Lake Mathews, Castaic Lake, and Silverwood Lake • Maintaining water treatment operations is a key concern. As a result, all Metropolitan treatment plants have backup generation sufficient to continue operating in event of supply failure on the main electrical grid
• Valves at Lake Skinner (Riverside) can be operated by the backup generation at the Lake Skinner treatment plant
• Metropolitan owns mobile generators that can be transported quickly to key locations if necessary
Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 required state and local governments to develop hazard mitigation plans by November 2004. The Beverly Hills City Council approved the development of such a plan which was adopted and approved by FEMA in 2004. As required by FEMA, the Plan must be updated every five years. The City has prepared a draft 2025 City of Beverly Hills Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) update. Previously, the City prepared the 2017 Local Hazard Mitigation Action Plan to implement a hazard mitigation strategy within the community. The plan provides a list of activities that may assist the City in reducing risk and preventing loss from future hazard events. The strategies address multi-hazard issues, as well as activities for specific hazard events including earthquakes. Thus, the 2025 iteration of the plan serves as a comprehensive hazard mitigation plan update.

The LHMP identified earthquakes and wildfires as high risk and the most likely and most devastating hazards to occur within the City. The City is located in a region that is subject to high seismic activity. Due to the City’s proximity to active faults, the area is likely to be impacted by future earthquakes, however the strength and timing of these earthquakes is unknown. A major earthquake occurring on any one of these faults could result in a substantial number of deaths and injuries and extensive damage to both public and private property. The economic impact in direct and indirect costs will be billions of dollars. Listed among the critical infrastructure in the LHMP are the water treatment plant, reservoirs, pump stations, and public works facilities.

The LHMP explicitly classifies water systems as critical facilities and community lifelines, recognizing that potable water, fire suppression, and pressure-dependent systems are essential to post-earthquake response and recovery. Because these assets are designated as lifeline infrastructure, they are prioritized in both the seismic vulnerability assessment and mitigation strategy. The plan notes that seismic damage can simultaneously reduce water availability and increase water demand, particularly for fire suppression following earthquakes, creating compounding risk.

As part of the seismic vulnerability assessment, the LHMP evaluates:
• Exposure of water reservoirs and treatment facilities to strong ground shaking • Dependence of water delivery on other vulnerable lifelines, such as power and communications
• Potential system-wide service disruptions, not just isolated facility damage

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The LHMP’s mitigation strategies align closely with seismic risk reduction for water infrastructure, particularly under the Structure and Infrastructure Projects category. Relevant approaches include:
• Seismic retrofitting of reservoirs, pump stations, and treatment facilities • Pipeline improvements or replacement in high-risk seismic or liquefaction zones • Integration of water system upgrades into the Capital Improvement Program • Coordination with emergency water supply and continuity planning to ensure minimum service levels after earthquakes
These actions are framed to support eligibility for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance funding, including BRIC and HMGP, which are commonly used for water system seismic upgrades. Among existing mitigation activities are the seismic modifications for water system reservoirs and pump stations. The City constructed 5 new steel tank reservoirs and pump stations to meet seismic requirements. The final reservoir was constructed and placed into service in 2015.

The LHMP includes the development of a plan for the water storage and distribution system during the event of infrastructure failure which can occur during an earthquake. This study is to be carried out by the Public Works Department and is associated with the Office of Emergency Management.

The Public Works subcommittee meets to develop policy recommendations on a variety of issues such as reviewing and recommending modifications to stages of emergency, water storage capacity, and making recommendations with staff to take back to the Commission for review of recommendations. Also included is an inter-jurisdictional coordination plan to continue to coordinate with and support Los Angeles County departments in carrying out inspections and emergency responses. The City’s Draft LHMP is included in Appendix J.

One of the priorities of the City’s IWRMP is Emergency Resiliency, or ensuring the City is implementing projects that make systems more resilient to emergencies. The primary focus of the analysis was emergency storage for the water system. The emergency storage goal is 7-days of emergency storage during summer months. The analysis considered the conditions with the Foothill WTP both online and offline. With the Foothill plant offline, and assuming an emergency outage of Metropolitan water supply were to occur, the City has a maximum of 3.4 to 5.7 days of storage when the reservoirs are full.

In 2025-2026, the City completed the installation of three (3) Reservoir Management Systems (RMSs) in three of its largest reservoirs at Coldwater, Greystone, and Sunset reservoirs respectively. The RMSs provide automated active mixing and chemical disinfection at each site.

By doing so, the RMSs enable these key reservoirs to operate at higher operational levels providing increased operational storage availability during an emergency.

Additionally, the City is currently moving forward with the design of the Cabrillo Reservoir Forebay and Pump Station project. Upon completion, these improvements will enhance fire flow capacity and resiliency for Pressure Zone 9 Montecielo pump station and provide pumping capacity redundancy for Pressure Zone 8.

The IWRMP also recommends maximizing the City’s groundwater supply to increase emergency storage duration. A groundwater well with backup power capability provides additional local supply and reduces reliance on Metropolitan.

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distribution of the document is limited to those individuals directly involved in the emergency planning and response activities for the City.

The City of Beverly Hills assures that this emergency response plan incorporates the results of a vulnerability assessment for the water system and includes plans, procedures, and identification of equipment that can be implemented or used in the event of any and all hazards, including natural, caused by man, or due to dependency on or proximity to the water system. The City of Beverly Hills has also provided a copy of the ERP to the local State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Division of Drinking Water (DDW) District 22 Angeles Office in Glendale, California.

Communication Protocols
As outlined in Section 8.2, beginning in 2022 each supplier will be required to prepare and submit to DWR an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment on or before July 1 of each year. The Annual Assessment will be prepared by the City Water Utility and presented to the Public Works Commission if any specific shortage response actions are triggered by the WSCP resulting from the assessment.

For any unexpected water shortage period, the Water Utility will determine the extent of the shortage and action required based on water supply availability from its groundwater and imported water sources. Depending on the severity of the water shortage, the Water Utility and Public Works Commission will recommend to City Council the adoption of a water reduction plan that is necessary to address the level of water shortage under the WSCP and Ordinance 20-O-2819, the Emergency Water Conservation Plan.

As a Metropolitan member agency, the City will also follow Metropolitan’s adopted WSDM Plan. By the month of June, Metropolitan staff will present its completed Annual Assessment for approval by Metropolitan’s Board of Directors along with any recommended specific shortage response actions resulting from the assessment. As a member agency, the City will incorporate Metropolitan’s analysis and response actions into its Annual Assessment if the information is available prior to the approval deadline by the Public Works Commission for delivery to DWR by July 1.

The City will communicate any current or predicted water shortage, water shortage actions, and customer use restrictions to their customers and the general public through an expansion of the public education and outreach programs described in Section 9.1. Information will be provided using billing inserts and publications in newsletters, local newspapers, and the City’s water conservation website (BHsaves.org). Water conservation information will be displayed in the City libraries, community centers, and police stations.

Compliance and Enforcement
The City maintains water meters on all residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional uses within the service area. Bimonthly billing cycle water use comparisons provided in units or acrefeet are often provided on the bi-monthly bills sent to the consumer. In addition, all customers can access information on their water usage via water.beverlyhills.org or through the City’s BHsaves.org website. Through the City’s customer portal program, customers can view their usage every hour, day, week, month, billing cycle or year. The customer portal also has an alert feature so customers can be alerted if there is abnormal water use occurring at their property.

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In the event that the Emergency Water Conservation Plan is violated, the City reserves the right to impose penalties. Penalties will be imposed depending on the water conservation stage, as defined under City Municipal Code Section 9-4-304, and summarized in Table 8-4A.

Table 8-4A: Penalties and Fines for Violations in Each Conservation Stage Penalties and Fines for Violations in Each Conservation Stage Conservation
Stage Monetary Fine
Possible Water Service
Termination or Reduction Imprisonment
A No No No
B Up to $100 No No
C Up to $500 No No
D Up to $1,000 Yes No
E Up to $1,000 Yes Yes, 6 Months
The City’s adopted Ordinance 20-O-2819 amending the City’s municipal code regarding emergency water conservation provisions is included in Appendix E.

Legal Authorities
The City has legal authority to implement and enforce its shortage response actions and emergency response actions. The City is authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions of the City's Emergency Water Conservation Plan under Chapter 4 of Title 9 (Water Regulation) of the City of Beverly Hills Municipal Code. Under Article 9-4-301, the City Manager is authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the public under an unforeseeable disaster such as an earthquake, reservoir failure or other major disruption in the water supply. In the event of a foreseeable water emergency, such as an extended drought, the City Manager is authorized to implement the applicable provisions of the ordinance after holding a public hearing before the City Council. The City Manager is authorized to determine and declare that a water shortage emergency exists and implement actions to relieve the shortage, and the City Council may modify any determination by the City Manager.

The City will declare a water shortage emergency condition to prevail within the service area whenever it finds and determines that the ordinary demands and requirements of water consumers cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supply to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human consumption, sanitation, and fire protection. Additionally, the City shall coordinate with the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County for the possible proclamation of a local emergency under California Government Code, California Emergency Services Act.

Financial Consequences of WSCP
During prolonged shortages, customers are required to conserve or even ration their water use. A reduction in water consumption could result in loss of revenues needed to maintain and operate the water system. The City included Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Adjustments within their Water Rates Ordinance whereby quantity charge rates are adjusted in conjunction with the reduction stages in the WSCP. The water shortage revenue stabilization factors are by water conservation stage and class and are implemented only during periods of declared shortages. At least 30 days prior to making the adjustment, notice will be provided to rate payers, which can be included in the customer’s bills.

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In addition, the City may elect to delay capital improvement projects to lower costs. The City’s tiered water rate structure and revenue stabilization factor is designed to cover the total system costs of providing water to its customers and account for the impact of long-term conservation on revenue and reserves. Additional information on conservation rates and rate stabilization is provided in Appendix I, City of Beverly Hills 2019 Water Rate Study.

Monitoring and Reporting
The City’s supply and demand data are recorded and reviewed daily. Month-end water meter readings are also collected and compiled into Monthly and FY to date water system reports. Data will be monitored and compared from week to week and used to measure the effectiveness of any water shortage contingency stage that may be implemented. Additionally, the City has a full-time Water Conservation Coordinator that is responsible for the City’s water conservation program including water system surveys, public education on water conservation, and the overall water conservation efforts of the City.

The City will follow Metropolitan's WSDM Plan and other regional guidelines as the City enters water shortage stages. If Metropolitan calls for extraordinary conservation, Metropolitan’s Drought Program Officer will coordinate public information activities directly with the City and monitor the effectiveness of ongoing conservation programs. Monthly reporting on estimated conservation water savings will be provided.

Metropolitan will provide each member agency with water use monthly reports that will compare each member agency’s current cumulative retail usage to their allocation baseline. Metropolitan will also provide quarterly reports on its cumulative retail usage versus its allocation baseline.

The City’s staff will also participate in regular groundwater monitoring to be aware of groundwater conditions on a timely basis.

WSCP Refinement Procedures
The WSCP is prepared and implemented as an adaptive management plan. Based on the monitoring and reporting program presented in Section 8.9, the City will evaluate the need to revise its WSCP. The WSCP will be refined as needed to ensure that the shortage response actions are effective and produce the desired results. If potential refinements or new actions are identified, the City will evaluate the effectiveness and incorporate them into the WSCP if deemed appropriate.

The action will be identified and implemented at the appropriate water shortage level. Refinements to the WSCP will be presented by the Water Utility to the City Council for approval and adoption, including any necessary additions or revisions to the Municipal Code.

Special Water Feature Distinction
For purposes of this WSCP, water features that are not pools or spas are analyzed and defined separately from pools and spas. Non-pool and non-spa water features may use or be able to use recycled water, whereas pools and spas must use potable water for health and safety considerations. In this WSCP, the term ‘pool’ refers to both pools and spas that must use potable water and the term ‘water feature’ or ‘decorative water feature’ refers to non-pool and non-spa features. Any actions for these two classifications are designated separately in this WSCP.

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Plan Adoption, Submittal and Availability
This WSCP was adopted and implemented with the 2025 UWMP. The adoption process included external coordination and outreach activities carried out by the City and their corresponding dates shown in Chapter 10 of the UWMP.

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9 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES
The water conservation programs, also called demand management measures (DMMs), the City has implemented, are currently implementing, and plans to implement in order to meet its urban water use reduction targets are presented in this section.

The California Water Code addressing DMMs was significantly modified in 2014, based on recommendations from the Independent Technical Panel (ITP) to the legislature. The ITP was formed by DWR to provide information and recommendations to DWR and the Legislature on new demand management measures, technologies, and approaches to water use efficiency. In its report to the Legislature, the ITP recommended that the UWMP Act should be amended to simplify, clarify, and update the demand management measure reporting requirements. The ITP recommended, and the legislature enacted, streamlining the retail agency requirements from 14 specific measures to six more general requirements plus an “other” category, which are discussed in Section 9.1.

Demand Management Measures for Retail Agencies
Water Waste Prevention Ordinances
A water waste ordinance explicitly states that the waste of water is to be prohibited. The ordinance may prohibit specific actions that waste water, such as excessive runoff from landscape irrigation, or use of a hose outdoors without a shut off nozzle. A water waste prevention ordinance is in place at all times and is not dependent upon a water shortage for implementation. However, a water waste ordinance may include increasingly restrictive prohibitions that may be implemented in response to shortages.

Section 9-4-201 of the Civil Code (Ordinance 18-O-2761, effective 11-16-2018), Permanent Water Use Restrictions and Water Waste Prevention, states the permanent water use restrictions that are in effect at all times. The following summarize the unlawful use of potable water:
• Watering or irrigation between the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. • Watering that causes runoff onto non-irrigated areas or adjacent property • Watering within 48 hours after measurable rainfall
• Allowing the loss of water through breaks, leaks or other malfunction of the water user’s plumbing or distribution system (with a 7-day period to repair or make other arrangements with the public works department)
• Serving drinking water to restaurant customers other than upon request • Failing to provide written notice to hotel patrons of their right to refrain from being provided with laundered towels and linens on a daily basis
• Failing to abide by any State law or regulation concerning water conservation • Washing down buildings or sidewalks with certain exceptions for water efficient nozzles, water recycling, and health and safety considerations

9.1.1.1 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
As discussed in Section 4.6, the City adopted the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) in 2025 to provide a roadmap for the City to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce environmental

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degradation and prepare for climate change impacts. The City identified Water and Ecosystems as one of the CAAP sectors with six measures to reduce emissions and protect and enhance local ecosystems.

Water and Ecosystems Measures:
• WE 1.1 - Water Efficiency Requirements
• WE 1.2 - Water-neutral new development
• WE 1.3 - Remove barriers to water efficient landscaping • WE 2.1 - Urban Forest Management Plan
• WE 2.2 - Miyawaki Tiny Forest Pilot
• WE 2.3 - Non-potable water resources
GHG emissions from water supply are generated by the energy used to convey, treat, and distribute water, with imported water sources requiring a high energy intensity. Although, water sector GHG emissions only accounts for 1% of communitywide emissions in Beverly Hills, access to clean and safe water supply has innumerable quality of life benefits.

Between 2015 and 2019, Beverly Hills reduced its reliance on imported water by 9% through its water conservation efforts. The primary driver for emissions reduction in water sector results from the decreased carbon intensity of electricity used to operate the pumps and treatment facilities required to supply water to Beverly Hills.

The City will update progress towards GHG emissions targets via a biennial communitywide GHG emissions inventory through the online performance dashboard, CAPDash. CAPDash is a tool developed by consultants that allows Beverly Hills to track the biennial emission reductions achieved through the implementation of each measure. CAPDash will also include tracking of the performance metrics for applicable CAAP measures and actions, including water consumption.

Staff will evaluate the results of each metric and chart a path forward to meet emissions reduction and water conservation targets.

Metering
The City maintains water meters on all residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal connections to the City’s water distribution system. As part of the City’s water meter change out program, the City employed an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). The following discussion presents an overview of the SMART meter program.

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The City’s Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) program allows remote reading, billing, and monitoring of all approximately 10,662 customers within the water service area. The benefits of AMI include operational cost savings, billing accuracy, reduction in CO2 emissions, and increased field service safety. AMI also allows the City’s Water Conservation Administrator to monitor water use, detect continuous flow and/or excessive irrigation issues, and work with individual customers to promote efficient water usage on their property.

The City has Neptune water meters that are connected to Aclara’s AMI devices which can detect a continuous flow issue on any property. These water meters use a fixed network system where the water meter sends an hourly read to a Data Collection Unit. The Data Collection Unit calls into the network computer several times a day. The AMI system can determine a continuous flow at a customer’s property. If there is continuous usage of water several days in a row, the customer’s

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information will be added to the City’s daily Continuous Flow residential or commercial Top 100 Flow List. The AMI program coupled with the City’s customer portal program works to directly assist customers by alerting them via email or texts of issues at their property, often on the day they occur.

The City is in the planning phase of updating its existing AMI infrastructure which will include an upgrade to newer technology. The City will also be conducting a site survey to replace existing meters and meter boxes as part of the AMI upgrade project.

Conservation Pricing
The City currently uses a tiered water rate structure with higher water usage falling in higher price tiers. Single family and multi-family have a tiered water rate structure while commercial customers have a single tiered water rate. Irrigation is a significant component of total water use in the City, particularly among single family customers. The City has also implemented water shortage revenue stabilization factors which would be applied to rates during specific Council-adopted water shortage stages to offset the amount of revenue shortfall caused by conservation. The City of Beverly Hills 2019 Water Rate Study is included in Appendix I.

Public Education and Outreach
The City recognizes the importance of conservation and the use of public education and outreach to convey information. Public education programs and messaging are continually being conveyed at various City events and public forums. Examples of events include:
• Farmer’s Market
• Earth Day
• Team Beverly Hills
• Public Works Day
• The Great Outdoors Event
In addition, City staff have made numerous presentations to various community groups including but not limited to all Beverly Hills Commissions, City Council, Chamber of Commerce business partners, local businesses, and schools. The City also promotes drought tolerant landscaping classes to its customers and partners with Metropolitan on such efforts. The City has promoted rebate programs related to turf removal and water efficient devices. Moreover, the City has partnered with Metropolitan in school education outreach programs that provide information to children to learn the importance of water conservation. In past years, funding for conservation programs averaged about $30,000 per year.

Additionally, in 2025, the City launched WaterSmart, a customer-based conservation portal to promote water-use awareness and conservation. The launch of WaterSmart exceeded expectations by enrolling approximately 45% of the City’s water utility customers within the first year. The portal provides information regarding;
• Methods to reduce water use;
• Watering restrictions;
• Water rebates for installing certain water saving devices;

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• Leak alerting;
• Individual water metering monitoring; and
• Other frequently asked questions regarding water use and conservation The City also has water conservation resources on the City’s Sustainability webpage. The webpage provides a detailed water conservation section including incentives for water efficiency appliances and outdoor landscape. The City will continue to use public education and outreach programs to convey water conservation information and updates.

The City relaunched the Student Art Poster Contest, in partnership with Metropolitan, to educate students on water conservation and reflect what being water wise means to the students. Winning posters are spotlighted in City outreach and Metropolitan selects winners to highlight in an annual calendar.

Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss The City uses the SMART water meter technology to proactively identify potential leaks and notify water customers so they can repair leaks in a timely manner and minimize water loss. The City also has an ongoing pipeline replacement program that helps to limit system water loss from pipeline leakage.

As discussed in Section 9.1.2, the City’s Neptune water meters are SMART meters that can detect a leak. The new water meters use a fixed network system. This means the water meter sends the water meter reading hourly to a Data Collection Unit, then the Data Collection Unit calls into the network computer each morning around 2:00 A.M. These meters will determine if there is a leak on the customer’s property. If there is continuous usage of water over a 24-hour period, the system will send out an alarm noting the address so the City’s Customer Service Representative can notify the customer that they have a suspected leak on their property.

As discussed in Section 9.1.4, the Water WaterSmart system will alert customers if there is continuous flow, which usually means there is a leak somewhere in the system. The City is also notified of leaks on individual properties and will notify and assist customers in identifying the leak.

Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support As part of the City’s long-term strategy to improve the City’s water system reliability and water conservation, the City recognized the need to have a person specifically devoted to conservation efforts. During FY 2024-25, the City established a Sustainability Analyst position to develop, oversee and manage programs to help the City achieve its conservation goals. Since late 2024, a Sustainability Analyst has led the water conservation program, with the support of the Sustainability Administrator, to perform most of the work in-house thereby reducing the program costs, but not the program efficacy.

Implementation Over the Past Five Years
Water Waste Prevention Ordinances
The City implemented a water waste prevention ordinance (Ordinance 18-O-2761, effective 11-16- 2018) that is in place at all times and is not dependent upon a water shortage for implementation.

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Water usage information collected via the SMART meter technology allows the City to also develop an online tool for water customers to review and monitor their water usage with the goal of having water customers become more aware of their water usage and encourage water conservation. The City continued to upgrade its SMART meter software and hardware systems, which will improve the ability for water customers to monitor their water usage on an hourly basis and be notified of continuous usage, which may be a sign of a water leak. A Water Meter Technician is assigned to monitor and maintain this SMART meter system.

Conservation Pricing
The City updated its water rate structure based on the City of Beverly Hills Water Rate Study (January 2019). The water rate structure complies with Proposition 218 that requires fees and charges for water service not exceed the proportional cost of service. The updated rate structure allows the City to operate in a manner to recover both the variable and fixed costs associated with operating a water utility given the decreasing water sales related to conservation. Conservation pricing is incorporated into the overall rate structure along with the addition of a water shortage revenue stabilization factor to offset revenue shortfalls caused by conservation during WSCP water shortage stages.

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In past years, funding for conservation programs has averaged about $30,000 per year.

Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss The City’s pipeline replacement program helps to limit system water loss from pipeline leakage.

The City historically has replaced or upgraded older pipelines that have reached their useful lives as part of its on-going CIP pipeline replacement program. In 2024, the City completed the replacement of 10,400 feet of aging water main along Coldwater Canyon Drive at a construction cost of approximately $8M and recently finished replacing an additional 10,500 feet of aging water mains in the City's "Flats" area at a cost of approximately $6.1M.

Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support During FY 2024-25, the City established a Sustainability Analyst position to develop, oversee and manage programs to help the City achieve its conservation goals. The Sustainability Analyst has been active to the current day.

Planned Implementation to Achieve Water Use Targets
Water Waste Prevention Ordinances
The City adopted a water waste prevention ordinance as described in Section 9.1.

Metering
The City will continue to use the SMART water meter technology to proactively identify potential leaks and notify water customers so they can repair leaks in a timely manner and minimize water loss. The City is in the planning phase of updating its existing AMI infrastructure which will include an upgrade to newer technology. As part of this initiative, the City will also be conducting a citywide site survey to determine which meters and meter boxes will be replaced.

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Conservation Pricing
The City is creating an irrigation customer class that would require a separate meter for irrigation in accordance with the State’s Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), Cal Green, and Beverly Hills Municipal Code. Irrigation meters are required for various project types that include new residential and commercial development with landscape areas greater than or equal to 500 square feet. Landscape meters may also be required for rehabilitated landscape projects and new building projects as specified in the MWELO depending on the landscape area and project type. The addition of irrigation meters will allow the City to curtail irrigation use during periods of water shortage.

Public Education and Outreach
The City will continue with the public education and outreach programs as described in Section

9.1.4. Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss In 2025, non-revenue water accounted for approximately 8.8% of the total water supply based on metered supply from Metropolitan and the Foothill WTP compared to metered customer use. The City will continue to use the systems that it has operated to manage and minimize the loss of water in the overall water distribution system, including Smart Meters. The continued monitoring and repair of leaks in the water distribution system will assist in minimizing the loss of water in the overall water system. Water system losses are tracked annually through the Water Loss Audit process.

Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support The City will continue to add staff in support of their water conservation program.

Members of the California Water Efficiency Partnership
To conserve California's water resources, public water agencies, environmental groups, and other interested parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 1991 to form the California Urban Water Conservation Council. The Council established voluntary best management practices for California water agencies in an effort to conserve water resources and document their progress.

The Council membership voted to allow the organization to sunset, replacing it with the California Water Efficiency Partnership, or CalWEP. CalWEP’s mission is to maximize urban water efficiency and conservation throughout California by supporting and integrating innovative technologies and practices; encouraging effective public policies; advancing research, training, and public education; and building collaborative approaches and partnerships. As signatory to the MOU and continued member of CalWEP, the City of Beverly Hills has been actively committed to using good-faith efforts to implement demand management measures and maximize water efficiency and conservation.

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Inclusion of all 2025 Data
The City’s 2025 UWMP consists of water use and planning data for the entire year of 2025. The City is reporting on a 2025 calendar year basis. The UWMP contains the City’s WSCP to be adopted concurrently.

Notice of Public Hearing
The City will hold a public hearing prior to adopting the 2025 UWMP and WSCP. The public hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to provide input on the plans before they are adopted. The City will consider all public input. There are two audiences to be noticed for the public hearing: 1) the general public, and 2) cities and counties which receive water supply from the City of Beverly Hills as shown in Submittal Table 10-1.

The City’s public review notice was sent out to various stakeholders on February 25, 2026. A copy of the public stakeholder review notice is included in Appendix F.

Table 10-1: Notification to Cities and Counties
Notification to Cities and Counties
City Name 60Day Notice
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West Hollywood Yes Yes
County Name 60Day Notice
Notice of Public
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Los Angeles
County Yes Yes
Public Hearing and Adoption
As part of the public hearing, the City will provide information on their baseline values, water use targets, and implementation plan required in the Water Conservation Act of 2009. The public hearing on the UWMP and WSCP will take place before the adoption of the plans, which will allow the City the opportunity to modify the plans in response to public input before adoption. The City will formally adopt the UWMP and WSCP before submitting the plans to DWR. A copy of the City’s adoption resolution is included in Appendix F.

Plan Submittal
The City’s 2025 UWMP, including the WSCP, will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of adoption.

UWMP submittal will be done electronically through WUEdata, an online submittal tool. After the UWMP has been submitted, DWR will review the plan and decide as to whether or not the UWMP addresses the requirements of the CWC. The DWR reviewer will contact the water supplier as

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needed during the review process. Upon completion of the Plan review, DWR will issue a letter to the agency with the results of the review.

No later than 30 days after adoption, the City will submit a CD or hardcopy of the adopted 2025 UWMP, including the adopted WSCP, to the California State Library. No later than 30 days after adoption, the City will also submit a copy of the adopted 2025 UWMP to the City of West Hollywood and Los Angeles County.

Public Availability
Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with DWR, the City will make the UWMP and WSCP available for public review. A copy of the plans will be available during normal business hours at the front desk of the City’s Public Works office, located at the main entrance of the City’s Public Works building at 345 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills 90210. A copy of the UWMP will also be posted for public viewing on the City’s website.

Amending an Adopted UWMP
If the City amends the adopted UWMP, each of the steps for notification, public hearing, adoption, and submittal will also be followed for the amended plan. If revised, a copy of the WSCP will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of adoption.

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Beverly Hills (2025). Draft Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2026-2031. City-of-Beverly-Hills---LocalHazard-Mitigation-Plan-2026-2031.

Beverly Hills Public Works Department (2021). City of Beverly Hills Potable Water System Emergency Response Plan.

California Department of Water Resources (DWR). (2026, January). Final Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025. Final 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook.

Hazen (2020, November). Beverly Hills Integrated Water Resources Master Plan. http://www.beverlyhills.org/departments/publicworks/utilities/waterservices/integratedwaterr esourcesmasterplan/web.jsp
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (2026, February). 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Draft. public-review-draft-february-2026-uwmp.pdf Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (2025, April). CAMP4W Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water. 21-3068 - 03262025 LTRPPBM 3b B-L Southern California Association of Governments (2021). 6 th Cycle Housing Element Updates
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Southern California Association of Governments (2019, May). Profile of the City of Beverly Hills. https://scag.ca.gov/sites/main/files/fileattachments/beverlyhills_localprofile.pdf?1605663947 Southern California Association of Governments (2022), Spatial & Statistical Summary for the City of Beverly Hills, https://scag.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/beverly-hills-atlas.pdf City of Beverly Hills
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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A
UWMP Checklist
2025 Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject Relevant  Submittal  2025 UWMP Location Chapter 1 10615 A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses,  reclamation and demand management activities. Introduction and  overview n/a Section 1.1 Chapter 1 10630.5
Each plan shall include a simple description of the Supplier’s plan including water availability, future requirements, a strategy for meeting needs, and other pertinent information. Additionally, a Supplier may also choose to include a simple description at the beginning of each chapter.

Plan preparation n/a Section 1.2
Section 2.1 10620(b) Every person that becomes a Supplier shall adopt UWMP within one year after it has become a  Supplier. Plan preparation n/a Section 2.1 Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report the Public Water Systems number, volume of delivered water, and number of  connections that are included in this UWMP. Plan preparation 2-1 Section 2.1Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report if this UWMP is an individual UWMP and whether the Supplier belongs to a regional  UWMP or regional alliance. Plan preparation 2-2 Section 2.2Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report whether the data is in fiscal or calendar years and the units of measure used for  reporting water volumes. Plan preparation 2-3 Section 2.3Section 2.4 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier has encouraged active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during the preparation of the plan and contingency plan.

Plan preparation n/a Section 2.4.2
Section 2.4.2 10620(d)(3)
Coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other Suppliers that share a common source, water management agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable.

Plan preparation n/a Section 2.4
Section 2.4.1 10631(h) Retail Suppliers will include documentation that they have provided their Wholesale Supplier(s)—if  any—with water use projections from that source. Plan preparation 2-4 R Section 2.4.1 Chapter 3.0 10631(a) Describe the Supplier service area. System description n/a Sections 3.1 and 3.2Section 3.3 10631(a) Describe the climate of the Supplier’s service area. System description n/a Section 3.3Section 3.4.1 10631(a) Provide the current and projected service area populations for 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and optionally  2050. System description 3-1 Section 3.4 Section 3.4.2 10631(a) Describe other social, economic, and demographic factors affecting the Supplier’s water management  planning. System description n/a Section 3.4Section 3.5 10631(a) Describe the land uses within the service area… include the current and projected land uses within the existing or anticipated service area affecting the Supplier’s water management planning. Describe the land uses within the service area.

System description and baselines n/a Section 3.5
Sections 4.2.3 and 4.2.4 10631(d)(1) Quantify past, current, and projected water use, identifying the uses among water use sectors. System water use 4-1 and 4-2 Sections 4.2, 4.4, and 4.5 Section 4.3.1 10631(d)(3)(A) Report the distribution system water loss for each of the five years preceding the plan update. System water use 4-5 Section 4.5.4Section 4.3.2 10631(d)(3)(C) Retail Suppliers shall provide data to show the distribution loss standards were met. System water use 4-6 Sections 4.3 and 4.5.4Section 4.2.5.4 10631.1(a) Include projected water use needed for lower income housing projected in the service area of the  Supplier. System water use 4-3 Sections 4.5.2 and 4.5.3 Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(A) In projected water use, include estimates of water savings from adopted codes, plans, and other  policies or laws. System water use 4-3 Sections 4.5.2Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(B) Provide citations of codes, standards, ordinances, or plans used to make water use projections. System water use 4-3 Section 4.4 and Chapter 9 Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(B)(ii)
To the extent that a Supplier reports the information described in subparagraph (A), an urban water Supplier shall… Indicate the extent that the water use projections consider savings from codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans. Water use projections that do not account for these water savings shall be noted of that fact.

System water use 4-3 Sections 4.5.2
Section 4.2.5.6 10635(b) Demands under climate change considerations must be included as part of the drought risk  assessment. System water use n/a Sections 4.6, 7.3, and 7.5Section 5.2 10608.4 Retail Suppliers shall report on their compliance in meeting their water use targets. Reporting requirements will vary depending on whether the Supplier:- Was considered an urban retail water supplier in 2020,- Met its 2020 target in 2020, or- Was part of a merger or consolidation since 2020.Chapter 5 Subsections 5.2.1, 5.2.2, and 5.2.3 address each of these situations.

Baselines and targets 5-1 Chapter 5
Section 6.1 10631(b)(2) When multiple sources of water supply are identified, describe the management of each supply in  relationship to other identified supplies. System supplies n/a Chapter 6 2025 Guidebook
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Provide a discussion of anticipated supply availability under a normal, single dry year, and a drought lasting five years, as well as more frequent and severe periods of drought, including changes in supply due to climate change.

System supplies n/a Chapter 6 and Chapter 7
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(C)
Indicate whether groundwater is an existing or planned source of water available to the Supplier. If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water… (include) a detailed description and analysis of the location, amount and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the Supplier for the past five years.

Water supplies and recycled water 6-1 Section 6.2, 6.8, and 6.9 Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(A)
Indicate whether a groundwater sustainability plan or groundwater management plan has been adopted by the Supplier or if there is any other specific authorization for groundwater management. Include a copy of the plan or authorization.

System supplies n/a Section 6.2
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) Describe the groundwater basin. System supplies n/a Section 6.2Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) Indicate if the basin has been adjudicated and include a copy of the court order or decree and a  description of the amount of water the Supplier has the legal right to pump. System supplies n/a Section 6.2Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) For unadjudicated basins… (include) information as to whether DWR has identified the basin as a high-  or medium-priority basin in the most current official departmental bulletin… Water supplies and  recycled water n/a Section 6.2.4 Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) For unadjudicated basins… describe efforts by the Supplier to coordinate with sustainability or  groundwater agencies to achieve sustainable groundwater conditions. Water supplies and  recycled water n/a Section 6.2.4Section 6.2.2. 10631(b)(4)(C) If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water… (include) a detailed description and analysis of the location, amount and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the Supplier for the past five years.

System supplies n/a Sections 6.2 and 6.9
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(D) Provide a detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected  to be pumped. System supplies 6-9 Sections 6.2 and 6.9Section 6.1 10631(b) Identify and quantify the existing and planned sources of water available for 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040,  2045 and optionally 2050. System supplies 6-8 and 6-9 Section 6.9Section 6.2.7 10631(c) Describe the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long-term basis. System supplies n/a Section 6.7Section 6.2.5 10633(a) Describe the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the Supplier’s service area with quantified  amount of collection and treatment and the disposal methods. System supplies  (recycled water) 6-2 Section 6.5 Section 6.2.5 10633(b) Describe the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being discharged,  and is otherwise available for use in a recycled water project. System supplies  (recycled water) 6-3 Section 6.5Section 6.2.5 10633(c) Describe the recycled water currently being used in the Supplier's service area. System supplies  (recycled water) 6-4 Section 6.5Section 6.2.5 10633(d) Describe and quantify the potential uses of recycled water and provide a determination of the technical  and economic feasibility of those uses. System supplies  (recycled water) 6-4 Section 6.5Section 6.2.5 10633(e) Describe the projected use of recycled water within the Supplier's service area at the end of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years, and describe the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected.

System supplies (recycled water) 6-4 and 6-5 Section 6.5 Section 6.2.5 10633(f) Describe the actions that may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water and the projected  results of these actions in terms of acre-feet of recycled water used per year. System supplies  (recycled water) 6-6 Section 6.5 Section 6.2.5 10633(g) Provide a plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the Supplier's service area. System supplies  (recycled water) n/a Section 6.5Section 6.2.6 10631(g) Describe desalinated water project opportunities for long-term supply. System supplies 6-7 Sections 6.6 Section 6.2.10 10631(f)
Describe the expected future water supply projects and programs that may be undertaken by the water Supplier to address water supply reliability in average, single-dry, and for a period of drought lasting five consecutive water years.

System supplies 6-7 Section 6.8 and 6.9
Section 6.3 and Appendix O 10631.2(a) The UWMP must include energy information, as stated in the code, that a Supplier can readily obtain. System suppliers,  energy intensity O-1A, O-1B, O- 1C, and O-2 Section 6.10 and Appendix H Section 7.1 10634 Provide information on the quality of existing sources of water available to the Supplier and the  manner in which water quality affects water management strategies and supply reliability. Water supply reliability  assessment n/a Section 7.2 Section 7.2 10635(a)
Service Reliability Assessment: Assess the water supply reliability during normal, dry, and a drought lasting five consecutive water years by comparing the total water supply sources available to the Supplier with the total projected water use over the next 20 years.

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Section 7.2.3 10620(f) Describe water management tools and options to maximize resources and minimize the need to import  water from other regions. Water supply reliability  assessment n/a Section 6.8 and Chapter 9Section 7.3 10635(b) Provide a drought risk assessment as part of information considered in developing the demand  management measures and water supply projects. Water supply reliability  assessment n/a Section 7.5 2025 Guidebook
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Include a description of the data, methodology, and basis for one or more supply shortage conditions that are necessary to conduct a drought risk assessment for a drought period that lasts five consecutive years.

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Section 7.3 10635(b)(2) Include a determination of the reliability of each source of supply under a variety of water shortage  conditions. Water supply reliability  assessment n/a Sections 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 Section 7.3 10635(b)(3) Include a comparison of the total water supply sources available to the Supplier with the total  projected water use for the drought period. Water supply reliability  assessment 7-5 Sections 7.4 and 7.5Section 7.3 10635(b)(4) Include considerations of the historical drought hydrology, plausible changes on projected supplies and demands under climate change conditions, anticipated regulatory changes, and other locally applicable criteria.

Water supply reliability
assessment n/a Chapter 7
Chapter 8 10632(a) Provide a water shortage contingency plan (WSCP) with specified elements below. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Chapter 8 Chapter 8 10632(a)(1) Provide an analysis of water supply reliability (from Guidebook Chapter 7) in the WSCP. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.1 and Chapter 7Section 8.2 10632(a)(2)(A) Provide the written decision-making process and other methods that the Supplier will use each year to  determine its water reliability. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.2Section 8.2 10632(a)(2)(B) Provide data and methodology to evaluate the Supplier’s water reliability for the current year and one  dry year pursuant to factors in the code. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.2Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(A) Define six standard water shortage levels of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% shortage, and greater than 50% shortage. These levels shall be based on supply conditions, including percent reductions in supply, changes in groundwater levels, changes in surface elevation, or other conditions. The shortage levels shall also apply to a catastrophic interruption of supply.

Water shortage contingency planning n/a Sections 8.3 and 8.4 Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(B) Suppliers with an existing WSCP that uses different water shortage levels must cross reference their  categories with the six standard categories. Water shortage  contingency planning 8-1 Section 8.3 Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(A) Suppliers with WSCPs that align with the defined shortage levels must specify locally appropriate  supply augmentation actions. Water shortage  contingency planning 8-2 Section 8.4Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(B) Specify locally appropriate demand reduction actions to adequately respond to shortages. Water shortage  contingency planning 8-3 Section 8.4Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(C) Specify locally appropriate operational changes. Water shortage  contingency planning 8-2 Section 8.4Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(D) Specify additional mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices that are in addition to  State-mandated prohibitions are appropriate to local conditions. Water shortage  contingency planning Table 8-3 Section 8.4Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(E) Estimate the extent to which the gap between supplies and demand will be reduced by implementation  of the action. Water shortage  contingency planning 8-2 and 8-3 Section 8.4Section 8.4.6 10632.5 The UWMP shall include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan. Water shortage  contingency plan n/a Section 8.5Section 8.5 10632(a)(5)(A) Suppliers must describe that they will inform customers, the public and others regarding any current or  predicted water shortages. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.6Section 8.5 10632(a)(5)(B),  10632(a)(5)(C) Suppliers must describe that they will inform customers, the public and others regarding any shortage  response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered and other relevant communications. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.6 Section 8.6 10632(a)(6) Retail Supplier must describe how it will ensure compliance with and enforce provisions of the WSCP. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.7 Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(A) Describe the legal authority that empowers the Supplier to enforce shortage response actions. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.8Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(B) Provide a statement that the Supplier will declare a water shortage emergency per Water Code  Chapter 3. Water Shortage Emergencies . Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.8Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(C) Provide a statement that the Supplier will coordinate with any city or county within which it provides  water for the possible proclamation of a local emergency. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.8Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(A) Describe the potential revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage  response actions. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.9Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(B) Provide a description of mitigation actions needed to address revenue reductions and expense  increases associated with activated shortage response actions. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.9Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(C) Retail Suppliers must describe the cost of compliance with Water Code Chapter 3.3, Excessive Residential Water Use During Drought . Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.9 and Appendix ISection 8.9 10632(a)(9) Retail Suppliers must describe the monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that ensure  appropriate data are collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.10 2025 Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject Relevant  Submittal  2025 UWMP Location Section 8.10 10632(a)(10) Describe reevaluation and improvement procedures for monitoring and evaluation the WSCP to ensure  risk tolerance is adequate and appropriate water shortage mitigation strategies are implemented. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.11 Section 8.11 10632(b) Analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes,  waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 8.12 Section 8.12 10632(c) Make available the WSCP to customers and any city or county where it provides water within 30 days  after adoption of the plan. Water shortage  contingency planning n/a Section 10.5Sections 9.1 10631(e)(1) Retail Suppliers shall provide a description of the nature and extent of each demand management measure implemented over the past five years. The description will address specific measures listed in code.

Demand management measures n/a Section 9.2
Chapter 10 10608.26(a) Retail Suppliers shall conduct a public hearing to discuss adoption, implementation, and economic  impact of water use targets (recommended to discuss compliance). Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.3 Section 10.2.1 10621(b)
Notify, at least 60 days prior to the public hearing, any city or county within which the Supplier provides water that the Supplier will be reviewing the UWMP and considering amendments or changes to the plan.

Plan adoption,
submittal, and
implementation
10-1 Section 10.2
Section 10.4 10621(f) Each urban water Supplier shall update and submit its 2025 plan  to DWR by July 1, 202 6. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.4Sections 10.2.2, 10.3, and 10.5 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier made the UWMP and WSCP available for public inspection, published notice of the public hearing, and held a public hearing about the UWMP and WSCP.

Plan adoption,
submittal, and
implementation
n/a Section 10.5
Section 10.2.2 10642 The Supplier is to provide the time and place of the hearing to any city or county within which the  Supplier provides water. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  10-1 Section 10.2 and Appendix FSection 10.3.2 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the UWMP and WSCP has been adopted as prepared or  modified. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.3 and Appendix FSection 10.4 10644(a) Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier has submitted their UWMP to the California State  Library. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.4 and Appendix FSection 10.4 10644(a)(1) Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier has submitted their UWMP to any city or county  within which the Supplier provides water no later than 30 days after adoption. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.4 and Appendix F Sections 10.4.1 and 10.4.2 10644(a)(2) The UWMP, or amendments to the UWMP, submitted to DWR shall be submitted electronically. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.4 Section 10.7.2 10644(b) If revised, submit a copy of the WSCP to DWR within 30 days of adoption. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a Section 10.6Section 10.5 10645(a) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its UWMP with  DWR, the Supplier has or will make the plan available for public review during normal business hours. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  implementation n/a Section 10.4Section 10.5 10645(b) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its WSCP with  DWR, the Supplier has or will make the plan available for public review during normal business hours. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  implementation n/a Section 10.4Section 10.6 10621(c) If Supplier is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, include its plan and contingency plan as part  of its general rate case filings. Plan adoption,  submittal, and  n/a N/A

APPENDIX B
UWMP Submittal Tables

CA1910156 City of Beverly Hills 10,522 9,306
Total 10,522 9,306
Public Water System
Number
Public Water System
Name
Number of Municipal
Connections 2025
Submittal Table 2-1 Retail: Public Water Systems
NOTES: Municipal connections include active and inatice service connections. Fire services are excluded. Volume of water supplied is metered use from WTP and Metropolitan billing data.

Volume of Water
Supplied 2025 (AF)
DWR NOTES:

Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

Select
One
Name of Regional Alliance or
RUWMP (Drop Down List)
NOTES:

Submittal Table 2-2: Plan Identification
Type of Plan
Individual UWMP
If Water Supplier is also a member of a SB X7-7
Regional Alliance, select name from the drop-down.

Regional Urban Water Management Plan (RUWMP)
If Supplier selected RUWMP, select name from the
drop-down.
0 Supplier is a wholesale supplier
Supplier is a retail supplier
UWMP Tables are in calendar years
UWMP Tables are in fiscal years
Unit AF
Submittal Table 2-3: Supplier Identification
Type of Supplier (select one or both)
Fiscal or Calendar Year (select one)
If using fiscal years provide month and date that the fiscal year begins (mm/dd)
Units of measure used in UWMP
(Select from the drop down list).

DWR NOTES:

Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent
throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES:
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Submittal Table 2-4 Retail: Water Supplier Information Exchange Water Code Section 10631(h)
The retail Supplier has informed the following wholesale supplier(s) of projected water use.

Wholesale Water Supplier Name
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
NOTES:
10631(h) An urban water supplier that relies upon a wholesale agency for a source of water shall provide the wholesale agency with water use projections from that agency for that source of water in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050(opt)
40,335 43,426 44,701 45,372 45,626 45,511
Submittal Table 3-1 Retail: Population - Current and Projected Water Code Section 10631(a)
Population
Served
NOTES: Population figure includes approved development for 2030 and projected growth based on SCAG data. Includes the West Hollywood portion of the water service area.

CWC 10631(a) describe the current and projected population of the service area including current and projected population…
Use Type
Drop down list
May select each use multiple times
These are the only use types that will be
recognized by the WUEdata online submittal
tool
Potable or Non-Potable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Volume (AF)
Single Family Potable 4,644
Multi-Family Potable 1,759
Commercial (CII) Commercial, Industrial,
Institutional/Government Potable 2,080
Other (optional) Fire hydrant water Potable 6
Distribution System Water Loss Potable 817
9,306
0 Total 9,306
Submittal Table 4-1 Retail: Total Uses for Potable and Non-Potable Water — Actual Water Code Section 10631(d)(1)
NOTES: "Other" use is fire hydrant water
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3. 2025 Actual Water Use
Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
Additional Description
(as needed)
Use Type
Drop down list
May select each use multiple times
These are the only Use Types that will be
recognized by the WUEdata online
submittal tool
Potable or NonPotable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 opt (AF)
Single Family Potable 4,798 5,011 5,072 5,082 5,110Multi-Family Potable 1,936 2,010 2,074 2,105 2,108Commercial CII (Comm/Institut, Indust), and fire/temp Potable 2,086 2,123 2,158 2,153 2,151 Distribution System Water Loss Potable 849 880 895 899 902 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
0 0 0 0 0
Total 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

Subtotal Non-Potable
Subtotal Potable
Submittal Table 4-2 Retail: Total Uses for Potable, and Non-Potable Water — Projected Water Code Section 10631(d)(1)
Projected Water Use
(Report To the Extent that Records are Available)
Additional Description
(as needed)
CWC 10631(d)(1) For an urban retail water supplier, quantify, to the extent records are available... projected water use…identifying the uses among water use sectors…NOTES: Losses are assumed equal to 8.8% of supply based on estimated 2025 unaccounted for water percentage.

Are Future Water Savings Included in Projections?
Drop down list (y/n)
Yes
If "Yes" to above, state the section or page number, in the cell to the right, where citations of the codes, ordinances, or otherwise are utilized in demand projections are found.

Optional Suppliers may complete Optional Submittal Table 4-4 R to quantify the expected savings.

Chapter 9
2025 UWMP
Are Lower Income Residential Demands Included In Projections? Drop down list (y/n) Yes
Optional If the method for accounting Lower Income Residential Demands has been included, provide page number where this accounting can be found.

CWC10631 (d) (4) (A) Water use projections, where available, shall display and account for water savings estimated to result from adopted codes, standards, ordinances, or transpotation and land use plans identified by the urban water supplier, as applicable to the service area.

CWC 10631 (d) (4) (B) to the extent that an urban water supplier reports the information described in subparagraph (A), an urban water supplier shall do both of the following: (i) Provide citations of the various codes, standards, ordinances or transportation and land use plans utilized in making the projections. (ii) Indicate the extent that the water use projections consider savings from codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans. Water use projections that do not account for these water savings shall be noted of that fact.

CWC 10631(a) Water use projections required by section 10631 shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for lower income households, as identified in the housing element of any city, county, or city and county, in the service area of the supplier .

Submittal Table 4-3 Retail: Inclusion in Water Use Projections Water Code Section 10631 (a), 10631 (d)(4)(A), and 10631 (d)(4)(B) NOTES:

DWR NOTES: Additional guidance is provided in Appendix K. 2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 opt (AF)
3,426 3,456 3,483 3,520 3,453
Optional Submittal Table 4-4 Retail: Passive Water Savings Projections Water Code Section 10631(d)(4)(A)
Passive savings
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

Description
(Codes, Standards, Ordinances, or Plans)
Water Code Section 10631(d)(4)(A) Water use projections, where available, shall display and account for the water savings estimated to result from adopted codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans identified by the urban water supplier, as applicable to the service area.

NOTES: Savings estimated on per capita water use for the 5 years prior to 2010 conservation (2006 - 2010).

Existing active savings since 2010
Public Water System ID # Reported
in Table 2-1 R Reporting Period Submitted to DWR Water Loss Audit Program (yes/no) 2020 Yes
2021 Yes
2022 Yes
2023 Yes
2024 Yes
CWC 10631(d)(3) (A) The distribution system water loss shall be quantified for each of the five years preceding the plan update, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to Section 10608.34.

Submittal Table 4-5 Retail: Water Loss Audit Reporting
Water Code Section 10631(d)(3)(A)
CA1910156
DWR NOTES: Suppliers will provide a link to the WUEdata submittals of their Water Loss Audit Reports.

NOTES: Water Loss Audit Reports may be found on the WUEdata Portal at the following link: https://wuedata.water.ca.gov/awwa_plans Report submittal status for all five years for each Public Water System as available.

Add rows as needed
2028 Real
Water Loss
Standard per
Unit per day
Units for Real
Water Loss
Number of Units
(Connections or
Miles
corresponding with
units selected)
Volume of Total
Real Loss
(from AWWA
Water Loss Audit)
(AF)
2028 Apparent
Water Loss
Standard per Unit
per Day
Units for
Apparent Water
Loss
Number of
Connections
Volume of Total
Apparent Loss
(from AWWA
Water Loss Audit)
(AF)
CA1910156 Yes 17.8
Gallons per
Service
Connection per
Day (GPSCD)
10,522 480.1 40.7 15.4
Gallons per
Service
Connection per
Day (GPSCD)
10,522 127.6 10.8
CWC 10631(d)(3)(C) In the plan due July 1, 2021, and in each update thereafter, data shall be included to show whether the urban retail water supplier met the distribution loss standards enacted by the board pursuant to Section 10608.34.Submittal Table 4-6 Retail: Progress Towards 2028 Water Loss Standard Water Code Section 10631(d)(3)(C) NOTES: 2024 WLA
Apparent Water Loss
Did the Water Board
Calculate a Water Loss
Standard for this Public
Water System? (y/n)
If no, Supplier will not
complete this row.

Real Water Loss
Water Board's Calculated Water Loss Standards
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) for Water Loss MUST remain consistent with units reported in Submittal Table 2-3. The units reported in Submittal Table 2-3 are used in this table's calculations.

Public Water
System ID #
Reported in
Submittal
Table 2-1 R
Add additional rows as needed.

Most Recent AWWA Water Loss
Real Water
Loss Per Unit
per Day
Most Recent AWWA Water Loss Audit
Apparent
Water Loss
Per Unit per
Day
State Water Board Standard State Water Board Standard
Actual 2025 GPCD
(From SB X7-7
Compliance Form)
Did Supplier meet
the 2020 Target in
2025?
No Individual Target 233 197 Yes NA
10608.40 Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department on their progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urban water management plans submitted pursuant to Section 10631.

Submittal Table 5-1 Retail: SB X7-7 2020 Target Progress Water Code Section 10608.40NOTES: 2020 Target and Actual 2020 GPCD from 2020 UWMP, SB X7-7 Compliance Form.

Did Supplier
Achieve Targeted
Reduction for
2020?
Actual 2020 GPCD2020 Target
Regional Alliance
Target or
Individual
Target?
DWR NOTES: Suppliers calculating a 2025 GPCD will need to complete and submit SB X 7-7 Compliance Tables to verify the use of SB X7-7 Methodologies. Suppliers that were part of a merger or consolidation since 2020 see Chapter 5 and Appendix P for guidance.

NA=Not Applicable
Check the box if the Supplier was not an Urban Water Supplier during or before the 2020 UWMP reporting cycle. Proceed to the next table.

Only for suppliers that did not meet the
Target in 2020
See DWR NOTES below.

Was Supplier part of a
merger or
consolidation since
2020?
Groundwater Type
Drop Down List
May use each category
multiple times
Potable or
Non-Potable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Location or Basin Name 2021 (AF) 2022 (AF) 2023 (AF) 2024 (AF) 2025 (AF) Alluvial Basin Potable Hollywood and Central Basin 0 360 874 1090 1197 0 360 874 1,090 1,197
10631(4) If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water available to the supplier, all of the following information:(C) A detailed description and analysis of the location, amount, and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the urban water supplier for the past five years. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.

Submittal Table 6-1 Retail: Groundwater Volume PumpedWater Code Section 10631(4) and 10631(4)(c) DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.NOTES: Groundwater supply is combined from two basins based on metered water into distribution from the water treatment plant.

Total
Check the box if the Supplier does not pump groundwater. Proceed to the next table. Check the box if all or part of the groundwater described below is desalinated. (OPTIONAL) Name of Wastewater
Collection Agency
Wastewater
Volume Metered
or Estimated?

OPTIONAL
Drop Down List
Volume of
Wastewater Collected
from UWMP Service
Area 2025 (AF)
Name of Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP) and
Place ID Number
Drop down list
Is WWTP Located
Within UWMP
Area?
Drop Down List
L.A. Bureau of Sanitation Metered 4,621 Hyperion WWTP, Place ID 232063
No
4,621
CWC 10633(a) A description of the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the supplier’s service area, including a quantification of the amount of wastewater collected and treated and the methods of wastewater disposal.

Check the box if there is no wastewater collection system.

Proceed to the next table.

NOTES: Volume based on average flow rate reported by City of Los Angeles to City of Beverly Hills for April 2024 through March 2025 as part of annual reporting in accordance with the wastewater service agreement.

Submittal Table 6-2 Retail: Wastewater Collected Within Service Area Water Code Section 10633(a)
Percentage of 2025 service area population served by wastewater collection system (OPTIONAL)
Percentage of 2025 service area served by wastewater collection system (OPTIONAL) DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

Additional Guidance: See Appendix M, Section M.21 for detailed guidance on this table.

Wastewater Collection Recipient of Collected Wastewater Total Wastewater Received from UWMP
Service Area in 2025:

Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Name of other
entity
Hyperion WWTP, Place
ID 232063 Yes 4621 288,000 - - Secondary, Disinfected - 2.2 232200 Tertiary 40500 Edward C. Little Water Recycling 4,621 288,000 0 0 232,200 0 40,500
10633. The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier...and shall include all of the following:
(b) A description of the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being discharged, and is otherwise available for use in a recycled water project. 2025 Outcomes of Treated Wastewater
Check the box if no wastewater is treated or disposed of within the UWMP service area. Proceed to the next table.

Does This Plant
Treat
Wastewater
Generated
Outside the
UWMP Service
Area?
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Wastewater Treatment
Plant Name and Place ID
Number
Drop down list
Total 2025
Volume of
Water
Treated (AF)
NOTES: Volume data from LADWP 2025 UWMP. Hyperion is located outside of the City’s service area. No wastewater is treated or disposed of within the City’s service area.

Total
2025 Volume of
Wastewater
Received from
UWMP Service
Area
(As Reported in
Submittal Table
6-2 R) (AF)
Water Recycled Within
UWMP Service Area
(enter data as applicable)
Submittal Table 6-3 Retail: Wastewater Treatment and Outcomes Within UWMP Service AreaWater Code Section 10633(b) DWR NOTES:Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

IPR: Indirect Potable Reuse would have the treatment level of its end use requirement in the Level of Treatment drop-down.

Additional Guidance: See Appendix M, Section M.21 for detailed guidance on this table.

Water Recycled Outside of
UWMP Service Area
(enter data as applicable)
Effluent Discharge that is
not a Permitted Recycled
Water Use
(enter data as applicable)
Required Discharge for
Instream Flow
(enter data as applicable)
Delivered to Another Entity for Additional
Treatment
(enter data as applicable)
Volume Narrative page number (OPTIONAL)
0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Check box if recycled water is not used and is not planned for use within the service area of the supplier. The supplier will only complete the column on "Potential Recycled Water Use" and submit an accompanying narrative on the feasibility of that potential recycled water use.

Submittal Table 6-4 Retail: Recycled Water Direct Beneficial Uses Within Service AreaWater Code Section 10633 (c),(d),(e) Potential Recycled Water Use
Name(s) of Facility/ies Producing (Treating) the Recycled Water (OPTIONAL) :Name of Supplier Operating the Recycled Water Distribution System (OPTIONAL) :Volume of Supplemental Water Added in 2025 (OPTIONAL) :Source of 2025 Supplemental Water (OPTIONAL) :

Total
Use Type
Drop down list
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Additional Information
(as needed)
Add additional rows as neededDWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

Additional Guidance: See Appendix M, Section M.21 for detailed guidance on this table.

Potential recycled water use: a description of the feasibility of these uses must be included in the narrative.

Multiple Producers: If you have multiple recycled water producers, submit a separate table for each.

NOTES:
2050 (AF)2025 (AF) 2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
2020 Projection
for 2025 (AF)
2025 Actual
Use (AF)
0 0
Submittal Table 6-5 Retail: 2020 UWMP Recycled Water Use Projection Compared to 2025 Actual
Water Code Section 10633(e)
Check the box if recycled water was not used in 2025 nor previously projected for use in 2020.

Proceed to the next table.

Add additional rows as needed
NOTES:

Total
DWR NOTES:

Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure reported in Submittal Table 2-3 Additional Guidance: See Appendix M, Section M.21 for detailed guidance on this table.

Use Type
Drop Down list
10633. The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning agencies that operate within the supplier’s service area, and shall include all of the following: (e) ...a description of the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected pursuant to this subdivision
Name of Action Description Expected Increase in Recycled Water Use (AF) 00 Total (AF)
10633. The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning agencies that operate within the supplier’s service area, and shall include all of the following: (f) a description of actions, including financial incentives, which may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water, and the projected results of these actions in terms of acre feet of recycled water used per year.

DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) MUST remain consistent with units reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.The unit conversion to Acre Feet addresses the Water Code's requirement that this value be provided in acre-feet. NOTES:

Submittal Table 6-6 Retail: Methods to Encourage Future Recycled Water UseWater Code Section 10633(f) Check the box if the Supplier does not plan to expand recycled water use in the future. Supplier will not complete the table below but will provide narrative explanation. Provide page location of narrative in the UWMP Add additional rows as needed
Unit Conversion to AF
Planned Implementation Year
Drop Down
List
(yes/no)
If Yes, Supplier Name
Two (2) wells in La Brea Subarea of Central Basin No
Wells drilled and ready to be equipped and permitted
Potable 2029 All Year Types 500
New well in La Brea Subarea and WTP Expansion
No
Well location to be determined Potable 2032 All Year Types 500 10631 (f) Include a description of all water supply projects and water supply programs that may be undertaken by the urban water supplier to meet the total projected water use, as established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10635. The urban water supplier shall include a detailed description of expected future projects and programs that the urban water supplier may implement to increase the amount of the water supply available to the urban water supplier in normal and single-dry water years and for a period of drought lasting five consecutive water years. The description shall identify specific projects and include a description of the increase in water supply that is expected to be available from each project. The description shall include an estimate with regard to the implementation timeline for each project or program.

Planned for Use in
Year Type
Drop Down List
NOTES:

Submittal Table 6-7 Retail: Expected Future Water Supply Projects or ProgramsWater Code Section 10631(f) DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Check the box if some or all of the supplier's future water supply projects or programs are not compatible with this table and are described in a narrative format.

Check the box if there are no expected future water supply projects or programs that provide a quantifiable increase to the agency's water supply.Proceed to the next table.

Planned
Implementation
Year
Joint Project with other suppliers? Expected
Increase in
Water Supply
to Supplier
(This may be a
range) (AF)
Provide page location of narrative in the UWMP
Name of Future Projects
or Programs
Additional Description
(as needed)
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop Down list
Water Supply
Drop down list
May use each category multiple times.

These are the only water supply
categories that will be recognized by the
WUEdata online submittal tool
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop Down list
Actual Volume
(AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes' below
(AF)
Purchased or Imported Water Treated Metropolitan Potable 8,109Groundwater (not desalinated) Local Basins Potable 1,197 9,306 0
0 0
9,306 0
10631. A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following... (b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a), providing supporting and related information...

Submittal Table 6-8 Retail: Water Supplies — ActualWater Code Section 10631(b) 2025
NOTES:DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.Total Entitlement: e.g. Water Right, Groundwater Allocation, Contracted Amount.

Total
Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
Additional Description
(as needed)
Water Supply
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Purchased or Imported Water Treated Metropolitan Potable 7,969 7,824 7,999 8,039 8,071 Groundwater (not
desalinated) Local Basins Potable 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
10631. A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following... (b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the 2050 (opt)
Total
NOTES:
2030 2035 2040 2045
Subtotal Potable
Submittal Table 6-9 Retail: Water Supplies — ProjectedWater Code Section 10631 (b) Projected Water Supply (Report to the Extent Practicable) Drop down list
May use each category multiple
times. These are the only water
supply categories that will be
recognized by the WUEdata online
submittal tool
Additional
Detail on
Water Supply
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop Down list
% of Average Supply
Average Year 1922 - 2021 100%
Single-Dry Year 1977 100%
Consecutive Dry Years 1st Year 1988 101%
Consecutive Dry Years 2nd Year 1989 102%
Consecutive Dry Years 3rd Year 1990 103%
Consecutive Dry Years 4th Year 1991 99%
Consecutive Dry Years 5th Year 1992 100%
NOTES: Percentages are based on Metropolitan's modeled demand output for normal, single-dry, and 5-consecutirve drought years provided for the City of Beverly Hills. Model output shows 100% supply reliability under all three water year conditions.

DWR NOTES: Supplier may use multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R if different water sources have different base years and the supplier chooses to report the base years for each water source separately. If a Supplier uses multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R, in the "Note" section of each submittal table, state that multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R are being used and identify the particular water source that is being reported in each submittal table.

Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table reports the units of measure reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Year Type
Base Year
If not using a calendar
year, type in the last
year of the fiscal,
water year, or range
of years, for example,
water year 2024-
2025, use 2025
Optional Submittal Table 7-1 Retail: Basis of Water Year Data (Reliability Assessment) Available Supplies if
Year Type Repeats
Check the box if quantification of available supplies
is not compatible with this table and is provided
elsewhere in the UWMP.

Location: [insert location from UWMP]
Volume Available (AF)
Quantification of available supplies is provided in this table as either volume only, percent only, or both.
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2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals
(autofill from Submittal Table 6-
9 R)
9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
Use totals
(autofill from Submittal Table 4-
2 R)
9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation
benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings
benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
10635. (a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the long-term total projected water use over the next 20 years, in five-year increments, for a normal water year, a single dry water year, and a drought lasting five consecutive water years.

OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
Submittal Table 7-2 Retail: Normal Year Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635 (a)
NOTES:

DWR NOTES : Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Supply totals 9,621 9,974 10,148 10,188 10,219
Use totals 9,621 9,974 10,148 10,188 10,219
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply
augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction
savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Submittal Table 7-3 Retail: Single Dry Year Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF)
10635. (a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the long-term total projected water use over the next 20 years, in fiveyear increments, for a normal water year, a single dry water year, and a drought lasting five consecutive water years.

DWR NOTES : Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES
2050 (AF)
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals 9,775 10,134 10,312 10,352 10,384
Use totals 9,775 10,134 10,312 10,352 10,384
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 9,901 10,265 10,444 10,485 10,517
Use totals 9,901 10,265 10,444 10,485 10,517
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 9,930 10,295 10,475 10,515 10,548
Use totals 9,930 10,295 10,475 10,515 10,548
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 9,582 9,934 10,108 10,147 10,178
Use totals 9,582 9,934 10,108 10,147 10,178
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 9,698 10,054 10,230 10,270 10,302
Use totals 9,698 10,054 10,230 10,270 10,302
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
NOTES:

First year
Second year OPTIONAL WSCP Actions
Third year
Fifth year
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
Fourth year OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
Submittal Table 7-4 Retail: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
2026 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 9,482
Total Supplies (AF) 9,482
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2027 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 9,678
Total Supplies (AF) 9,678
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2028 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 9,781
Total Supplies (AF) 9,781
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2029 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 9,510
Total Supplies (AF) 9,510
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2030 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 9,698
Total Supplies (AF) 9,698
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
NOTES:

DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Submittal Table 7-5 Retail: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Water Code Section 10635(b)(3)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) Standard
Shortage
Levels
Percent Shortage
Range
Suppliers
Shortage
Levels
Percent
Shortage Range
1 Up to 10% A & B A - 5%
B - 10%
2 Up to 20% C 10% to 20%
3 Up to 30% D 20% to 50%
4 Up to 40% D 20% to 50%
5 Up to 50% E
50% or
catastrophic
interruption
6 >50% E & ERP > 50%
Submittal Table 8-1: Cross-reference for Standard vs
Supplier Shortage Levels
Water Code Section 10632(a)(3)(B)
Check the box if the Supplier uses the Standard
six levels of water shortage.

Proceed to the next table.

NOTES: Standard Shortage Level 6 is Stage E shortage plus activation of Emergecny Response Plan
10632 (a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan as part of its urban water management plan that consists of each of the following elements:

Yes
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range) (AF)
(E) For each action, an estimate of the extent to which the gap between supplies and demand will be reduced by implementation of the action.

Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other ActionsWater Code Section 10632(a)(4)(A),(C) and (E) NOTES: If there is a specified shortage in supply as shown in Table 8-1, then it is assumed that one or both sources are limited to the extent to cause such a shortage. As no alternative sources are available, supply is not a response triggered by the WSCP’s shortage level, but already represented in the determination of any gap between supply and customer water use.

Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 10632(a)(4) Shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels and include, at a minimum, all of the following:(A) Locally appropriate supply augmentation actions.(C) Locally appropriate operational changes.

How much is this going to reduce the
shortage gap?
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Shortage
Level
Supply Augmentation Methods and
Other Actions by Water Supplier
Drop down list
These are the only categories that will be
accepted by the WUEdata online submittal tool
Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Yes
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF)
1 Other Percentage 5% Stage A 5% system-wide reduction is required No1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage Enhances effectiveness of other actions No1 Improve Customer Billing Percentage 1% No1 Provide Rebates on Plumbing Fixtures and Devices Percentage 1% No1 Reduce System Water Loss Percentage 1% No1 Other Percentage 5% Stage B 10% system-wide reduction is required Yes1 Other - Customers must repair leaks, breaks, and malfunctions in a timely manner Percentage 3% - 5% Yes
2 Other Percentage 10% All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage B (Level 1) Yes2 Other Percentage 10% Stage C 20% system-wide reduction is required Yes2 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5% Limit to specific days and times Yes 3 Other Percentage 20% All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage C (Level 2) Yes3 Other Percentage 5% - 20% Stage D 30% or more system-wide reduction is required Yes3 Other water feature or swimming pool restriction Percentage 1% Allow filling of swimming pools only if needed for health and safety Yes3 Other Percentage 2% Limit to specific situations. Includes buildings. Details in City’s Emergency Water Conservation Plan Yes
3 Other Percentage 1% Prohibit use of hydrant water and flushing. Limit use to firefighting only. Yes4 Other Percentage 30% or more Same as Level 3: Stage D system-wide reduction is required Yes5 Other Percentage 30% or more All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage D (Levels 3 & 4) Yes Shortage
Level
Demand Reduction Actions
Drop down list
These are the only categories that will be
accepted by the WUEdata online submittal
tool. Select those that apply.

Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
For Retail Suppliers Only
Drop Down List
Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction ActionsWater Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B),(D), and (E) How much is this going to reduce
the shortage gap?
Yes
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF)
Shortage
Level
Demand Reduction Actions
Drop down list
These are the only categories that will be
accepted by the WUEdata online submittal
tool. Select those that apply.

Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
For Retail Suppliers Only
Drop Down List
Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction ActionsWater Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B),(D), and (E) How much is this going to reduce
the shortage gap?
5 Other Percentage 10% to Unknown All users to reduce to 50% or percent needed due to interruption in supply Yes5 Landscape - Prohibit all landscape irrigation Percentage 20% - 50% Priority to health and safety needs. Subsequent water uses are prioritized to maintain and expand commerce, then to enhance the aesthetics of the environment, and then to facilitate construction activities.

Yes
6 Other Percentage 50% + All restrictions and prohibitions of Stage E (Level 5) Yes6 Other Percentage Ration water
supplies as
needed
ERP response and recovery protocol to catastrophic supply interruption Yes NOTES: (1) Reduction percentages are estimated based on experience with existing DMMs and are subject to refinement after monitoring observed outcomes. (2) Reduction Actions are selected from a DWR drop down list. These are the only categories that are accepted for online submittal. See Additional Explanation for “Other.” (3) Shortage Level based on State’s six standard levels which can be mapped to the City’s Shortage Stages using UWMP Table 8-1.

DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

City Name 60 Day Notice
Drop Down (yes/no)
Notice of Public
Hearing
Drop Down (yes/no)
Beverly Hills Yes Yes
West Hollywood Yes Yes
County Name
Drop Down List
60 Day Notice
Drop Down (yes/no)
Notice of Public
Hearing
Drop Down (yes/no)
Los Angeles County Yes Yes
Submittal Table 10-1 Retail: Notification to Cities and Counties Water Code Section 10621(b) and 10642
NOTES:
1/1/2025
12/31/2025
Units for
Water
Volume
Extract and
Divert Treatment Distribution Total Utility
AF 1,489 1,197 9,306 9,306
N/A 570,061 1,447,419 1,007,149 3,024,629N/A 1,175 3,711 332 997 Quantity of Self-Generated Renewable Energy
0 kWh
Data Quality (Estimate, Metered Data, Combination of Estimates and Metered Data)Metered DataData Quality Narrative:Narrative:Data is based on metered water and energy use for CY2025The Extract/Divert process includes the City's groundwater wells. The Treatment process is the Foothill WTP. The Distribution process includes the City's booster pump stations.NOTES: Extraction equals well production, Treatment equals WTP production, Distribution equals imported plus groundwater supply from WTP Volume of Water Entering Process
Energy Consumed (kWh)
Energy Intensity (kWh/vol. converted to MG)
DWR NOTES: Total Utility: The volume of water entered in the “Total Utility” column should equal the volume of water entering the distribution system (excluding recycled water); in most cases, this is the total volume calculated in UWMP Table 4-1: 2025 Actual Total Uses for Potable and Non-Potable Water. Note if recycled water is included in your Submittal Optional Submittal Table O-1A: Recommended Energy Reporting - SINGLE DELIVERY PRODUCT - WATER SUPPLY PROCESS APPROACH Start Date of Reporting Period Water Management Process End Date of Reporting Period

APPENDIX C
AWWA Water Audit Worksheets
Water Audit Report for:

Reporting Year:

All volumes to be entered as: ACRE-FEET PER YEAR
Master Meter and Supply Error Adjustments
WATER SUPPLIED Pcnt: Value:

Volume from own sources: 10 0.001 acre-ft/yr 5 acre-ft/yr Water imported: 7 9,612.700 acre-ft/yr 9 -0.04% acre-ft/yr Water exported: n/a 0.000 acre-ft/yr acre-ft/yr
Enter negative % or value for under-registration
WATER SUPPLIED: 9,627.062 acre-ft/yr Enter positive % or value for over-registration .

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
Billed metered: 5 9,037.900 acre-ft/yr
Billed unmetered: n/a acre-ft/yr
Unbilled metered: n/a acre-ft/yr Pcnt: Value:

Unbilled unmetered: 10 9.410 acre-ft/yr 1.25% 24061 acre-ft/yr AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION: 9,047.310 acre-ft/yr
WATER LOSSES (Water Supplied - Authorized Consumption) 579.752 acre-ft/yr Apparent Losses Pcnt: Value:

Unauthorized consumption: 5 24.068 acre-ft/yr 0.25% acre-ft/yr Customer metering inaccuracies: 5 91.292 acre-ft/yr 1.00% acre-ft/yr Systematic data handling errors: 5 22.595 acre-ft/yr 0.25% acre-ft/yr Apparent Losses: 137.954 acre-ft/yr
Real Losses (Current Annual Real Losses or CARL)
Real Losses = Water Losses - Apparent Losses: 441.798 acre-ft/yr WATER LOSSES: 579.752 acre-ft/yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
NON-REVENUE WATER: 589.162 acre-ft/yr
= Water Losses + Unbilled Metered + Unbilled Unmetered

SYSTEM DATA
Length of mains: 9 171.0 miles
Number of active AND inactive service connections: 10 10,913 Service connection density: 64 conn./mile main
Yes
Average length of customer service line: ft
Average operating pressure: 7 67.8 psi

COST DATA
Total annual cost of operating water system: 10 $37,735,980 $/Year Customer retail unit cost (applied to Apparent Losses): 9 $10.08 Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses): 6 $1,388.96 $/acre-ft WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY SCORE:

PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION:
1: Water imported
2: Billed metered
3: Customer metering inaccuracies
Default option selected for Systematic data handling errors - a grading of 5 is applied but not displayed Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading score of 10 has been applied Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop or property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Reporting Worksheet

9.410
2021 1/2021 - 12/2021
City of Beverly Hills (CA1910156)
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Based on the information provided, audit accuracy can be improved by addressing the following components:
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Default option selected for unauthorized consumption - a grading of 5 is applied but not displayed *** YOUR SCORE IS: 69 out of 100 ***
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VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 4 360.010 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 24.00% volume acre-ft/yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 7 8,743.700 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 0.01% percent acre-ft/yr over-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a 0.000 Acre-ft/Yr n g n/a percent acre-ft/yr select….. WEEA 9,128.320 Acre-ft/Yr
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AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 8,503.500 Acre-ft/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 8 12.810 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% custom acre-ft/yr 24061 8,516.310 Acre-ft/Yr
WATER LOSSES 612.010 Acre-ft/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 21.259 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 2 85.894 Acre-ft/Yr 1.00% percent acre-ft/yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 3 21.259 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr Default option selected for Unauthorized Consumption, with automatic data grading of 3 128.411 Acre-ft/Yr
Real Losses
483.599 Acre-ft/Yr
612.010 Acre-ft/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
624.820 Acre-ft/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 10 171.0 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 10 10,637 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 62 conn./mile main
Yes
Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 7 79.3 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 10 $10.02
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 10 $1,449.26 $/acre-ft $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
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PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: gal/conn/day
2: Customer Metering Inaccuracies (CMI) Unit Apparent Losses: gal/conn/day 3: Billed Metered (BMAC) Unit Real LossesA
: gal/conn/day
Unit Real LossesB: gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

If entering an
Error Adjustment,
select under- or overregistration
WATER SUPPLIED:

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier IV (71-90). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/1000 gallons (US)
$34,704,346
Total Annual Operating Cost
Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

12.810
City of Beverly Hills

25.100
Jan 01 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar2022
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

Click 'g' to determine data validity grade
Click 'n' to add notes
FWAS v6.0
American Water Works Association.

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To edit water system info:

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1
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Water Audit Report for:

Audit Year:

All volumes to be entered as: ACRE-FEET PER YEAR
WATER SUPPLIED choose entry option:

VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 7 874.840 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 volume acre-ft/yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 7 7,610.800 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 0.02% percent acre-ft/yr under-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr n g n/a percent acre-ft/yr select….. WEEA 8,496.077 Acre-ft/Yr
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AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 7,966.960 Acre-ft/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 8 9.730 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% custom acre-ft/yr 24061 7,976.690 Acre-ft/Yr
WATER LOSSES 519.387 Acre-ft/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 19.917 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 2 80.474 Acre-ft/Yr 1.00% percent acre-ft/yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 3 19.917 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr Default option selected for Unauthorized Consumption, with automatic data grading of 3 120.309 Acre-ft/Yr
Real Losses
399.078 Acre-ft/Yr
519.387 Acre-ft/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
529.117 Acre-ft/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 10 171.2 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 10 10,455 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 61 conn./mile main
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Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 7 85.5 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 10 $9.84
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 10 $1,434.44 $/acre-ft $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
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dashboard
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: gal/conn/day
2: Customer Metering Inaccuracies (CMI) Unit Apparent Losses: gal/conn/day 3: Billed Metered (BMAC) Unit Real LossesA
: gal/conn/day
Unit Real LossesB: gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

If entering an
Error Adjustment,
select under- or overregistration
WATER SUPPLIED:

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier IV (71-90). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/1000 gallons (US)
$44,079,614
Total Annual Operating Cost
Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

9.730
City of Beverly Hills

8.770
Jan 01 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar2023
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

Click 'g' to determine data validity grade
Click 'n' to add notes
FWAS v6.0
American Water Works Association.

To access definitions, click the input name
To edit water system info:

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1
[II [ I
Water Audit Report for:

Audit Year:

All volumes to be entered as: ACRE-FEET PER YEAR
WATER SUPPLIED choose entry option:

VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 7 1,090.950 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 volume acre-ft/yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 7 7,967.835 Acre-ft/Yr n g 10 0.00% percent acre-ft/yr over-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr n g n/a percent acre-ft/yr select….. WEEA 9,065.451 Acre-ft/Yr
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AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 8,448.734 Acre-ft/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a Acre-ft/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 8 9.020 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% custom acre-ft/yr 24061 8,457.754 Acre-ft/Yr
WATER LOSSES 607.696 Acre-ft/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 21.122 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 2 85.341 Acre-ft/Yr 1.00% percent acre-ft/yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 3 21.122 Acre-ft/Yr 0.25% default acre-ft/yr Default option selected for Unauthorized Consumption, with automatic data grading of 3 127.584 Acre-ft/Yr
Real Losses
480.112 Acre-ft/Yr
607.696 Acre-ft/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
616.716 Acre-ft/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 10 171.2 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 10 10,455 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 61 conn./mile main
Yes
Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 7 88.5 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 10 $10.13
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 10 $1,453.38 $/acre-ft $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
go to
dashboard
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: gal/conn/day
2: Customer Metering Inaccuracies (CMI) Unit Apparent Losses: gal/conn/day 3: Billed Metered (BMAC) Unit Real LossesA
: gal/conn/day
Unit Real LossesB: gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

9.020
City of Beverly Hills

7.040
Jan 01 2024 - Dec 31 2024
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar2024
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier IV (71-90). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/1000 gallons (US)
$46,547,938
Total Annual Operating Cost
go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

If entering an
Error Adjustment,
select under- or overregistration
WATER SUPPLIED:

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Click 'g' to determine data validity grade
Click 'n' to add notes
FWAS v6.0
American Water Works Association.

To access definitions, click the input name
To edit water system info:

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1
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Water Audit Report for:

Reporting Year:

All volumes to be entered as: ACRE-FEET PER YEAR
Master Meter and Supply Error Adjustments
WATER SUPPLIED Pcnt: Value:

Volume from own sources: 10 0.001 acre-ft/yr 5 acre-ft/yr Water imported: 7 9,564.700 acre-ft/yr 9 0.01% acre-ft/yr Water exported: n/a 0.000 acre-ft/yr acre-ft/yr
Enter negative % or value for under-registration
WATER SUPPLIED: 9,582.948 acre-ft/yr Enter positive % or value for over-registration .

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
Billed metered: 5 8,961.730 acre-ft/yr
Billed unmetered: n/a acre-ft/yr
Unbilled metered: n/a acre-ft/yr Pcnt: Value:

Unbilled unmetered: 10 8.840 acre-ft/yr 1.25% 24061 acre-ft/yr AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION: 8,970.570 acre-ft/yr
WATER LOSSES (Water Supplied - Authorized Consumption) 612.378 acre-ft/yr Apparent Losses Pcnt: Value:

Unauthorized consumption: 5 23.957 acre-ft/yr 0.25% acre-ft/yr Customer metering inaccuracies: 5 90.523 acre-ft/yr 1.00% acre-ft/yr Systematic data handling errors: 5 22.404 acre-ft/yr 0.25% acre-ft/yr Apparent Losses: 136.884 acre-ft/yr
Real Losses (Current Annual Real Losses or CARL)
Real Losses = Water Losses - Apparent Losses: 475.494 acre-ft/yr WATER LOSSES: 612.378 acre-ft/yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
NON-REVENUE WATER: 621.218 acre-ft/yr
= Water Losses + Unbilled Metered + Unbilled Unmetered

SYSTEM DATA
Length of mains: 9 171.0 miles
Number of active AND inactive service connections: 10 10,913 Service connection density: 64 conn./mile main
Yes
Average length of customer service line: ft
Average operating pressure: 7 67.4 psi

COST DATA
Total annual cost of operating water system: 10 $35,945,097 $/Year Customer retail unit cost (applied to Apparent Losses): 9 $9.84 Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses): 6 $1,357.07 $/acre-ft WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY SCORE:

PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION:
1: Water imported
2: Billed metered
3: Customer metering inaccuracies
Default option selected for Systematic data handling errors - a grading of 5 is applied but not displayed Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading score of 10 has been applied Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop or property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Reporting Worksheet

8.840
2020 1/2020 - 12/2020
City of Beverly Hills (CA1910156)
<----------- Enter grading in column 'E' and 'J' ----------> -18.840
Based on the information provided, audit accuracy can be improved by addressing the following components:
$/1000 gallons (US)
Default option selected for unauthorized consumption - a grading of 5 is applied but not displayed *** YOUR SCORE IS: 69 out of 100 ***
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APPENDIX D
Metropolitan 2025 UWMP Supply Capability
2-22 Water Reliability Assessment
Table 2-4
Normal Year
Supply Capability1 and Projected Demands
Average of 1922-2021 Hydrologies
(acre-feet per year)
Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Current Programs
In-Region Supplies and Programs 789,000 776,000 746,000 733,000 827,000 California Aqueduct2 1,723,000 1,694,000 1,668,000 1,641,000 1,641,000 Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 1,334,700 1,358,200 1,336,000 1,323,500 1,345,500 Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 Capability of Current Programs 3,762,000 3,720,000 3,664,000 3,624,000 3,718,000 Demands
Total Demands on Metropolitan 1,209,000 1,222,000 1,250,000 1,269,000 1,287,000 Exchange with SDCWA 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 Total Metropolitan Deliveries5 1,503,000 1,516,000 1,544,000 1,563,000 1,581,000 Surplus 2,259,000 2,204,000 2,120,000 2,061,000 2,137,000 Programs Under Development
In-Region Supplies and Programs 0 0 0 0 0
California Aqueduct 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 0 0 0 0 0
Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 0 0 0 0 0
Capability of Proposed Programs 0 0 0 0 0
Potential Surplus 2,259,000 2,204,000 2,120,000 2,061,000 2,137,000 Notes:

1. Represents Supply Capability for resource programs under listed year type.

2. California Aqueduct includes Central Valley transfers and storage program supplies conveyed by the aqueduct.

3. Colorado River Aqueduct includes programs and Exchange with SDCWA conveyed by the aqueduct.

4. Maximum CRA deliveries limited to 1.25 MAF including Exchange with SDCWA.

5. Total demands are adjusted to include Exchange with SDCWA and San Luis Rey S.

Water Reliability Assessment 2-23
Table 2-5
Single Dry Year
Supply Capability1 and Projected Demands
Repeat of 1977 Hydrology
(acre-feet per year)
Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Current Programs
In-Region Supplies and Programs 789,000 776,000 746,000 733,000 827,000 California Aqueduct2 662,000 649,000 635,000 622,000 622,000 Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 1,334,700 1,358,200 1,336,000 1,411,000 1,433,000 Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 Capability of Current Programs 2,701,000 2,675,000 2,631,000 2,605,000 2,699,000 Demands
Total Demands on Metropolitan 1,340,000 1,359,000 1,385,000 1,403,000 1,420,000 Exchange with SDCWA 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 Total Metropolitan Deliveries5 1,634,000 1,653,000 1,679,000 1,697,000 1,714,000 Surplus 1,067,000 1,022,000 952,000 908,000 985,000
Programs Under Development
In-Region Supplies and Programs 0 0 0 0 0
California Aqueduct 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 0 0 0 0 0
Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 0 0 0 0 0
Capability of Proposed Programs 0 0 0 0 0
Potential Surplus 1,067,000 1,022,000 952,000 908,000 985,000 Notes:

1. Represents Supply Capability for resource programs under listed year type.

2. California Aqueduct includes Central Valley transfers and storage program supplies conveyed by the aqueduct.

3. Colorado River Aqueduct includes programs and Exchange with SDCWA conveyed by the aqueduct.

4. Maximum CRA deliveries limited to 1.25 MAF including Exchange with SDCWA.

5. Total demands are adjusted to include Exchange with SDCWA.

2-24 Water Reliability Assessment
Table 2-6
Drought Lasting Five Consecutive Years
Supply Capability1 and Projected Demands
Repeat of 1988-1992 Hydrology
(acre-feet per year)
Forecast Year 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Current Programs
In-Region Supplies and Programs 160,000 156,000 149,000 146,000 165,000 California Aqueduct2 733,200 720,400 690,400 660,400 579,400 Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 1,189,200 1,241,700 1,204,500 1,197,000 1,245,500 Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,250,000 Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 1,189,200 1,241,700 1,204,500 1,197,000 1,245,500 Capability of Current Programs 2,082,400 2,118,100 2,043,900 2,003,400 1,989,900 Demands
Total Demands on Metropolitan 1,308,000 1,374,000 1,395,000 1,418,000 1,437,000 Exchange with SDCWA 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 294,000 Total Metropolitan Deliveries5 1,602,000 1,668,000 1,689,000 1,712,000 1,731,000 Surplus 480,400 450,100 354,900 291,400 258,900
Programs Under Development
In-Region Supplies and Programs 0 0 0 0 0
California Aqueduct 0 0 0 0 0
Colorado River Aqueduct
Total Supply Available3 0 0 0 0 0
Aqueduct Capacity Limit4 60,800 8,300 45,500 53,000 4,500 Colorado River Aqueduct Capability 0 0 0 0 0
Capability of Proposed Programs 0 0 0 0 0
Potential Surplus 480,400 450,100 354,900 291,400 258,900 Notes:

1. Represents Supply Capability for resource programs under listed year type.

2. California Aqueduct includes Central Valley transfers and storage program supplies conveyed by the aqueduct.

3. Colorado River Aqueduct includes programs and Exchange with SDCWA conveyed by the aqueduct.

4. Maximum CRA deliveries limited to 1.25 MAF including Exchange with SDCWA.

5. Total demands are adjusted to include Exchange with SDCWA.

APPENDIX E
City Conservation Ordinances

ORDINANCE NO. 20-0- 2819

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE

REGARDING EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION PLAN
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2019, the City Council adopted an ordinance substituting a revenue stabilization rate schedule during water shortages instead of previous baseline methods and penalty surcharges, and intends to conform the Emergency Water Conservation Plan in accordance with such changes.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The City Council hereby amends and restates Article 3 ("Emergency Water Conservation Plan") of Chapter 4 ("WATER REGULATIONS") of Title 9 ("BUILDING AND PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS") ofthe Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows:

Article 3. Emergency Water Conservation Plan
9-4-301: AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER:

A. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions ofthis article in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare under the following conditions:

1. In the event of an unforeseeable disaster or water emergency such as an earthquake, reservoir failure or other major disruption in the water supply, the City Manager is authorized to implement the emergency provisions ofthis article.

2. In the event of a foreseeable water emergency, such as an extended drought, the City Manager is authorized to implement the applicable provisions ofthis article, after holding a public hearing before the City Council.

B. The City Manager is authorized to determine and declare that a water shortage emergency exists in any or all parts ofthe City ofBeverly Hills and upon such determination, to promulgate such regulations, rules and conditions relative to the time of using water, the purpose or purposes for which it may be used and such other necessary limitations as will, in his or her opinion, relieve the water shortage in such part or parts of the City.

C. The City Council may review and affirm, reverse, or modify any determination made or regulations, rules or conditions promulgated by the City Manager pursuant to this article.

D. All references to the City Manager in this article shall mean the City Manager or his or her designee.

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ORDINANCE NO. 20-O- 2819

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

AMENDING THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE

REGARDING EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION PLAN
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2019, the City Council adopted an ordinance substituting a revenue stabilization rate schedule during water shortages instead of previous baseline methods and penalty surcharges, and intends to conform the Emergency Water Conservation Plan in accordance with such changes.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEYERL Y HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The City Council hereby amends and restates Article 3 ("Emergency Water Conservation Plan") of Chapter 4 (WATER REGULATIONS") of Title 9 (BUILDING AND PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS") of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows:

Article 3. Emergency Water Conservation Plan
9-4-301: AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER:

A. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions of this article in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare under the following conditions:

1. In the event of an unforeseeable disaster or water emergency such as an earthquake, reservoir failure or other major disruption in the water supply, the City Manager is authorized to implement the emergency provisions of this article.

2. In the event of a foreseeable water emergency, such as an extended drought, the City Manager is authorized to implement the applicable provisions of this article, after holding a public hearing before the City Council.

B. The City Manager is authorized to determine and declare that a water shortage emergency exists in any or all parts of the City of Beverly Hills and upon such determination, to promulgate such regulations, rules and conditions relative to the time of using water, the purpose or purposes for which it may be used and such other necessary limitations as will, in his or her opinion, relieve the water shortage in such part or parts of the City.

C. The City Council may review and affirm, reverse, or modify any determination made or regulations, rules or conditions promulgated by the City Manager pursuant to this article.

D. AII references to the City Manager in this article shall mean the City Manager or his or her designee.

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9-4-302: GENERAL PROHIBITION; APPLICABILITY;
A. No person shall use or permit the use ofwater from the City for residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or any other purposes in violation of any provision ofthis article or in an amount in excess ofthe use that is permitted by the water conservation stages defined below.

B. The provisions ofthis article shall apply to all persons, customers and property served by the City ofBeverly Hills, Public Works Department - Utilities Division wherever situated.
9-4-303: DECLARATION OF WATER CONSERVATION STAGES:

A. Water conservation stages shall be determined by the amount of water available or the potential for water interruption. The City Manager shall monitor the supply and demand for water by customers. When the City Manager determines that the requirements to declare a water shortage exist, he or she shall recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution to declare the appropriate water conservation stage be adopted.

B. The resolution shall specify the water use baseline for determining the water conservation measures required by Section 9-4-303 and the water revenue stabilization factors to be applied pursuant to Section 9-4-304. The water use baseline shall be determined based upon such factors as deemed appropriate by the City, including the characteristics of a local emergency, or as otherwise mandated by the State ofCalifornia or other regulatory agency, or by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

C. The City Council may modify by resolution any ofthe requirements contained in the stages of water conservation set forth in section 9-4-303 and 9-4-304 ofthis article ifthe City Council determines that the modification is in the best interests ofthe City or is appropriate to promote compliance with an applicable water use regulation.

D. The resolution to declare a water shortage exists shall be published within ten (10) days after its adoption at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City and shall be posted in at least three (3) public places. The resolution shall continue to be posted until such time as City Council repeals the resolution.

E. Except as otherwise may be provided by this article or a resolution adopted by the City Council or pursuant to the exercise of emergency powers authorized by Article 1 of Chapter 4 ofthe Municipal Code, any resolution that requires a reduction in the use of water shall not become effective for at least 30 days.
9-4-304: REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER CONSERVATION STAGES:

Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water conservation reductions shall be implemented. The water conservation reductions for each water conservation stage and each class are described in the following table:
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9-4-302: GENERAL PROHIBITION; APPLICABILITY:

A. No person shall use or permit the use of water from the City for residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or any other purposes in violation of any provision of this article or in an amount in excess of the use that is permitted by the water conservation stages defined below.

B. The provisions of this article shall apply to all persons, customers and property served by the City of Beverly Hills, Public Works Department - Utilities Division wherever situated.
9-4-303: DECLARATION OF WATER CONSERVATION STAGES:

A. Water conservation stages shall be determined by the amount of water available or the potential for water interruption. The City Manager shall monitor the supply and demand for water by customers. When the City Manager determines that the requirements to declare a water shortage exist, he or she shall recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution to declare the appropriate water conservation stage be adopted.

B. The resolution shall specify the water use baseline for determining the water conservation measures required by Section 9-4-303 and the water revenue stabilization factors to be applied pursuant to Section 9-4-304. The water use baseline shall be determined based upon such factors as deemed appropriate by the City, including the characteristics of a local emergency, or as otherwise mandated by the State of California or other regulatory agency, or by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

C. The City Council may modify by resolution any of the requirements contained in the stages of water conservation set forth in section 9-4-303 and 9-4-304 of this article if the City Council determines that the modification is in the best interests of the City or is appropriate to promote compliance with an applicable water use regulation.

D. The resolution to declare a water shortage exists shall be published within ten (10) days after its adoption at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City and shall be posted in at least three (3) public places. The resolution shall continue to be posted until such time as City Council repeals the resolution.

E. Except as otherwise may be provided by this article or a resolution adopted by the City Council or pursuant to the exercise of emergency powers authorized by Article l of Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code, any resolution that requires a reduction in the use of water shall not become effective for at least 30 days.
9-4-304: REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER CONSERVATION ST AGES:

Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water conservation reductions shall be implemented. The water conservation reductions for each water conservation stage and each class are described in the following table:
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Wa< er Conservation Reductions by (Dlass
Class Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
City-wide goal (5% reduction) (10% reduction) (20% reduction) (30% reduction) (50% reduction) single-family 6% 12% 24% 36% 58%
multi-family 3% 5% 11% 16% 31%
commercial 4% 7% 15% 22% 40%
irrigation 11% 22% 45% 67% 100%
Additional compliance elements for each water conservation stage are described below.

A. Stage A Requirements:

1. A stage A shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a five percent (5%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage A compliance may include voluntary reduced irrigation, notification of hotel and restaurant patrons ofwater conservation goals, and use ofreclaimed water for construction purposes.

B. Stage B Requirements:

1. A stage B shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a ten percent (10%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage B compliance shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals;

3. Violation by any person ofthe stage B mandatory requirements shall constitute an infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The violation ofeach element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

C. Stage C Requirements:

1. A stage C shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a twenty percent (20%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage C compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees ofwater conservation goals; b. Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
c. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater.

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Wt a er C onserva ti on Re d ucI:tri ons b Dy Cl ass
Class Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
City-wide goal (5% reduction) (10% reduction) (20% reduction) (30% reduction) (50% reduction) single-family 6% 12% 24% 36% 58%
multi-family 3% 5% 11% 16% 31%
commercial 4% 7% 15% 22% 40%
irrigation 11% 22% 45% 67% 100%
Additional compliance elements for each water conservation stage are described below.

A. Stage A Requirements:
l . A stage A shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a five percent (5%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage A compliance may include voluntary reduced irrigation, notification of hotel and restaurant patrons of water conservation goals, and use of reclaimed water for construction purposes.

B. Stage B Requirements:
l . A stage B shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a ten percent (10%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage B compliance shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals;

3. Violation by any person of the stage B mandatory requirements shall constitute an infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

C. Stage C Requirements:

1. A stage C shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a twenty percent (20%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage C compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals; b. Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
c. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater.

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terminated for continued excessive use. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

D. Stage D Requirements:

1. A stage D shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a thirty percent (30%) or higher citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage D compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals; b. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater;
c.Refilling ofswimming pools, spas or ponds shall be prohibited unless required for health or safety reasons;
d.Exterior washdown ofvehicles shall be prohibited unless:
(1) Using a reclaimed water system;
(2) Performed in accordance with an alternative plan that promotes water conservation and is approved in writing by the Director ofPublic Works or his/her designee; or
(3) Required to meet laws or governmental regulations to protect health and safety, such as the cleaning of garbage trucks and vehicles to transport food.
e.Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
f. Exterior washdown of buildings shall be prohibited unless:
(1) Using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done: a) no more than once per month for retail building frontage; b) no more than twice per year for office and commercial buildings; c) no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations for the building frontage offood service uses; or d) no more than once per year for residential structures solely for the purpose ofpreparing a residential structure for painting.
(2) Using a commercial glass and window cleaner.
g. Exterior washdown ofsidewalks and the pavement of outdoor dining areas shall be prohibited unless using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations.

3. Violation by any person ofthe stage D mandatory requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Continued excessive use may result in termination ofwater supply through irrigation water services and/or restriction ofwater -4-
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terminated for continued excessive use. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

D. Stage D Requirements:

1. A stage D shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a thirty percent (30%) or higher citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage D compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals; b. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater;
c.Refilling of swimming pools, spas or ponds shall be prohibited unless required for health or safety reasons;
d.Exterior washdown of vehicles shall be prohibited unless:
( l ) Using a reclaimed water system;
(2) Performed in accordance with an alternative plan that promotes water conservation and is approved in writing by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee; or
(3) Required to meet laws or governmental regulations to protect health and safety, such as the cleaning of garbage trucks and vehicles to transport food.
e. Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
f. Exterior washdown of buildings shall be prohibited unless:
(I) Using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done: a) no more than once per month for retail building frontage; b) no more than twice per year for office and commercial buildings; c) no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations for the building frontage of food service uses; or d) no more than once per year for residential structures solely for the purpose of preparing a residential structure for painting.
(2) Using a commercial glass and window cleaner.
g. Exterior washdown of sidewalks and the pavement of outdoor dining areas shall be prohibited unless using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations.

3. Violation by any person of the stage D mandatory requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Continued excessive use may result in termination of water supply through irrigation water services and/or restriction of water -4-
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supply through domestic meters. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

For purposes ofthis article, "reclaimed water system" shall mean a system that initially uses potable water and then collects the runoff, treats the runoff, and uses the runofffor nonpotable uses for multiple cycles.

E. Stage E Requirements:

1. A stage E shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a catastrophic interruption of potable water supply has occurred or is foreseen.

2. The City Manager shall have emergency water allocation authority in the case of a stage E declaration. This authority shall include the authority to interrupt service to any property or City service zone in order to provide the maximum water supply for human health and safety needs. A Stage E declaration will include mandatory shutoff of all irrigation-only service connections.

3. In allocating water, the City Manager shall give first priority to health and safety needs of water utility customers. Subsequent water uses are prioritized to provide water supply first to maintain and expand commerce within the City, then to enhance the aesthetics ofthe environment, and then to facilitate construction activities.

4. Violation by any person ofthe stage E emergency water conservation regulations, shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and six (6) months in jail. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.
9-4-305: WATER SHORTAGE REVENUE STABILIZATION FACTORS
Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water shortage revenue stabilization factors shall be implemented. The water shortage revenue stabilization factors for each water conservation stage and each class shall be multiplied by the then applicable quantity charge rate for each customer as described in the following table:
levenue Stabilization Factors by Water Conservation Stage and Class Class Stage A
(5% reduction)
Stage B
(10% reduction)
Stage C
(20% reduction)
Stage D
(30% reduction)
Stage E
(50% reduction)
single-family 1.039 1.081 1.187 1.333 1.824
multi-family 1.016 1.033 1.069 1.110 1.262
commercial 1.023 1.048 1.103 1.170 1.388
irrigation 1.076 1.169 1.474 2.192 n/a
9-4-306: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
A. The City shall give notice of violation to the person committing a violation ofthis article as follows:
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supply through domestic meters. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

4. For purposes of this article, "reclaimed water system" shall mean a system that initially uses potable water and then collects the runoff, treats the runoff, and uses the runoff for nonpotable uses for multiple cycles.

E. Stage E Requirements:

1. A stage E shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a catastrophic interruption of potable water supply has occurred or is foreseen.

2. The City Manager shall have emergency water allocation authority in the case of a stage E declaration. This authority shall include the authority to interrupt service to any property or City service zone in order to provide the maximum water supply for human health and safety needs. A Stage E declaration will include mandatory shutoff of all irrigation-only service connections.

3. In allocating water, the City Manager shall give first priority to health and safety needs of water utility customers. Subsequent water uses are prioritized to provide water supply first to maintain and expand commerce within the City, then to enhance the aesthetics of the environment, and then to facilitate construction activities.

4. Violation by any person of the stage E emergency water conservation regulations, shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and six (6) months in jail. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.
9-4-305: WATER SHORTAGE REVENUE STABILIZATION FACTORS
Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water shortage revenue stabilization factors shall be implemented. The water shortage revenue stabilization factors for each water conservation stage and each class shall be multiplied by the then applicable quantity charge rate for each customer as described in the following table:

R evenue Sbi ta1la1i zation F actors b y W ater C onservatt1i on S tage an d Cl ass Class Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
(5% reduction) (10% reduction) (20% reduction) (30% reduction) (50% reduction) single-family 1.039 1.081 1.187 1.333 1.824
multi-family 1.016 1.033 1.069 1.110 1.262
commercial 1.023 1.048 1.103 1.170 1.388
irrigation 1.076 1.169 1.474 2.192 n/a
9-4-306: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
A. The City shall give notice of violation to the person committing a violation of this article as follows:
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1. Notice of violation of any water usage percentage reduction provisions shall be given in writing by regular mail.

2. Notice of violation of any other mandatory requirement listed in section 9-4-304 ofthis article shall be given in writing in the following manner:
a. By giving the notice to the customer personally; or
b. Ifthe customer is absent from or unavailable at the premises at which the violation occurred, by leaving a copy with some person ofsuitable age and discretion at the premises and sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed; or c.If a person ofsuitable age or discretion cannot be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place at the premises at which the violation occurred and also sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed.

B. The notice shall contain a brief description ofthe facts ofthe violation and a statement of the possible penalties for each violation and a statement informing the customer ofhis or her right to a hearing on the merits ofthe violation pursuant to section 9-4-306 ofthis article.
9-4-307: HEARINGS:

Any person receiving notice of a violation of any water usage percentage reduction provision set forth in section 9-4-304 ofthis chapter shall have the right to request a hearing to appeal the violation. The City Council shall establish the appeal procedures by resolution. 9-4-308: ADDITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES:

After holding a public hearing before the City Council, the City Manager may order implementation ofwater conservation measures including, or in addition to, those set forth in section 9-4-303 ofthis chapter, in order to encourage proper potable water use or to meet water conservation goals, regardless ofsupply.
9-4-309: EXCEPTIONS:

Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the City to curtail the supply ofwater to any customer when such water is required by that customer to maintain an adequate level of public health and safety.

Section 2. Severabilitv. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion ofthis Ordinance for any reason is held to be invalid or unconstitutionalby the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity ofthe remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective ofthe factthat any one or more sections,subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. -6-
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1. Notice of violation of any water usage percentage reduction provisions shall be given in writing by regular mail.

2. Notice of violation of any other mandatory requirement listed in section 9-4-304 of this article shall be given in writing in the following manner:
a. By giving the notice to the customer personally; or
b. If the customer is absent from or unavailable at the premises at which the violation occurred, by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at the premises and sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed; or c.If a person of suitable age or discretion cannot be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place at the premises at which the violation occurred and also sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed.

B. The notice shall contain a brief description of the facts of the violation and a statement of the possible penalties for each violation and a statement informing the customer of his or her right to a hearing on the merits of the violation pursuant to section 9-4-306 of this article.
9-4-307: HEARINGS:

Any person receiving notice of a violation of any water usage percentage reduction provision set forth in section 9-4-304 of this chapter shall have the right to request a hearing to appeal the violation. The City Council shall establish the appeal procedures by resolution. 9-4-308: ADDITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES:

After holding a public hearing before the City Council, the City Manager may order implementation of water conservation measures including, or in addition to, those set forth in section 9-4-303 of this chapter, in order to encourage proper potable water use or to meet water conservation goals, regardless of supply.
9-4-309: EXCEPTIONS:

Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the City to curtail the supply of water to any customer when such water is required by that customer to maintain an adequate level of public health and safety.

Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance for any reason is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. -6-
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Section 3. Publication. The City Cleric shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city within fifteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 ofthe Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk's certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council ofthis city.

Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.

Adopted: September 15, 2020
Effective: October 16, 2020
ATTEST:

LESTER J. FRIEDMAN
Mayor
(SEAL)

HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
/
LAURENCE S. WIENER GEOR^XHAVEZ
City Attorney City Manager
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Section 3. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city within Ii fteen (15) days after its passage in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code, shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance and the City Clerk's certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this city.

Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into cfTect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31st) day after its passage.

Adopted:

Effective:

September 15, 2020
October 16, 2020
ATTEST: -
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HUMA AHMED
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

LAU
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RENCE S. W• IENER
City Attorney
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LESTER J. FRIEDMAN
Mayor
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:

GEO�AVEZ
City Manager
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ARTICLE 2. WATER USE EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS
9-4-201: PERMANENT WATER USE RESTRICTIONS AND WATER WASTE PREVENTION:

A. Permanent Water Use Restrictions; Exceptions:

1. The following permanent water use restrictions are in effect at all times. It shall be unlawful to:
a. Water or irrigate, or allow watering or irrigation of any outdoor plant on private property or parkways other than between the hours of five o'clock (5:00) P.M. and nine o'clock (9:00) A.M. As used in this article, "plants" shall include plants, flowers, lawns, shrubs and trees. Outdoor plants may also be referred to as "outdoor landscaping". b. Water or irrigate, or allow watering or irrigation of outdoor landscaping in a manner that causes or allows water flow or runoff onto an adjoining sidewalk, driveway, street, alley, gutter, ditch or adjacent property. c. Apply potable water to outdoor landscaping during, and within forty eight (48) hours after, measurable rainfall, which includes at a minimum any amount of rainfall that generates run-off or puddles. d. Use, or allow the use of, potable water in decorative water features, including but not limited to fountains, pools, ponds, cascades, waterfalls, and streams, that do not recirculate the water. e. Allow a loss or escape of water through breaks, leaks or other malfunctions in the water user's plumbing or distribution system. A water user shall have the obligation to repair any such breaks, leaks, or other malfunctions within seven (7) days of notification by the Beverly Hills Public Works Department unless the Director of Public Works or their designee makes other arrangements with the water user.
f. Serve, or allow service of, drinking water to a customer other than upon request in eating or drinking establishments, including but not limited to restaurants, hotels, cafes, cafeterias, bars, or other public places where food or drink are served and/or purchased.
g. Fail to provide written notice to all hotel or motel patrons of their right to refrain from being provided with laundered towels and linens on a daily basis. The notice shall consist of clear language and shall be prominently displayed in each room at all times. h. Fail to abide by any State law or regulation concerning water conservation.

2. All washdown activities are prohibited at all times, except as follows:
a. Washdown of the exterior of vehicles in residential areas with the use of a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or with an alternative plan that promotes water conservation and is first approved in writing by the Director of Public Works.
b. Washdown of the exterior of vehicles as part of a commercial enterprise with the use of a reclaimed water system (a system that initially uses potable water and then collects the runoff, treats the runoff, and uses the runoff for nonpotable uses for multiple cycles) that promotes water conservation and achieves at least a twenty percent (20%) reduction of water consumption and is first approved in writing by the Director of Public Works. Vehicles (including garbage trucks and those used to transport food) that are required to have exteriors washed pursuant to State laws or regulations are exempt from this regulation. c. Washdown of residential buildings and other structures with the use of a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or with a reclaimed water system. Washdown can be performed no more than four (4) times a year.
d. Washdown of commercial buildings with the use of a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or with a reclaimed water system. Washdown can be performed no more than two (2) times per month for retail, office and commercial building frontages, provided that washdown may be performed more than two (2) times per month, but no more than necessary, to comply with health and safety laws and regulations for the building frontages of establishments that offer food and/or beverages to customers. e. Washdown, or allow the washdown of, residential sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios, and alleys except where necessary to alleviate health and safety hazards, and then only with a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container. f. Washdown of sidewalks for retail, office, and commercial buildings with the use of a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or use of a reclaimed water system. Washdowns can be performed no more than two (2) times per month for sidewalks adjoining establishments that offer food and/or beverages to customers, provided that washdown may be performed more than two (2) times per month, but no more than necessary, to comply with health and safety laws and regulations.
g. Washdown of outdoor pavement areas of food establishments with the use of a low-volume, high-pressure nozzle or water efficient nozzle equipped with an automatic shutoff valve; or use of a reclaimed water system. Washdowns can be performed no more than necessary to comply with health and safety laws and regulations. As used herein, "pavement" means and includes, but is not limited to, ground covering of concrete, stone, brick, tile, or similar substance. (Ord. 18-O-2761, eff. 11-16-2018) I
ARTICLE 3. EMERGENCY WATER CONSERVATION PLAN
9-4-301: AUTHORITY OF CITY MANAGER:

A. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to implement the applicable provisions of this article in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare under the following conditions:

1. In the event of an unforeseeable disaster or water emergency such as an earthquake, reservoir failure or other major disruption in the water supply, the City Manager is authorized to implement the emergency provisions of this article.

2. In the event of a foreseeable water emergency, such as an extended drought, the City Manager is authorized to implement the applicable provisions of this article, after holding a public hearing before the City Council.

B. The City Manager is authorized to determine and declare that a water shortage emergency exists in any or all parts of the City of Beverly Hills and upon such determination, to promulgate such regulations, rules and conditions relative to the time of using water, the purpose or purposes for which it may be used and such other necessary limitations as will, in his or her opinion, relieve the water shortage in such part or parts of the City.

C. The City Council may review and affirm, reverse, or modify any determination made or regulations, rules or conditions promulgated by the City Manager pursuant to this article.

D. All references to the City Manager in this article shall mean the City Manager or his or her designee. (Ord. 92-O-2139, eff. 4-2- 1992; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020)
9-4-302: GENERAL PROHIBITION; APPLICABILITY:

A. No person shall use or permit the use of water from the City for residential, commercial, industrial, governmental, or any other purposes in violation of any provision of this article or in an amount in excess of the use that is permitted by the water conservation stages defined below.

B. The provisions of this article shall apply to all persons, customers and property served by the City of Beverly Hills, Public Works Department - Utilities Division wherever situated. (Ord. 15-O-2677, eff. 6-18-2015; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020) 9-4-303: DECLARATION OF WATER CONSERVATION STAGES:

A. Water conservation stages shall be determined by the amount of water available or the potential for water interruption. The City Manager shall monitor the supply and demand for water by customers. When the City Manager determines that the requirements to declare a water shortage exist, he or she shall recommend that City Council adopt a resolution to declare the appropriate water conservation stage be adopted.

B. The resolution shall specify the water use baseline for determining the water conservation measures required by Section 9-4- 303 and the water revenue stabilization factors to be applied pursuant to Section 9-4-304. The water use baseline shall be determined based upon such factors as deemed appropriate by the City, including the characteristics of a local emergency, or as otherwise mandated by the State of California or other regulatory agency, or by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

C. The City Council may modify by resolution any of the requirements contained in the stages of water conservation set forth in section 9-4-303 and 9-4-304 of this article if the City Council determines that the modification is in the best interests of the City or is appropriate to promote compliance with any applicable water use regulation.

D. The resolution to declare a water shortage exists shall be published within ten (10) days after its adoption at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City and shall be posted in at least three (3) public places. The resolution shall continue to be posted until such time as City Council repeals the resolution.

E. Except as otherwise may be provided by this article or a resolution adopted by the City Council or pursuant to the exercise of emergency powers authorized by Article 1 of Chapter 4 of the Municipal Code, any resolution that requires a reduction in the use of water shall not become effective for at least thirty (30) days. (Ord. 15-O-2677, eff. 6-18-2015; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16- 2020)
9-4-304: REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER CONSERVATION STAGES:

Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water conservation reductions shall be implemented. The water conservation reductions for each water conservation stage and each class are described in the following table:

Water Conservation Reductions By Class
Class Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
City-wide goal (5% reduction) (10%
reduction)
(20%
reduction)
(30% reduction
)
(50%
reduction)
single-family 6% 12% 24% 36% 58%
multi-family 3% 5% 11% 16% 31%
commercial 4% 7% 15% 22% 40%
irrigation 11% 22% 45% 67% 100%
Additional compliance elements for each water conservation stage are described below.

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A. Stage A Requirements:

1. A stage A shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a five percent (5%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage A compliance may include voluntary reduced irrigation, notification of hotel and restaurant patrons of water conservation goals, and use of reclaimed water for construction purposes.

B. Stage B Requirements:

1. A stage B shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a ten percent (10%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage B compliance shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals;

3. Violation by any person of the stage B mandatory requirements shall constitute an infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

C. Stage C Requirements:

1. A stage C shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a twenty percent (20%) citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage C compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals;
b. Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
c. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater.

3. Violation by any person of the stage C mandatory requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). Water supply through irrigation water services may be terminated for continued excessive use. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

D. Stage D Requirements:

1. A stage D shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a thirty percent (30%) or higher citywide reduction in potable water use is required.

2. Stage D compliance elements shall include the following mandatory elements:
a. All public restrooms in the City and private bathrooms in hotels shall notify patrons and employees of water conservation goals;
b. Landscape irrigation shall be restricted to selected days and times as determined by the City Manager, unless such irrigation uses reclaimed wastewater;
c. Refilling of swimming pools, spas or ponds shall be prohibited unless required for health or safety reasons; d. Exterior washdown of vehicles shall be prohibited unless:
(1) Using a reclaimed water system;
(2) Performed in accordance with an alternative plan that promotes water conservation and is approved in writing by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee; or
(3) Required to meet laws or governmental regulations to protect health and safety, such as the cleaning of garbage trucks and vehicles to transport food.
e. Water usage from fire hydrants shall be limited to firefighting, related activities or other activities necessary to maintain the public health, safety and welfare;
f. Exterior washdown of buildings shall be prohibited unless:
(1) Using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done: a) no more than once per month for retail building frontage; b) no more than twice per year for office and commercial buildings; c) no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations for the building frontage of food service uses; or d) no more than once per year for residential structures solely for the purpose of preparing a residential structure for painting. (2) Using a commercial glass and window cleaner.
g. Exterior washdown of sidewalks and the pavement of outdoor dining areas shall be prohibited unless using a reclaimed water system and such washing is done no more often than is necessary to comply with health laws and regulations.

3. Violation by any person of the stage D mandatory requirements shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Continued excessive use may result in termination of water supply through irrigation water services and/or restriction of water supply through domestic meters. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly.

4. For purposes of this article, "reclaimed water system" shall mean a system that initially uses potable water and then collects the runoff, treats the runoff, and uses the runoff for nonpotable uses for multiple cycles.

E. Stage E Requirements:

1. A stage E shortage shall be declared when the City Manager determines that a catastrophic interruption of potable water supply has occurred or is foreseen.

2. The City Manager shall have emergency water allocation authority in the case of a stage E declaration. This authority shall include the authority to
interrupt service to any property or City service zone in order to provide the maximum water supply for human health and safety needs. A Stage E declaration will include mandatory shutoff of all irrigation-only service connections.

3. In allocating water, the City Manager shall give first priority to health and safety needs of water utility customers. Subsequent water uses are prioritized to provide water supply first to maintain and expand commerce within the City, then to enhance the aesthetics of the environment, and then to facilitate construction activities.

4. Violation by any person of the stage E emergency water conservation regulations shall constitute a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and six (6) months in jail. The violation of each element, and each separate violation thereof, shall be deemed a separate offense, and shall be punished accordingly. (Ord. 18- O-2761, eff. 11-16-2018; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020) 9-4-305: WATER SHORTAGE REVENUE STABILIZATION FACTORS:

Upon the declaration of a water conservation stage, the water shortage revenue stabilization factors shall be implemented. The water shortage revenue stabilization factors for each water conservation stage and each class shall be multiplied by the then applicable quantity charge rate for each customer as described in the following table:

Revenue Stabilization Factors By Water Conservation State And Class Class Stage A (5%
reduction)
Stage B (10%
reduction)
Stage C (20%
reduction)
Stage D (30%
reduction )
Stage E (50%
reduction )
single-family 1.039 1.081 1.187 1.333 1.824
multi-family 1.016 1.033 1.069 1.110 1.262
commercial 1.023 1.048 1.103 1.170 1.388
irrigation 1.076 1.169 1.474 2.192 n/a
(Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020)
9-4-306: NOTICE OF VIOLATION:

A. The City shall give notice of violation to the person committing a violation of this article as follows:

1. Notice of violation of any water usage percentage reduction provisions shall be given in writing by regular mail.

2. Notice of violation of any other mandatory requirement listed in section 9-4-304 of this article shall be given in writing in the following manner:
a. By giving the notice to the customer personally; or
b. If the customer is absent from or unavailable at the premises at which the violation occurred, by leaving a copy with some person of suitable age and discretion at the premises and sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed; or
c. If a person of suitable age or discretion cannot be found, then by affixing a copy in a conspicuous place at the premises at which the violation occurred and also sending a copy through the regular mail to the address at which the customer is normally billed.

B. The notice shall contain a brief description of the facts of the violation and a statement of the possible penalties for each violation and a statement informing the customer of his or her right to a hearing on the merits of the violation pursuant to section 9-4- 306 of this article. (Ord. 92-O-2139, eff. 4-2-1992; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020) 9-4-307: HEARINGS:

Any person receiving notice of a violation of any water usage percentage reduction provision set forth in section 9-4-304 of this article shall have the right to request a hearing to appeal the violation. The City Council shall establish the appeal procedures by resolution. (Ord. 09-O-2567, eff. 6-27-2009; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020) 9-4-308: ADDITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES:

After holding a public hearing before the City Council, the City Manager may order implementation of water conservation measures including, or in addition to, those set forth in section 9-4-303 of this article, in order to encourage proper potable water use or to meet water conservation goals, regardless of supply. (Ord. 92-O-2139, eff. 4-2-1992; amd. Ord. 20-O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020) 9-4-309: EXCEPTIONS:

Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the City to curtail the supply of water to any customer when such water is required by that customer to maintain an adequate level of public health and safety. (Ord. 09-O-2567, eff. 6-27-2009; amd. Ord. 20- O-2819, eff. 10-16-2020)

APPENDIX F
Notices and Adoption
Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org John Bednarski
Assistant General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
P.O. Box 54153, Los Angeles, CA 90054
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Bednarski,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Brandon Goshi
Water Resources Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
P.O. Box 54153, Los Angeles, CA 90054
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Goshi,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Paul Liu
Assistant General Manager
Water Replenishment District
4040 Paramount Blvd, Lakewood, CA 90712
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Liu,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Toby Moore
Water Resources Manager
Golden State Water Company
630 E. Foothill Rd., San Dimas, CA 91773
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Moore,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Mark Pestrella, P.E.

Director of Public Works
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
900 S. Fremont Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Pestrella,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Stephan Tucker
General Manager
Water Replenishment District
4040 Paramount Blvd, Lakewood, CA 90712
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Tucker,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Sunny Wang, P.E.

Water Resources Manager
City of Santa Monica
1865 Main St., #113, Santa Monica, CA 90401
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Wang,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Anselmo Collins
Water Resources Manager
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
111 N. Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Collins,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Helen Collins
Director of Public Works
City of West Hollywood
8300 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Ms. Collins,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Yanni Demitri
Public Works Director/City Engineer
City of Culver City
9770 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Demitri,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org Shivaji Deshmukh
General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
P.O. Box 54153, Los Angeles, CA 90054
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Deshmukh,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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Vince Damasse, Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works
February 25, 2026
City of Beverly Hills 345 Foothill Road Beverly Hills, California 90210 p (310) 285-1000 f (310) 278-1838 BeverlyHills.org John Gilmour
City Engineer
City of West Hollywood
8300 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
RE: CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WATER

SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATES
Dear Mr. Gilmour,
This letter serves as notification that the City of Beverly Hills is currently updating its Urban Water Management Plan (2025 UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of the California Water Code. The Act requires urban water suppliers supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually or providing water to more than 3,000 customers to update their UWMP every five years.

A draft of the City’s 2025 UWMP with WSCP will be available for review prior to the public hearing, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2026. Please contact us if you would like to have a draft sent to you when available, otherwise, the draft will be available for viewing on the City’s website at least three weeks prior to the hearing at http://www.beverlyhills.org.

If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact me at (310) 285-2491 or via email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
Vince Damasse, P.E.

Water Resources / Operations Manager
Department of Public Works

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APPENDIX G
Reduced Reliance on the Delta
1 REDUCED RELIANCE ON THE DELTA

BACKGROUND
An urban water supplier that anticipates participating in or receiving water from a proposed project (covered action) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) should provide information in their Urban Water Management Plans (UWMP’s) that can be used to demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan Policy WR P1, Reduced Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance. A covered action includes projects such as a multi-year water transfer, conveyance facility, or new diversion that involves transferring water through, exporting water from, or using water in the Delta.

Under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, prior to implementation of a covered action, agencies must prepare a written certification of consistency, including detailed findings, as to whether the covered action is consistent with applicable Delta Plan policies. Delta Plan Policy WR P1 identifies UWMPs as the tool to demonstrate consistency with state policy to reduce reliance on the Delta.

The information on reduced reliance provided in the UWMP can then be used in the covered action process to demonstrate consistency.

WR P1 details what is needed for a covered action to demonstrate consistency with reduced reliance.

WR P1 subsection (a) states:
(a) Water shall not be exported from, or transferred through, or used in the Delta if all of the following apply:
(1) One or more water suppliers that would receive water as a result of the export, transfer or use have failed to adequately contribute to reduced reliance on the Delta and improved regional selfreliance consistent with all of the requirements listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (c); (2) That failure has significantly caused the need for the export, transfer, or use; and (3) That export, transfer, or use would have a significant adverse environmental impact in the Delta.

WR P1 subsection (c)(1) further defines what adequately contributing to reduced reliance on the Delta means in terms of (a)(1) above.
(c)(1) Water suppliers that have done all of the following are contributing to reduced reliance on the Delta and improved regional self-reliance and are therefore consistent with this policy:
(A) Completed a current Urban or Agricultural Water Management Plan (Plan) which has been reviewed by the California Department of Water Resources for compliance with the applicable requirements of the Water Code;
(B) Identified, evaluated, and commenced implementation, consistent with the implementation schedule set forth in the Plan, of all programs and projects included in the Plan that are locally cost effective and technically feasible which reduce reliance on the Delta; and (C) Included in the Plan, commencing in 2015, the expected outcome for measurable reduction in Delta reliance and improvement in regional self-reliance. The expected outcome for measurable reduction in Delta reliance and improvement in regional self-reliance shall be reported in the Plan as the reduction in the amount of water used, or in percentage of water used, from the Delta watershed.

For purposes of reporting, water efficiency is considered a new source of water supply, consistent with the Water Code.

This appendix to the UWMP provides the analysis and documentation to demonstrate the City of Beverly Hills improved regional self-reliance and measurable reduction in reliance on Delta water supplies, -
2 consistent with Delta Plan Policy WR P1, to support a certification of consistency for a future covered action.

SUMMARY OF METROPOLITAN EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR REDUCED RELIANCE ON THE DELTA As stated, WR P1 policy requires that, commencing in 2015, UWMPs include expected outcomes for the measurable reduction in Dela reliance and improved regional self-reliance with outcomes reported as the reduction in the amount of water used, or in the percentage of water used from the Delta.

The expected outcomes for Delta reliance and regional self-reliance are developed using the approach and guidance described in Appendix C of DWR’s Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025 (Guidebook Appendix C). Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) provides the City, and Metropolitan’s other member agencies, imported water supply through the State Water Project, thus relying on supplies from the Delta. The following provides a summary of the near-term (2030) and long-term (2050) expected outcomes for Metropolitan’s Delta reliance and resulting in regional selfreliance as documented in the Appendix 10 of their 2025 UWMP. The results show that, as a region, Metropolitan and its member agencies are measurably reducing reliance on the Delta and improving regional self-reliance.

Expected Outcomes for Regional Self-Reliance
• Near-term (2030) – Normal water year regional self-reliance is expected to increase by 601 TAF from the 2010 baseline; this represents an increase of almost 20 percent of 2030 normal water year retail demands (Metropolitan Table A.10-2).
• Long-term (2050) – Normal water year regional self-reliance is expected to increase by more than

1.02 MAF from the 2010 baseline, this represents an increase of more than 20 percent of 2050 normal water year retail demands (Metropolitan Table A.10-2).

Expected Outcomes for Reduced Reliance on Supplies from the Delta Watershed • Near-term (2030) – Normal water year reliance on supplies from the Delta watershed decreased by 466 TAF from the 2010 baseline, this represents a decrease of more than 6 percent of 2030 normal water year retail demands (Metropolitan Table A.10-3). • Long-term (2050) – Normal water year reliance on supplies from the Delta watershed decreased by 537 TAF from the 2010 baseline, this represents a decrease of just over 9 percent of 2050 normal water year retail demands (Metropolitan Table A.10-3).

Metropolitan Tables A.10-2 and A.10-3 are shown here for reference. 3 CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DEMONSTRATION OF REDUCED RELIANCE ON THE DELTA The methodology used to determine the City’s reduced Delta reliance is consistent with the approach detailed in DWR’s 2025 UWMP Guidebook (Guidebook) Appendix C, including the use of narrative justifications for the accounting of supplies and the documentation of specific data sources. Some of the key documentation underlying the City’s demonstration of reduced reliance include:
• Data obtained from the current 2025 UWMP and previously adopted UWMPs for supply and demand under average or normal water year conditions.
• Documentation of regional self-reliance by Metropolitan in Appendix 10 to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan, Draft February 2026, reflecting the total contributions of Metropolitan and its member agencies.

Baseline and Expected Outcomes
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4 normal demand conditions. The comparison with the baseline is used to calculate how Delta use and regional self-reliance have changed over time. The Guidebook approach uses 2010 as the baseline year as the Delta Reform Act became effective in 2010. The Guidebook also recognizes that water demand varies from year to year due to hydrology and many other factors and that a single year of actual demand may not adequately characterize average water supplies.

Ideally, the baseline and expected outcomes would provide a basis that is consistent and reflects average or normal year conditions rather than actual conditions for a given year. As such, historic water use data was utilized in this analysis to select and estimate normal year conditions. This analysis uses a normal water year representation of 2010 as the baseline, consistent with the approach described in the Guidebook Appendix C. The 5-year period from 2006 through 2010 was selected as the period prior to the Delta Reform Act, to represent normal year conditions for 2010. The average per capita water use for the 5-year period (269.2 gpcd) was multiplied by 2010 population to estimate normal use for that year.

The years 2007 through 2009 experienced below average precipitation with the year 2010 reflecting reduced water demand having the lowest per capita use of the 5-year period. Though the gradual decline in use would appear to be more representative of prolonged drought conditions, looking at the historic plot of per capita use, water demands never bounced back to pre-2010 conditions and the average 5-year period used is considered the most representative data available for normal conditions at that time.

Consistent with the 2010 baseline approach, the expected outcome for reduced Delta reliance for 2015 was calculated in the City’s 2020 UWMP using the average of historic per capita use multiplied by the 2015 population. The 2015 normal year demand was calculated using the 5-year average per-capita demand for 2011 through 2015. The year 2011 was the beginning of a drought period that didn’t end until 2016. As with the 2010 baseline period, the conditions do not represent a normal or average period, however, a reduction in demand began to be realized in 2015 with mandatory conservation measures with a significant reduction seen in 2016. However, water demands have not bounced back to 2015 levels and the 5-year period selected is considered the best representation of normal use for that time period.

Actual 2020 demand data from the City’s 2020 UWMP was utilized as a normal year demand as no drought condition or other demand constraints occurred. Actual 2020 water use is also utilized as the expected normal year outcome for 2020 in this analysis.

The normal year expected outcomes for 2025 through 2050 were estimated using data consistent with the 2025 UWMP. As required by the California Water Code (CWC), the 2025 actual demand is reported in the UWMP and corresponding Reporting Tables. Actual demand for 2025 is consistent with recent normal year demand since 2020 with no drought conditions or other demand constraints.

Expected outcomes for 2030 through 2050 are taken from the current 2025 UWMP which uses anticipated growth based on demographic data from the Center for Demographic Research (CDR) and future passive water use efficiency. For a conservative estimate of required water supplies, the 2025 UWMP assumed future water use efficiency would remain at 2025 levels. The gradual retrofitting of existing homes, the construction of new homes with water efficient fixtures, and gradually improved landscape irrigation efficiency will likely result in additional conservation. The current and projected normal year demand calculations are documented in Section 4.4 of the 2025 UWMP.

Service Area Water Demands without Water Use Efficiency In alignment with the Guidebook Appendix C, this analysis uses normal water year demands to calculate expected outcomes for reductions in reliance on the Delta. Because WR P1 considers water use efficiency savings as a source of water supply, the water supplier must make an adjustment to properly reflect normal water year demands by adding back in efficiency savings. Table C-1 from the Guidebook, 5 Optional Calculation of Water Use Efficiency (WUE), was utilized to estimate the City’s WUE since the baseline period.

The demands shown in Table C-1 represent the total normal year water demand for the City’s water service area including residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, irrigation, fire, and non-revenue water. Non-potable demands are subtracted from the total demand to reflect only demands that implement water use efficiency measures. The demand data was collected as described above from historical use and Beverly Hills’ 2025 UWMP:
• Baseline (2010) – Historic 2006 through 2010 data
• 2015 – Historic 2011 through 2015 data
• 2020 – Beverly Hills’ 2020 UWMP; based 2020 actual use • 2025 – Beverly Hills’ 2025 UWMP; based 2025 actual use • 2030-2050 – Beverly Hills’ 2025 UWMP, Table 4-3: Total Water Demands The water use efficiency estimate in Table C-1 is calculated using the reduction in per capita use for each of the expected outcomes when compared to the baseline per capita use. These reductions are attributed to efficiency savings and quantified into volumes based on service area population data.

The water use efficiency calculated using Table C-1 is then added back into the normal year demands to represent demands without water use efficiency savings using Guidebook Table C-2, Demands without WUE. This analysis allows the supplier to use efficiency as a source of supply contributing to reduced reliance.

Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance
For a covered action to demonstrate consistency with the Delta plan, WR P1 states that water suppliers must report the expected outcomes for measurable improvement in regional self-reliance. Water supplies that are assumed to contribute to regional self-reliance are the following:
• Water use efficiency
• Water recycling
• Stormwater capture and use
• Advanced water technologies
• Conjunctive use projects
• Local and regional water supply and storage programs
• Other programs and projects that contribute to regional self-reliance Of these supply sources, the City participates in water use efficiency and the use of groundwater as a local water supply. Water use efficiency is calculated in Table C-1 above. The expected water use efficiency is to be achieved through demand management measures (DMMs) as documented in Chapter 9 of the City’s 2025 UWMP.

Metropolitan’s member agencies and retail subagencies individually contribute to reduced reliance on the Delta in two ways. First, through the development of local projects and demand management measures in their own service areas, and second, through their investments in regional projects and programs through Metropolitan. Regional water supply and storage programs are implemented by Metropolitan and accounted for in Metropolitan’s Reduced Reliance on the Delta as documented in their 2025 UWMP.

Table C-1: Optional Calculation of Water Use Efficiency -To be completed if Water Supplier does not specifically estimate Water Use Efficiency as a supply Service Area Water Use Efficiency Demands
(Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Service Area Water Demands with Water Use Efficiency Accounted For 12,719 11,621 9,565 9,306 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271 Non-Potable Water Demands Potable Service Area Demands with Water Use Efficiency Accounted For 12,719 11,621 9,565 9,306 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271 Total Service Area Population
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Service Area Population 42,179 43,189 43,371 40,335 43,426 44,701 45,372 45,626 45,511 Water Use Efficiency Since Baseline
(Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Per Capita Water Use (GPCD) 269 240 197 206 199 200 201 200 201Change in Per Capita Water Use from Baseline (GPCD) (29) (72) (63) (70) (69) (69) (69) (68)Estimated Water Use Efficiency Since Baseline 1,403 3,514 2,857 3,426 3,456 3,483 3,520 3,453Table C-2: Calculation of Service Area Water Demands Without Water Use Efficiency Total Service Area Water Demands
(Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Service Area Water Demands with Water Use Efficiency Accounted For 12,719 11,621 9,565 9,306 9,669 10,024 10,199 10,239 10,271 Reported Water Use Efficiency or Estimated Water Use Efficiency Since Baseline 1,403 3,514 2,857 3,426 3,456 3,483 3,520 3,453Service Area Water Demands without Water Use Efficiency Accounted For 12,719 13,024 13,079 12,163 13,095 13,480 13,682 13,759 13,724 7 Local Water Supply
The City is located within the Coastal Plain of the Los Angeles Groundwater Basin which is divided into multiple groundwater subbasins. The City overlies three of these subbasins (referred to as basins), specifically the Hollywood Groundwater Basin (GWB), the La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB, and the Crestal Subarea of the Santa Monica GWB. Most of the City overlies the Hollywood GWB, with smaller portions overlying the other two basins. The groundwater pumping rights in the three basins underlying the City have not been adjudicated by the Courts.

The City has a history of groundwater production from both the Hollywood GWB and the adjacent portion of the La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB. The City’s secondary source of water supply behind imported surface water purchased from Metropolitan has been groundwater pumped from the Hollywood GWB, which is bounded on the north by Santa Monica Mountains and the Hollywood fault, on the east by the Elysian Hills, on the west by the Inglewood fault zone, and on the south by the La Brea High, formed by an anticline that brings impermeable rocks close to the surface. The City has been and continues to be the only municipal-supply producer of groundwater in the Hollywood GWB, owning and operating six active wells to supply local groundwater to its customers. A new municipal-supply well was constructed in 2020 to supply local groundwater from the La Brea Subarea. No City infrastructure currently exists in the Santa Monica GWB.

Percolation from precipitation, surface stream flows, and subsurface inflows from the Santa Monica Mountains naturally replenish the groundwater system. Direct percolation has decreased significantly due to urbanization, and natural replenishment to the water-bearing formations is limited to only a small portion of basin soils. The GWBs do not receive any artificial recharge through injection wells or spreading basins, and groundwater production is limited by low safe-yield limits.

Hollywood GWB
Six municipal-supply wells provide local groundwater supply for the City from the Hollywood GWB. Four are considered “deep” wells constructed between 1994 and 2000 that extract groundwater between the approximate depths of 400 feet below ground surface (ft bgs) and 700 ft bgs; and two are relatively “shallow” wells, constructed in 2016, that extract groundwater between the approximate depths of 70 ft bgs and 200 ft bgs. The City pumps groundwater from the Hollywood GWB to the City’s Foothill WTP via Hollywood Wells 2, 4, 5, and 6, and Maple Wells 1 and 2.

La Brea Subarea of the Central GWB
The City historically extracted groundwater from the La Brea Subarea utilizing multiple wellfields owned by the City both within the City boundaries and within the City of Los Angeles boundaries. Groundwater extractions were ceased in approximately 1975-76 when the City destroyed all remaining wells within the Subarea and sold off most of the well sites owned by the City at that time. There is one existing known actively producing well in the La Brea Subarea used for irrigation supply by a private well owner. There is limited published data available related to the perennial yield of the La Brea Subarea but it is estimated to be approximately 4,300 AFY (2020 IWRMP).

The City has one production well in the La Brea Subarea (La Cienega Well No. 1, LCW-1) that began production in 2023 and is the first production well constructed in the Subarea since the City’s former wells were destroyed in the 1970s. The La Cienega Well has a recommended long-term operational pumping capacity of 500 gpm. Groundwater pumped from the well will is transmitted via a new transmission pipeline to the Foothill WTP..
8 Groundwater Treatment
All groundwater supplies to be used for water system distribution are to be treated at the Foothill WTP.

The Foothill WTP consists of a single reverse osmosis (RO) train and its associated pre-treatment and post-treatment systems. The Foothill WTP is planned to be expandable at a future date to achieve an ultimate production capacity of 4.7 MGD. Treatment expansion will be necessary to utilize two additional proposed groundwater wells in the La Brea Subarea along with the existing wells. The current plant provides a capacity of 2.7 MGD of raw groundwater treatment to the ultimate capacity. The 2.7 MGD raw groundwater capacity would comprise of the existing 6 Hollywood GWB wells and 1 La Brea Well.

Regional Self-Reliance
The City’s contribution to regional self-reliance is calculated using Guidebook Table C-3.

DEMONSTRATION OF REDUCED RELIANCE ON WATER SUPPLIES FROM THE DELTA To demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan, WR P1, suppliers are required to report measurable reduction in supplies from the Delta watershed either by volume or as a percentage of their water supply portfolio. Metropolitan provides the City, and its other member agencies, imported water supply through the State Water Project, thus relying on supplies from the Delta. Metropolitan also supplies its member agencies with water from the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA). It is therefore infeasible to account for supplies from the Delta watershed for Metropolitan’s member agencies and customers.

Metropolitan’s service area, as a whole, reduces reliance on the Delta through investments in non-Delta water supplies, local water supplies, and regional and local demand management measures.

Metropolitan’s member agencies coordinate reliance on the Delta through their membership in Metropolitan, a regional cooperative providing wholesale water service to its 26 member agencies.

Accordingly, regional reliance on the Delta can only be measured regionally—not by individual Metropolitan member agencies and not by the customers of those member agencies.

Metropolitan’s member agencies, and those agencies’ customers, indirectly reduce reliance on the Delta through their collective efforts as a cooperative. Metropolitan’s member agencies do not control the amount of Delta water they receive from Metropolitan. Metropolitan manages a statewide integrated conveyance system consisting of its participation in the State Water Project (SWP), its Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) including Colorado River water resources, programs and water exchanges, and its regional storage portfolio. Along with the SWP, CRA, storage programs, and Metropolitan’s conveyance and distribution facilities, demand management programs increase the future reliability of water resources for the region. In addition, demand management programs provide system-wide benefits by decreasing the demand for imported water, which helps to decrease the burden on the district’s infrastructure and reduce system costs, and free up conveyance capacity to the benefit of all member agencies.

Metropolitan’s costs are funded almost entirely from its service area, with the exception of grants and other assistance from government programs. Most of Metropolitan’s revenues are collected directly from its member agencies. Properties within Metropolitan’s service area pay a property tax that provides approximately 8 percent of the fiscal year 2026 annual budgeted revenues. The rest of Metropolitan’s costs are funded through rates and charges paid by Metropolitan’s member agencies for the wholesale services it provides to them. Thus, Metropolitan’s member agencies fund nearly all operations Metropolitan undertakes to reduce reliance on the Delta, including Colorado River Programs, storage facilities, Local Resources Programs and Conservation Programs within Metropolitan’s service area.

Table C-3: Calculation of Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance Water Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance
(Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Water Use Efficiency - 1,403 3,514 2,857 3,426 3,456 3,483 3,520 3,453Water RecyclingStormwater Capture and UseAdvanced Water TechnologiesConjunctive Use ProjectsLocal and Regional Water Supply and Storage Projects 1,088 43 - 1,197 1,700 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200Other Programs and Projects the Contribute to Regional Self-RelianceWater Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance 1,088 1,446 3,514 4,054 5,126 5,656 5,683 5,720 5,653 Service Area Water Demands without Water Use Efficiency (Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Service Area Water Demands without Water Use Efficiency Accounted For 12,719 13,024 13,079 12,163 13,095 13,480 13,682 13,759 13,724 Change in Regional Self Reliance
(Acre-Feet)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Water Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance 1,088 1,446 3,514 4,054 5,126 5,656 5,683 5,720 5,653Change in Water Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance 358 2,426 2,966 4,038 4,568 4,595 4,632 4,565 Percent Change in Regional Self Reliance
(As Percent of Demand w/out WUE)
Baseline
(2010) 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
Percent of Water Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance 8.6% 11.1% 26.9% 33.3% 39.1% 42.0% 41.5% 41.6% 41.2%Change in Percent of Water Supplies Contributing to Regional Self-Reliance 2.5% 18.3% 24.8% 30.6% 33.4% 33.0% 33.0% 32.6% ] ]] ] ] ] _] ] ] [j[ _[]_]J llf
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10 Because of the integrated nature of Metropolitan’s systems and operations, and the collective nature of Metropolitan’s regional efforts, it is infeasible to quantify each of Metropolitan member agencies’ individual reliance on the Delta. It is infeasible to attempt to segregate an entity and a system that were designed to work as an integrated regional cooperative.

In addition to the member agencies funding Metropolitan’s regional efforts, they also invest in their own local programs to reduce their reliance on any imported water. Moreover, the customers of those member agencies may also invest in their own local programs to reduce water demand. However, to the extent those efforts result in reduction of demands on Metropolitan, that reduction does not equate to a like reduction of reliance on the Delta. Demands on Metropolitan are not commensurate with demands on the Delta because most of Metropolitan member agencies receive blended resources from Metropolitan as determined by Metropolitan—not the individual member agency—and for most member agencies, the blend varies from month-to-month and year-to-year due to hydrology, operational constraints, use of storage and other factors.

Infeasibility of Accounting Regional Investments in Reduced Reliance Below the Regional Level The accounting of regional investments that contribute to reduced reliance on supplies from the Delta watershed is straightforward to calculate and report at the regional aggregate level. However, any similar accounting is infeasible for the individual member agencies or their customers. The region (through Metropolitan) makes significant investments in projects, programs and other resources that reduce reliance on the Delta. In fact, all of Metropolitan’s investments in Colorado River supplies, groundwater and surface storage, local resources development and demand management measures that reduce reliance on the Delta are collectively funded by revenues generated from the member agencies through rates and charges.

Metropolitan’s revenues cannot be matched to the demands or supply production history of an individual agency, or consistently across the agencies within the service area. Each project or program funded by the region has a different online date, useful life, incentive rate and structure, and production schedule. It is infeasible to account for all these things over the life of each project or program and provide a nexus to each member agency’s contributions to Metropolitan’s revenue stream over time. Accounting at the regional level allows for the incorporation of the local supplies and water use efficiency programs done by member agencies and their customers through both the regional programs and through their own specific local programs. As shown above, despite the infeasibility of accounting reduced Delta reliance below the regional level, Metropolitan’s member agencies and their customers have together made substantial contributions to the region’s reduced reliance.

APPENDIX H
Energy Intensity Submittal Table
1/1/2025
12/31/2025
Units for
Water
Volume
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Divert
Place
into
Storage
Conveyance Treatment Distribution Total Utility
AF 1,489 1,197 9,306 9,306
N/A 570,061 1,447,419 1,007,149 3,024,629N/A 1,175 0 0 3,711 332 997 Quantity of Self-Generated Renewable Energy
0 kWh
Data Quality (Estimate, Metered Data, Combination of Estimates and Metered Data)Metered DataData Quality Narrative:Narrative:

Optional Submittal Table O-1A: Recommended Energy Reporting - SINGLE DELIVERY PRODUCT - WATER SUPPLY PROCESS APPROACH Start Date of Reporting Period Water Management Process End Date of Reporting Period Volume of Water Entering Process
Energy Consumed (kWh)
Energy Intensity (kWh/vol. converted to MG)
DWR NOTES: Total Utility: The volume of water entered in the “Total Utility” column should equal the volume of water entering the distribution system (excluding recycled water); in most cases, this is the total volume calculated in UWMP Table 4-1: 2025 Actual Total Uses for Potable and Non-Potable Water. Note if recycled water is included in your Submittal Table 4-1, you must exclude it from your volume in this table.

Data is based on metered water and energy use for CY2025The Extract/Divert process includes the City's groundwater wells. The Treatment process is the Foothill WTP. The Distribution process includes the City's booster pump stations.NOTES: Extraction equals well production, Treatment equals WTP production, Distribution equals imported plus groundwater supply from WTP Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 12/26/2025 01/26/2026 6659 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 11/26/2026 12/26/2025 9066 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 11/25/2025 11/26/2025 5399 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 08/26/2025 09/25/2025 10363 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 07/26/2025 08/25/2025 6690 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 06/28/2025 07/25/2025 5521 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 05/28/2025 06/25/2025 2247 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 04/28/2025 05/27/2025 5093 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 03/27/2025 04/27/2025 3859 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 02/26/2025 03/26/2025 2627 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 01/27/2025 02/25/2025 352 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 5 Active 11/26/2024 01/26/2025 497 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 12/26/2025 01/25/2026 19029 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 11/26/2025 12/25/2025 16870 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 10/27/2025 11/26/2025 17681 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 09/26/2025 10/26/2025 15945 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 08/26/2025 09/25/2025 18349 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 07/25/2025 08/25/2025 16981 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 06/25/2025 07/24/2025 18280 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 18473 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 16318 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 14533 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 02/25/2026 03/25/2025 16,425 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 16,283 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 4 Active 12/24/2025 01/23/2025 17,251 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 12/24/2025 01/23/2026 8745 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 11/24/2025 12/23/2025 5990 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 10/25/2025 11/24/2025 10565 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 09/25/2025 10/24/2025 4737 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 08/25/2025 09/24/2025 10167 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 07/25/2025 08/24/2025 11643 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 06/24/2025 07/24/2025 15932 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 05/23/2025 06/23/2025 12,553 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 04/24/2025 05/22/2025 10,319 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 03/25/2025 04/23/2025 9,424 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 02/24/2025 03/24/2025 12,747 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 01/23/2025 02/23/2025 14,385 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 2 Active 12/23/2024 01/22/2025 14218 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 12/10/2025 01/09/2026 471 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 11/10/2025 12/09/2025 467 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 10/10/2025 11/09/2025 423 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 09/10/2025 10/09/2025 466 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 08/11/2025 09/10/2025 390 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 07/11/2025 08/10/2025 548 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 06/10/2025 07/10/2025 401 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 05/09/2025 06/09/2025 428 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 04/09/2025 05/08/2025 433 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 03/11/2025 04/08/2025 406 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 02/07/2025 03/10/2025 431 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WELL 6 Active 01/09/2025 02/06/2025 398 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 12/01/2025 12/31/2025 371 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 11/01/2025 11/30/2025 383 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 10/01/2025 10/31/2025 324 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 09/01/2025 09/30/2025 318 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 08/01/2025 08/31/2025 342 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 324 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 299 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 103.99 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 99.49 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 228 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 58 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF PRV STATION Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 80 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 12/14/2025 01/13/2026 118,616 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 11/14/2025 12/13/2025 126,314 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 10/14/2025 11/13/2025 126,001 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 09/14/2025 10/13/2025 124,096 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 08/14/2025 09/13/2025 140,187 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 07/14/2025 08/13/2025 123,683 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 06/11/2025 07/13/2025 139,665 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 05/12/2025 06/10/2025 130,901 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 04/10/2025 05/11/2025 119,084 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 03/12/2025 04/09/2025 114,729 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 02/24/2025 03/11/2025 67,664 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WTP Active 01/10/2025 02/09/2025 116,479 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 12/11/2025 01/10/2026 13,407 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 11/11/2025 12/10/2025 11,338 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 10/11/2025 11/10/2025 12,852 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 09/11/2025 10/10/2025 11,978 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 08/11/2025 09/10/2025 12,647 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 07/11/2025 08/10/2025 11,366 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 06/10/2025 07/10/2025 13204 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 05/09/2025 06/09/2025 11693 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 04/09/2025 05/08/2025 10,289 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 03/11/2025 04/08/2025 11086 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 02/24/2025 03/10/2025 6029 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 01/09/2025 02/06/2025 5,763 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF MAPLE WELLS Active 12/09/2024 01/08/2025 10931 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 14676 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 15527 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 17822 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 23380 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 20497 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 26690 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 24155 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 23850 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 19513 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 18389 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 4B Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 16389 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 47 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 08/01/2025 09/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 09/02/2025 09/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 10/01/2025 10/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF WOODLAND RES Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 284 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 08/01/2025 09/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 09/02/2025 09/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 10/01/2025 10/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 3820 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 4317 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 3934 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 4095 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 4457 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 4074 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 4440 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 08/01/2025 09/01/2025 4801 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 09/02/2025 09/30/2025 4203 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 10/01/2025 10/29/2025 3859 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 7 Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 4432 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 2737 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 7012 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 6 Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 1996 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 16853 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 14989 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 7996 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 9047 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 11330 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 13581 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 13793 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 5706 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 15028 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 2 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF RES 5 Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 15476 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 08/01/2025 09/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 09/02/2025 09/30/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 10/01/2025 10/29/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 01/02/2025 01/29/2025 34390 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 01/30/2025 03/02/2025 30874 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 03/03/2025 03/31/2025 27187 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 04/01/2025 04/30/2025 38137 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 05/01/2025 06/01/2025 43265 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 06/02/2025 06/30/2025 41211 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 07/01/2025 07/31/2025 45495 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 08/01/2025 09/01/2025 45651 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 09/02/2025 09/30/2025 42152 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 10/01/2025 10/29/2025 36848 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF GREYSTONE RES Active 10/30/2025 12/01/2025 33615 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 09/12/2025 09/12/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 02/25/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 02/25/2025 03/11/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 ----------------------------------------------
Customer Name WATER FACILITY Reversal
Indicator
Start of
Billing Period
End of
Billing
Period
Billed Quantity
(kwh)
BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/12/2025 03/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 02/25/2025 03/11/2025 7924 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/12/2025 03/25/2025 7982 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 03/26/2025 04/24/2025 14929 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 04/25/2025 05/26/2025 15324 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 05/27/2025 06/24/2025 16627 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 06/25/2025 07/27/2025 19239 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 07/28/2025 08/25/2025 16009 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 08/26/2025 09/24/2025 16819 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 09/25/2025 10/23/2025 12303 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 01/24/2025 02/24/2025 17617 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 10/24/2025 11/24/2025 19001 BEVERLY HILLS, CITY OF SUNSET RES Active 11/25/2025 12/25/2025 18423 ----------------------------------------------

APPENDIX I
Water Rates Ordinance and Water Rate Study
ORDINANCE NO. 24-0-2888

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS TO

MODIFY RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER AND

WASTEWATER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FURNISHED
BY THE CITY AND ADDING NEW SECTION 6-1-308
(WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGES) TO ARTICLE 3
(WASTEWATER SYSTEM) OF CHAPTER 1 (CITY UTILITY
SERVICES) OF TITLE 6 (UTILITIES AND FRANCHISES) OF

THE BEVERLY HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND
RENUMBERING THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 3

ACCORDINGLY

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills hereby finds as follows:
(a) The City Council is authorized pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code Section 5471 to prescribe, revise and collect rates and charges for water and wastewater services and facilities furnished by the City.
(b) The City Council wishes to modify the rates and charges for water services and facilities furnished by the City (the “water service charges”) and the rates and charges for wastewater services and facilities furnished by the City (the “wastewater service charges”), as provided in Exhibit A.
(c) The City Council identified the parcels upon which the proposed water service charges and the proposed wastewater service charges would be imposed and calculated the amount of the proposed water service charges and the proposed wastewater service charges. (d) The City Clerk caused a notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges to be mailed as required by Section 6 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution. (e) Each notice described the amount of proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges, the basis upon which the amounts of the proposed water B0785-000 1 \29 1 7463v2.doc
ORDINANCE NO. 24-0-2888

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BEYERL Y HILLS TO

MODIFY RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER AND

WASTEWATER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FURNISHED
BY THE CITY AND ADDING NEW SECTION 6-1-308
(WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGES) TO ARTICLE 3
(WASTEWATER SYSTEM) OF CHAPTER 1 (CITY UTILITY
SERVICES) OF TITLE 6 (UTILITIES AND FRANCHISES) OF

THE BEYERL Y HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE AND
RENUMBERING THE REMAINING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 3

ACCORDINGLY

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEYERL Y HILLS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.
(a)
The City Council of the City of Beverly Hills hereby finds as follows:

The City Council is authorized pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code Section 5471 to prescribe, revise and collect rates and charges for water and wastewater services and facilities furnished by the City.
(b) The City Council wishes to modify the rates and charges for water services and facilities furnished by the City (the "water service charges") and the rates and charges for wastewater services and facilities furnished by the City (the "wastewater service charges"), as provided in Exhibit A.
(c) The City Council identified the parcels upon which the proposed water service charges and the proposed wastewater service charges would be imposed and calculated the amount of the proposed water service charges and the proposed wastewater service charges. ( d) The City Clerk caused a notice of the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges to be mailed as required by Section 6 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution. (e) Each notice described the amount of proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges, the basis upon which the amounts of the proposed water -1-
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service charges and proposed wastewater service charges were calculated, the reason for the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges, and the date, time, and location of a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges.
(f) On February 20, 2024, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater charges and heard and considered all objections and protests thereto. At the close of the public hearing, the City Council determined that written protests against the proposed water service charges representing a majority of the parcels that receive water service had not been presented and that written protests against the proposed wastewater service charges representing a majority ofthe parcels that receive wastewater services had not been presented, meaning there was no majority protest against the proposed water service charges or proposed wastewater service charges.

Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the water service charges and the wastewater service charges in the amounts and on the effective dates as provided in Exhibit A.

The water service charges are subject to automatic adjustments for an additional five (5) years beginning on the effective date ofthis Ordinance that pass through to the water customers increases in wholesale water charges for purchasing water from the Metropolitan Water District if the wholesale charges for purchasing water are higher than the adopted budgeted costs. In addition, the Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors set forth in Exhibit A, although not currently used, are approved for use (if needed) for an additional five (5) years beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance.

Section 3. The City Council hereby adds new Section 6-1-308 (Wastewater Service Charges) to Article 3 (Wastewater System) of Chapter 1 (City Utility Services) of Title 6 (Utilities and Franchises) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows and renumbers the remaining sections of Article 3 accordingly:
“Section 6-1-308: Wastewater Service Charges
A. There is imposed a wastewater service charge for the receiving, transportation, pumping, treatment and disposal ofwastewater through the wastewater system, and capital replacement costs pertaining thereto.
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service charges and proposed wastewater service charges were calculated, the reason for the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges, and the date, time, and location of a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater service charges.
(f) On February 20, 2024, the City Council conducted a public hearing on the proposed water service charges and proposed wastewater charges and heard and considered all objections and protests thereto. At the close of the public hearing, the City Council determined that written protests against the proposed water service charges representing a majority of the parcels that receive water service had not been presented and that written protests against the proposed wastewater service charges representing a majority of the parcels that receive wastewater services had not been presented, meaning there was no majority protest against the proposed water service charges or proposed wastewater service charges.

Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the water service charges and the wastewater service charges in the amounts and on the effective dates as provided in Exhibit A.

The water service charges are subject to automatic adjustments for an additional five (5) years beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance that pass through to the water customers increases in wholesale water charges for purchasing water from the Metropolitan Water District if the wholesale charges for purchasing water are higher than the adopted budgeted costs. In addition, the Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors set forth in Exhibit A, although not currently used, are approved for use (if needed) for an additional five (5) years beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance.

Section 3. The City Council hereby adds new Section 6-1-308 (Wastewater Service Charges) to Article 3 (Wastewater System) of Chapter 1 (City Utility Services) of Title 6 (Utilities and Franchises) of the Beverly Hills Municipal Code to read as follows and renumbers the remaining sections of Article 3 accordingly:
"Section 6-1-308: Wastewater Service Charges
A. There is imposed a wastewater service charge for the receiving, transportation, pumping, treatment and disposal of wastewater through the wastewater system, and capital replacement costs pertaining thereto.
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B. The wastewater service charge shall be charged to residential, commercial, governmental, industrial and other users of the wastewater system pursuant to article 1, “General Provisions Relating to City Utility Service” of this chapter. It shall have the following components as follows:

1. A fixed rate component, which shall be based on a user class to recover the City’s fixed costs of service to that particular user class.

2. A variable rate component, which shall be based on estimated volume discharge of wastewater as determined by metered water usage and adopted discharge factors to recover the City’s variable or flow related cost ofservice.

3. Wastewater strength component of low, medium, or high wastewater strength, shall be applied to commercial and industrial users. The strength component shall be based on the actual or estimated sewage strength using Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) criteria, and generally intended to recover the City’s variable costs of collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater which exceeds residential strength.

Classification of wastewater strength by commercial or industrial users are referenced below.
a. Low Strength (Range — BOD/TSS: 0 to 250 mg/L (ppm))
Banks & Financial Institutions
Barber Shops/Hair Salons (Hair Cutting Only)
Post Offices/Government
Retail Stores
Libraries
Schools
Religious Buildings, Halls & Lodges
Offices (Business and Professional)
b. Medium Strength (Range — BOD/TSS: 251 to 600 mg/L (ppm)) Bars & Taverns (w/o Dining)
Appliance Repair
Barber Shops/Hair Salons (Haircutting w/Add’l Treatments) Dry Cleaners
Nail Salons
Pet Groomers
Commercial Laundromats
Tasting Rooms
Medical Offices/Hospitals (General, Cosmetic, Dental, Convalescent & Veterinarian)
Hotels, Motels, or Bed & Breakfast
Pools with Restrooms (Clubhouse) Theaters
Warehouses
Car Washes
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B. The wastewater service charge shall be charged to residential, commercial, governmental, industrial and other users of the wastewater system pursuant to article 1, "General Provisions Relating to City Utility Service" of this chapter. It shall have the following components as follows:

1. A fixed rate component, which shall be based on a user class to recover the City's fixed costs of service to that particular user class.

2. A variable rate component, which shall be based on estimated volume discharge of wastewater as determined by metered water usage and adopted discharge factors to recover the City's variable or flow related cost of service.

3. Wastewater strength component of low, medium, or high wastewater strength, shall be applied to commercial and industrial users. The strength component shall be based on the actual or estimated sewage strength using Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) criteria, and generally intended to recover the City's variable costs of collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater which exceeds residential strength.

Classification of wastewater strength by commercial or industrial users are referenced below.
a. Low Strength (Range - BOD/TSS: 0 to 250 mg/L (ppm))
Banks & Financial Institutions
Barber Shops/Hair Salons (Hair Cutting Only)
Post Offices/Government
Retail Stores
Libraries
Schools
Religious Buildings, Halls & Lodges
Offices (Business and Professional)
b. Medium Strength (Range -- BOD/TSS: 251 to 600 mg/L (ppm)) Bars & Taverns (w/o Dining)
Appliance Repair
Barber Shops/Hair Salons (Haircutting w/Add'l Treatments) Dry Cleaners
Nail Salons
Pet Groomers
Commercial Laundromats
Tasting Rooms
Medical Offices/Hospitals (General, Cosmetic, Dental, Convalescent & Veterinarian)
Hotels, Motels, or Bed & Breakfast
Pools with Restrooms (Clubhouse) Theaters
Warehouses
Car Washes
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Gym or Health Club
Service Stations, Garages, Auto Repair Shops
Car Rental/Car Service
Mini Marts (w/o Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal)
Mini Mart with Gas Pumps — (w/o Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal) Spa
c. High Strength (Range —BODITSS: over 600 mg/L (ppm))
Restaurants
Coffee Shops
Ice Cream Parlors
Catering
Eatery
Juice Bars
Bakeries
Butcher Shops
Bars & Taverns (w/ Dining)
Grocery Stores or Markets
Mini Marts (w/ Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal)
Delicatessens

4. Commercial or industrial users may request to evaluate their wastewater strength for appropriate classification. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designated representative, shall evaluate the user’s wastewater strength by using Section 6-1-308 (B)(3) user classification and/or estimated return to the wastewater system by the types of commercial or industrial users in the customer’s premise.

5. The wastewater service charges shall be computed at the rates established from time to time pursuant to article 1, “General Provisions Relating to City Utility Service” ofthis chapter.

6. No wastewater service charge shall be made to any appurtenance, improvement, building, lot or property where there is no connection to discharge to the wastewater system.

7. No wastewater service charge shall be made to water use metered by an irrigation meter where none of the water use is discharged to the wastewater system.

8. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designated representative, shall have the power and duty, and is directed to enforce all the provisions of this Section 6-1-308, and shall provide such rules and regulations as are consistent with the provisions ofsaid section and may be necessary or desirable to aid in the administration, adjustment and enforcement of said section.” -4-
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Gym or Health Club
Service Stations, Garages, Auto Repair Shops
Car Rental/Car Service
Mini Marts (w/o Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal)
Mini Mart with Gas Pumps -- (w/lo Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal) Spa
c. High Strength (Range --BOD/TSS: over 600 mg/L (ppm)) Restaurants
Coffee Shops
Ice Cream Parlors
Catering
Eatery
Juice Bars
Bakeries
Butcher Shops
Bars & Taverns (w/ Dining)
Grocery Stores or Markets
Mini Marts (w/ Dish Washer or Garbage Disposal)
Delicatessens

4. Commercial or industrial users may request to evaluate their wastewater strength for appropriate classification. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designated representative, shall evaluate the user's wastewater strength by using Section 6-1-308 (B)(3) user classification and/or estimated return to the wastewater system by the types of commercial or industrial users in the customer's premise.

5. The wastewater service charges shall be computed at the rates established from time to time pursuant to article 1, "General Provisions Relating to City Utility Service" of this chapter.

6. No wastewater service charge shall be made to any appurtenance, improvement, building, lot or property where there is no connection to discharge to the wastewater system.

7. No wastewater service charge shall be made to water use metered by an irrigation meter where none of the water use is discharged to the wastewater system.

8. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designated representative, shall have the power and duty, and is directed to enforce all the provisions of this Section 6-1-308, and shall provide such rules and regulations as are consistent with the provisions of said section and may be necessary or desirable to aid in the administration, adjustment and enforcement of said section." -4-
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Section 4. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen (15) days after its passage, in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code; shall certify to the adoption ofthis Ordinance and shall cause this ordinance and her certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances ofthe Council ofthis City.

Section 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (3 ist) day after its passage. .1 [IAN A. Ci [D, M.D.
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Section 4. The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City within fifteen ( 15) days after its passage, in accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code; shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this ordinance and her certification, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of the Council of this City.

Section 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-first (31") day after its passage.

Adopted: March 11, 2024
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A. Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charges

EXHIBIT A

1. Water Rates and Charges
Service Current Proposed (All Customer Classes; Inside and Outside City) Size Charge 7/1/2024 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Water Meter Service Charges
1” $53.51 $53.51 $58.64 $59.81 $61.01 $62.23
1-1/2’ $93.84 $93.84 $100.69 $102.70 $104.75 $106.85
2” $142.24 $142.24 $151.15 $154.17 $157.25 $160.40
3” $271.30 $271.30 $285.72 $291.43 $297.26 $303.21
4” $416.50 $416.50 $437.11 $445.85 $454.77 $463.87
6” $819.82 $819.82 $857.63 $874.78 $892.28 $910.13
8” $1,311.71 $1,311.71 $1,362.26 $1,389.51 $1,417.30 $1,445.65 10” $1,967.57 $1,967.57 $3,548.99 $3,619.97 $3,692.37 $3,766.22 Fire Meter Service Charges
<=2” $29.73 $29.73 $30.32 $30.93 $31.55 $32.18
2 1/2” $44.32 $44.32 $45.21 $46.11 $47.03 $47.97
3” $64.56 $64.56 $65.85 $67.17 $68.51 $69.88
4” $124.69 $124.69 $127.18 $129.72 $132.31 $134.96
6” $340.52 $340.52 $347.33 $354.28 $361.37 $368.60
8” $712.74 $712.74 $726.99 $741.53 $756.36 $771.49
10” $1,272.63 $1,272.63 $1,298.08 $1,324.04 $1,350.52 $1,377.53 12” $1,654.42 $1,654.42 $1,687.51 $1,721.26 $1,755.69 $1,790.80 130785-0001\291 7463v2.doc
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A. Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charges

EXHIBIT A

1. Water Rates and Charges
Service Current Proposed (All Customer Classes; Inside and Outside City) Size Charge 7/1/2024 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Water Meter Service Charges
1" $53.51 $53.51 $58.64 $59.81 $61.01 $62.23
1-1/2" $93.84 $93.84 $100.69 $102.70 $104.75 $106.85
2" $142.24 $142.24 $151.15 $154.17 $157.25 $160.40
3" $271.30 $271.30 $285.72 $291.43 $297.26 $303.21
4" $416.50 $416.50 $437.11 $445.85 $454.77 $463.87
6" $819.82 $819.82 $857.63 $874.78 $892.28 $910.13
8" $1,311.71 $1,311.71 $1,362.26 $1,389.51 $1,417.30 $1,445.65 10" $1,967.57 $1,967.57 $3,548.99 $3,619.97 $3,692.37 $3,766.22 Fire Meter Service Charges
<=2" $29.73 $29.73 $30.32 $30.93 $31.55 $32.18
21/2" $44.32 $44.32 $45.21 $46.11 $47.03 $47.97
3" $64.56 $64.56 $65.85 $67.17 $68.51 $69.88
4" $124.69 $124.69 $127.18 $129.72 $132.31 $134.96
6" $340.52 $340.52 $347.33 $354.28 $361.37 $368.60
8" $712.74 $712.74 $726.99 $741.53 $756.36 $771.49
10" $1,272.63 $1,272.63 $1,298.08 $1,324.04 $1,350.52 $1,377.53 12" $1,654.42 $1,654.42 $1,687.51 $1,721.26 $1,755.69 $1,790.80 -1-
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B. Bi-Monthly Quantity Charge Rates
C. Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors
Revenue Stabilization Factors by Customer Class
Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
Up to Up to Up to Up to Up to
Class (5% Reduction) (10% Reduction> (20% Reduction) (30% Reduction) (50% Reduction) Single Family 1.041 1.088 1.203 1.360 1.827
Multi-Family 1.018 1,038 1.081 1.129 1.361
Commercial 1.024 1.050 1.109 1.179 1.453
Irrigation 1.095 1.224 1.685 3.180 n/a
Current Quantity Charge Rates Recommended Quantity Charge Rates Current Proposed New Proposed
Tier Size $/HCF Tier Size 7/1/2024 Tier Size 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Inside City $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF
Single-Family/Duplex Single-Family/Duplex
Tierl 0-26HCF $3.65 Tierl 0-26HCF $3.65 0-32HCF $3.75 $3.83 $3.91 $3.99 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $7.12 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $7.12 33-48 HCF $6.36 $6.49 $6.62 $6.75 Tier 3 49-86 HCF $10.48 Tier 3 49-86 HCF $10.48 49-83 HCF $10.52 $10.73 $10.94 $11.16 Tier4 86+HCF $14.87 Tier4 86+HCF $14.87 84+HCF $14.94 $15.24 $15.54 $15.85 Multi-Family Multi-Family
Tier 1 0-8 HCF $4.66 Tier 1 0-8 HCF $4.66 0-8 HCF $5.06 $5.16 $5.26 $5.37 Tier2 9+HCF $13.31 Tier2 9+HCF $13.31 9÷HCF $14.73 $15.02 $15.32 $15.63 Commercial $7.24 Commercial $7.24 $7.43 $7.58 $7.73 $7.88 Water Reliability (all customers) $0.26 All Use $0.27 $0.28 $0.29 $0.30 $0.31 Fire Protection (all customers) $3.65 All Use $3.65
Outside City TierSize $/HCF TierSize $/HCF TierSize $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF Single-Family/Duplex Single-Family/Duplex
Tierl 0-26HCF $4.54 Tierl 0-26HCF $4.54 0-32HCF $4.43 $4.52 $4.61 $4.70 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $8.01 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $8.01 33-48 HCF $7.04 $7.18 $7.32 $7.47 Tier3 49-86HCF $11.36 Tier3 49-86HCF $11.36 49-83HCF $11.20 $11.42 $11.65 $11.88 Tier4 86+HCF $15.77 Tier4 86+HCF $15.77 84+HCF $15.62 $15.93 $16.25 $16.58 Multi-Family Multi-Family
Tier 1 0-8 HCF $5.55 Tier 1 0-8 HCF $5.55 0-8 HCF $5.74 $5.85 $5.97 $6.09 Tier 2 9+ HCF $14.19 Tier 2 9+ HCF $14.19 9+ HCF $15.41 $15.72 $16.03 $16.35 Commercial $8.14 Commercial $8.14 $8.11 $8.27 $8.44 $8.61 Water Reliability (all customers) $0.41 All Use $0.42 $0.43 $0.44 $0.45 $0.46 Fire Protection (all customers) $4.54 All Use $4.54 $4.43 $4.52 $4.61 $4.70 To be applied to the prevailing quantitycharge rates in effect at the time ofthe shortage declaration, if needed B0785-0001\2917463v2doc
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B. Bi-Monthly Quantity Charge Rates
Current Quantity Charge Rates Recommended Quantity Charge Rates Current Proposed New Proposed
Tier Size $/HCF Tier Size 7/1/2024 Tier Size 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Inside City $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF
Single-Family/Duplex Single-Family/Duplex
Tier 1 0-26 HCF $3.65 Tier 1 0-26 HCF $3.65 0-32 HCF $3.75 $3.83 $3.91 $3.99 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $7.12 Tier2 27-48 HCF $7.12 33-48 HCF $6.36 $6.49 $6.62 $6.75 Tier 3 49-86 HCF $10.48 Tier3 49-86 HCF $10.48 49-83 HCF $10.52 $10.73 $10.94 $11.16 Tier 4 86+ HCF $14.87 Tier4 86+ HCF $14.87 84+ HCF $14.94 $15.24 $15.54 $15.85 Multi-Family Multi-Family
Tier 1 O-8HCF $4.66 Tier 1 O8HCF $4.66 08HCF $5.06 $5.16 $5.26 $5.37 Tier 2 9+ HCF $13.31 Tier2 9+ HCF $13.31 9+HCF $14.73 $15.02 $15.32 $15.63 Commercial $7.24 Commercial $7.24 $7.43 $7.58 $7.73 $7.88 Water Reliability (all customers) $0.26 All Use $0.27 $0.28 $0.29 $0.30 $0.31 Fire Protection (all customers) $3.65 All Use $3.65
Outside City Tier Size $/HCF Tier Size $/HCF Tier Size $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF Single-Family/Duplex Single-Family/Duplex
Tier 1 0-26 HCF $4.54 Tier 1 026 HCF $4.54 032 HCF $4.43 $4.52 $4.61 $4.70 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $8.01 Tier 2 27-48 HCF $8.01 33-48 HCF $7.04 $7.18 $7.32 $7.47 Tier 3 49-86 HCF $11.36 Tier 3 49-86 HCF $11.36 49-83 HCF $11.20 $11.42 $11.65 $11.88 Tier 4 86+ HCF $15.77 Tler4 86+ HCF $15.77 84+ HCF $15.62 $15.93 $16.25 $16.58 Multi-Family Multi-Family
Tier 1 O-8HCF $5.55 Tier 1 0-8HCF $5.55 0-8 HCF $5.74 $5.85 $5.97 $6.09 Tier 2 9+HCF $14.19 Tier 2 9+HCF $14.19 9+ HCF $15.41 $15.72 $16.03 $16.35 Commercial $8.14 Commercial $8.14 $8.11 $8.27 $8.44 $8.61 Water Reliability (all customers) $0.41 All Use $0.42 $0.43 $0.44 $0.45 $0.46 Fire Protection (all customers) $4.54 All Use $4.54 $4.43 $4.52 $4.61 $4.70 C. Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors
Revenue Stabilization Factors by Customer Class
Stage A Stage B Stage C Stage D Stage E
Up to Up to Up to Up to Up to
Class (5% Reduction) (10% Reduction) (20% Reduction) (30% Reduction) (50% Reduction) Single Family 1.041 1.088 1.203 1.360 1.827
Multi-Family 1.018 1.038 1.081 1.129 1.361
Commercial 1.024 1.050 1.109 1.179 1.453
Irrigation 1.095 1.224 1.685 3.180 n/a
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2. Wastewater Rates and Charges
A. Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charge and Quantity Charge Rates Charge Type Current Proposed
Customer Class Rates 7/1/2024 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charge
Single Family $87.38 $77.92 $68.46 $59.00 $49.54 $40.08 Multi Family $87.38 $77.92 $68.46 $59.00 $49.54 $40.08
Commercial - Low Strength $34.20 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Commercial -Medium Strength n/a $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Commercial -High Strength $34.20 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Quantity Charge Rate per hcf [1]
Single Family $0.00 $0.72 $1.43 $2.15 $2.86 $3.58
Multi Family $0.00 $0.72 $1.43 $2.15 $2.86 $3.58
Commercial -Low Strength $4.74 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 Commercial -Medium Strength n/a $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 Commercial -High Strength $7.08 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 [11 Quantity charge applied to sewered water use. Sewered water use is calculated as actual water use x Return to Sewer Factor.

Return to Sewer Factors are as follows:

SingleFamily=52%
Multi Family =90%
Commerical = 83%
Note: Customers with an irrigation meter will be charged 100% oftheir water use for the domestic meter. -3-
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2. Wastewater Rates and Charges
A. Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charge and Quantity Charge Rates Charge Type Current Proposed
Customer Class Rates 7/1/2024 1/1/2025 1/1/2026 1/1/2027 1/1/2028 Bi-Monthly Fixed Service Charge
Single Family $87.38 $77.92 $68.46 $59.00 $49.54 $40.08 Multi Family $87.38 $77.92 $68.46 $59.00 $49.54 $40.08
Commercial - Low Strength $34.20 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Commercial - Medium Strength n/a $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Commercial - High Strength $34.20 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 $40.08 Quantity Charge Rate per hcf [1]
Single Family $0.00 $0.72 $1.43 $2.15 $2.86 $3.58
Multi Family $0.00 $0.72 $1.43 $2.15 $2.86 $3.58
Commercial - Low Strength $4.74 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 $3.58 Commercial - Medium Strength n/a $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 $5.24 Commercial - High Strength $7.08 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 $6.95 [1] Quantity charge applied to sewered water use. Sewered water use is calculated as actual water use x Return to Sewer Factor.

Return to Sewer Factors are as follows:

Single Family = S2%
Multi Family = 90%
Commerical = 83%
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January 5, 2019 – Final Report

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
Water Rate Study

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS
345 Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

FINAL REPORT

WATER RATE STUDY
January 5, 2019

HF&H CONSULTANTS, LLC
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January 5, 2019
Ms. Shana Epstein
Director of Public Works
City of Beverly Hills
345 Foothill Road
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Subject: Water Rate Study – Final Report
Dear Ms. Epstein:

We are pleased to submit this water rate study, which is the culmination of a lengthy study process that has encompassed a wide range of modifications and refinements including:
 Restructuring the quantity charge structures for the single and multi-family customer classes.  The addition of irrigation customer classes.
 The addition of a water reliability charge quantity charge rate.  The conversion of the Outside City rates to a cost-based differential.  The addition of revenue stabilization factors for use during water shortages.

We would like to express our thanks to City staff and the members of the Public Works Commission and the Public Works Liaison Committee for their diligent efforts in assisting us with this study.

Very truly yours,

HF&H CONSULTANTS, LLC
John W. Farnkopf, P.E., Senior Vice President
Rick Simonson, C.M.C., Vice President
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................ 1 Background ............................................................................................. 1 Findings and Recommendations ................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 6 Study Purpose ......................................................................................... 6 Study Process .......................................................................................... 6 Current Rates .......................................................................................... 6 REVENUE REQUIREMENTS .......................................................... 8 Expense Projections ................................................................................. 8 Reserve Funds ......................................................................................... 9 COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS .................................................... 11 General Approach .................................................................................. 11 Cost of Service Allocations ...................................................................... 11 RATE DESIGN ............................................................................ 19 Design Objectives .................................................................................. 19 Summary of Rate Design Modifications .................................................... 19 Quantity Charge Rate Design and Calculations .......................................... 20 Single Family Residential Quantity Charges ........................................ 20 Multi-Family Residential Quantity Charges ......................................... 22 Commercial Quantity Charges ........................................................... 24 Quantity Charge Rate Adjustments ................................................... 24 Adjusted Quantity Charge Rates ....................................................... 27 Service Charge Rates ............................................................................. 29 Water Service Charge Rates ............................................................. 29 Fire Service Charge Rates ................................................................. 32 Irrigation Customer Class and Rates ........................................................ 33 Review of Current Irrigation Water Use ............................................. 33 Recommendation ............................................................................ 34 Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors .......................................... 34 Methodology ................................................................................... 35 Analysis .......................................................................................... 36 Implementation ............................................................................... 40 Water Reliability Charge ......................................................................... 41 CUSTOMER BILL IMPACTS ........................................................ 45 SECTION 1.

1.1 1.2
SECTION 2.

2.1 2.2

2.3 SECTION 3.

3.1 3.2
SECTION 4.

4.1 4.2
SECTION 5.

5.1 5.2

5.3 A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

5.4 A.

B.

5.5 A.

B.

5.6 A.

B.

C.

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TABLES
Table 1-1. Current and Recommended Quantity Charge Rates .................................... 4 Table 1-2. Current and Recommended Water Service Charge Rates ........................... 4 Table 1-3. Recommended Water Reliability Charge rates ........................................... 5 Table 2-1. Current Bi-monthly Service Charge Rates ................................................. 7 Table 2-2. Current Bi-monthly Quantity Charge Rates ............................................... 7 Table 3-1. Key Modeling Assumptions ...................................................................... 8 Table 3-2. Total Annual Projected Net Revenue Requirements ................................... 9 Table 4-1. Demand Allocation Factors - Systemwide ............................................... 14 Table 4-2. Demand Allocation Factors – Systemwide Flows ..................................... 15 Table 4-3. Functional Cost Allocations (FY 2018-19) ............................................... 15 Table 4-4. Demand Allocation Factors – Customer Classes ...................................... 16 Table 4-5. Average Cost of Service ........................................................................ 17 Table 4-6. Current Rate Revenue Compared With the Cost of Service ...................... 17 Table 5-1. Single Family Tier Structure - Breakpoints .............................................. 21 Table 5-2. Single Family Tier Structure - Rates ....................................................... 22 Table 5-3. Multi Family Tier Structure - Breakpoints ................................................ 23 Table 5-4. Multi Family Tier Structure - Rates ......................................................... 23 Table 5-5. Calculation of Commercial Quantity Charge Rate .................................... 24 Table 5-6. Summary of Cost-of-Service Quantity Charge Rates ................................. 25 Table 5-7. Quantity Charge Rate Adjustment for Lease Revenue Credit .................... 26 Table 5-8. Quantity Charge Rate Adjustment for General Fund Services ................... 27 Table 5-9. Recommended FY 2018-19 Quantity Charge Rates (effective 3/8/2019) ... 28 Table 5-10. Current and Recommended Quantity Charge Rates ................................ 29 Table 5-11. Service Charge Units of Service ........................................................... 30 Table 5-12. Service Charge Unit Costs ................................................................... 31 Table 5-13. Recommended Monthly Service Charge Rates (effective 3/8/2019) ......... 31 Table 5-14. Current and Recommended Water Service Charge Rates ....................... 32 Table 5-15. Current and Recommended Bi-monthly Fire Service Rates ..................... 33 Table 5-16. Shortage Reductions by Class .............................................................. 36 Table 5-17. Calculation of Shortage Reductions by Stage and Customer Class ........... 38 Table 5-18. Water Shortage Revenue Stabilization Factors by Class ......................... 40 Table 5-19. Projected Water Reliability Construction Costs ...................................... 42 Table 5-20. Summary of Water Reliability Charge Analyses and Recommended Rates 44 Table 6-1. Bill Impacts – Inside City Customers – Low Water Use ............................. 45 Table 6-2. Bill Impacts – Inside City Customers – Average Water Use ....................... 46 Table 6-3. Bill Impacts – Inside City Customers – High Water Use ............................ 47 Table 6-4. Bill Impacts – Outside City Customers – Low Water Use ........................... 48 Table 6-5. Bill Impacts – Outside City Customers – Average Water Use ..................... 49 Table 6-6. Bill Impacts – Outside City Customers – High Water Use .......................... 50 City of Beverly Hills Water Rate Study – Final Report
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FIGURES
Figure 3-1. Projected Year-End Reserve Balances ................................................... 10

APPENDIX
Appendix A-1. Water Reliability Charge Cash Flow – No General Fund Contribution Appendix A-2. Water Reliability Charge Cash Flow – $10M General Fund Contribution

ACRONYMS
AMI Automated Meter Infrastructure
AWWA American Water Works Association
EMU Equivalent Meter Unit
FY Fiscal Year
CCF or HCF Hundred cubic feet of metered water sold; 748 gallons; a cube of water

4.6 feet on edge
CIP Capital Improvement Project
GPD Gallons Per Day
ISF Internal Services Fund – reimbursement by the Water Fund for services provided by the General Fund
O&M Operations and Maintenance
MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the City’s wholesale water supplier
PAYGo Pay-As-You-Go, in reference to funding capital improvements from cash rather than from borrowed sources of revenue
PDR La Brea Subarea Preliminary Design Report
WEP Water Enterprise Plan – the program approved by the City Council to improve the City’s water supply reliability includes personnel and capital expenses

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
City Council
Mayor Julian A. Gold, M.D.

Vice Mayor John A. Mirisch
Councilmember Lili Bosse
Councilmember Lester Friedman
Councilmember Robert Wunderlich
Public Works Commission
Chairperson Jerrold S. Felsenthal
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Vice Chairperson Sandra Aronberg
Commissioner Jeff Wolfe (Ad Hoc Committee member)
Commissioner Joshua L. Greer (Ad Hoc Committee member)
Commissioner Charles Alpert
City Staff
Shana Epstein, Director of Public Works
Gil Borboa, Assistant Director of Public Works – Utilities Division Jeff S. Muir, Director of Finance
Tatiana Szerwinski, Assistant Director of Finance
Larry Wiener, City Attorney
Mahdi Aluzri, City Manager
Michael Hensley, Senior Management Analyst, Public Works Brandy Gros, Senior Budget & Financial Analyst, Administrative Services Dept.

HF&H Consultants, LLC
John Farnkopf, Senior Vice President
Rick Simonson, Vice President
Geoffrey Michalczyk, Associate

LIMITATIONS
This document was prepared solely for the City of Beverly Hills in accordance with the contract between the City and HF&H and is not in intended for use by any other party for any other purpose.

In preparing this study, we relied on information and instructions from the City, which we consider accurate and reliable and did not independently verify.

Rounding differences caused by stored values in electronic models may exist.

This document represents our understanding of relevant laws, regulations, and court decisions but should not be relied upon as legal advice. Questions concerning the interpretation of legal authorities referenced in this document should be referred to a qualified attorney.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BACKGROUND
The City provides water service to residents and businesses in Beverly Hills (Inside City customers) and a portion of West Hollywood (Outside City customers). The City is presently entirely reliant on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for its potable water supply but has plans underway to develop local groundwater.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
HF&H makes the following findings and recommendations.

1. Annual rate increases. Revenue generated by annual rate increases shall not exceed 3% in total, as previously approved by Council on December 19, 2017 for the period FY 2017-18 through FY 2021-22.

2. Cost of service analysis of rate components. A cost of service analysis was performed to allocate the revenue requirements to the components associated with the service (meter size) and quantity charges (volume of water used). The analysis indicated that the revenue from existing service charge rates is 5.5% below the cost of service and the revenue from existing quantity charge rates is 2.6% below the cost of service. Adjusting the respective rates accordingly will provide the additional 3% increase in revenue needed to cover the increase in the revenue requirement for FY 2018-19. (See Table 4-6.).

3. Cost of service analysis of service charge revenue. Service charges are charged for water and fire service. In order to generate 5.5% more revenue from service charges, water service charges should be increased 6.9%. No increase is recommended in fire service charges. Nor will there be a difference between inside and outside City customers.

4. Cost of service analysis of quantity charge revenue. In order to generate 2.6% more revenue from quantity charges, the cost of service analysis indicates that the quantity charge revenues for each class need to change as follows: 5.2% increase for single family residential customers; 6.6% increase for multi-family residential customers; and, a 5.4% decrease for commercial customers. (See Table 4-6.) These percentages are the necessary changes in revenue, not the changes in rates. Revenue changes are achieved by increasing or decreasing rates. In years when rates are not being restructured to align with the cost of service, all current rates would be increased or decreased by the respective percentages by class. However, in the current rate study, rates are being restructured to align with the cost of service. As

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a result, different percentage increases in the service charge and Quantity Charges will occur. The derivation of these rate increases is explained in the next two sections of this report.

5. Single family residential quantity charge rate structure. Analysis of the single family tier structure indicates that the current number of four tiers should be retained but that the sizes of the tiers need to be adjusted to correspond with the service levels customers require ranging from non-seasonal base demand to average day, maximum day, and maximum hour peaking. (See Tables 5-1 and 5-2.)

6. Multi-family residential quantity charge rate structure. Analysis of multi-family customer water use data indicates that the range of demand service levels is very narrow across the range of consumption from base to extra capacity demand, indicating the current four-tier structure should be reduced to a two-tier structure. (See Tables 5-3 and 5-4.)

7. Commercial quantity charge rate structure. Analysis of customer billing data indicates that the current uniform quantity charge rate structure (no tiers) is still applicable. (See Table 5-5.)

8. Outside City rates. Outside City rates are currently 1.25 times higher than Inside City rates, which was an approximation of the additional cost to serve Outside City customers. It is recommended that the 1.25 multiplier be replaced with rates that are based on more exacting cost analysis. The additional costs identified should be applied to the quantity charges only. The service charges to both Inside City and Outside City customers will be the same. (See Tables 5-9 and 5-14.)

9. Create irrigation customer classes. Irrigation is a significant component of total water use in the City, particularly among single family customers. It is a discretionary water use that warrants special attention because it may need to be curtailed at higher levels during shortages. We recommend creating separate irrigation customer classes. (See Section 5.5.)

10. Implement water shortage revenue stabilization factors. Revenue stabilization factors are designed to offset the amount of revenue shortfall caused by conservation during specific Council-adopted water shortage stages. (See Section 5.6.)

11. Implement a water reliability charge. The City Council is undertaking the expansion of the City’s water system in order to diversify and expand its sources of supply. By doing so, reliability will be improved during shortages. In addition, the need to rely on purchased water from Metropolitan Water District (MWD) will be reduced. In return for these benefits, a new, separate water reliability charge is proposed that would provide a steady source of funding over the lifecycle of the City of Beverly Hills Water Rate Study – Final Report
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Water Enterprise Plan (WEP). The water reliability charge is an additional uniform quantity charge rate that applies to both Inside and Outside City customers.

The Inside City water reliability charge is less than the Outside City water reliability charge due to a subsidy provided from the Beverly Hills General Fund. (See Section 5.7.)

12. Pass-through Charges. The cost of MWD water is the single largest component of the City’s revenue requirements. Because the City has no control over MWD’s wholesale water rate, this cost is simply passed through to the City’s customers.

MWD provides projections of its future wholesale water rates, which are built into the rate projections in this study. California Government Code Section 53756 authorizes water suppliers to adjust their rates in response to changes in passthrough costs. As part of the Proposition 218 process, as the City did with last year’s rate increase, we recommend that the City incorporate annual MWD passthrough adjustments in its rates. The pass-through adjustment allows Beverly Hills to adjust quantity charges to track any difference between the MWD rates that were included in the model and the actual rates adopted each year by MWD.

The pass-through adjustment can be made by providing 30-day notice in the customer bills without triggering the need for a Proposition 218 protest process.

This report documents the rates proposed for adoption by the City. The first rate adjustment is proposed to become effective in March 8, 2019 with subsequent adjustments every January 1 thereafter, through January 2022. The City mailed notices to rate payers in compliance with the protest procedure provided for in Article XIIID. The noticed rates are the highest rates that the City Council can adopt.

Tables 1-1 through 1-3 summarizes the current and recommended quantity charge rates, service charge rates, and water reliability charge, respectively.

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Table 1-1. Current and Recommended Quantity Charge Rates Table 1-2. Current and Recommended Water Service Charge Rates Tier Size $/HCF Tier Size 3/8/2019 1/1/2020 1/1/2021 1/1/2022 Single Family Single Family
Tier 10 ‐ 10 HCF $4.02 Tier 10 ‐ 26 HCF $3.34 $3.44 $3.54 $3.65 Tier 2 11 ‐ 55 HCF $5.30 Tier 2 27 ‐ 48 HCF $6.51 $6.71 $6.91 $7.12 Tier 3 56 ‐ 120 HCF $8.36 Tier 3 49 ‐ 86 HCF $9.58 $9.87 $10.17 $10.48 Tier 4 Over 120 HCF $16.15 Tier 4 Over 86 HCF $13.61 $14.02 $14.44 $14.87 Multi Family Multi Family
Tier 10 ‐ 4 HCF $4.02 Tier 10 ‐ 8 HCF $4.26 $4.39 $4.52 $4.66 Tier 25 ‐ 9 HCF $5.30 Tier 2 Over 8 HCF $12.17 $12.54 $12.92 $13.31 Tier 3 10 ‐ 16 HCF $8.36
Tier 4 Over 16 HCF $16.15
Commercial $6.86 Commercial $6.63 $6.83 $7.03 $7.24
Single Family Single Family
Tier 10 ‐ 10 HCF $5.01 Tier 10 ‐ 26 HCF $4.16 $4.28 $4.41 $4.54 Tier 2 11 ‐ 55 HCF $6.63 Tier 2 27 ‐ 48 HCF $7.33 $7.55 $7.78 $8.01 Tier 3 56 ‐ 120 HCF $10.45 Tier 3 49 ‐ 86 HCF $10.40 $10.71 $11.03 $11.36 Tier 4 Over 120 HCF $20.18 Tier 4 Over 86 HCF $14.43 $14.86 $15.31 $15.77 Multi Family Multi Family
Tier 10 ‐ 4 HCF $5.01 Tier 10 ‐ 8 HCF $5.08 $5.23 $5.39 $5.55 Tier 25 ‐ 9 HCF $6.63 Tier 2 Over 8 HCF $12.99 $13.38 $13.78 $14.19 Tier 3 10 ‐ 16 HCF $10.45
Tier 4 Over 16 HCF $20.18
Commercial $8.58 Commercial $7.45 $7.67 $7.90 $8.14
Current Quantity Charge Rates Recommended Quantity Charge Rates $/HCF
Inside City
Outside City
Meter Size Inside City Outside City 3/8/2019 1/1/2020 1/1/2021 1/1/2022 1" $44.66 $55.83 $48.97 $50.44 $51.95 $53.51

1.5" $77.41 $96.77 $85.88 $88.46 $91.11 $93.84
2" $116.72 $145.91 $130.17 $134.08 $138.10 $142.24
3" $208.43 $260.53 $248.28 $255.73 $263.40 $271.30
4" $339.44 $424.30 $381.16 $392.59 $404.37 $416.50
6" $666.96 $833.69 $750.25 $772.76 $795.94 $819.82
8" $1,071.86 $1,339.82 $1,193.15 $1,228.94 $1,265.81 $1,303.78 10" $1,857.96 $2,322.44 $3,112.42 $3,205.79 $3,301.96 $3,401.02 Current Recommended (Inside and Outside City)
$ per bi‐monthly bill $ per bi‐monthly bill
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Table 1-3. Recommended Water Reliability Charge rates
Customer Class 3/1/2019 1/1/2020 1/1/2021 1/1/2022
$/HCF $/HCF $/HCF $/HCF
All Classes ‐ Inside City $0.23 $0.24 $0.25 $0.26
All Classes ‐ Outside City $0.38 $0.39 $0.40 $0.41
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INTRODUCTION

STUDY PURPOSE
The City is responsible for setting rates in compliance with California law. Voters passed Proposition 218 in November 1996, which enacted Article XIIID of the California Constitution. Article XIIID, Section 6, requires that fees and charges for water service shall not exceed the proportional cost of service.

One key purpose of this report is to document that the proposed rates comply with the relevant laws in California for setting tiered water rates. Another key purpose is to ensure that the rates generate sufficient revenue from conserving levels of demand to fund the water enterprises operating and capital costs as well as to maintain adequate reserves.

STUDY PROCESS
This study has been conducted in close collaboration with a working group of City staff, the City’s Public Works Commission, the Public Works Commission’s Rates Ad Hoc Committee, and the City’s Public Works Liaison Committee. Over 30 meetings were held to develop alternative funding strategies, to review and refine the alternatives, and to select the preferred alternative.

CURRENT RATES
The City charges the sum of a service charge and a quantity charge, which are shown in Tables 2-1 and 2-2. This rate structure has been in effect for a number of years.

For single family residential and multi-family residential customers, the quantity charge varies depending on the amount of metered water use in each two-month billing period.

This form of rate structure is referred to as a tiered or increasing block rate quantity charge. The quantity charges for single family residential and multi-family residential customers are the same as they increase across four tiers; the size of the tiers is smaller for multi-family residential customers. For example, Tier 1 water use is 0-4 HCF for multi-family residential customers and 0-10 HCF for single family residential customers; see Figure 2-3). Single family residential customers are billed per residence and multifamily residential customers are billed per dwelling unit.

For Commercial customers, the quantity charge is currently a constant amount that is not tiered. This form of rate structure is referred to as a uniform quantity charge. Commercial customers are billed bi-monthly per account. The Commercial quantity charge was tiered at one time but is currently a uniform charge regardless of the level of demand.

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The service charge is fixed based on the size of the service connection. Customers pay the same service charge each billing period based on the size of their service connection.

The City currently charges Outside City water customers service and quantity charge rates that are 25% higher than Inside City rates. The purpose of the 1.25 multiplier is to recover the additional costs of serving customers located outside Beverly Hills.

Table 2-1. Current Bi-monthly Service Charge Rates
Table 2-2. Current Bi-monthly Quantity Charge Rates

Inside City Outside City
Meter Size $/HCF $/HCF
1" $44.66 $55.83

1.5" $77.41 $96.77
2" $116.72 $145.91
3" $208.43 $260.53
4" $339.44 $424.30
6" $666.96 $833.69
8" $1,071.86 $1,339.82
Customer Inside City Outside City
Class Tier Size $/HCF $/HCF
Single Family
Tier 10 ‐ 10 HCF $4.02 $5.01
Tier 2 11 ‐ 55 HCF $5.30 $6.63
Tier 3 56 ‐ 120 HCF $8.36 $10.45
Tier 4 Over 120 HCF $16.15 $20.18
Multi Family
Tier 10 ‐ 4 HCF $4.02 $5.01
Tier 25 ‐ 9 HCF $5.30 $6.63
Tier 3 10 ‐ 16 HCF $8.36 $10.45
Tier 4 Over 16 HCF $16.15 $20.18
Commercial Uniform (no tiers) $6.86 $8.58
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REVENUE REQUIREMENTS
To determine whether additional rate revenue is required, projected operating and capital expenses are compared with projected revenue from current rates. Annual surpluses and deficits are then applied to the reserve funds. Rates are then increased so that the expenses are covered and operating and capital reserves are maintained. At the December 19, 2017 City Council Meeting, Council approved annual revenue increases of 3% per year for the period FY 2017-18 through FY 2021-22. The following sections summarize the methodology for determining the annual revenue requirements, the necessary 3% annual revenue increases, and the projected impact these results will have on the Water Enterprise fund balance.

EXPENSE PROJECTIONS
A spreadsheet model was developed to derive revenue requirements for FY 2017-18 through FY 2021-22. The revenue requirements represent the costs that must be covered by revenue from rates and other sources, such as reserves. The City’s operating and capital budget for FY 2017-18 served as the starting point for projecting the City’s expenses and revenues over the five-year financial planning period. The escalation factors summarized in Table 3-1 were incorporated in the model for projecting expenses and revenues.

Table 3-1. Key Modeling Assumptions
The application of these assumptions to the O&M and capital expenses is summarized in Table 3-2.

Expense Category 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Personnel Per Budget 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
Material & Supplies Per Budget 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%
Contractual Services Per Budget 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
ISF Charges Per Budget 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
Proj. Admin. and CIP Mgmt. Charges Per Budget 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 3.0% Miscellaneous Per Budget 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
General Inflation 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
MWD Cost of Water ($/AF) $997.00 $1,034.00 $1,072.50 $1,107.50 $1,143.50 Construction Cost Inflation 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
Water Sales (HCF) 4,178,352 4,318,340 4,418,488 4,518,986 4,619,886

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Table 3-2. Total Annual Projected Net Revenue Requirements 1 Non-operating revenues include late fees, ordinance violation penalties, interest earnings, etc.

The net revenue requirement for FY 2018-19 of $38,208,357 will be used in the cost of service analysis and rate design for rates effective March 8, 2019 (see Sections 4 and 5).

RESERVE FUNDS
The 3% annual revenue increases are required to cover the net O&M and capital expenses summarized in Table 3-2. In addition to covering annual expenses, water rates need to generate revenue to maintain adequate operations and capital reserves. To determine what constitutes adequate reserve amounts, the reserve balance was subdivided into operations and capital reserves. In this way, it is possible to set recommended target balances for each purpose.

Figure 3-1 shows the minimum fund balance (red line; triangle symbols) that is recommended. The minimum fund balance represents the working capital that is needed to meet month-to-month cash flow for O&M expenses and the required debt service reserve for the City’s outstanding debt. Figure 3-1 also shows the recommended target balance.

The target balance is derived by adding a contingency for capital improvements to the minimum fund balance and is based on the City’s current Council-approved policy, which states the target reserve is to equal the debt service reserve amount plus 50% of gross annual user revenue. With this contingency, the City should have sufficient cash on hand to fund its cash-funded capital improvements without cash flow constraints. This Budgeted
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22
O&M Expenses
Personnel Services $4,792,704 $4,933,172 $5,081,113 $5,233,492 $5,390,443 Materials and Supplies $1,854,407 $1,910,039 $1,967,340 $2,026,360 $2,087,151 Purchased Water $11,396,460 $12,176,961 $12,887,463 $13,594,949 $14,355,408 Contractual Services $1,293,935 $1,332,753 $1,372,735 $1,413,917 $1,456,335 ISF Charges $6,946,140 $7,154,525 $7,369,160 $7,590,235 $7,817,942 Project Admin. and CIP Mgmt. Charges $1,383,498 $1,434,688 $1,482,032 $1,530,939 $1,581,460 Other Miscellaneous $1,125,695 $1,159,465 $1,194,249 $1,230,077 $1,266,979 Subtotal, O&M Expenses $28,792,838 $30,101,603 $31,354,093 $32,619,970 33,955,718 Capital Expenses
Transfer to Reserves for PayGo Projs $7,061,200 $7,061,200 $1,439,467 $1,940,615 $2,301,200 Debt Service on Existing Bond $5,984,688 $5,995,488 $5,994,888 $4,927,425 $4,366,075 Subtotal, Capital Expenses $13,045,888 $13,056,688 $7,434,355 $6,868,040 $6,667,275 Total Expenses $41,838,726 $43,158,290 $38,788,448 $39,488,010 $40,622,993 Less: Non‐Operating Revenues1 ($924,357) ($930,359) ($936,540) ($942,907) ($949,465) Contributions (from)/to Reserves ($3,827,639) ($4,019,575) $1,502,700 $1,990,142 $2,077,774 Net Revenue Requirement $37,086,730 $38,208,357 $39,354,607 $40,535,246 $41,751,303 % Change 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0%
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contingency is also available to help fund short-term deficits such as emergency expenditures and revenue shortfalls resulting from low water sales.

Figure 3-1 shows the combined balance for the operating and capital reserves that is projected based on the 3% annual revenue increases. With the proposed rate adjustments, the City’s reserve fund balance (solid green line) will be above the minimum balance (red line with triangle symbols), which covers the City’s operating reserve requirements and is projected to reach the target reserve balance (blue line with “X” symbols) by FY 2021-

22. Figure 3-1. Projected Year-End Reserve Balances
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COST OF SERVICE ANALYSIS

GENERAL APPROACH
The revenue requirement analysis establishes how much revenue is required from rates.

The next step in the analysis is determining the cost of service by customer class. The cost of service analysis performed in this study follows a procedure that has been long established by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), which is referred to as the “base/extra capacity method.” This method allocates the revenue requirements to the components of the rate structure.

The base/extra capacity method in the AWWA M1 Manual contains three categories:
base, maximum day, and maximum hour. Base capacity is determined by the average daily flow during the year. The average daily flow determines how much base capacity is needed to provide that flow. Maximum day capacity is determined by the flow on the maximum day of the year. In other words, the maximum day capacity is greater than the base capacity, including the base capacity plus the additional capacity needed to provide for the maximum day flow of the year. Maximum hour capacity is determined by the flow during the maximum hour on the maximum day. In other words, the maximum hour capacity is greater than the maximum day capacity by the amount of peak hour that occurs during the maximum day flow.

We have refined AWWA’s version of the base/extra capacity method. What AWWA considers “base” capacity is not purely base capacity because AWWA defines “base” as average day capacity. Average day capacity includes average peaking, which is greater than how “base” is defined in this report. In this report, “base” demand does not include peaking. We have introduced a fourth category that corresponds to base demand with no peaking, which we call Base Day. This Base Day demand is derived from average winter demand, when there is the least amount of peaking. Hence, in addition to Average Day, Maximum Day, and Maximum Hour categories, we have added Base Day.

COST OF SERVICE ALLOCATIONS
As the name implies, cost of service analysis (COS) is a process of determining how much water service costs to provide capacity to meet customer demands. In order to provide water service, infrastructure must be constructed, operated, and maintained, which must be paid for from cash or debt. The type and size of infrastructure depends on how much service customers require. Water systems are designed to provide sufficient capacity to meet customer demands for service wherever, whenever, and for as long as demanded.

Although each customer places unique demands on the system, water system design is based on the maximum or peak demand for service placed on the system by all customers

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during the peak demand period. The size of the infrastructure that is needed will depend on the maximum demand. Higher demands will obviously require larger, more costly infrastructure as well as increased operating and O&M costs. Here, the goal of a cost of service analysis is to allocate the cost of the capacity to meet the peak demand in proportion to how much of the capacity is required by each customer. The proportions correspond to the maximum amount of capacity provided by the infrastructure. This means that customers that place greater demands on the infrastructure – customers with greater service needs (i.e., higher peak demands) – will be apportioned a greater share of the operating and capital costs of the infrastructure required to meet that demand.

It is important to realize that once the peak demand is used to design the infrastructure, the capacity is available at all times, not just during peak demands. The capacity is available for the potential peak when it occurs. During off-peak demands, the same facilities are being used, but the capital cost of the facilities is determined by the peak demand only, and it is the peak demand that is used to allocate costs. Note that the costs are not allocated only to those who peak. Those who do not peak as much are also using the same facilities. Consequently, they are allocated a share of the costs of the facilities in proportion to their contribution to the peak demand, even though their contribution to peaking may be significantly less.

A cost of service analysis determines the unit cost of the services provided to the City’s water customers. Inside City and Outside City customers, and each customer class therein, is charged the same unit cost for its share of the services that it requires. In this way, the total revenue requirement is proportioned between the fixed service charges and the quantity charges; the quantity charges are further proportioned among the customer classes. This methodology is consistent with industry standards promulgated by the American Water Works Association1 and referred to as the “base/extra capacity method.”
The analysis involves a sequence of steps that is summarized in Figure 4-1. The sequence leads to determining how much revenue should be recovered from fixed, service charges and from variable, quantity charges for each customer class. The derivation of the rates for the service and quantity charges is described in Section 5.

1 American Water Works Association, Principles of Water Rates, Fees, and Charges (Seventh Edition, 2017).

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Figure 4-1. Cost-of-Service Analysis
Table 4-1 shows the derivation of the allocation factors associated with each level of demand. The factors are based on meter reading data from the City’s automated meter infrastructure (AMI), which is capable of reading customer meters at hourly intervals.

The AMI has a software interface known as Water Tracker, which allows customers to monitor their water use and allows aggregation of the data by customer class. This data can be aggregated to determine the flow that corresponds to the functions provided to meet customer demands:
 Base, non-seasonal demand, when there is minimal peaking.  Average day demand, which includes non-seasonal demand plus average daily peaking.
 Maximum day demand, which includes average day demand plus peaking on the maximum day of the year.
 Maximum hour demand, which includes maximum day demand plus peaking at the maximum hour on the maximum day.

O&M Demand Services Quantity Charges
Water Supply ‐ MWD $12,177 Base Day $19,298 Single Family $17,390 Water Supply ‐ Groundwater $2,195 Average Day $7,177 By tier (4 tiers) Water Quality $1,325 Maximum Day $4,159 Multi Family $7,083 Maintenance & Repair $3,317 Maximum Hour $2,245 By tier (2 tiers) Water Services & Installs $1,595 $32,879 Commercial $8,406 Capital Project O&M $1,435 Uniform (no tiers)
Conservation $844 $32,879
Fire Hyrdrants/Meters $59 Customer Service
$22,947 Accounts $910 Service Charges
Capital Capacity $4,419 By Meter Size $5,329
PAYGo $7,061 $5,329
Debt Service $5,995 Total $38,208
$13,057
Total $38,208
Net Administrative Overhead $2,205
Total $38,208
Budgeted Costs
(in thousands)
Service Costs
(in thousands)
Rate Components
(in thousands)
Budget costs classfied according
to function and allocated to base
and extra capacity services
Costs of services allocated
to rates that charge in
proportion to service needs
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Table 4-1. Demand Allocation Factors - Systemwide
1 Source: 2017 AMI data
The flows shown in Table 4-1 are the aggregate flows for the entire water system. The resulting factors are used to allocate the functionalized costs into the four demand service categories. In turn, the costs for each of the demand service categories are allocated among the customer classes using the AMI data aggregated at the customer class level (see discussion in Section 5).