Fountain Valley City Council
May 19, 2026

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Table 7.5 Submittal Table 7-3 Retail: Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison Submittal Table 7-3 Retail: Single Dry Year Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 (Opt)
(AF) (AF) (AF) (AF) (AF)
Supply totals 10,156 10,274 10,323 10,290 10,265
Use totals 10,156 10,274 10,323 10,290 10,265
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
NOTES: The single dry year projections estimate a 4% increase on imported M&I demand.

7.3.3 Multiple Dry Years Reliability
Multiple dry years are defined as five or more consecutive dry years with minimal rainfall within a period of average precipitation. Orange County’s water demand projection model (described in Section 4.3.1) isolated the impacts that weather and future climate can have on water demand through the use of a statistical model. The impacts of hot/dry weather conditions are reflected as a percentage increase in water demands from the normal year condition. During multiple dry years, the UWMP applies dry-year adjustment factors to reflect future climate conditions and retail level water demand. These increase 4 percent in single-dry and first multiple-dry year, going up to 12, 13, 15, and 17 percent in subsequent drought years, relative to average-year demand (see Table 7.1) (MWDOC, 2025). Rather than repeating the single-dry-year factor for all five years, the five-year multi-dry-year scenario applies the year-specific dry-year adjustment factors for each consecutive year, reflecting the increasing impacts of extended drought.

Fountain Valley has demonstrated that its water supplies remain fully reliable throughout a of 4 to 17 percent per year over five consecutive years, Fountain Valley is capable of meeting all customers’ demands from 2025 through 2050 (Table 7.4), with significant reserves held by MET and conservation.

The table includes treated water from MET for M&I and non-M&I demands. The multiple dry-year projections estimate a four percent increase on imported M&I demand. The 2030 column assesses supply and demand for FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30; the 2035 column assesses FY 2030-31 through FY 2034-35 and so forth, to end the water service reliability assessment in the 2050 column.

Table 7.6 Submittal Table 7-4 Retail: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison Submittal Table 7-4 Retail: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 (Opt)
(AF) (AF) (AF) (AF) (AF)
First year
Supply totals 10,156 10,274 10,323 10,290 10,265
Use totals 10,156 10,274 10,323 10,290 10,265
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0

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Submittal Table 7-4 Retail: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 (Opt)
(AF) (AF) (AF) (AF) (AF)
Second year
Supply totals 10,980 11,107 11,160 11,125 11,097
Use totals 10,980 11,107 11,160 11,125 11,097
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Third year
Supply totals 11,048 11,177 11,230 11,194 11,166
Use totals 11,048 11,177 11,230 11,194 11,166
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Fourth year
Supply totals 11,257 11,388 11,442 11,406 11,378
Use totals 11,257 11,388 11,442 11,406 11,378
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Fifth year
Supply totals 11,448 11,581 11,637 11,600 11,571
Use totals 11,448 11,581 11,637 11,600 11,571
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
NOTES: The 2030 column assesses supply and demand for FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30; the 2035 column assesses FY 2030-31 through FY 2034-35 and so forth, in order to end the water service reliability assessment in FY 2049-50.

7.4 Management Tools and Options
Existing and planned water management tools and options that seek to maximize local resources and results in minimizing the need to import water are described below.

Reduced Delta Reliance – Both MWDOC and MET have demonstrated consistency with Reduced Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance (Delta Plan policy WR P1) by reporting the expected outcomes for measurable reductions in supplies from the Delta. MET 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. Similarly, Orange County water agencies have further invested in water use efficiency, local water supply projects, and advanced water technologies to increase regional self-reliance. In the near term (2030), regional self-reliance during a normal water year for the entire MET service area is projected to increase by approximately 601 TAF compared to the 2010 baseline, an improvement equal to nearly 20 percent of projected 2030 retail demand. Looking ahead to 2050, normal year regional self-reliance is expected to grow by more than

1.0 MAF above the 2010 baseline, representing an improvement equal to roughly 20 percent of projected 2050 retail demand (MET, 2025).

The continued and planned use of groundwater – The water supply resources within Fountain Valley’s service area are enhanced by the existence of groundwater basins that account for the majority of local supplies available. As described in Chapter 4, the OC Basin is also used as reservoirs to store water during wet years and draw from storage during dry years, subsequently minimizing MWDOC service area’s reliance on imported water. Groundwater basins are managed within a safe basin operating range so that groundwater wells are only pumped as needed to meet water use.

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Although Fountain Valley does not manage any of the service area’s groundwater basins, as a groundwater producer, Fountain Valley supports the efforts to maintain the health of the local basins through local groundwater recharge efforts such as OCWD’s GWRS Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) program.

Groundwater storage and transfer programs – OCWD’s involvement in Santa Ana River Conservation and Conjunctive Use Program includes participation in a conjunctive use program that improves water supply resiliency and increases available dry-year yield from local groundwater basins.

The groundwater bank has 137,000 AF of storage (Inland Empire Utilities Agency, 2021). MET has numerous groundwater storage and transfer programs in which MET endeavors to increase the reliability of water supplies, including the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) Waster Agency Exchange and Storage Program and the High Desert Water Bank Program. In addition, MET has encouraged storage through its cyclic and conjunctive use programs that allow MET to deliver water into a groundwater basin in advance of agency demands, such as the Cyclic Storage Agreements under the Main San Gabriel Basin Judgement.

MWDOC Water Loss Program – The water loss audit program reduces Fountain Valley’s dependency on imported water from the Delta by implementing water loss control technologies after assessing audit data and leak detection.

Increased use of recycled water – OCWD’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) and Green Acres Project (GAP) help southern California reduce its reliance on imported water by providing a local, reliable water supply that meets or exceeds all federal and state drinking water standards.

OCWD completed the final expansion of the GWRS in 2023 to increase production to 130 mgd, further strengthening regional water self-sufficiency.

Implementation of demand management measures during dry periods - During dry periods, water reduction methods to be applied to the public through the retail agencies will in turn reduce Fountain Valley’s overall demands on local and imported water. Fountain Valley met its conservation target of 20 percent by 2020 as part of the Orange County Regional Alliance as well as individually.

7.5 Drought Risk Assessment
California Water Code (Water Code) Section 10635(b) requires every urban water supplier to include a DRA for its water service as part of information considered in developing its demand management measures and water supply projects and programs. The DRA is a specific planning action that assumes Fountain Valley is experiencing a drought over the next five years and addresses water supply reliability in the context of presumed drought conditions. Together, the water service reliability assessment, DRA, and water shortage contingency planning (WSCP) allow Fountain Valley to have a comprehensive picture of its short-term and long-term water service reliability and to identify the tools to address any perceived or actual shortage conditions.

CWC Section 10612 requires the DRA to be based on the driest five-year historical sequence for Fountain Valley’s water supply. However, CWC Section 10635 also requires that the analysis consider plausible changes on projected supplies and demands due to climate change, anticipated regulatory changes, and other locally applicable criteria.

The following sections describe the methodology and results from Fountain Valley’s DRA.

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7.5.1 Methodology
As described in more detail in Chapter 4, the water demand forecasting model prepared for Fountain Valley isolated the impacts that weather and future climate can have on water demand through the use of an econometric model. In addition to weather related factors, the model incorporates explanatory variables that influence both historical and projected water use, including water price, gross domestic product (GDP), median household income, housing density, persons per household, households per account, sectoral employment mix (for CII demand), seasonal patterns, historical conservation trends, drought restrictions, and COVID19 behavioral effects. These variables allow the model to separately quantify how economic conditions, demographic shifts, land use characteristics, and institutional constraints affect demand across residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, and irrigation sectors (MWDOC, 2025).

The impacts of hot/dry weather condition are reflected as a percentage increase in water demands from the average condition. For a single dry year condition (FY 2013-14), the model projects a four percent increase in demand for Fountain Valley’s service area (MWDOC, 2025). The model used a 33-year dataset (1991-2024) to estimate demand under average (normal), single-dry year, and five consecutive dry years hydrologic conditions. Correlation coefficients between demand, temperature, and precipitation were applied to the hottest and driest historical sequences to calculate high-demand scenarios, which were expressed as scaling factors relative to the 33-year average demand.

For Fountain Valley, the consecutive dry year demand scenario is based on the demand model’s multiple dry year methodology. In accordance with the econometric demand model approach used to develop UWMP demand projections, a single hot/dry year was first identified based on weather conditions that produced the greatest demand response. Consecutive dry years were then represented by applying incremental scaling factors to this single hot/dry year demand to account for the compounding effects of persistent war
sequentially to simulate second through fifth consecutive dry years. This approach is consistent with the demand modeling framework summarized in Table 7.1 and 7.7.

7.5.1.1 Water Demand Characterization
All of Fountain Valley’s supplies consist of groundwater from the Orange County Groundwater Basin, recycled water from OCWD, and purchased water from MWDOC, regardless of hydrologic conditions.

As described in Section 6.2.1, MET’s supplies are from the Colorado River, SWP, and in-region storage. In MET’s 2025 UWMP, the DRA concluded that even without activating WSCP actions. Beyond this, MET’s DRA indicated a surplus of supplies that would be available to all of its member agencies, including MWDOC, should the need arise. Therefore, any increase in demand that is experienced in MWDOC's service area is assumed to be met by MET's water supplies.

Based on the water demand projection model discussed in more detail in Chapter 4, in a single dry year, demand is expected to increase by seven percent above a normal year (see Table 7.1). Fountain Valley’s DRA conservatively assumes that a drought from FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30 is based on the FY 2025 normal year supply with the five-year consecutive dry year hydrology (from Table 7.1). (MWDOC, 2025).

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7.5.1.2 Water Supply Characterization
Fountain Valley’s assumptions for its supply capabilities are discussed and presented in 5-year increments under its water reliability assessment in Section 7.3. For Fountain Valley’s DRA, these supply capabilities are further refined and presented annually for the years 2026 to 2030, which the Orange County Demand Model (2025) applied a historical dry-year sequence from within 1991-2024 dataset as an analog for five consecutive dry years. Groundwater is sustainably managed through the BPP and robust management measures (Section 6.3.4 and Appendix G), direct and indirect recycled water uses provide additional local supply (Section 6.6), and based on MET’s and MWDOC's UWMP, imported water is available to close any local water supply gap (Section 7.5.1). For its DRA, the model assessed the reliability of supplies available to Orange County through MET using historical supply availability under dry-year conditions.

MET’s supply sources under the CR, SWP, and in-region supply categories are individually listed and discussed in detail in MET’s UWMP. Future supply capabilities for each of these supply sources are also individually tabulated in Appendix 3 of MET’s UWMP, with consideration for plausible changes on projected supplies under climate change conditions, anticipated regulatory changes, and other factors. In addition, Fountain Valley
regional shortages. These actions are planned and exercised by MET based on regional conditions and in accordance with the Water Supply Contingency Plan (WSCP) and are not assumed as baseline or guaranteed supplies for Fountain Valley. Such actions may include the use of supplies and storage

7.5.2 Total Water Supply and Use Comparison
Fountain Valley’s anticipated total water use and supply under a five-year drought from FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30, are compared in Table 7.7. Fountain Valley’s assessment reveals that its supply capabilities are expected to balance with its projected water use for the next five years, from 2026 to 2030.

Table 7.7 Submittal Table 7-5 Retail: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Submittal Table 7-5 Retail: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Water Code Section 10635(b)(3)
2026 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 10,291
Total Supplies (AF) 10,291
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
2027 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,125
Total Supplies (AF) 11,125
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
2028 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,195
Total Supplies (AF) 11,195
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0
2029 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,407
Total Supplies (AF) 11,407
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0

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Submittal Table 7-5 Retail: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Water Code Section 10635(b)(3)
2030 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,600
Total Supplies (AF) 11,600
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0

7.5.3 Water Source Reliability
Fountain Valley’s water supply portfolio is predominantly supported by the Orange County Groundwater Basin, which provides roughly 85 percent of the City’s water under the FY 2025–26 BPP and is expected to remain a reliable source through FY 2029–30. OCWD’s active basin management, such as adjusting the BPP and securing supplemental recharge supplies, helps maintain long-term groundwater reliability. Local supply is further strengthened by Fountain Valley’s use of indirect potable reuse water from OCWD’s Groundwater Replenishment System, which enhances drought resilience. While emergency interconnections with neighboring agencies are not part of the normal supply mix, they offer additional backup capacity if ever needed. Fountain Valley’s DRA concludes that available supplies meet projected demands during a modeled five-year drought, with the ability to increase MET purchases if necessary.

As detailed in Chapter 8, Fountain Valley has in place a robust WSCP and comprehensive shortage response planning efforts that include demand reduction measures and supply augmentation actions.

However, since Fountain Valley’s DRA shows a balance, no water service reliability concern is anticipated, and no shortfall mitigation measures are expected to be exercised over the next five years. Fountain Valley and its wholesaler, MWDOC, will periodically revisit its representation of the supply sources and of the gross water use estimated for each year, and will revise the DRA if needed.

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CHAPTER 8 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY

PLANNING

8.1 Background
Water shortage contingency planning is a strategic planning process that the City engages in to prepare for and respond to water shortages. A water shortage is defined as when water supply available is insufficient to meet the customer demand at a given point in time. This may occur due to water supply availability changes, water quality changes, and/or catastrophic events (e.g., earthquake). The Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), included in Appendix F and summarized in this chapter, provides a water supply availability assessment and structured steps designed to respond to actual conditions. This level of detailed planning and preparation is intended to help maintain reliable supplies and reduce the impacts of supply interruptions.

The Water Code Section 10632 requires that every urban water supplier that serves more than 3,000 acrefeet per year or has more than 3,000 connections prepare and adopt a standalone WSCP as part of its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). The WSCP is required to plan for a greater than 50 percent supply shortage. The WSCP may require updating based on new Department of Water Resources (DWR) requirements every five years and will be adopted as a current update for submission to DWR by July 1, 2026.

8.2 Overview of the Water Shortage Contingency Plan
The WSCP serves as the operating manual that the City will use to prevent catastrophic service disruptions through proactive, rather than reactive, mitigation of water shortages. The WSCP defines the processes and procedures that would be deployed when shortage conditions arise so that the City governing body, its staff, and the public can easily identify and efficiently implement pre-determined steps to mitigate a water shortage to the level appropriate for the degree of water shortfall anticipated. The relationship between the three procedural documents related to planning for and responding to water shortages is graphically depicted in Figure 8.1.

Figure 8.1 Purpose and Relationships of the UWMP, WSCP, and Water Shortage Response Ordinance

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A complete version of the City WSCP is provided in Appendix F and includes the steps to assess if a water shortage is occurring, and what level of demand reduction actions to trigger the most appropriate response to the water shortage conditions. The WSCP has prescriptive elements, including an analysis of water supply reliability; the drought shortage actions that align with water shortage levels that correspond to water shortage percentages ranging from 10 percent to greater than 50 percent; an estimate of potential to close supply gap for each measure; protocols and procedures to communicate identified actions for any current or predicted water shortage conditions; procedures for an annual water supply and demand assessment; monitoring and reporting requirements to determine customer compliance; and reevaluation and improvement procedures for evaluating the WSCP.

8.3 Summary of Water Shortage Response Strategy and Required DWR Tables
The WSCP is organized into the following three main sections with Section 3 aligned with the California Water Code Section 16032 requirements:

Section 1 Introduction and WSCP Overview gives an overview of the WSCP fundamentals.

Section 2 Background Information provides a background on the City’s water service area.

Section 3 Water Shortage Contingency Preparedness and Response Planning » Section 3.1 Water Supply Reliability Analysis provides a summary of the water supply analysis and water reliability findings from the 2025 UWMP. » Section 3.2 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures provides a description of procedures to conduct and approve the Annual Assessment. » Section 3.3 Six Standard Water Shortage Levels explains the WSCP’s six standard water shortage levels corresponding to progressive ranges of up to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and more than 50% shortages. » Section 3.4 Shortage Response Actions describes the WSCP’s shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels. » Section 3.5 Communication Protocols addresses communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, regarding any current or predicted shortages and any resulting shortage response actions. » Section 3.6 Compliance and Enforcement describes customer compliance, enforcement, appeal, and exemption procedures for triggered shortage response actions. » Section 3.7 Legal Authorities describes the legal authorities that enable the City to implement and enforce its shortage response actions. » Section 3.8 Financial Consequences of the WSCP provides a description of the financial consequences of and responses for drought conditions. » Section 3.9 Monitoring and Reporting describes monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that ensure appropriate data is collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance and meeting state reporting requirements. » Section 3.10 WSCP Refinement Procedures addresses reevaluation and improvement procedures for monitoring and evaluating the functionality of the WSCP.

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» Section 3.11 Special Water Feature Distinction provides a required definition for inclusion in a WSCP per the Water Code. » Section 3.12 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Availability describes the process the City followed to adopt its WSCP.

The WSCP is based on adequate details of demand reduction and supply augmentation measures that are structured to match varying degrees of shortage and will aim to make the relevant stakeholders understand what to expect during a water shortage situation. The City adopted water shortage levels consistent with the requirements identified in Water Code Section 10632 (a)(3)(A) (Table 8.1).

The six shortage levels the City uses in their water shortage planning and documented in their WSCP are the same as DWR’s six standard shortage levels in terms of percentage shortage range for each of the six levels, as indicated in Table 8.1. The City’s water supply augmentation measures that align with each shortage level are described in Table 8.2. This table also estimates the extent to which that action will augment supplies to reduce the gap between supplies and demands. The demand reduction action measures that align with each shortage level and how each measure will reduce the shortage gap between expected supplies and the shortage level is summarized in Table 8.3. The purpose of Table 8.2 and 8.3 are to demonstrate the results the City can expect once shortage level actions are implemented to deliver the expected outcomes necessary to meet the requirements of a given shortage level.

Table 8.1 Submittal Table 8-1: Cross-Reference for Standard vs Supplier Shortage Levels 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.

Standard Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range Suppliers Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range 1 Up to 10%
2 Up to 20%
3 Up to 30%
4 Up to 40%
5 Up to 50%
6 >50%
NOTES:

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Table 8.2 Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(A),(C) and (E)
Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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
How much is this going to reduce the
shortage gap? Additional Explanation or
Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF)
Add additional rows as needed
1 through 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 100% Additional imported water purchases through MWDOC
1 through 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 100%
Additional groundwater
pumping in the Orange County
Groundwater Basin
5 and 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 20%
Emergency connections with
the cities of Santa Ana and
Huntington Beach
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES: Emergency connections with the cities of Santa Ana and Huntington Beach will only be available if the supply issue is restricted to our internal distribution system and not a regional shortage.

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Table 8.3 Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
0 Landscape - Prohibit certain types of landscape
irrigation Statewide Prohibition is Required
Watering or irrigation of nonfunctional turf on publicly owned landscapes, commercial, industrial and institutional owned landscapes, or homeowners association common area landscapes with potable water is prohibited. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Limit on Watering Duration. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water using a landscape irrigation system or a watering device that is not continuously attended is limited to no more than fifteen (15) minutes per day per station. Yes 0 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific times On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Limits on Watering Hours. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is prohibited between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time, on any day, except by use of hand-held bucket or similar container, a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self-closing water shut-off nozzle or device, or for very short periods of time for the express purpose of adjusting or repairing an irrigation system. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition Statewide Prohibition is Required
Watering During and After Rainfall. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water during or within forty-eight (48) hours after measurable rainfall of at least one-fourth of one inch of rain is prohibited. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition Statewide Prohibition is Required Watering Ornamental Turf on Public Street Medians. Watering or irrigating ornamental turf on public street medians is prohibited. No 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings. Drought Tolerant Plants: Any new planting should be drought tolerant plants. No 0 Landscape - Restrict or prohibit runoff from landscape irrigation Statewide Prohibition is Required
Water Runoff. Watering or irrigating of any lawn, landscape or other vegetated area in a manner that causes or allows more than incidental water runoff onto an adjacent property or adjoining sidewalk, driveway, street, alley, gutter, parking lot, ditch or other non-irrigated area is prohibited. Yes 0 Other - Prohibit use of potable water for washing hard surfaces Statewide Prohibition is Required No Washing Down Hard or Paved Surfaces. Washing down hard or paved surfaces, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios or alleys, is prohibited except when necessary to alleviate safety or sanitary hazards, and then only by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container, a hand-held hose equipped with a positive selfclosing water shut off device, or a low-volume, high-pressure cleaning machine equipped to recycle any water used. Yes 0 Other - Customers must repair leaks, breaks, and malfunctions in a timely manner
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Obligation to Fix Leaks, Breaks or Malfunctions. All leaks, breaks, or other malfunctions in the water user's plumbing, irrigation or distribution system must be repaired within seventy-two (72) hours of discovery by user or notification by the City, unless other arrangements are made with the City. Yes 0 Water Features - Restrict water use for decorative water features, such as fountains Statewide Prohibition is Required Re-circulating Water Required for Water Fountains and Decorative Water Features. No person shall use water to operate or maintain levels in decorative fountains, basins, ponds, lakes, waterways or other similar aesthetic structures unless a recirculation device is in use. Filling or re-filling ornamental lakes or ponds not equipped with a re-circulating pump is prohibited, except to the extent needed to sustain exotic animals or aquatic life, provided that such animals are of significant value and have been actively managed within the water feature prior to declaration of a water supply shortage level. Yes Page 425
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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
0 Other Statewide Prohibition is Required
Limits on Washing Vehicles. Using water to wash or clean a vehicle, including, but not limited to, any automobile, truck, van, bus, motorcycle, boat, motorhome, or trailer, whether motorized or not, is prohibited, except by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self-closing water shut-off nozzle or device, or at a commercial car wash that recycles water. Yes 0 CII - Lodging establishment must offer opt out of linen service On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Commercial Lodging Establishments Must Provide Option to Not Launder Linen Daily. Hotels, motels and other commercial lodging establishments must provide customers the option of not having towels and linen laundered daily. Commercial lodging establishments must prominently display notice of this option in each bathroom using clear and easily understood language. Yes 0 CII - Commercial kitchens required to use prerinse spray valves On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Restaurants Required to Use Water Conserving Pre-rinse Spray Valves. Food preparation establishments, such as restaurants or cafes, shall use water conserving pre-rinse spray valves. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Commercial Car Washes. Commercial car wash facilities shall not permit the washing of any boat or vehicle in such facility or on its premises, other than by the following methods: use of mechanical automatic car wash facilities utilizing water recycling equipment; use of a hose that operates on a timer for limited time periods and shuts off automatically at the expiration of the time period; use of a hose equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle; and/or use of bucket and hand washing. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Washing of Equipment and Machinery. No person shall use a water hose to wash any type of equipment or machinery, or any portion thereof, unless the hose is equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Cleaning of Structures. No person shall use water through a hose, including pressure-washing, to clean the exterior of any building or structure unless such hose is equipped with a shut-off nozzle. Yes 0 Other water feature or swimming pool restriction On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Swimming Pools and Spas. No person shall empty and refill a swimming pool except to prevent or repair structural damage or to comply with public health regulations. All pools and spas shall be equipped with a water recirculation device. The use of a pool/spa cover is strongly encouraged to prevent evaporative water loss, and for the additional energy and chemical saving benefits. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Commercial/Industrial Laundry Facilities, Laundromats and Common Area Laundry Rooms.

New commercial/industrial laundry facilities shall be equipped with a water reclamation system for reuse of rinse water. Laundromats and common area laundry rooms shall install high efficiency clothes washing machines, as older machines are replaced. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not
applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Visitor-Serving Facilities. The owner and manager of each hotel, motel, restaurant, and other visitor-serving facility shall ensure that such facility displays, in places visible to all customers, placards or decals promoting public awareness of the need for water conservation and/or advising the public that waste of water is prohibited. Yes 0 Other On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
0 CII - Restaurants may only serve water upon
request
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Drinking Water Served Upon Request Only. Eating or drinking establishments, including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, cafés, cafeterias, bars, clubs or other public places where food or drinks are sold, served, or offered for sale, are prohibited from providing drinking water to any person unless expressly requested. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Dishwashing and Garbage Disposals. All commercial kitchens with dishwashing facilities shall encourage the activity of scraping food waste into an organic waste recycling container rather than using a garbage disposal. No 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Other Water Using Activities. Defrosting food with running water is prohibited. If using a hose for wash down of kitchens, garbage areas, or any other area required by the health department or for sanitation reasons, it shall have a positive shut-off nozzle.

Scoop sinks shall be set at minimum flow at all times, and during hours of operation carefully monitored to avoid using water unnecessarily when the scoop sink is not in active use. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings. Food Service Facilities - New or Remodeled Kitchens. All other water using equipment in new or remodeled kitchens shall use the best available water conserving technology. Yes 0 Other - Prohibit use of potable water for construction and dust control On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Construction. No potable water may be used for compacting or dust control purposes in construction activities where there is a reasonably available source of other non-potable water approved by the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water and appropriate for such use. This condition must be identified and specified on construction drawings submitted to the City for review. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Construction. All water hoses used in connection with any construction activities shall be equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle when an automatic shut-off nozzle can be purchased or otherwise obtained for the size or type of hose in use. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Use of Hydrants. No person may use water from any fire hydrant for any purpose other than fire suppression or emergency aid, without first obtaining a City hydrant meter account or written approval from the Director of Public Works or his/her designee. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Water Recycling Required if Alternative Available. The use of potable water, other than recycled water, is prohibited for specified uses after the City has provided to the customer an analysis showing that recycled water is a cost-effective alternative to potable water for such uses and the customer has had a reasonable time, as determined by the City Manager or his/her designee, to make the conversion to recycled water. Yes 0 Landscape - Prohibit certain types of landscape irrigation
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Newly Constructed Homes and Buildings. The irrigation with potable water of landscapes outside of newly constructed homes and buildings in a manner inconsistent with regulations or other requirements established by the California Building Standards Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development is prohibited. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Indiscriminate Use. No person shall cause or permit the indiscriminate running of water not otherwise prohibited, which is wasteful and without reasonable purpose. Yes 0 Increase Frequency of Meter Reading On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City utilizes Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to read every meter several times a day. No 0 Provide Rebates on Plumbing Fixtures and Devices On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
0 Provide Rebates for Landscape Irrigation
Efficiency
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings. The City participates in MWDOC's Spray to Drip Rebate Program. No 0 Provide Rebates for Turf Replacement On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings. The City participates in MWDOC's Turf Removal Rebate Program. No 0 Reduce System Water Loss On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City repairs identified leaks in a timely manner and participates in MWDOC’s leak detection survey program to identify unidentified leaks. No 0 Improve Customer Billing On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City uses the AMI system to identify increased or unusual usage, and contacts customers about possible leaks. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by up to 10%. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve and ways to conserve. No 1 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. All City staff to be alerted to the water supply shortage level conditions, supplied with educational material, and directed to actively intervene and educate the public when excessive use is observed. No 1 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-10% Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to three (3) days per week. Yes 1 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water usage rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 1 Water Supply Shortage. No 1 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 Other Percentage 0-1% Public Entities. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage 0-1% Commercial/Industrial Use. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses. The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 1 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water shortage supply levels shall be communicated to the media. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 11% to 20%. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 2 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 2 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-10%
Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to three (3) days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes 2 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 2 Water Supply Shortage. No Page 428 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY 8-9
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
2 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Decrease Line Flushing No 2 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 2 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 2 Other Percentage 0-1% The City may reduce non-potable water allocations in all categories to meet the available water supply. Yes 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 21% to 30%. No 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 3 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 3 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 3 Water Supply Shortage. No 3 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except at facilities using recycled or recirculating water Percentage 0-1% Residential Car Washing. Washing of autos, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes motorhomes, and other types of mobile equipment is prohibited, other than at a commercial car wash. Yes 3 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Decrease Line Flushing No 3 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 3 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 31% to 40%. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 4 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 4 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 10-25%
Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to two (2) days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes Page 429
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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
4 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or
Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 4 Water Supply Shortage. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. Agricultural users and commercial nurseries may be subject to additional restrictions if the regional or local agency or jurisdiction deems necessary. Yes 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Air Conditioning. No water shall be used for air conditioning purposes. Yes 4 Other water feature or swimming pool restriction Percentage 0-1% The issuance of new pool construction permits is prohibited. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Hydrant Water Use. Use of temporary fire hydrant meter from the City or otherwise using water through a temporary City water service including jumpers is prohibited. Yes 4 Moratorium or Net Zero Demand Increase on New Connections Percentage 0-2% No New Potable Water Service. No new potable water service will be provided, no new temporary meters or permanent meters will be provided, and no statements of immediate ability to serve or provide potable water service will be issued, except under specified circumstances. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% No New Annexations. The City will suspend consideration of annexations to its service area. No 4 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Suspend line flushing program, except when necessary for water quality or public health. No 4 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 4 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 41% to 50%. No 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 5 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 5 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-20%
Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to one (1) day per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes 5 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 5 Water Supply Shortage. No 5 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 5 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency and the requirement to reduce water usage by greater than 50%. No Page 430
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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference (OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed
6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1%
Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 6 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 6 Landscape - Prohibit all landscape irrigation Percentage 5-20% No Watering or Irrigating. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is prohibited, unless otherwise noted. Restrictions may apply to recycled water as necessary. Yes 6 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. Use of water for agricultural or commercial nursery purposes, except for livestock water, is prohibited. Yes 6 Other Percentage 0-1% Discontinue Service/Water Flow Device. After providing due process, the City, in its sole discretion, may discontinue service or place a flow restricting device on the meter of consumers who willfully violate provisions of this section. Yes 6 Other Percentage 5-10% Water Allocations/Water Budgets. The City may establish, develop or adjust budget-based water allocations for any of its classes of water users served by the City, which would apply for the duration of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency. Yes 6 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency. No 6 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 6 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this supply shortage level shall be communicated to the media. No DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. NOTES: Page 431 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
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CHAPTER 9 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES
Over the past several decades, water use efficiency and conservation have evolved from voluntary best practices into core regulatory requirements shaping urban water management throughout California and Orange County. In response to recurring droughts, growing urban demand, and increasing competition for limited water supplies, the California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC) was formed in 1991 to promote statewide cooperation on urban water conservation. Through the development and implementation of the CUWCC Best Management Practices (BMP), water agencies established a consistent, voluntary framework for improving efficiency through locally tailored programs. This early foundation was later strengthened by legislative actions, most notably Senate Bill (SB) X7-7, the Water Conservation Act of 2009, which set enforceable urban water use reduction targets to cut per capita use by 20 percent by 2020 and required retail water suppliers to actively manage demand as part of longterm water planning. All Orange County water agencies came together to create the Orange County 20x2020 Regional Alliance and met compliance as a region. The City of Fountain Valley (City) also met compliance individually. These efforts reflected a growing recognition that efficient water use is essential to ensuring reliability amid population growth, limited supplies, and increasing climate variability.

Recurring drought conditions have further accelerated the pace and scale of conservation efforts in the last decade. The 2013–2014 drought prompted a statewide emergency response, culminating in an executive order mandating a 25 percent reduction in urban water use across California. All Orange County Water Agencies, including the City, met this reduction target as reported in Chapter 5 of this 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). More recently, the 2021–2022 drought reinforced the need for sustained efficiency gains and durable demand management strategies beyond temporary emergency actions. These regulatory and hydrologic drivers ultimately led to the passing and adoption of SB 606 and Assembly Bill (AB) 1668, the “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” legislation (passed in 2018 and adopted in 2024). The legislation establishes long-term water use objectives for individual water suppliers and reinforces conservation as a permanent element of water management. Together, these milestones underscore the necessity for the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) and the City to implement comprehensive demand management measures and meet established urban water use reduction targets to ensure regional water supply resilience.

The goal of the Demand Management Measures (DMM) chapter is to provide a comprehensive description of the water use efficiency programs that the City has implemented in the most recent five years, is currently implementing, and plans to implement to meet its urban water use reduction targets.

Per the “Making California a Conservation Way of Life” Framework (Conservation Framework), each Urban Water Supplier is required to calculate and report their Urban Water Use Objective (UWUO) and to stay within their calculated annual water budget. The UWUO is an aggregate efficient water use of:

Indoor Residential Use (population x gallons per capita per day (gpcd) standard) Outdoor Residential Use (measurements of irrigated/irrigable area, local weather data, and a landscape efficiency factor)
Outdoor Use with dedicated irrigation meters (measurements of irrigated area, local weather data, and a landscape efficiency factor)
Distribution System Water Losses

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Approved Variances
Potable Reuse Bonus
Additionally, the Conservation Framework includes commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) non-volumetric Performance Measures, including CII customer account classifications, thresholds for converting mixed-use CII meters (MUMs) irrigating over half an acre of landscape to dedicated irrigation meters (DIMs) or in lieu technologies, CII best management practices (BMPs), and identification of and information sharing with disclosable buildings.

One of the City’s top priorities since the adoption of the Making California a Conservation Way of Life Framework has been to make progress toward compliance with the Conservation Framework. This chapter will describe the City’s DMM activities, including those administered by its wholesaler and supplemental programs administered locally at the retail-level.

9.1 City of Fountain Valley Demand Management Measures
This section describes the specific Demand Management Measures (DMMs) performed by the City, including DMMs offered in partnership with MWDOC, its wholesale supplier, to encourage water conservation within their service area. Table 9.1 summarizes DMM implementation by the City as well as responsibilities of MWDOC.

Table 9.1 DMM Implementation Responsibility and Regional Programs in Orange County Efficiency Measure
Responsibility of: MWDOC Regional
Program and
Activities Retailer MWDOC as a
Wholesaler
Operations Practices
Wholesale Agency Assistance Programs -
Conservation Pricing
Conservation Coordinator
Water Waste Prevention - Water Loss Control
(System Water Audits, Leak Detection and Repair)
(1)
Metering with Commodity Rates (1) (1)
Education and Outreach
Public Outreach Programs
K-20 Water Education Initiatives and K-12 School Programs OC Scouts BSA and OC Girl Scouts Programs
Water Awareness Poster Contest
Water Energy Education Alliance
Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) Training
Program
Residential Indoor Implementation
Residential Indoor Rebates - Flow Monitor Device Rebates -

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Efficiency Measure
Responsibility of: MWDOC Regional
Program and
Activities Retailer MWDOC as a
Wholesaler
Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Implementation Water Savings Incentive Program - On-site Retrofit Program - CII Indoor Rebates (High Efficiency Toilets and Urinals, Plumbing Flow Control Valves, Connectionless Food Steamers, Air-cooled Ice
Machines, Food Defrosters, Cooling Tower Conductivity
Controllers and pH Controllers, Dry Vacuum Pumps,
Laminar Flow Restrictors)
- Landscape Programs
Turf Replacement Program (including Tree Rebate) - Spray-to-Drip Irrigation Rebate Program - Landscape Rebates (Smart Timers, High Efficiency Sprinkler Nozzles, Large Rotary Nozzles, In-stem Flow Regulators) - Residential Landscape Design Assistance Program - Notes:
(1) MWDOC does not own or operate a distribution system; water wholesaled by MWDOC is delivered through the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET) distribution system and meters.

9.1.1 Operations Practices

9.1.1.1 Wholesale Agency Assistance Programs
MWDOC’s Assistance Programs are described in Section 9.3.

9.1.1.2 Conservation Pricing
All connections within the City are metered and this method is used to determine consumption per connection. The fee schedule and other water service details are available on the City’s website. The City is currently undergoing a rate study to update the rate schedule for future years.

9.1.1.3 Conservation Coordinator
The City does not have a full-time water conservation coordinator. However, the City’s Senior Management Analyst plays the water conservation coordinator role by attending and participating in MWDOC’s meetings and coordinating with MWDOC’s WUE program staff. The City funds its water conservation efforts through the Water Conservation Fund, a $100,000 per year budget which is included in the Water Distribution accounts. This funding is used for MWDOC programs that the City participates in, as well as City programs, including promotional materials, rebate inspections, bill inserts, water loss control, education programs, public outreach, etc., to promote water conservation.

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9.1.1.4 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances
The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1572 in 2021 to update Fountain Valley Municipal Code (FVMC) Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation to be consistent with new California Water Code requirements, and the City’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan. FVMC Chapter 14.18 establishes permanent water conservation requirements and prohibitions against waste that are effective at all times and is not dependent upon a water shortage for implementation, as follows:

Limits on watering duration.

Limits on watering hours.

No watering during and after rainfall.

No watering ornamental turf on public street medians.

Requires drought tolerant plants.

No water runoff.

No washing down hard or paved surfaces.

Obligation to fix leaks, breaks, or malfunctions.

Re-circulating water required for water fountains and decorative water features.

Limits on washing vehicles.

Commercial lodging establishments must provide guests option to decline daily linen services.

Restaurants required to use water conserving dish wash spray valves.

Water recycling required if alternative source is available.

In an event of a water supply shortage, the ordinance further establishes six levels of water supply shortage response actions to be implemented during times of declared water shortage or declared water shortage emergency, with increasing restrictions on water use in response to worsening drought or emergency conditions and decreasing supplies. The provisions and water conservation measures to be implemented in response to each shortage level are described in City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP).

9.1.1.5 Water Loss Control
The City recognizes that water auditing is the basis for effective water loss control.

SB 555 signed into law in 2015 requires urban water suppliers to submit annual, validated water loss audit reports to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Water auditing is the basis for effective water loss control. DWR’s UWMP Guidebook includes a water audit manual intended to help water utilities complete the AWWA Water Audit on an annual basis. Audits must be validated by a certified water auditor to ensure accuracy.

The City has also actively pursued leak detection in conjunction with its pipeline condition assessment program that began in 2016 and by participating in MWDOC’s comprehensive acoustic survey program to identify unreported leaks in the City’s water distribution system so they could be repaired.

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9.1.1.6 Metering
The City understands that meters are an important component of effective water measurement and management. The City does not have any unmetered service connections, and new service connections are metered and billed by volume of use. Within the City, all older commercial landscape irrigation is supplied through a shared domestic meter; however, new commercial development has dedicated irrigation meters and will continue to be constructed as such in the future. Testing is performed at an optimum intervention frequency of one to three years based on consumption for meters on pipes with diameters 1-1/2-inches and above.

9.1.2 Public Education and Outreach
The City partners with MWDOC, its wholesale supplier, for public education and outreach. MWDOC coordinates and delivers a substantial amount of public information, education, and outreach programs aimed at elevating water agency and consumer awareness and understanding of current water issues as well as efficient water use and water-saving practices, sound policy, and water reliability investments that are in the best interest of the region. These efforts encourage good water stewardship that benefits all the City’s residents, businesses, and industries across all demographics. In addition to the programs administered by MWDOC, the City distributes information at community events (Concerts in the Park, National Night Out, Senior Expo, etc.), through the City's electronic newsletter, and via social media posts.

An outline of the City and MWDOC’s public education initiatives is below.

9.1.2.1 K-20 Water Education Initiatives and K-12 School Programs Over the past several years, MWDOC’s investment in K-20 water education has significantly grown, evolving to include programs and activities that support environmental literacy for all Orange County students. The effort has expanded beyond K-12 water education programs to include career and workforce development initiatives in higher education through the Water Energy Education Alliance (WEEA) described in more detail in Section 9.1.2.4.

MWDOC’s K-12 Water Education School Programs bring standards-aligned, engaging water lessons directly into classrooms and connect water to every part of students’ lives. All elementary, middle, and high school programs meet California State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards, providing students with high-quality, relevant learning experiences that build both academic and real-world understanding. This includes a Grab-and-Go Water Activities program, developed in partnership with the Orange County Department of Education, that provides free, self-guided water activities for K-12 teachers, parents and students.

9.1.2.2 OC Scouts Boy Scouts of America and OC Girl Scouts Programs MWDOC hosts multiple water education workshops each year to help Scouts BSA earn the Soil & Water Conservation Merit Badge and Girl Scouts earn the MWDOC Water Resources & Conservation Patch. These hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) clinics teach children of all ages where their water comes from, how to use water more efficiently, and how all life depends on the health and security of our natural resources, fostering water awareness and responsibility through fun, activitybased learning.

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9.1.2.3 Water Awareness Poster Contest
The City participates in MWDOC’s annual Water Awareness Poster Contest, offered for students in grades K-12. The Poster Contest presents children with an opportunity to use their artistic talents to express the importance and value of water through artwork. Each year, hundreds of entries are collected from students and classrooms across the county, and from these entries, 40 winners are selected.

9.1.2.4 Water Energy Education Alliance
The WEEA unites over 260 water, energy, and education leaders across the state to build and strengthen career pathways for all California students. Administered and led by MWDOC, WEEA is comprised of a powerful statewide coalition of education leaders, workforce advocates, and industry experts to raise student awareness, forge strong partnerships, and cultivate a diverse, highly skilled talent pipeline. By connecting students with high-impact opportunities, WEEA is shaping a workforce that fuels industry success, enhances worker well-being, and ensures a resilient, thriving California.

9.1.2.5 Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Training Program Since 2018, MWDOC has offered free QWEL certification classes designed for landscape professionals.

Classes are open to any city staff, professional landscaper, water district employee, or maintenance personnel that would like to become a Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper. The QWEL certification program provides 20 hours of instruction on water efficient areas of expertise such as local water supply, sustainable landscaping, soil types, irrigation systems and maintenance, as well as irrigation controller scheduling and programming. QWEL has received recognition from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense for continued promotion of water use efficiency. To earn the QWEL certification, class participants must demonstrate their ability to perform an irrigation audit as well as pass the QWEL exam. Successful graduates will be listed as a Certified Professional on the WaterSense website as well as on MWDOC’s landscape resources page, to encourage Turf Removal participants or those making any landscape improvements to hire a QWEL certified professional.

Started in December 2020, a hybrid version of QWEL is available in conjunction with the California Landscape Contractors Association’s Water Management Certification Program. This joint effort allows landscape industry professionals an opportunity to obtain two nationally recognized EPA WaterSense Professional Certifications with one course and one written test. This option is offered through MET. The City’s Landscape Inspectors and Irrigation Technicians utilize this program to become QWEL certified.

9.1.3 Residential Indoor Rebate Programs
The City partners with MWDOC to implement residential measures that target indoor water use efficiency for single family and multifamily residential customers.

9.1.3.1 High Efficiency Clothes Washer and Toilet Rebate Programs The High Efficiency Clothes Washer (HECW) Rebate Program provides residential customers with rebates starting at $85 for purchasing and installing HECWs that use 35-50 percent less water than standard washer models. Devices must meet or exceed the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) Tier 1 Standard, and a listing of qualified products can be found at ocwatersmart.com. There is a maximum of one rebate per home.

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The Premium High Efficiency Toilet (HET) Rebate Program offers residential customers rebates starting at $40 for replacing their toilets using 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf) with Premium HETs. Premium HETs use just

1.1 gallons of water or less per flush, which is 20% less water than WaterSense standard toilets

9.1.4 Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Programs The City provides a variety of financial incentives, in partnership with MWDOC, to help businesses, restaurants, institutions, hotels, hospitals, industrial facilities, and public sector sites achieve their efficiency goals. Water users in these sectors can choose from a standardized list of water efficient equipment/devices or may complete customized projects where the pay-for-performance incentive is proportional to the amount of water saved. Such projects include high efficiency commercial equipment installation and manufacturing process improvements.

9.1.4.1 Water Savings Incentive Program
The Water Savings Incentive Program (WSIP) is designed for non-residential customers to improve their water efficiency through upgraded equipment or services that do not qualify for standard rebates. WSIP is unique because it provides an incentive based on the actual amount of water saved by the customers.

This “pay-for-performance” design lets customers implement custom projects for their sites. The City partners with MWDOC and MET to offer this program.

Projects must save at least 10 million gallons (MG) of water to qualify for the Program and incentives are paid by MET based on the amount of water saved. Payment amount is up to $0.60 per 1,000 gallons saved per year over the project life, up to a maximum of 10 years. Payments are limited to 50 percent of the eligible project costs while funding is available. Additional funding may be available through MWDOC, but it is limited. Examples of successful projects include but are not limited to: changing industrial process system water to capture and reuse process wastewater, capturing condensation and using it to supplement cooling tower water supply, and replacing water-using equipment with more efficient products.

9.1.4.2 Recycled Water On-site Retrofit Program
Through the Recycled Water On-site Retrofit Program, the City in partnership with MWDOC and MET, offers incentives for CII properties to convert potable water irrigation or industrial systems to recycled water. Financial incentives of up to $1,950 per acre-foot of potable water saved are available for the customer-side on the meter retrofits. Projects may also be eligible for up to an additional $325 per acrefoot of annual water savings from MWDOC. Recycled water conversion projects can help to ensure a more reliable water future for Orange County.

9.1.4.3 CII Rebates
The City’s CII customers can receive additional financial incentives under the SoCal Water$mart Rebate Program which offers rebates for various water efficient devices to CII customers. Core funding is provided by MET and supplemental funding is sourced from MWDOC via grant funds and/or retail water agencies.

Devices include: High Efficiency Toilets and Urinals, Plumbing Flow Control Valves, Connectionless Food Steamers, Air-cooled Ice Machines, Food Defrosters, Cooling Tower Conductivity Controllers and pH Controllers, Dry Vacuum Pumps, and Laminar Flow Restrictors.

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9.1.5 Landscape Programs
Some of the most active and effective water use efficiency programs the City provides are those that target the reduction of outdoor water use. With a large proportion of water consumed outdoors via landscape demands, this sector has been and will continue to be a focus for MWDOC and the City.

9.1.5.1 Turf Replacement Program
The Orange County Turf Replacement Program, which is a partnership between MWDOC, MET and local retail water agencies, offers incentives to replace existing turf grass with California-native, droughttolerant plants and landscaping. Residential, commercial, and public properties in the City’s service area are all eligible for this program. The goals of this program are to increase water use efficiency through sustainable landscaping practices that result in multi-benefit projects across Orange County. Participants are encouraged to utilize smart irrigation timers and furthermore, projects are required to include a stormwater capture feature, such as a rain garden or dry stream bed, and have a minimum of three plants per 100 square feet (sf) to increase plant density and promote healthy soils. These projects save water and reduce dry and wet weather runoff, increase urban biomass, and sequester more carbon than turf landscapes.

Additionally, MWDOC is piloting a tree program that allows eligible trees to qualify as a sustainability feature in Turf Replacement projects. Beginning March 4, 2024, Turf Replacement Program participants became eligible for an additional incentive for planting trees as part of their Turf Replacement project.

Participants can receive up to $100 per tree, for up to five trees ($500), in addition to the Turf Replacement rebate. The pilot goals include increasing the presence of trees in Turf Replacement projects and breaking down barriers to participation. It is anticipated that the pilot will be evaluated in 2026.

9.1.5.2 Spray-to-Drip Rebate Program
The Spray-to-Drip Rebate Program offers residential, commercial, and public agency customers rebates for converting areas irrigated by traditional high-precipitation rate spray heads to low-precipitation rate drip irrigation. Drip irrigation systems are extremely water efficient. Rather than spraying wide areas subject to wind drift, overspray and runoff, drip systems use point emitters to deliver water to specific locations at or near plant root zones. Water drips slowly from the emitters either onto the soil surface or below ground. As a result, less water is lost to wind, evaporation, and overspray, saving water, and reducing irrigation runoff and non-point source pollution. The City partners with MWDOC to provide $1/sf of conversion area when replaced with eligible drip irrigation products.

9.1.5.3 SoCal Water$mart Rebate Program for Landscape
The City, through MWDOC, also offers financial incentives under the SoCal Water$mart Rebate Program for a variety of water efficient landscape devices, such as Smart Irrigation Timers and Central Computer Irrigation Controllers, large rotary nozzles and rotating sprinkler nozzles, soil moisture sensors, irrigation master valves, and in-stem flow regulators.

9.1.5.4 Landscape Design Assistance Rebate
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provide a design that meets the rebate eligible design requirements. Participants will receive up to $1,000 upon completion of their turf replacement project if they have used a professional designer.

9.2 City of Fountain Valley DMM Implementation (2020-2025) During the past five years, FY 2020-21 to 2024-25, the City, with the assistance of MWDOC, has continued water use efficiency programs for its residential, CII, and landscape customers with the participation shown below (Table 9-2). The City will continue to implement all applicable programs in the next five years.

Table 9.2 City of Fountain Valley Water Use Efficiency Program Participation Program FY20/21 FY21/22 FY22/23 FY23/24 FY24/25
High Efficiency Clothes Washer (HECW) 36 22 26 35 26
High Efficiency Toilets (HETs) 2 1 3 6 1
Flow Monitoring Devices (FMD) -- 1 0 0 2
Commercial Plumbing Fixtures (CII) 0 0 0 0 0
Water Savings Incentives Projects (WSIP) 0 0 0 0 0
Turf Replacement (Residential) 4,095 14,031 11,871 11,427 7,329 Turf Replacement (Commercial) 20,921 0 3,260 1,394 7,739 Landscape Design Rebate Program (LDAP) 10 8 13 5 0
Landscape Design Rebate Program (LMAP) 1 4 3 4 0
Spray-to-Drip (Residential) 2,443 10,271 2,275 7,357 4,472 Spray-to-Drip (Commercial) 0 0 0 2,506 6,093
Rotating Nozzles (Small Residential) 124 36 0 0 75
Rotating Nozzles (Small Commercial) 0 0 0 0 0
Rotating Nozzles (Large Commercial) 0 0 0 0 0
Smart Timers (Residential) 38 24 28 13 24
Smart Timers (Commercial) 0 6 0 0 0
Rain Barrels 4 2 10 5 1
Recycled Water Onsite Retrofits 0 0 0 0 0

9.3 MWDOC Demand Management Implementation Assistance
Programs
To help facilitate implementation of DMMs throughout Orange County, MWDOC’s wholesale efforts focus on the following three areas: 1) State Water Conservation Compliance Assistance (e.g., Conservation Framework and Non-Functional Turf); 2) Regional Rebate Programs and Local Program Assistance; and 3) Research and Evaluation. This both complies with and goes beyond the Foundational BMPs of Utility Operations Programs requirements.

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9.3.1 State Water Conservation Compliance Assistance
To support Orange County retailers with compliance of SB 606 and AB 1668, MWDOC is providing multilevel support to assist agencies in meeting the primary goals of the legislation, including using water more wisely and to eliminate water waste. Beginning in 2023, urban water suppliers were required to calculate and report their annual UWUO, submit validated water audits annually, and implement and report BMP CII performance measures.

MWDOC offers Orange County water suppliers a “Conservation Framework Technical Assistance Program (TAP)” and “Meter Area Measurements Program” to assist them with compliance with the Conservation Framework.

9.3.1.1 Conservation Framework Technical Assistance Program This program provides Orange County water suppliers with support on tasks that are required as part of the Conservation Framework. An agency may opt in to receive support with any of the following:

Readiness Assessment - perform a retailer-specific readiness assessment, including task recommendations and pricing to help retail agencies understand what areas need to be addressed.

Conservation Framework Compliance Plan - create a customized Framework Compliance Plan that outlines (1) what the retailer needs to do to prepare for compliance and (2) what needs to be implemented to achieve the water savings necessary to comply with the Urban Water Use Objective Annual Report Compilation and Data Management - support the retailer with Annual Report preparation and assistance; and organize and manage data needed to comply with the reporting requirements of the Regulation.

CII Account Classification - classify CII customer accounts according to the Regulation requirements and create a guidance plan to keep classifications at 95 percent (or higher) CII Best Management Practices (BMPs) and In-Lieu Technologies Implementation Plan - create a customized implementation plan mapping compliance with the Conservation Framework regulation, including the CII BMP requirements of § 974, the in-lieu technologies and accompanying BMP requirements in § 973, and disclosable buildings requirements in § 974a.

Miscellaneous Framework Technical Assistance – various activities such as: » Development of metrics and annual targets to demonstrate progress » Additional training or technical support » Workshop or webinar facilitation to spur cross-team collaborations » Develop outreach and engagement plans and implement meetings to support engagement of internal and external collaborators

9.3.1.2 Meter Area Measurements Program
The Program assists Orange County water suppliers in providing: (1) landscape area measurements (LAM) associated with dedicated irrigation meters (DIMs), which may include the creation of water efficiency budgets for dedicated landscape meter customers; (2) identification of mixed-use CII meters (MUMs) irrigating landscapes greater than half acre and subject to the regulation; and (3) reconciliation of DIM and residential LAMs where areas may overlap.

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9.3.2 Regional Rebate Programs and Local Program Assistance MWDOC develops, obtains funding for, and implements regional water savings rebate programs on behalf of all retail water agencies in Orange County, such as the Turf Replacement Program. This approach minimizes confusion for consumers by providing the same programs with the same participation guidelines, maintains a consistent message to the public to use water efficiently, and provides support to retail water agencies by acting as program administrators for the region. As a leader of water efficiency in Orange County, MWDOC provides a holistic suite of programs that are accessible to all consumer groups in the region. When requested, MWDOC also assists retail agencies in developing and implementing local programs within their service areas. This assistance includes collaboration with each retail agency to design a program that fits that agency’s local needs, including providing staffing, targeting customer classes, acquiring grant funding from a variety of sources, and implementing, marketing, reporting, and evaluating the program.

On behalf of its member agencies, MWDOC also organizes and provides the following:

Monthly coordinator meetings
Marketing materials
Public speaking
Community events

9.3.3 Research and Evaluation
An essential part of MWDOC’s regional water use efficiency program is the ongoing research and evaluation of both existing and potential initiatives. Research allows an agency to measure the water savings benefits of a specific program and compare those benefits to the costs of implementing the program. This allows the agency to evaluate the economic feasibility of the program when compared to other efficiency projects or existing or potential sources of supply, before investing in new initiatives or continuing to implement existing programs. MWDOC routinely conducts statistical water savings (impact) evaluations and process evaluations to guide strategic investment and ensure the effective management of its regional water use efficiency programs.

From 2021 to 2025, MWDOC conducted several research initiatives to support informed decision-making.

In partnership with Flume Data Labs, MWDOC completed its Residential End Use Study in 2021, with subsequent updates in 2022 and 2024. This study provided detailed insights into disaggregated residential indoor and outdoor water use, significantly enhancing the understanding of water use patterns across Orange County. In 2023, MWDOC released its Potential and Opportunities study, which quantified the remaining water savings potential in the Orange County residential market, identified the most promising and cost-effective methods for reducing residential demand, and made recommendations on how best to direct financial and technical assistance to Retail Agencies and consumers for implementing residential water efficiency upgrades.

To assess the economic impact of the Conservation Framework, MWDOC worked with M.Cubed and in 2023 published the Draft Water Use Efficiency Standards Economic Analysis: Impact Assessment of StateMandated Urban Water Use Objectives. MWDOC continues to evaluate the impact of the regulation and Orange County retailer compliance.

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Additionally, MWDOC is piloting a tree program that allows eligible trees to qualify as a sustainability feature in Turf Replacement projects. Pilot goals include increasing the presence of trees in Turf Replacement projects and breaking down barriers to participation. It is anticipated that the pilot will be evaluated in 2026. A pilot research program investigating water savings associated with the replacement of broken pressure regulating valves at residential homes wrapped up in 2025. The results of this study are expected in 2027.

9.4 Urban Water Use Objective and CII Performance Measure Compliance
A large focus for the City is to implement DMMs that will help them to meet the requirements of the Conservation Framework. DMMs described in this chapter may help to support member agencies with meeting their required UWUO and achieving CII Performance Measure Compliance. In addition, MWDOC provides support to agencies to assist with the calculation of UWUOs and compliance with CII Performance measures via the Meter Area Measurement and TAP Programs, as described in Section 9.3.

9.4.1 UWUO Components
Table 9.3 describes MWDOC’s programs that will assist agencies in meeting their UWUO, through both direct measures (programs/activities that result in directly quantifiable water savings) and indirect measures (programs that provide resources promoting water efficiencies to the public that are impactful but not directly measurable). Additionally, MWDOC provides technical assistance to support water suppliers with compliance.

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Table 9.3 MWDOC Programs to Help OC Retail Agencies Meet their Urban Water Use Objectives UWUO Component Calculation Program Impact
Indoor Residential Population and gpcd
standard.

Direct Impact:

High efficiency indoor fixtures
and appliance rebates.

Direct Impact:

Increased indoor residential
efficiencies and reductions of gpcd
use.

Outdoor
Residential
Irrigated/irrigable area
measurement and a
landscape efficiency
factor of local ETo
and effective
precipitation.

Direct Impact:

Turf Replacement.

High efficiency irrigation rebates.

Indirect Impact:

Online resources such as OC
Friendly Gardens Webpage.

Educational classes.

Direct Impact:

Increase outdoor residential
efficiencies and reductions of gallons
per ft2 of irrigated/ irrigable area used.

Indirect Impact:

Provide information, resources, and
education to promote efficiencies in
the landscape.

Outdoor Dedicated
Irrigation Meters
Irrigated area
measurement and a
landscape efficiency
factor of local ETo
and effective
precipitation.

Technical Assistance:

DIM landscape classification and
measurement.

Direct Impact:

Turf Replacement.

High efficiency irrigation rebates.

Indirect Impact:

OC Friendly Gardens Webpage.

Educational training and
resources.

Technical Assistance:

Classification and measurement of
landscapes associated with DIMs are
required to complete the calculation.

Direct Impact:

Increase outdoor residential
efficiencies and reductions of gallons
per sf of irrigated/ irrigable area used.

Indirect Impact:

Provide information, resources, and
education to promote landscape
efficiencies.

Water Loss Agency-specific loss
factor and number of
connections.

Technical Assistance:

Water Balance Validation.

Customer Meter Accuracy
Testing.

Distribution System Pressure
Surveys.

Direct Impact:

Distribution System Leak
Detection.

Technical Assistance:

The accuracy of the water loss audit
is validated for submission to the
State.

Direct Impact:

Identify areas of the distribution
system that need repair,
replacement, or other actions to limit
water loss.

Bonus Incentives Volume of indirect
potable reuse water
applied to residential
and DIM irrigation
uses; not to exceed
15% of UWUO.

Direct Impact:

Groundwater replenishment
system (GWRS).

Direct Impact:

The GWRS (run by OCWD)
recharges the groundwater basin with
purified, highly treated wastewater,
allowing OCWD-member agencies to
access indirect potable reuse.

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9.4.2 CII Performance Measures
Urban water suppliers are required to report BMPs for CII customers. The City, in partnership with MWDOC, offers a broad variety of programs and incentives to help CII customers implement BMPs and increase their water efficiencies (Table 9.4).

Table 9.4 City of Fountain Valley CII BMP and Water Efficiency Programs and Incentives Component Requirement Program Offered Impact
CII Customer Account
Classifications
Classify each CII water user,
based on the end-use of
water for the water user, in
accordance with Energy Star
Portfolio Manager’s 18 broad
categories, in addition to four
other categories.

Technical Assistance:

CII Customer
Account
Classification.

Technical Assistance:

Classify customer accounts
according to the specified
categories to comply with the
regulation.

Large Landscape
Identification
Identify all CII water users
associated with large
landscapes – landscapes
irrigated with a mixed-use
meter greater than half an
acre.

Technical Assistance:

Large Landscape
identification.

Technical Assistance:

Identify and map landscapes
associated with MUM landscapes
that are greater than half an acre
to comply with the regulation.

Best Management Practices
(BMPs)
Offer CII BMPs for
customers that exceed the
recommended size, volume
of water use, or another
threshold.

Technical Assistance:

BMP Implementation
Plan.

Technical Assistance:

Provide a BMP Implementation
Plan to guide water suppliers with
a roadmap to compliance with
the regulation.

Disclosable Buildings Identify disclosable buildings
in service area according to
the list provided by the
California Energy
Commission.

Technical Assistance:

Disclosable buildings
list.

Technical Assistance:

Provide the California Energy
Commission list of disclosable
buildings by water supplier to
comply with the regulation.

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CHAPTER 10 PLAN ADOPTION, SUBMITTAL, AND

IMPLEMENTATION
The Water Code requires the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) to be adopted by the City of Fountain Valley’s (City’s) governing body. Before the adoption, the City must hold a public hearing allowing members of the public to provide input on the UWMP. Prior to the public hearing, the City must notify the public and surrounding cities, counties and water agencies within its service area of the scheduled public hearing. Upon completion of the public hearing, the City’s governing body shall vote to adopt the UWMP. Post adoption, the City submits the UWMP to the Department of Water Resources (DWR) while also making it available for public access. This section provides a record of the process the City followed to adopt and implement its UWMP.

10.1 Overview
Recognizing that close coordination among other relevant public agencies is key to the success of its UWMP, the City worked closely with many other entities, to develop and update this planning document.

The City also encouraged public involvement through its public review and hearing process, which provided residents with an opportunity to learn and ask questions about their water supply management and reliability. Through the public hearing, the public has an opportunity to comment and put forward any suggestions for revisions of the Plan.

Table 10.1 summarizes external coordination and outreach activities carried out by the City and their corresponding dates. The UWMP checklist to confirm compliance with the Water Code is provided in Appendix A.

Table 10.1 External Coordination and Outreach
External Coordination and Outreach Date Reference
Notified city or county within supplier’s service area that water supplier is preparing an updated UWMP (at least 60 days prior to public hearing) 02/04/2026 Appendix I
Public Hearing Notice 05/04/2026 &
05/11/2026
Held Public Hearing 05/19/2026 Appendix I
Adopted UWMP and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) 05/19/2026 Appendix J Submitted UWMP to DWR (no later than 30 days after adoption) 06/18/2026 - Submitted UWMP to the California State Library (no later than 30 days after adoption)
06/18/2026 - Submitted UWMP to the cities and county within the supplier’s service area (no later than 30 days after adoption)
06/18/2026 -
This UWMP was adopted by the City Council on May 19, 2026. A copy of the adopted resolution is provided in Appendix J.

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10.2 Agency Coordination
The Water Code requires the Suppliers preparing UWMPs to notify any city or county within their service area at least 60 days prior to the public hearing. As shown in Table 10.2, the City sent a Letter of Notification to the County of Orange and the cities within its service area on February 4, 2026 to state that it was in the process of preparing an updated UWMP. This notice of preparation is included in Appendix I.

Table 10.2 Submittal Table 10-1 Retail: Notification to Cities and Counties Submittal Table 10-1 Retail: Notification to Cities and Counties Water Code Section 10621(b) and 10642
City Name 60 Day Notice
Drop Down (yes/no)
Notice of Public Hearing
Drop Down (yes/no)
MWDOC Yes Yes
OCWD Yes Yes
County Name
Drop Down List
60 Day Notice
Drop Down (yes/no)
Notice of Public Hearing
Drop Down (yes/no)
Orange County Yes Yes
NOTES:

The City’s water supply planning relates to the policies, rules, and regulations of its regional and local water providers. The City is dependent on imported water from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET) through the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), its regional wholesaler. The City is also dependent on groundwater from Orange County Water District (OCWD), the agency that manages the Orange County Basin and recycled water from OCWD. As such, the City involved the relevant agencies in this 2025 UWMP at various levels of contribution as described below.

The City’s 2025 UWMP leveraged data and regionally consistent analyses supplied by MWDOC, such as population projections from the California State University, Fullerton Center for Demographic Research (CDR) and the information quantifying water availability to meet the City’s projected demands for the next 25 years, in five-year increments. This 2025 UWMP was developed in collaboration with MWDOC’s 2025 UWMP to ensure consistency between the two documents.

As a groundwater producer who relies on supplies from the OCWD-managed Orange County Basin, the City coordinated the preparation of this 2025 UWMP with OCWD. Several OCWD documents, such as the Groundwater Reliability Plan, Engineer’s Report, and Basin 8-1 Alternative were used to retrieve the required relevant information, including the projections of the amount of groundwater the City is allowed to extract in the 25-year planning horizon.

The various planning documents of the key agencies that were used to develop this UWMP are listed in Chapter 2.

10.3 Public Participation
The City encouraged community and public interest involvement in the Plan update through a public hearing and inspection of the draft document on May 19, 2026. As part of the public hearing, the City discussed adoption of the UWMP, key components of the UWMP and the conclusions that served as the

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basis of the UWMP. Copies of the draft 2025 UWMP were placed for public review at the City Clerk’s and Public Works Department offices.

Public hearing notifications were sent to retail agencies and other interested parties. A copy of the Notice of Public Hearing is included in Appendix I.

The hearing was conducted during a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council.

10.4 UWMP Submittal
The City Council reviewed and approved the 2025 UWMP at its May 19, 2026 meeting after the public hearing. See Appendix J for the resolution approving the Plan.

By June 18, 2026, the City’s adopted 2025 UWMP was filed with DWR and sent directly to California State Library, the County of Orange, and the cities within its service area. The submission to DWR was done electronically through the online submittal tool – WUE Data Portal. The City will make the Plan available for public review on its website no later than 30 days after filing with DWR.

10.5 Amending the Adopted UWMP or WSCP
Based on DWR’s review of the UWMP, the City will make any amendments in its adopted UWMP, as required and directed by DWR and will follow each of the steps for notification, public hearing, adoption, and submittal for the amended UWMP.

If the City revises its Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) after UWMP is approved by DWR, then an electronic copy of the revised WSCP will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of its adoption.

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CHAPTER 11 REFERENCES
California Department of Water Resources (DWR). (2026, January). Final Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2025. https://cwc.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-UseAnd-Efficiency/Urban-Water-Use-Efficiency/Urban-Water-Management-Plans/Final-2025-UWMPGuidebook/Final-2025-UWMP-Guidebook-Accessible.pdf Center for Demographic Research (CDR). (2025, July). Orange County Progress Report 2025 Volume 54.

City of Fountain Valley (2021, June). Urban Water Management Plan. https://www.fountainvalley.gov/490/Urban-Water-Management-Plan City of Fountain Valley. (2023, December). City of General Plan. https://www.fountainvalley.gov/413/General-Plan City of Fountain Valley. (2025, March). Hazard Mitigation Plan. https://www.fountainvalley.gov/250/Hazardous-Materials#docaccess16128f160baf0b9b3cc47ba397dbf5c90d3a79d91bd518e133cdfb5e3c21117a Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET). (2025, December). 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Draft. https://www-admin.mwdh2o.com/media/5ralzxit/public-review-draftfebruary-2026-uwmp.pdf. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET). (2020, April). 2020 Integrated Water Resources Plan – Regional Needs Assessment. https://d1q0afiq12ywwq.cloudfront.net/media/sgvlkith/2020_irp_needs_assessment.pdf Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET). (2025, April). CAMP4W Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water. https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CAMP4W-ClimateAdaptation-Management-Plan-for-Water.pdf Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC). (2023, July). Orange County Water Reliability Study. https://www.mwdoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/MWDOC_2023-OC-Water-ReliabilityStudy-Final.pdf Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), Orange County Water District (OCWD), Hazen & Sawer. (2025, December). 2025 Orange County Water Demand Projection Model Technical Memorandum. https://www.mwdoc.com/your-water/water-reliability-planning/ Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC, 2019), Regional Water and Wastewater Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. https://www.westminster-ca.gov/departments/publicworks/water-division/hazard-mitigation Orange County Water District (OCWD). (2025, February). OCWD Resilience Plan – Adaptive Strategies for Securing Abundant and Reliable Water Supplies. https://www.ocwd.com/wpcontent/uploads/OCWD-Resilience-Plan.pdf

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Orange County Water District (OCWD). (2025, February). Engineer’s Report on Groundwater Conditions, Water Supply and Basin Utilization in The Orange County Water District. https://www.ocwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023-24-Engineers-Report_Final.pdf Orange County Water District (OCWD), City of La Habra, Irvine Ranch Water District. (2022, February).

Basin 8-1 Alternative 2022 Update. https://www.ocwd.com/wp-content/uploads/05cbasin-8-1- alternative-2022-update.pdf
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). (2024, April). Connect SoCal 2024. https://scag.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/23-2987-connect-socal-2024-final-complete040424.pdf

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ABBREVIATIONS iii
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND WSCP OVERVIEW 1

1.1 Water Shortage Contingency Plan Requirements and Organization 1

1.2 Integration with Other Planning Efforts 2
SECTION 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION 3

2.1 City Service Area 4

2.2 Relationship to Wholesalers 5

2.3 Relationship with Wholesaler Water Shortage Planning 6

2.3.1 MET Water Surplus and Drought Management Plan 6

2.3.2 MET Water Supply Allocation Plan 8

2.3.3 MWDOC Water Supply Allocation Plan 9
SECTION 3 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE PLANNING 10

3.1 Water Supply Reliability Analysis 11

3.2 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures 11

3.2.1 Decision-Making Process 11

3.2.2 Data and Methodologies 13

3.3 Six Standard Water Shortage Levels 17

3.4 Shortage Response Actions 18

3.4.1 Supply Augmentation 18

3.4.2 Demand Reduction 19

3.4.3 Operational Changes 19

3.4.4 Additional Mandatory Restrictions 19

3.4.5 Emergency Response Plan (Hazard Mitigation Plan) 19

3.4.6 Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan 21

3.4.7 Shortage Response Action Effectiveness 21

3.5 Communication Protocols 21

3.6 Compliance and Enforcement 22

3.7 Legal Authorities 22

3.8 Financial Consequences of the WSCP 23

3.9 Monitoring and Reporting 23

3.10 WSCP Refinement Procedures 24

3.11 Special Water Feature Distinction 24

3.12 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Implementation 25
SECTION 4 REFERENCES 25

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Appendices

APPENDIX A DWR SUBMITTAL TABLES
APPENDIX B FOUNTAIN VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 14.18 WATER CONSERVATION

APPENDIX C WATER SHORTAGE COMMUNICATION PLAN

APPENDIX D NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (PENDING)

APPENDIX E ADOPTED WSCP RESOLUTION (PENDING)
Tables
Table 1 Cross-Reference for Standard vs Supplier Shortage Levels 18 Table 2 Agency Contacts and Coordination Protocols 22
Figures
Figure 1 City Service Area 4
Figure 2 Regional Location of City of Fountain Valley and Other MWDOC Member Agencies 6
Figure 3 Resource Stages, Anticipated Actions, and Supply Declarations 7 Figure 4 AWSDA Reporting Timeline 13
Figure 5 Water Shortage Contingency Plan AWSDA Framework 14

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Abbreviations
% percent
AF acre-feet
AWSDA Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment
BPP Basin Production Percentage
City City of Fountain Valley
CRA Colorado River Aqueduct
DDW Division of Drinking Water
DRA Drought Risk Assessment
DVL Diamond Valley Lake
DWR California Department of Water Resources
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EOP Emergency Operations Plan
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FY fiscal year
GAP Green Acres Project
GRP OCWD's Groundwater Resilience Plan
GSP Groundwater Sustainability Plan
GWSC Golden State Water Company
IAWP Interim Agricultural Water Program
LHMP Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
MCL maximum contaminant level
MET Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
MWDOC Municipal Water District of Orange County
ND non detect
NIMS National Incident Management System
OC Basin Orange County Groundwater Basin
OC San Orange County Sanitation District
OCWD Orange County Water District
PFAS per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid
PFOS perfluorooctane sulfonate
ppt parts per trillion
Producers Groundwater Producers
SEMS California Standardized Emergency Management System Supplier Urban Water Supplier
SWP State Water Project
UWMP Urban Water Management Plan

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Water Code California Water Code
WEROC Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County WSAP Water Supply Allocation Plan
WSCP Water Shortage Contingency Plan
WSDM Water Surplus and Drought Management Plan

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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND WSCP OVERVIEW
The Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) is a strategic planning document designed to prepare for and respond to water shortages. This WSCP complies with California Water Code (Water Code) Section 10632, which requires that every Urban Water Supplier (Supplier) shall prepare and adopt a WSCP as part of its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). This level of detailed planning and preparation is intended to help maintain reliable supplies and reduce the impacts of supply interruptions.

The WSCP is the City of Fountain Valley (City)'s operating manual that is used to prevent catastrophic service disruptions through proactive, rather than reactive, management. A water shortage, when the water supply available is insufficient to meet the normally expected customer water use at a given point in time, may occur due to a number of reasons, such as drought, climate change, and catastrophic events.

This WSCP provides a structured guide for the City to deal with water shortages, incorporating prescriptive information and standardized action levels, along with implementation actions in the event of a catastrophic supply interruption. This way, if and when shortage conditions arise, the City's governing body, its staff, and the public can easily identify and efficiently implement pre-determined steps to manage a water shortage. A well-structured WSCP allows real-time water supply availability assessment and structured steps designed to respond to actual conditions, enabling efficient management of any shortage with predictability and accountability.

The WSCP also describes the City's procedures for conducting an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (AWSDA) that is required by Water Code Section 10632.1 and is to be submitted to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on or before July 1 of each year, or within 14 days of receiving final allocations from the State Water Project (SWP), whichever is later. The City's 2025 WSCP is included as an appendix to its 2025 UWMP which will be submitted to DWR by July 1, 2026. However, while developed in conjunction with the UWMP, this WSCP is a standalone document and can be amended, as needed, without amending the UWMP. Furthermore, the Water Code does not prohibit a Supplier from taking actions not specified in its WSCP, if needed, without having to formally amend its UWMP or WSCP.

1.1 Water Shortage Contingency Plan Requirements and
Organization
The WSCP provides the steps and water shortage response actions to be taken in times of water shortage conditions. The WSCP has prescriptive elements, such as an analysis of water supply reliability; the water shortage response actions for each of the six standard water shortage levels that correspond to water shortage percentages ranging from 10 percent (%) to greater than 50%; an estimate of potential to close supply gap for each measure; protocols and procedures to communicate identified actions for any current or predicted water shortage conditions; procedures for an AWSDA; monitoring and reporting requirements to determine customer compliance; and reevaluation and improvement procedures for evaluating the WSCP.

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This WSCP is organized into three main sections, with Section 3 aligned with Water Code Section 10632 requirements.

Section 1 Introduction and WSCP Overview gives an overview of the WSCP fundamentals.

Section 2 Background Information provides a background on the City's water service area.

Section 3 Water Shortage Contingency Preparedness and Response Planning: » Section 3.1 Water Supply Reliability Analysis provides a summary of the water supply analysis and water reliability findings from the 2025 UWMP. » Section 3.2 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures provides a description of procedures to conduct and approve the AWSDA. » Section 3.3 Six Standard Water Shortage Levels explains the WSCP's six standard water shortage levels corresponding to progressive ranges of up to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and more than 50% shortages. » Section 3.4 Shortage Response Actions describes the WSCP's shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels. » Section 3.5 Communication Protocols addresses communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, regarding any current or predicted shortages and any resulting shortage response actions. » Section 3.6 Compliance and Enforcement describes customer compliance, enforcement, appeal, and exemption procedures for triggered shortage response actions. » Section 3.7 Legal Authorities describes the legal authorities that enable the City to implement and enforce its shortage response actions. » Section 3.8 Financial Consequences of the WSCP provides a description of the financial consequences of and responses for drought conditions. » Section 3.9 Monitoring and Reporting describes monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that ensure appropriate data is collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance and meeting state reporting requirements. » Section 3.10 WSCP Refinement Procedures addresses reevaluation and improvement procedures for monitoring and evaluating the functionality of the WSCP. » Section 3.11 Special Water Feature Distinction provides a required definition for inclusion in a WSCP per the Water Code. » Section 3.12 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Availability describes the process the City followed to adopt its WSCP.

1.2 Integration with Other Planning Efforts
As a retail water supplier in Orange County, the City considered other key entities in the development of this WSCP, including the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) (regional wholesale supplier), the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET) (regional wholesaler for Southern California and the direct supplier of imported water to MWDOC), and Orange County Water District (OCWD) (Orange County Groundwater Basin manager and provider of recycled water in North Orange County). As a MWDOC member agency, the City also developed this WSCP with input from several coordination efforts led by MWDOC.

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Some of the key planning and reporting documents that were used to develop this WSCP are:

MWDOC's 2025 UWMP provides the basis for the projections of the imported supply availability over the next 25 years for the City's service area.

MWDOC's 2025 WSCP provides a water supply availability assessment and structured steps designed to respond to actual conditions that will help maintain reliable supplies and reduce the impacts of supply interruptions.

MWDOC's 2023 Orange County Water Reliability Study is a planning document to help guide planning for future water supply reliability for water providers in Orange County and provide input on regional water supply issues for MET.
2025 Orange County Water Demand Projection Model Technical Memorandum is a collaborative effort amongst MWDOC, OCWD, and all retail water suppliers in Orange County that developed water demand projections to produce regionally consistent forecasts across all Orange County water agencies.

OCWD's 2025 Groundwater Resilience Plan (GRP) is an adaptive strategies management plan outlining strategic projects to secure reliable future water supplies in the Orange County Basin.

MET's 2025 UWMP uses assumptions that fall within the plausible futures contemplated in MET's Integrated Water Resources Plan to evaluate MET's future imported water supply reliability.

MET's 2025 WSCP provides a water supply availability assessment and guide for MET's intended actions during water shortage conditions.

OCWD's 2023-2024 Engineer's Report provides information on the groundwater conditions, water supply, and basin utilization of the Orange County Groundwater Basin (OC Basin).

OCWD's 2022 Basin 8-1 Alternative is an alternative to the Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the OC Basin and provides significant information related to sustainable management of the basin in the past and hydrogeology of the basin, including groundwater quality and basin characteristics, and addresses DWR's recommendations to ensure long-term basin sustainability.

Fountain Valley's 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) provides the basis for the seismic and other natural disasters risk analysis of the water system facilities.

Fountain Valley Capital Improvement Program of the City's service area provides information on water infrastructure planning projects and plans to address any required water system improvements.

SECTION 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The City was incorporated in 1957 as the 21st city in the County of Orange. Governed by a non-partisan five-member City Council, the City established the Fountain Valley Municipal Water Department (now known as the Fountain Valley Water Utility) in April of 1962. The Fountain Valley Water Utility operates as a division of the Public Works Department, and in conjunction with other water agencies and water suppliers in Orange County, to provide water to its customers.

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2.1 City Service Area
The City covers nearly 10 square miles and is located on the coastal plain, four miles north of the Pacific Ocean coastline. The City is surrounded by the cities of Huntington Beach to the south and west, Westminster and Garden Grove to the north, Santa Ana to the northeast, and Costa Mesa to the southeast. Ground elevation ranges from 10 to 45 feet above sea level. The City's water service area is consistent with the City's boundary with the exception of a small county island in the northeast corner of the City (Figure 1). As of 2025, the City serves more than 57,927 residents.

Figure 1 City Service Area
Although the City supplements its water supply portfolio with recycled water, the WSCP only applies to its potable water supply. The City is directly involved in wastewater services through its ownership and operation of the wastewater collection system in its service area and sends all collected wastewater to Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) for treatment and disposal. The City sells and distributes OCWD Green Acres Project (GAP) water to recycled water customers as detailed in Section 6.6 of the City's 2025 UWMP (Fountain Valley, 2026). The City will determine the recycled water demand reduction actions for recycled water based on the availability of supply and to meet necessary wastewater discharge permit requirements.

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2.2 Relationship to Wholesalers
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: MET is the largest water wholesaler for domestic and municipal uses in California, serving approximately 19 million customers. MET wholesales imported water supplies to 26 member cities and water districts in six southern California counties. Its service area covers the southern California coastal plain, extending approximately 200 miles along the Pacific Ocean from the City of Oxnard in the north to the international boundary with Mexico in the south.

This encompasses 5,200 square miles and includes portions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties. Approximately 85% of the population from the aforementioned counties reside within MET's boundaries.

MET is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of 38 appointed individuals with a minimum of one representative from each of MET's 26 member agencies. The allocation of directors and voting rights are determined by each agency's assessed valuation. Each member of the Board shall be entitled to cast one vote for each 10 million dollars ($10,000,000) of assessed valuation of property taxable for district purposes, in accordance with Section 55 of the Metropolitan Water District Act. Directors can be appointed through the chief executive officer of the member agency or by a majority vote of the governing board of the agency. Directors are not compensated by MET for their service.

MET is responsible for importing water into the region through its operation of the Colorado River Aqueduct (CRA) and its contract with the State of California for SWP supplies. Member agencies receive water from MET through various delivery points and pay for service through a rate structure made up of volumetric rates, capacity charges and readiness to serve charges. Member agencies provide estimates of imported water demand to MET annually in April regarding the amount of water they anticipate they will need to meet their demands for the next five years.

The Municipal Water District of Orange County: In Orange County, MWDOC and the cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, and Santa Ana are MET member agencies that purchase imported water directly from MET.

Furthermore, MWDOC purchases both treated potable and untreated water from MET to supplement its retail agencies' local supplies.

The City is one of MWDOC's 27 member agencies purchasing imported water from MWDOC. The City's location within MWDOC's service area is shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 2 Regional Location of City of Fountain Valley and Other MWDOC Member Agencies

2.3 Relationship with Wholesaler Water Shortage Planning The WSCP is designed to be consistent with MET's Water Surplus and Drought Management (WSDM) Plan, MWDOC's Water Supply Allocation Plan (WSAP), and other emergency planning efforts as described below. MWDOC's WSAP is integral to the WSCP's shortage response strategy in the event that MET or MWDOC determines that supply augmentation (including storage) and lesser demand reduction measures would not be sufficient to meet a projected shortage level's water needs to meet demands.

2.3.1 MET Water Surplus and Drought Management Plan
MET evaluates the level of supplies available and existing levels of water in storage to determine the appropriate management stage annually. Each stage is associated with specific resource management actions to avoid extreme shortages to the extent possible and minimize adverse impacts to retail customers should an extreme shortage occur. The sequencing outlined in the WSDM Plan reflects anticipated responses towards MET's existing and expected resource mix.

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Surplus stages occur when net annual deliveries can be made to water storage programs. Under the WSDM Plan, there are four surplus management stages that provide a framework for actions to take for surplus supplies. Deliveries in Diamond Valley Lake (DVL) and in the SWP terminal reservoirs continue through each surplus stage provided there is available storage capacity. Withdrawals from DVL for regulatory purposes or to meet seasonal demands may occur at any stage.

The WSDM Plan distinguishes between shortages, severe shortages, and extreme shortages. The differences between each term are listed below.

Shortage: MET can meet full-service demands and partially meet or fully meet interruptible demands using stored water or water transfers as necessary (Stages 1-3).

Severe Shortage: MET can meet full-service demands only by making withdrawals from storage, calling on its water transfers, and possibly calling for extraordinary conservation and reducing deliveries under the Interim Agricultural Water Program (IAWP) (Stages 4-5).

Extreme Shortage: MET must allocate available imported supplies to full-service customers (Stage 6).

There are six shortage management stages to guide resource management activities. These stages are defined by shortfalls in imported supply and water balances in MET's storage programs. When MET must make net withdrawals from storage to meet demands, it is considered to be in a shortage condition.

Figure 3 gives a summary of actions under each surplus and shortage stage when an allocation plan is necessary to enforce mandatory cutbacks. The goal of the WSDM plan is to avoid Stage 6, an extreme shortage (MET, 2026b).

Source: MET, 2026.

Figure 3 Resource Stages, Anticipated Actions, and Supply Declarations

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MET's Board of Directors adopted a Water Supply Condition Framework in June 2008 in order to communicate the urgency of the region's water supply situation and the need for further water conservation practices. The framework has four conditions, each calling for increasing levels of conservation. Descriptions for each of the four conditions are listed below:

Baseline Water Use Efficiency: Ongoing conservation, outreach, and recycling programs to achieve permanent reductions in water use and build storage reserves.

Condition 1 Water Supply Watch: Local agency voluntary dry-year conservation measures and use of regional storage reserves.

Condition 2 Water Supply Alert: Regional call for cities, counties, member agencies, and retail water agencies to implement extraordinary conservation through drought ordinances and other measures to mitigate use of storage reserves.

Condition 3 Water Supply Allocation: Implement MET's WSAP.

As noted in Condition 3, should supplies become limited to the point where imported water demands cannot be met, MET will allocate water through the WSAP (MET, 2026).

2.3.2 MET Water Supply Allocation Plan
MET's imported supplies can be impacted by a number of water supply challenges as noted earlier. In cases of extreme water shortage within the MET service area, MET can implement its WSAP.

MET's Board of Directors adopted the WSAP in February 2008 to fairly distribute a limited amount of water supply and applies it through a detailed methodology to reflect a range of local conditions and needs of the region's retail water consumers (MET, 2026a).

The WSAP includes the specific formula for calculating member agency supply allocations and the key implementation elements needed for administering an allocation. MET's WSAP is the foundation for the urban water shortage contingency analysis required under Water Code Section 10632 and is part of MET's 2025 UWMP.

MET's WSAP was developed in consideration of the principles and guidelines in MET's 1999 WSDM Plan with the core objective of creating an equitable "needs-based allocation." The WSAP's formula seeks to balance the impacts of a shortage at the retail level while maintaining equity on the wholesale level for shortages of MET supplies of greater than 50% cutback. The formula takes into account a number of factors, such as the impact on retail customers, growth in population, changes in supply conditions, investments in local resources, demand hardening aspects of water conservation savings, recycled water, extraordinary storage and transfer actions, and groundwater imported water needs.

The formula is calculated in three steps: 1) base period calculations, 2) allocation year calculations, and 3) supply allocation calculations. The first two steps involve standard computations, while the third step contains specific methodology developed for the WSAP.

Step 1: Base Period Calculations – The first step in calculating a member agency's water supply allocation is to estimate their water supply and demand using a historical base period with established water supply and delivery data. The base period for each of the different categories of supply and demand is calculated using data from the two most recent non-shortage years.

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Step 2: Allocation Year Calculations – The next step in calculating the member agency's water supply allocation is estimating water needs in the allocation year. This is done by adjusting the base period estimates of retail demand for population growth and changes in local supplies.

Step 3: Supply Allocation Calculations – The final step is calculating the water supply allocation for each member agency based on the allocation year water needs identified in Step 2.

In order to implement the WSAP, MET's Board of Directors determines the level of the regional shortage, based on specific criteria, typically in April. The criteria used by MET includes current levels of storage, estimated water supply conditions, and projected imported water demands. The allocations, if deemed necessary, go into effect in July of the same year and remain in effect for a 12-month period. The schedule is made at the discretion of the Board of Directors (MET, 2026b).

As demonstrated by the findings in MET's 2025 UWMP both the Water Reliability Assessment and the Drought Risk Assessment (DRA) demonstrate that MET is projecting to be able to mitigate the challenges posed by hydrologic variability, potential climate change, and regulatory risk on its imported supply sources through the significant storage capabilities it has developed over the last two decades, both dry-year and emergency storage (MET, 2026b).

Although MET's 2025 UWMP forecasts that MET will be able to meet projected imported demands throughout the projected period from 2026 to 2050, uncertainty in supply conditions can result in MET needing to implement its WSAP to preserve dry-year storage and curtail demands (MET, 2026b).

2.3.3 MWDOC Water Supply Allocation Plan
To prepare for the potential allocation of imported water supplies from MET, MWDOC worked collaboratively with its 27 retail agencies to develop its own WSAP that was adopted in January 2009 and amended in 2016. The MWDOC WSAP outlines how MWDOC will determine and implement each of its retail agency's allocation during a time of shortage.

The MWDOC WSAP uses a similar method and approach, when reasonable, as that of the MET's WSAP.

However, MWDOC's plan remains flexible to use an alternative approach when MET's method produces a significant unintended result for the member agencies. The MWDOC WSAP model follows five basic steps to determine a retail agency's imported supply allocation.

Step 1: Determine Baseline Information – The first step in calculating a water supply allocation is to estimate water supply and demand using a historical base period with established water supply and delivery data. The base period for each of the different categories of demand and supply is calculated using data from the last two non-shortage years.

Step 2: Establish Allocation Year Information – In this step, the model adjusts for each retail agency's water need in the allocation year. This is done by adjusting the base period estimates for increased retail water demand based on population growth and changes in local supplies.

Step 3: Calculate Initial Minimum Allocation Based on MET's Declared Shortage Level – This step sets the initial water supply allocation for each retail agency. After a regional shortage level is established, MWDOC will calculate the initial allocation as a percentage of adjusted base period imported water needs within the model for each retail agency.

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Step 4: Apply Allocation Adjustments and Credits in the Areas of Retail Impacts and Conservation – In this step, the model assigns additional water to address disparate impacts at the retail level caused by an across-the-board cut of imported supplies. It also applies a conservation credit given to those agencies that have achieved additional water savings at the retail level as a result of successful implementation of water conservation devices, programs, and rate structures.

Step 5: Sum Total Allocations and Determine Retail Reliability – This is the final step in calculating a retail agency's total allocation for imported supplies. The model sums an agency's total imported allocation with all of the adjustments and credits and then calculates each agency's retail reliability compared to its Allocation Year Retail Demand.

The MWDOC WSAP includes additional measures for plan implementation, including the following (MWDOC, 2016):

Appeal Process – An appeals process to provide retail agencies the opportunity to request a change to their allocation based on new or corrected information. MWDOC anticipates that under most circumstances, a retail agency's appeal will be the basis for an appeal to MET by MWDOC.

Melded Allocation Surcharge Structure – At the end of the allocation year, MWDOC would only charge an allocation surcharge to each retail agency that exceeded their allocation if MWDOC exceeds its total allocation and is required to pay a surcharge to MET. MET enforces allocations to retail agencies through an allocation surcharge to a retail agency that exceeds its total annual allocation at the end of the 12-month allocation period. MWDOC's surcharge would be assessed according to the retail agency's prorated share (acre-feet [AF] over usage) of MWDOC's amount with MET. Surcharge funds collected by MET will be invested in its Water Management Fund, which is used in part to fund expenditures in dry-year conservation and local resource development.

Tracking and Reporting Water Usage – MWDOC will provide each retail agency with water use monthly reports that will compare each retail agency's current cumulative retail usage to their allocation baseline. MWDOC will also provide quarterly reports on its cumulative retail usage versus its allocation baseline.

Timeline and Option to Revisit the Plan – The allocation period will cover 12 consecutive months, and the Regional Shortage Level will be set for the entire allocation period. MWDOC only anticipates calling for allocation when MET declares a shortage; and no later than 30 days from MET's declaration will MWDOC announce allocation to its retail agencies.

SECTION 3 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLANNING
The City's WSCP is a detailed guide of how the City intends to act in the event of an actual water shortage condition. The WSCP anticipates a water supply shortage and provides pre-planned guidance for managing and mitigating a shortage. Regardless of the reason for the shortage, the WSCP, based on adequate details of demand reduction and supply augmentation measures that are structured to match varying degrees of shortage, to ensure the relevant stakeholders understand what to expect during a water shortage situation.

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3.1 Water Supply Reliability Analysis
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(1), the WSCP shall provide an analysis of water supply reliability conducted pursuant to Water Code Section 10635, and the key issues that may create a shortage condition when looking at the City's water asset portfolio.

Understanding water supply reliability, factors that could contribute to water supply constraints, availability of alternative supplies, and what effect these have on meeting customer demands provides the City with a solid basis on which to develop appropriate and feasible response actions in the event of a water shortage. For the 2025 UWMP, the City worked collaboratively with MWDOC, OCWD, and MWDOC's other retail water agencies to produce long-term projected water use over the next 25 years, in five-year increments, for each agency (MWDOC, 2025).

The City also conducted a DRA to evaluate a drought period that lasts five consecutive water years starting from the year following when the assessment is conducted (2026-2030). An analysis of both assessments determined that the City is capable of meeting all customers' demands from 2026 to 2050 for a normal year, a single dry year, and a drought lasting five consecutive years with significant imported water supplemental dedicated drought supplies from MWDOC/MET and ongoing conservation program efforts. The City receives the majority of its water supply from groundwater from the OC Basin, as well as supplemental supplies from local recycled water from the OCWD GAP that adds reliability for non-potable demand. As a result, there is no projected shortage condition due to drought that will trigger customer demand reduction actions until MWDOC notifies the City of insufficient imported supplies. More information is available in the City's 2025 UWMP Sections 6 and 7 (Fountain Valley, 2026).

3.2 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures Per Water Code Section 10632.1, the City will conduct an AWSDA pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and by July 1 of each year, beginning in 2022, submit an AWSDA with information for anticipated shortage, triggered shortage response actions, compliance and enforcement actions, and communication actions consistent with the Supplier's WSCP.

The City must include in its WSCP the procedures used for conducting an AWSDA. The AWSDA is a determination of the near-term outlook for supplies and demands and how a perceived shortage may relate to WSCP shortage stage response actions in the current calendar year. This determination is based on information available to the City at the time of the analysis. Starting in 2022, the AWSDA is be due by July 1 of every year.

This section documents the decision-making process required for formal approval of the City's AWSDA determination of water supply reliability each year, the key data inputs, and the methodologies used to evaluate the water system reliability for the coming year, while considering that the year to follow would be considered dry.

3.2.1 Decision-Making Process
The following decision-making process describes the functional steps that the City will take to formally approve the AWSDA determination of water supply reliability each year.

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3.2.1.1 City Steps to Approve the AWSDA Determination
The AWSDA will be predicated on the OCWD Basin Production Percentage (BPP) and on MWDOC's AWSDA outcomes.

The City produces local groundwater from the OC Basin managed by OCWD. The OC Basin is not adjudicated and as such, pumping from the OC Basin is managed through a process that uses financial incentives to encourage Groundwater Producers (Producers) to pump a sustainable amount of water. The framework for the financial incentives is based on establishing the BPP, the percentage of each Producer's total water supply that comes from groundwater pumped from the OC Basin. The BPP is set uniformly for all Producers by the OCWD Board of Directors on an annual basis. Based on the projected water demand and modeled water supply, over the long-term, OCWD anticipates sustainably supporting a BPP of 85%; however, volumes of groundwater and imported water may vary depending on OCWD's actual BPP projections. A supply reduction that may result from the annual BPP projection will be included in the AWSDA.

While the City's primary source of water is OCWD groundwater, any remaining water to meet retail demands comes from recycled water and the purchase of imported water from MWDOC. MWDOC surveys its member agencies annually for anticipated water demands and supplies for the upcoming year.

MWDOC utilizes this information to plan for the anticipated imported water supplies for the MWDOC service area. This information is then shared and coordinated with MET and is incorporated into their analysis of their service area's annual imported water needs. Based on the year's supply conditions and WSDM actions, MET will present a completed AWSDA for its member agencies' review from which they will then seek Board approval in April of each year. Additionally, MET expects that any triggers or specific shortage response actions that result from the AWSDA will be approved by their Board at that time. Based upon MET's Assessment and taking into consideration information provided to MWDOC through the annual survey, MWDOC will provide an anticipated estimate of imported supplies for the City to incorporate into the AWSDA.

The City Water Department will be responsible for approving the AWSDA in years when no shortage is identified and formally submitting it to DWR prior to the July 1 deadline. In years when a shortage is identified, the AWSDA will be presented to City Council and formally submitted to DWR prior to the July 1 deadline.

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Figure 4 AWSDA Reporting Timeline

3.2.2 Data and Methodologies
The following paragraphs document the key data inputs and methodologies that are used to evaluate the water system reliability for the coming year, while considering that the year to follow would be considered dry.

3.2.2.1 Assessment Methodology
The City will evaluate water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year for the purpose of the AWSDA. The AWSDA determination will be based on considerations of unconstrained water demand, local water supplies, MWDOC imported water supplies, planned water use, and infrastructure considerations. The balance between projected in-service area supplies, coupled with MWDOC imported supplies, and anticipated unconstrained demand will be used to determine what, if any, shortage level is expected under the WSCP framework as presented in Figure 5. The WSCP's standard shortage levels are defined in terms of shortage percentages. Shortage percentages will be calculated by dividing the difference between water supplies and unconstrained demand by total unconstrained demand. This calculation will be performed separately for anticipated current year conditions and for assumed dry year conditions.

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Figure 5 Water Shortage Contingency Plan AWSDA Framework

3.2.2.2 Locally Applicable Evaluation Criteria
Within Orange County, there are no significant local applicable criteria that directly affect reliability.

Through the years, the water agencies in Orange County have made tremendous efforts to integrate their systems to provide flexibility to interchange with different sources of supplies. There are emergency agreements in place to ensure all parts of the County have an adequate supply of water. In the northern part of the County, agencies have the ability to meet a majority of their demands through groundwater with very little limitation, except for the OCWD BPP.

The City will also continue to monitor emerging supply and demand conditions related to supplemental imported water from MWDOC/MET and take appropriate actions consistent with the flexibility and adaptiveness inherent to the WSCP. The City's AWSDA will be based on the City's service area, water sources, water supply reliability, and water use as described in Water Code Section 10631, including available data from state, regional, or local agency population, land use development, and climate change projections within the service area of the City. Some conditions that affect MWDOC's wholesale supply and demand, such as groundwater replenishment, surface water and local supply production, can differ significantly from earlier projections throughout the year.

If a major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault occurs, it has the potential to damage all three key regional water aqueducts and disrupt imported supplies for up to six months. The region would likely impose a water use reduction ranging from 25-35% until the system is repaired. However, MET has taken proactive steps to handle such disruption, such as constructing DVL, and prepositioning necessary reconstruction resources to quickly recover from such a seismic event, which mitigates potential impacts.

DVL, along with other local reservoirs, can store a six to twelve-month supply of emergency water (MET, 2026a).

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3.2.2.3 Water Supply
As detailed in the City's 2025 UWMP, the City meets its customers' demands with a combination of local groundwater, local recycled water, and imported water from MWDOC/MET. The City's main source of water supply is groundwater from the OC Basin, with recycled water and imported water from MET/MWDOC making up the rest of the City's water supply portfolio. In fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, 86% groundwater and 14% recycled water; imported water accounted for less than 1% of total supply. It is projected that by 2050, the City's water portfolio will change to approximately 73% groundwater, 13 imported water, and 14% recycled water (Fountain Valley, 2026).

3.2.2.4 Unconstrained Customer Demand
The WSCP and AWSDA define unconstrained demand as expected water use prior to any projected shortage response actions that may be taken under the WSCP. Unconstrained demand is distinguished from observed demand, which may be constrained by preceding, ongoing, or future actions, such as emergency supply allocations during a multi-year drought. WSCP shortage response actions to constrain demand are inherently extraordinary; routine activities such as ongoing conservation programs and regular operational adjustments are not considered as constraints on demands.

The City's DRA reveals that its supply capabilities are expected to balance anticipated total water use and supply, assuming a five-year consecutive drought from FY 2025-26 through FY 2029-30 (Fountain Valley, 2026). This is based on the water demand projection model, in a single dry year, demand is expected to increase by four percent above a normal year (MWDOC, 2025).

For the City, the five consecutive dry year demand scenario is based on the demand model's multiple dry year methodology. In accordance with the econometric demand model approach used to develop UWMP demand projections, a single hot/dry year was first identified based on weather conditions that produced the greatest demand response. Consecutive dry years were then represented by applying incremental scaling factors to this single hot/dry year demand to account for the compounding effects of persistent warm and dry conditions over time. These scaling factors show long-term relationships between regional water use and multi-year temperature and precipitation deficits and are applied sequentially to simulate second through fifth consecutive dry years. This approach is consistent with the demand modeling framework summarized in Chapter 7 of the City's UWMP.

3.2.2.5 Planned Water Use for Current Year Considering Dry Subsequent Year Water Code Section 10632 (a)(2)(B)(ii) requires the AWSDA to determine "current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory conditions in the current year and one dry year." The AWSDA will include two separate estimates of the City's annual water supply and unconstrained demand using: 1) current year conditions, and 2) assumed dry year conditions. Accordingly, the AWSDA's shortage analysis will present separate sets of findings for the current year and dry year scenarios. The Water Code does not specify the characteristics of a dry year, allowing discretion to the Supplier. The City will use its discretion to refine and update its assumptions for dry year scenarios in each AWSDA as information becomes available and in accordance with best management practices.

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Supply and demand analyses for the single-dry year case was based on conditions affecting the SWP as this supply availability fluctuates the most among MET's, and therefore MWDOC and the City's, sources of supply. Severe drought conditions in 2021-2022 affected most of the Western United States, including the Colorado River system, which caused its water supply decrease. As conditions worsened, Lake Mead and Lake Powell (the largest storage units in the system), had a combined total storage capacity of 25% in 2022, a significant decrease from 39% in 2021 (MWODC, 2025).

The Orange County Water Demand Projection Model isolated the impacts that weather and future climate can have on water demand through the use of a statistical model. The impacts of hot/dry weather conditions are reflected as a percentage increase in water demands from the normal year condition. For a single dry year condition (FY 2013-14), the model projects a 4% increase in demand for the City's service area (MWDOC, 2025). Detailed information about the model is included in the City's 2025 UWMP.

The City has documented that it is 100% reliable for single dry year demands from 2025 through 2050 with a demand increase of 4% from normal demand with significant reserves held by MET, local groundwater supplies, and water use efficiency (Fountain Valley, 2026).

3.2.2.6 Infrastructure Considerations
The AWSDA will include consideration of any infrastructure issues that may pertain to near-term water supply reliability, including repairs, construction, and environmental mitigation measures that may temporarily constrain capabilities, as well as any new projects that may add to system capacity. MWDOC closely coordinates with MET and its member agencies, including the City, on any planned infrastructure work that may impact water supply availability. Throughout each year, MET regularly carries out preventive and corrective maintenance of its facilities within the MWDOC service area that may require shutdowns to inspect and repair pipelines and facilities and support capital improvement projects. These shutdowns involve a high level of planning and coordination between MWDOC, MWDOC's member agencies, and MET to ensure that major portions of the distribution system are not out of service at the same time. Operational flexibility within MET's system and the cooperation of member agencies allow shutdowns to be successfully completed while continuing to meet all system demands.

Specifically for the City, as of March 2026 there are no foreseen near-term infrastructure issues that would impact supply.

3.2.2.7 Other Factors
For the AWSDA, any known issues related to water quality would be considered for their potential effects on water supply reliability.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of thousands of manmade chemicals that includes perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). PFAS compounds were once commonly used in many products including, among many others, stain- and water-repellent fabrics, nonstick products (e.g., Teflon), polishes, waxes, paints, cleaning products, and fire-fighting foams.

Beginning in the summer of 2019, the California State Division of Drinking Water (DDW) began requiring testing for PFAS compounds in some groundwater production wells in the OCWD area.

MET has voluntarily monitored PFAS in its source and treated waters since 2017. Most samples have shown non detect (ND) for all tested PFAS, including PFOA and PFOS. A limited number of other PFAS— such as PFHxA, PFBA, PFPeA, PFDoA, PFTA, and PFBS, have been detected only at trace levels below their

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method detection limits. PFOA and PFOS have not been detected in MET's imported or treated water supplies. Some member agencies, however, have detected these compounds in local groundwater wells, which may require treatment or source management to comply with emerging DDW regulations. As DDW and United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establish enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOA and PFOS, some agencies may supplement their local supplies with increased purchases of MET water (MET, 2025).

EPA finalized the first national drinking water standards for six PFAS compounds in April 2024. These standards include enforceable MCLs for PFOA and PFOS set at 4 parts per trillion (ppt). In May 2025, the EPA announced that it would extend the compliance deadline for PFOA and PFOS from 2029 to 2031 to provide additional time for testing, planning, and installation of treatment technologies. While MET and its member agencies continue to monitor and test PFAS in imported and local sources, the delay in the federal compliance date allows additional time to evaluate treatment options, coordinate funding, and plan system upgrades necessary to meet forthcoming federal PFAS standards.

PFAS have been detected in the OC Basin in very small amounts (ppt), entering primarily via the Santa Ana River whose flows infiltrate into the basin. Despite playing no role in releasing PFAS into the environment, OCWD is working with its cities and retail water districts to remove it from local water supplies in order to comply with new state and federal regulations. More than 100 wells have been impacted due to various state and federal regulations. Fifteen impacted agencies will have to temporarily purchase more costly imported water to replace PFAS contaminated supplies. As of 2025, 53 impacted wells are back online due to close to a billion dollars being spent on state-of-the-art testing, research and piloting of different treatment systems, and design and construction of treatment plants that are now operational.

3.3 Six Standard Water Shortage Levels
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(3)(A), Suppliers must include the six standard water shortage levels that represent shortages from the normal reliability as determined in the AWSDA or cross-reference their shortage levels to the standard levels. The shortage levels have been standardized to provide a consistent regional and statewide approach to conveying the relative severity of water supply shortage conditions.

This is an outgrowth of the severe statewide drought of 2012-2016, and the widely recognized public communication and state policy uncertainty associated with the many different local definitions of water shortage levels.

The six standard water shortage levels correspond to progressively increasing estimated shortage conditions (up to 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and greater than 50% shortage compared to the normal reliability condition) and align with the response actions the Supplier would implement to meet the severity of the impending shortages (Table 1).

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Table 1 Cross-Reference for Standard vs Supplier Shortage Levels 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.

Standard Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range Suppliers Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range 1 Up to 10%
2 Up to 20%
3 Up to 30%
4 Up to 40%
5 Up to 50%
6 >50%
NOTES:

Notes:

Source: Water Code Section 10632(a)(3)(B).

3.4 Shortage Response Actions
Water Code Section 10632 (a)(4) requires the WSCP to specify shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels. The City has defined specific shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels in DWR Tables 8-2 and 8-3 (Appendix A). These shortage response actions were developed with consideration to the system infrastructure and operations changes, supply augmentation responses, customer-class or water use-specific demand reduction initiatives, and increasingly stringent water use prohibitions.

3.4.1 Supply Augmentation
The supply augmentation actions are described in DWR Table 8-2 (Appendix A). These augmentations represent short-term management objectives triggered by MET's WSDM Plan and do not overlap with the long-term new water supply development or supply reliability enhancement projects. Supply Augmentation is made available to the City through MWDOC and MET. The City relies on MET's reliability portfolio of water supply programs, including existing water transfers, storage and exchange agreements to supplement gaps in the City's supply/demand balance. MET has developed significant storage capacity (over 5 million AF) in reservoirs and groundwater banking programs both within and outside of the Southern California region. Additionally, MET can pursue additional water transfer and exchange programs with other water agencies to help mitigate supply/demand imbalances and provide additional dry-year supply sources.

MWDOC, and in turn its retail agencies, including the City, have access to supply augmentation actions through MET. MET may exercise these actions based on regional need, and in accordance with their WSCP, and may include the use of supplies and storage programs within the Colorado River, SWP, and in-region storage. The City has the ability to augment its supply to reduce the shortage gap by up to 100% by purchasing additional imported water through MWDOC or pumping additional groundwater in the OC Basin; however, both are subject to rate penalties from MWDOC and OCWD, respectively.

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3.4.2 Demand Reduction
The demand reduction measures that would be implemented to address shortage levels are described in DWR Table 8-3 (Appendix A). This table indicates which actions align with specific defined shortage levels and estimates the extent to which that action will reduce the gap between supplies and demands. This table also identifies the enforcement action, if any, associated with each demand reduction measure.

3.4.3 Operational Changes
During shortage conditions, operations may be affected by supply augmentation or demand reduction responses. The City will consider their operational procedures when it completes its AWSDA or as needed to identify changes that can be implemented to address water shortage on a short-term basis, such as temporarily altering maintenance cycles, deferring planned system outages, and adjusting the flow and routing of water through its system to more effectively distribute available supply across the service area.

3.4.4 Additional Mandatory Restrictions
Water Code Section 10632 (a)(4)(D) calls for "additional, mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices that are in addition to state-mandated prohibitions and appropriate to the local conditions" to be included among the WSCP's shortage response actions. The City will identify additional mandatory restrictions as needed based on the existing Fountain Valley Municipal Code Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation (Appendix B).

3.4.5 Emergency Response Plan (Hazard Mitigation Plan)
A catastrophic water shortage would be addressed according to the appropriate water shortage level and response actions. It is likely that a catastrophic shortage would immediately trigger Shortage Level 6 and response actions have been put in place to mitigate a catastrophic shortage. In addition, there are several Plans that address catastrophic failures and align with the WSCP, including MET's WSDM and WSAP, the City's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), the Water Division's Emergency Response Plan, and the Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County (WEROC)'s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).

3.4.5.1 MET's WSDM and WSAP
MET has comprehensive plans for stages of actions it would undertake to address a catastrophic interruption in water supplies through its WSDM and WSAP. MET also developed an Emergency Storage Requirement to mitigate against potential interruption in water supplies resulting from catastrophic occurrences within the southern California region, including seismic events along the San Andreas Fault. In addition, MET 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 Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta that would cause levee failure and disruption of SWP deliveries.

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3.4.5.2 Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County Emergency Operations Plan
In 1983, the Orange County water community identified a need to develop a plan on how agencies would respond effectively to disasters impacting the regional water distribution system. The collective efforts of these agencies resulted in the formation of WEROC to coordinate emergency response on behalf of all Orange County water and wastewater agencies, develop an emergency plan to respond to disasters, and conduct disaster training exercises for the Orange County water community. WEROC, administered by MWDOC, was established through the creation of an indemnification agreement among its member agencies to protect each other against civil liabilities and to facilitate the exchange of resources. WEROC is unique in its ability to provide a single point of contact for the representation of all water and wastewater utilities in Orange County during a disaster. This representation is to the county, state, and federal disaster coordination agencies. Within the Orange County Operational Area, WEROC is the recognized contact for emergency response for the water community, including the City.

As a member of WEROC, the City will follow WEROC's EOP in the event of an emergency and coordinate with WEROC to assess damage, initiate repairs, and request and coordinate mutual aid resources in the event that the City is unable to provide the level of emergency response support required by the situation.

The EOP defines the actions to be taken by WEROC Emergency Operations Center (EOC) staff to reduce the loss of water and wastewater infrastructure; to respond effectively to a disaster; and to coordinate recovery operations in the aftermath of any emergency involving extensive damage to Orange County water and wastewater utilities. The EOP includes activation notification protocol that will be used to contact partner agencies to inform them of the situation, activation status of the EOC, known damage or impacts, or resource needs. The EOP is a standalone document that is reviewed annually and approved by the MWDOC Board every three years.

WEROC is organized on the basis that each member agency is responsible for developing its own EOP in accordance with the California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS), National Incident Management System (NIMS), and Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 to meet specific emergency needs within its service area.

The WEROC EOC is responsible for assessing the overall condition and status of the Orange County regional water distribution and wastewater collection systems including MET facilities that serve Orange County. The EOC can be activated during an emergency situation resulting from both natural and manmade causes, and can be activated through automatic, manual, or standby for activation.

WEROC recognizes four primary phases of emergency management, which include:

Preparedness: Planning, training, and exercises that are conducted prior to an emergency to support and enhance response to an emergency or disaster.

Response: Activities and programs designed to address the immediate and short-term effects of the onset of an emergency or disaster that helps to reduce effects on water infrastructure and speed recovery. This includes alert and notification, EOC activation, direction and control, and mutual aid.

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Recovery: This phase involved restoring systems to normal, in which short-term recovery actions are taken to assess the damage and return vital life-support systems to minimum operating standards, while long-term recovery actions have the potential to continue for many years.

Mitigation/Prevention: These actions prevent the occurrence of an emergency or reduce the area's vulnerability in ways that minimize the adverse impacts of a disaster or emergency.

The EOC Action Plans provide frameworks for EOC staff to respond to different situations with the objectives and steps required to complete them, which will in turn serve the WEROC member agencies. In the event of an emergency that results in a catastrophic water shortage, the City will declare a water shortage condition of up to Level 3 for the impacted area depending on the severity of the event, and coordination with WEROC is anticipated to begin at Level 4 or greater (WEROC, 2021).

3.4.5.3 City of Fountain Valley Emergency Response Plan The City will also refer to its current American Water Infrastructure Act Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan in the event of a catastrophic supply interruption.

3.4.6 Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
Per the Water Code Section 10632.5, Suppliers are required to assess seismic risk to water supplies as part of their WSCP. The plan also must include the mitigation plan for the seismic risk(s). Given the great distances that imported supplies travel to reach Orange County, 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.

In lieu of conducting a seismic risk assessment specific to the City's 2025 UWMP, the City has included their LHMP, as required under the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390). The LHMP describes the City's approach to proactively decreasing threats before disaster occurs, including water supply specific mitigation actions such as improving security and alert systems, upgrading back-up power systems, and retrofitting existing flood control infrastructure. (Fountain Valley, 2025).

3.4.7 Shortage Response Action Effectiveness
For each specific Shortage Response Action identified in the plan, the WSCP also estimates the extent to which that action will reduce the gap between supplies and demands identified in DWR Table 8-3 (Appendix A). To the extent feasible, the City has estimated percentage savings for the chosen suite of shortage response actions, which can be anticipated to deliver the expected outcomes necessary to meet the requirements of a given shortage level.

3.5 Communication Protocols
Timely and effective communication is a key element of the WSCP implementation. Per the Water Code Section 10632 (a)(5), the City has established communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments regarding any current or predicted shortages as determined by the AWSDA described pursuant to Section 10632.1; any shortage response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered by the AWSDA described pursuant to

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Section 10632.1; and any other relevant communications. The City's Water Shortage Communication Plan is documented in Appendix C.

3.6 Compliance and Enforcement
Per the Water Code Section 10632 (a)(6), the City has defined customer compliance, enforcement, appeal, and exemption procedures for triggered shortage response actions. Communication procedures to ensure customer compliance are described in Section 3.5 Communication Protocols and customer enforcement, appeal, and exemption procedures are defined in the City's existing Municipal Code Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation (Appendix B).

3.7 Legal Authorities
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(7)(A), the City has provided a description of the legal authorities that empower the City to implement and enforce the shortage response actions specified by the City's Water Conservation Ordinance (Appendix B).

Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(7) (B), the City shall declare a water shortage emergency condition to prevail within the area served by such wholesaler whenever it finds and determines that the ordinary demands and requirements of water consumers cannot be satisfied without depleting the water supply of the distributor to the extent that there would be insufficient water for human consumption, sanitation, and fire protection.

Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(7)(C), the City shall coordinate with any City or county within which it provides water supply services for the possible proclamation of a local emergency under California Government Code, California Emergency Services Act (Article 2, Section 8558). Table 2 identifies the contacts for all cities or counties for which the Supplier provides service, along with developed coordination protocols which can facilitate compliance with this section of the Water Code in the event of a local emergency as defined in subpart (c) of Government Code Section 8558.

Table 2 Agency Contacts and Coordination Protocols
Contact Agency Coordination Protocols
Maggie Le, City Manager City of Fountain Valley In person/Phone/Email/Memo City Council City of Fountain Valley Memo/Council Meeting Pam Passow, Director of Orange
County Parks
Orange County Parks Phone/Email/Mail
Oliver Pacifico, District Engineer State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email Anthony Nhan, Assoc. Sanitary
Engineer
State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email
Minliang Shih, Assoc. Sanitary
Engineer
State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email
James Jablonski, Assoc. Sanitary
Engineer
State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email
Yen Tran, Assoc. Sanitary Engineer State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email Jarret Hamud, Water Resources
Control Engineer
State Water Resources Control Board Phone/Email

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3.8 Financial Consequences of the WSCP
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(8), Suppliers must include a description of the overall anticipated financial consequences to the Supplier of implementing the WSCP. This description must include potential reductions in revenue and increased expenses associated with implementation of the shortage response actions. This should be coupled with an identification of the anticipated mitigation actions needed to address these financial impacts.

During a catastrophic interruption of water supplies, prolonged drought, or water shortage of any kind, the City will experience a reduction in revenue due to reduced water sales. Throughout this period of time, expenditures may increase or decrease with varying circumstances. Expenditures may increase in the event of significant damage to the water system, resulting in emergency repairs. Expenditures may also decrease as less water is pumped through the system, resulting in lower power costs. Water shortage mitigation actions will also impact revenues and require additional costs for drought response activities such as increased staff costs for tracking, reporting, and communications.

The City receives water revenue from a service charge and a commodity charge based on consumption.

The service charge recovers costs associated with providing water to the serviced property. The service charge does not vary with consumption, and the commodity charge is based on water usage. Rates have been designed to recover the full cost of water service in the charges. Therefore, the total cost of purchasing water would decrease as the usage or sale of water decreases. In the event of a drought emergency, the City will impose excessive water use penalties on its customers, which may include additional costs associated with reduced water revenue, staff time taken for penalty enforcement, and advertising the excessive use penalties. The excessive water use penalties are further described in the City's Municipal Code Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation (Appendix B).

However, there are significant fixed costs associated with maintaining a minimal level of service. The City will monitor projected revenues and expenditures should an extreme shortage and a large reduction in water sales occur for an extended period of time. To overcome these potential revenue losses and/or expenditure impacts, the City may use reserves. If necessary, the City may reduce expenditures by delaying implementation of its Capital Improvement Program and equipment purchases to reallocate funds to cover the cost of operations and critical maintenance, adjust the work force, implement a drought surcharge, and/or make adjustments to its water rate structure.

Based on current water rates, a volumetric cutback of 50% and greater water sales may lead to a range of reductions in revenues. The impacts to revenues will depend on a proportionate reduction in variable costs related to supply, pumping, and treatment for the specific shortage event. The City could mitigate these impacts by increasing water rate revenues and/or increasing fixed charges.

3.9 Monitoring and Reporting
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(9), the City is required to provide a description of the monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that have been implemented to ensure appropriate data is collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance and to meet state reporting requirements.

Monitoring and reporting key water use metrics is fundamental to water supply planning and management. Monitoring is also essential in times of water shortage to ensure that the response actions

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are achieving their intended water use reduction purposes, or if improvements or new actions need to be considered (see Section 3.10). Monitoring for customer compliance tracking is also useful in enforcement actions.

Under normal water supply conditions, potable water production figures are recorded daily, and reports are prepared and monitored monthly. During implementation of the WSCP, this data will be used to measure the effectiveness of any water shortage contingency level that may be implemented. In addition, aggregate monthly production data will be used to analyze the City's progress toward its annual goal. The monthly Urban Water Conservation Report will also be used to monitor the plan's effectiveness.

As levels of water shortage are declared by MET and MWDOC, the City will follow implementation of those levels as appropriate based on the City's risk profile provided in the City's 2025 UWMP Chapter 6 and continue to monitor water demand levels. When MET calls for extraordinary conservation, MET's Drought Program Officer will coordinate public information activities with MWDOC and monitor the effectiveness of ongoing conservation programs.

The City will participate in monthly member agency manager meetings with both MWDOC and OCWD to monitor and discuss monthly water allocation charts. This will enable the City to be aware of imported and groundwater use on a timely basis as a result of specific actions taken responding to the City's WSCP.

3.10 WSCP Refinement Procedures
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(10), the City must provide reevaluation and improvement procedures for systematically monitoring and evaluating the functionality of the water shortage contingency plan in order to ensure shortage risk tolerance is adequate and appropriate water shortage mitigation strategies are implemented as needed.

The City's WSCP is prepared and implemented as an adaptive management plan. The City will use the monitoring and reporting process defined in Section 3.9 to refine the WSCP. In addition, if certain procedural refinements or new actions are identified by City staff, or suggested by customers or other interested parties, the City will evaluate their effectiveness, incorporate them into the WSCP, and implement them quickly at the appropriate water shortage level.

It is envisioned that the WSCP will be periodically re-evaluated to ensure that its shortage risk tolerance is adequate and the shortage response actions are effective and up to date based on lessons learned from implementing the WSCP. The WSCP will be revised and updated during the UWMP update cycle to incorporate updated and new information. For example, new supply augmentation actions will be added, and actions that are no longer applicable for reasons such as program expiration will be removed.

However, if revisions to the WSCP are warranted before the UWMP is updated, the WSCP will be updated outside of the UWMP update cycle. In the course of preparing the AWSDA each year, City staff will routinely consider the functionality of the overall WSCP and the Water Department will update the WSCP if changes are found to be needed.

3.11 Special Water Feature Distinction
Per Water Code Section 10632 (b), the City has defined water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas, as

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defined in subdivision (a) of Section 115921 of the Health and Safety Code, in the City's Municipal Code Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation (Appendix B).

3.12 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Implementation
Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(c), the City provided notice of the availability of the Draft 2025 UWMP and Draft 2025 WSCP and notice of the public hearing to consider adoption of the WSCP. The public review drafts of the 2025 UWMP and the 2025 WSCP were posted prominently on the City's website in advance of the public hearing on May 19, 2026. Copies of the draft WSCP were also made available for public inspection at the City Clerk's and Utilities Department offices and public hearing notifications were published in local newspapers. A copy of the published Notice of Public Hearing is included in Appendix D.

The City held the public hearing for the Draft 2025 UWMP and Draft WSCP on May 19, 2026, at the City Council meeting. The City Council reviewed and approved the 2025 UWMP and the WSCP at the May 19, 2026, meeting after the public hearing. See Appendix E for the resolution approving the WSCP.

By July 1, 2026, the City's adopted 2025 UWMP and WSCP was filed with DWR, California State Library, and the County of Orange. The City will make the WSCP available for public review on its website no later than 30 days after filing with DWR.

Based on DWR's review of the WSCP, the City will make any amendments in its adopted WSCP, as required and directed by DWR.

If the City revises its WSCP after UWMP is approved by DWR, then an electronic copy of the revised WSCP will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of its adoption.

SECTION 4 REFERENCES
City of Fountain Valley. (2026). 2025 Urban Water Management Plan. City of Fountain Valley. (2025). 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MET). (2026a). 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Municipal Water District of Orange County. (2023, July). 2023 Orange County Water Reliability Study.

Municipal Water District of Orange County. (2025, December 30). Orange County Water Demand Projection Model Technical Memorandum.

Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County (WEROC). (2025). WEROC 2025 Annual Report.

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APPENDIX A DWR SUBMITTAL TABLES

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Submittal Table 8-1: Cross-reference for Standard vs Supplier Shortage Levels 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.

Standard Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range Suppliers Shortage Levels Percent Shortage Range 1 Up to 10%
2 Up to 20%
3 Up to 30%
4 Up to 40%
5 Up to 50%
6 >50%
NOTES:

Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(A),(C) and (E)
Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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
How much is this going to reduce the
shortage gap?
Additional Explanation or
Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF)
Add additional rows as needed
1 through 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 100% Additional imported water purchases through MWDOC
1 through 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 100%
Additional groundwater pumping
in the Orange County
Groundwater Basin
5 and 6 Other Purchases Percentage 0 - 20%
Emergency connections with the
cities of Santa Ana and
Huntington Beach
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES: Emergency connections with the cities of Santa Ana and Huntington Beach will only be available if the supply issue is restricted to our internal distribution system and not a regional shortage.

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Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed 0 Landscape - Prohibit certain types of landscape irrigation Statewide Prohibition is Required Watering or irrigation of nonfunctional turf on publicly owned landscapes, commercial, industrial and institutional owned landscapes, or homeowners association common area landscapes with potable water is prohibited. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Limit on Watering Duration. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water using a landscape irrigation system or a watering device that is not continuously attended is limited to no more than fifteen (15) minutes per day per station. Yes 0 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific times On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Limits on Watering Hours. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is prohibited between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time, on any day, except by use of hand-held bucket or similar container, a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self-closing water shut-off nozzle or device, or for very short periods of time for the express purpose of adjusting or repairing an irrigation system. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition Statewide Prohibition is Required Watering During and After Rainfall. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water during or within forty-eight (48) hours after measurable rainfall of at least onefourth of one inch of rain is prohibited. Yes 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition Statewide Prohibition is Required Watering Ornamental Turf on Public Street Medians. Watering or irrigating ornamental turf on public street medians is prohibited. No 0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Drought Tolerant Plants: Any new planting should be drought tolerant plants. No 0 Landscape - Restrict or prohibit runoff from landscape irrigation Statewide Prohibition is Required
Water Runoff. Watering or irrigating of any lawn, landscape or other vegetated area in a manner that causes or allows more than incidental water runoff onto an adjacent property or adjoining sidewalk, driveway, street, alley, gutter, parking lot, ditch or other non-irrigated area is prohibited. Yes 0 Other - Prohibit use of potable water for washing hard surfaces Statewide Prohibition is Required No Washing Down Hard or Paved Surfaces. Washing down hard or paved surfaces, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios or alleys, is prohibited except when necessary to alleviate safety or sanitary hazards, and then only by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container, a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self-closing water shut off device, or a low-volume, high-pressure cleaning machine equipped to recycle any water used. Yes 0 Other - Customers must repair leaks, breaks, and malfunctions in a timely manner
On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Obligation to Fix Leaks, Breaks or Malfunctions. All leaks, breaks, or other malfunctions in the water user's plumbing, irrigation or distribution system must be repaired within seventy-two (72) hours of discovery by user or notification by the City, unless other arrangements are made with the City. Yes 0 Water Features - Restrict water use for decorative water features, such as fountains Statewide Prohibition is Required Re-circulating Water Required for Water Fountains and Decorative Water Features. No person shall use water to operate or maintain levels in decorative fountains, basins, ponds, lakes, waterways or other similar aesthetic structures unless a recirculation device is in use. Filling or re-filling ornamental lakes or ponds not equipped with a re-circulating pump is prohibited, except to the extent needed to sustain exotic animals or aquatic life, provided that such animals are of significant value and have been actively managed within the water feature prior to declaration of a water supply shortage level. Yes Page 484 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-3
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed 0 Other Statewide Prohibition is Required Limits on Washing Vehicles. Using water to wash or clean a vehicle, including, but not limited to, any automobile, truck, van, bus, motorcycle, boat, motorhome, or trailer, whether motorized or not, is prohibited, except by use of a hand-held bucket or similar container or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive self-closing water shut-off nozzle or device, or at a commercial car wash that recycles water. Yes 0 CII - Lodging establishment must offer opt out of linen service On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Commercial Lodging Establishments Must Provide Option to Not Launder Linen Daily. Hotels, motels and other commercial lodging establishments must provide customers the option of not having towels and linen laundered daily. Commercial lodging establishments must prominently display notice of this option in each bathroom using clear and easily understood language. Yes 0 CII - Commercial kitchens required to use pre-rinse spray valves On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Restaurants Required to Use Water Conserving Pre-rinse Spray Valves. Food preparation establishments, such as restaurants or cafes, shall use water conserving pre-rinse spray valves. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Commercial Car Washes. Commercial car wash facilities shall not permit the washing of any boat or vehicle in such facility or on its premises, other than by the following methods: use of mechanical automatic car wash facilities utilizing water recycling equipment; use of a hose that operates on a timer for limited time periods and shuts off automatically at the expiration of the time period; use of a hose equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle; and/or use of bucket and hand washing. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Washing of Equipment and Machinery. No person shall use a water hose to wash any type of equipment or machinery, or any portion thereof, unless the hose is equipped with an automatic shut- off nozzle. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Cleaning of Structures. No person shall use water through a hose, including pressure-washing, to clean the exterior of any building or structure unless such hose is equipped with a shut-off nozzle. Yes 0 Other water feature or swimming pool restriction On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Swimming Pools and Spas. No person shall empty and refill a swimming pool except to prevent or repair structural damage or to comply with public health regulations. All pools and spas shall be equipped with a water recirculation device. The use of a pool/spa cover is strongly encouraged to prevent evaporative water loss, and for the additional energy and chemical saving benefits. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Commercial/Industrial Laundry Facilities, Laundromats and Common Area Laundry Rooms. New commercial/industrial laundry facilities shall be equipped with a water reclamation system for reuse of rinse water. Laundromats and common area laundry rooms shall install high efficiency clothes washing machines, as older machines are replaced. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long Term-Conservation
Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings. Visitor-Serving Facilities. The owner and manager of each hotel, motel, restaurant, and other visitor- serving facility shall ensure that such facility displays, in places visible to all customers, placards or decals promoting public awareness of the need for water conservation and/or advising the public that waste of water is prohibited. Yes 0 Other On-going Long Term-Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water
Shortage Contingency Plan quantifiable
savings.

Public and Quasi-Public Entities. All public and quasi-public entities shall display, in visible locations in all restrooms, kitchens, and dining areas promoting public awareness of the need for water conservation and/or advising the public that waste of water is prohibited. Yes Page 485 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-4
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed 0 CII - Restaurants may only serve water upon request On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Drinking Water Served Upon Request Only. Eating or drinking establishments, including, but not limited to, restaurants, hotels, cafés, cafeterias, bars, clubs or other public places where food or drinks are sold, served, or offered for sale, are prohibited from providing drinking water to any person unless expressly requested. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Dishwashing and Garbage Disposals. All commercial kitchens with dishwashing facilities shall encourage the activity of scraping food waste into an organic waste recycling container rather than using a garbage disposal. No 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - Other Water Using Activities. Defrosting food with running water is prohibited. If using a hose for wash down of kitchens, garbage areas, or any other area required by the health department or for sanitation reasons, it shall have a positive shut-off nozzle. Scoop sinks shall be set at minimum flow at all times, and during hours of operation carefully monitored to avoid using water unnecessarily when the scoop sink is not in active use. Yes 0 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Food Service Facilities - New or Remodeled Kitchens. All other water using equipment in new or remodeled kitchens shall use the best available water conserving technology. Yes 0 Other - Prohibit use of potable water for construction and dust control On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings. Construction. No potable water may be used for compacting or dust control purposes in construction activities where there is a reasonably available source of other non-potable water approved by the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water and appropriate for such use. This condition must be identified and specified on construction drawings submitted to the City for review. Yes 0 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Construction. All water hoses used in connection with any construction activities shall be equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle when an automatic shut-off nozzle can be purchased or otherwise obtained for the size or type of hose in use. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Use of Hydrants. No person may use water from any fire hydrant for any purpose other than fire suppression or emergency aid, without first obtaining a City hydrant meter account or written approval from the Director of Public Works or his/her designee. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Water Recycling Required if Alternative Available. The use of potable water, other than recycled water, is prohibited for specified uses after the City has provided to the customer an analysis showing that recycled water is a cost-effective alternative to potable water for such uses and the customer has had a reasonable time, as determined by the City Manager or his/her designee, to make the conversion to recycled water. Yes 0 Landscape - Prohibit certain types of landscape irrigation On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Newly Constructed Homes and Buildings. The irrigation with potable water of landscapes outside of newly constructed homes and buildings in a manner inconsistent with regulations or other requirements established by the California Building Standards Commission and the Department of Housing and Community Development is prohibited. Yes 0 Other On-going Long-term Conservation Savings Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

Indiscriminate Use. No person shall cause or permit the indiscriminate running of water not otherwise prohibited, which is wasteful and without reasonable purpose. Yes 0 Increase Frequency of Meter Reading On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City utilizes Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) to read every meter several times a day. No Page 486 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-5
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed 0 Provide Rebates on Plumbing Fixtures and Devices On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City promotes MWDOC's indoor rebate programs for residential and commercial customers. No 0 Provide Rebates for Landscape Irrigation Efficiency On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City participates in MWDOC's Spray to Drip Rebate Program. No 0 Provide Rebates for Turf Replacement On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City participates in MWDOC's Turf Removal Rebate Program. No 0 Reduce System Water Loss On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City repairs identified leaks in a timely manner and participates in MWDOC's leak detection survey program to identify unidentified leaks. No 0 Improve Customer Billing On-going Long-term Conservation Savings
Measure. Not applicable to Water Shortage
Contingency Plan quantifiable savings.

The City uses the AMI system to identify increased or unusual usage, and contacts customers about possible leaks. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by up to 10%. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve and ways to conserve. No 1 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. All City staff to be alerted to the water supply shortage level conditions, supplied with educational material, and directed to actively intervene and educate the public when excessive use is observed. No 1 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-10% Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to three (3) days per week. Yes 1 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water usage rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 1 Water Supply Shortage. No 1 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 Other Percentage 0-1% Public Entities. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage 0-1% Commercial/Industrial Use. All non-essential water use should cease. Yes 1 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses. The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 1 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 1 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water shortage supply levels shall be communicated to the media. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 11% to 20%. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 2 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water No Page 487 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-6
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. 2 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-10% Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to three (3) days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes 2 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 2 Water Supply Shortage. No 2 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Decrease Line Flushing No 2 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 2 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 2 Other Percentage 0-1% The City may reduce non-potable water allocations in all categories to meet the available water supply. Yes 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 21% to 30%. No 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 3 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 3 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 3 Water Supply Shortage. No 3 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except at facilities using recycled or recirculating water Percentage 0-1% Residential Car Washing. Washing of autos, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes motorhomes, and other types of mobile equipment is prohibited, other than at a commercial car wash. Yes 3 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Decrease Line Flushing No 3 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 3 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 31% to 40%. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 4 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water No Page 488 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-7
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. 4 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 10-25% Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to two (2) days per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes 4 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 4 Water Supply Shortage. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. Agricultural users and commercial nurseries may be subject to additional restrictions if the regional or local agency or jurisdiction deems necessary. Yes 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Air Conditioning. No water shall be used for air conditioning purposes. Yes 4 Other water feature or swimming pool restriction Percentage 0-1% The issuance of new pool construction permits is prohibited. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% Hydrant Water Use. Use of temporary fire hydrant meter from the City or otherwise using water through a temporary City water service including jumpers is prohibited. Yes 4 Moratorium or Net Zero Demand Increase on New Connections Percentage 0-2% No New Potable Water Service. No new potable water service will be provided, no new temporary meters or permanent meters will be provided, and no statements of immediate ability to serve or provide potable water service will be issued, except under specified circumstances. No 4 Other Percentage 0-1% No New Annexations. The City will suspend consideration of annexations to its service area. No 4 Decrease Line Flushing Percentage 0-1% Suspend line flushing program, except when necessary for water quality or public health. No 4 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 4 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the requirement to reduce water usage by 41% to 50%. No 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 5 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 5 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific days Percentage 5-20% Lawn Watering and Landscape Irrigation. Watering or irrigating of lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is limited to one (1) day per week on a schedule established and posted by the City. Yes 5 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 5 Water Supply Shortage. No 5 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 5 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No Page 489 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2026 / FINAL DRAFT / CAROLLO CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY A-8
Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B) and (E) Yes Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) 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. How much is this going to reduce the shortage gap? Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or Other Enforcement? For Retail Suppliers Only Drop Down List
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction Value
(May be a range)
(AF) Add additional rows as needed 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this and subsequent water supply shortage levels shall be communicated to the media. No 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 5-10% Notify all users of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency and the requirement to reduce water usage by greater than 50%. No 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Community Outreach and Messaging: Expand community outreach and messaging to educate the public about the need to conserve, mandatory conservation requirements and ways to conserve. No 6 Increase Water Waste Patrols Percentage 0-1% Staff. At the discretion of the City Manager or his/her designee, hire, divert, or employ additional City staff and volunteers to monitor water usage, provide assistance to water users to reduce their water consumption, and to monitor the enforcement of the requirements, restrictions and priorities adopted by the City in response to the water supply shortage condition. No 6 Landscape - Prohibit all landscape irrigation Percentage 5-20% No Watering or Irrigating. Watering or irrigating lawn, landscape or other vegetated area with potable water is prohibited, unless otherwise noted. Restrictions may apply to recycled water as necessary. Yes 6 Other Percentage 0-1% Agriculture/Nurseries. Use of water for agricultural or commercial nursery purposes, except for livestock water, is prohibited. Yes 6 Other Percentage 0-1% Discontinue Service/Water Flow Device. After providing due process, the City, in its sole discretion, may discontinue service or place a flow restricting device on the meter of consumers who willfully violate provisions of this section. Yes 6 Other Percentage 5-10% Water Allocations/Water Budgets. The City may establish, develop or adjust budget-based water allocations for any of its classes of water users served by the City, which would apply for the duration of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency. Yes 6 Implement or Modify Drought Rate Structure or Surcharge Percentage 0-5% Adjust Water Usage Rates. The City may increase water rates, which would apply for the duration of the Level 6 Water Supply Shortage Emergency. No 6 Other Percentage 5-10% Other Prohibited Uses: The City may prohibit other water uses as determined by the City, after notice to customers. Yes 6 Other Percentage Other Actions Possible. Initiate or implement additional or innovative actions to increase the supply of water available to the City and to conserve the City's existing water supply. No 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage 0-1% Media. The declaration of this supply shortage level shall be communicated to the media. No DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. NOTES: Page 490 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
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APPENDIX B FOUNTAIN VALLEY Municipal Code
Chapter 14.18 Water Conservation
Below is the weblink to the current ordinance (last accessed on April 29, 2026) http://qcode.us/codes/fountainvalley/

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APPENDIX C WATER SHORTAGE COMMUNICATION
PLAN

1 Communication Protocol
Public communication is an ongoing activity where the purpose, audience, message, tools, and channels may change at any given moment. In the context of water shortage response, the purpose may be an emergency water shortage situation, such as may result from an earthquake, or a longer-term, non-emergency, shortage condition, such as may result from a drought. In an emergency, the City of Fountain Valley will activate the communication protocol detailed in the American Water Infrastructure Act Emergency Response Plan (ERP). In a non-emergency water shortage situation, the City will implement the procedures identified in this Communication Plan.

Timely and effective communication is a key element of Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) implementation. Per CWC Section 10632 (a)(5), the City has established communication protocols and procedures to inform stakeholders regarding any current or predicted shortages as determined by the annual water supply and demand assessment described pursuant to Section 10632.1; any shortage response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered by the annual water supply and demand assessment described pursuant to Section 10632.1; and any other relevant communications.

Emergency Response Plan Communication
The ERP defines the actions to be taken by City staff to reduce the loss of water and wastewater infrastructure; to respond effectively to a disaster; and to coordinate recovery operations in the aftermath of any emergency involving extensive damage to local and regional water and wastewater utilities. The ERP includes activation notification protocol that will be used to contact partner agencies to inform them of the situation, activation status of the ERP, known damage or impacts, or resource needs. The ERP is a standalone document that is reviewed annually and updated every 5 years. Refer to the ERP for full details.

Water Shortage Communication Plan
The Water Shortage Communication Plan serves as the baseline understanding for how the City will provide information and value to its various stakeholders, partners, and employees during both normal and water shortage conditions. The City’s Public Works Department works to elevate public awareness and participation in water efficiency at all times so, in the event of a water shortage, the community is aware of the importance of response actions and can identify as an active participant in the City’s goals. In times of water shortage, the Water Shortage Communication Plan provides guidance on how the City can increase communications to enhance community awareness and compliance with necessary demand management measures. The Communication Plan is designed to provide transparent, reliable, and accurate information to the public and collaborating agencies by identifying goals and objectives for each shortage level and outlining the appropriate communication interface tools and implementation schedule to for effective communication.

Goals & Objectives
The goal of the City’s Water Shortage Communication Plan is to create a local awareness of water shortage conditions and to encourage water efficiency from all citizens. The Water Shortage Communication Plan objectives further refine the focus of the program goal to achieve a desired outcome at specified shortage levels. As a water shortage condition escalates, the objectives of the Communication Plan also escalate to ensure progress toward water supply reliability. The

defined objectives for each Water Shortage Level will determine the information that is communicated at each level.

Target Audiences
The City reviewed its water demand and customer class profile to develop a communication plan to be the most effective with its unique customer profile and water demands. Based on the 2030 projections, the City’s single family water use is expected to account for 56% of the total water demand. Commercial, industrial, and institutional water use is project to account for 25% of total demand. Multifamily and landscape use are projected to account for 11% and 8% of total demand, respectively. By understanding the local customer and water use profile, the City can implement a Water Shortage Communication Plan that leverages the appropriate communications tools to reach the target audience most effectively during a water shortage.

The City has further refined their customer categories to identify the following target audiences for communication:

City staff
Homeowners and renters
Business owners
Local Industries
Property owners and managers
School district administrators and teachers
Elected officials and staff
Environmental/public interest groups
General Public
Local Media
Homeowners Associations
Golf Courses
Communications Interfaces and Tools
During normal and water shortage conditions, the City will utilize a comprehensive set of communication interface tools to engage water customers. The interface options and tools include, but are not limited to:

Water Bill Communications
Website Information and News Bulletins
City’s Newsletter
Social Media Outreach
Media Coverage (print and electronic)
Publications and Handouts
Presence at Local Events
Mayor Public Service Announcements
Direct Mailings
School Education Programs

Communication Tactics and Implementation Schedule
The City understands their responsibility to be transparent and accountable, have a positive impact on the community, and provide actionable guidance in times of water shortage. Carefully developed and executed communication tactics and an implementation schedule will establish trust and credibility for all stakeholders by clearly communicating expectations and responsibilities. Below is a description of the Water Shortage Communication Plan Tactics. These tactics will be implemented according to the schedule and objectives defined in Table 1.

This Water Shortage Communication Plan is designed to have a standard set of tactics that systematically align to the current Water Shortage Level. For example, information that may be educational during Shortage Level 0 will shift to specific status information and shortage level response action, as defined in Section 3.4.1 of the WSCP, as water shortage levels increase from 1 to 6. In Shortage Level 0, shortage communication will include a general overview of water efficiency. As the Water Shortage Levels increase, messaging will align with specific shortage level response requirements and objectives.

Website
City website: Provide water efficiency information and resources on City website including water shortage level status.

Water Shortage Indicator: develop a permanent image on the webpage that identifies water shortage level status. Image will be updated promptly when status level changes and will link to additional shortage level information.

Promote SoCal Water$mart and MWDOC websites: Provide information and link directing viewers to SoCal Water$mart and MWDOC incentive programs.

Social Media
Facebook: post water efficiency information and shortage level status on City’s Facebook page. This may include unique City content or reposting of regional messages and images.

Instagram: Post water efficiency information and shortage level status on City’s Instagram account. This may include unique City content or reposting of regional messages and images.

Digital and Print Media
Flyers/Signage/Brochures: Create and provide informational materials on water efficiency actions, local/regional water resource awareness, and water shortage level status.

Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs): provide water efficiency information in CCR, including water shortage level information.

Media Relations
News Stories/News Releases/Newsletters: Provide news releases with information regarding water shortage level and expected trends.

Briefing Papers/Talking Points: Provide briefing papers to local media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, and other publications. This may also include social media posts and infographics.

Community Outreach

Public Events: Promote water efficiency and water awareness at local events such as concerts in the park, National Night Out, Senior Expo, and other community events.

Promotional Giveaways: Provide promotional water efficiency devices or messaging materials (i.e. hats, stickers, mugs, etc.) promoting water efficiency and response.

Educational Outreach
School Programs: Provide water resource and efficiency presentations for local schools, including information and response to water shortage levels.

Residential Water Efficiency Educational Classes: Provide educational classes to community on topics such as finding and fixing leaks, irrigation program scheduling, waterwise vegetation, etc.

City Water Efficiency Programs
Rebate/Incentive Programs: Promote regional rebate and incentive programs for local water users. Messaging frequency increased as the shortage levels increase.

Turf Removal: Promote regional rebate and incentive programs for local water users.

Messaging frequency increased as the shortage levels increase.

Direct Customer Communication
Billing Inserts: Include billing inserts in water utility billings including water shortage level status and response actions.

Water Use Notifications: Include a comparison of actual water use compared to allocated water use and information regarding penalties.

Neighborhood Canvasing: City staff and/or representatives will canvas neighborhoods to educate residents of water shortage status and response action requirements.

Partnerships/Regional Initiatives
MET/MWODOC: Utilize regional messaging programs, messages, and resources to communicate with local water users.

Coordinate messaging with other member agencies and public partnerships.

Monitor, Evaluate, and Amend
The effectiveness of the City’s Communication Plan depends on a large variety of factors including technological advancements or changes, the rise and fall of audience engagement, current news or media concentration, political changes in leadership and focus, and the weather.

The Communication Plan will be evaluated for effectiveness and updated accordingly based on available metrics (i.e. website traffic) and stakeholder feedback.

Table 1: Water Shortage Communication Plan Implementation Schedule Water Shortage Level 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Goal Create a awareness of water shortage level status and encourage water efficiency from all citizens.

Objective
Permanent
Water Waste
Prohibitions,
Water
Awareness
Compliance
with
response
actions, up
to 10%
reduction in
water use
Compliance
with
response
actions, up
to 20%
reduction in
water use
Compliance
with
response
actions, up
to 30%
reduction in
water use
Compliance
with
response
actions, up
to 40%
reduction in
water use
Compliance
with
response
actions, up
to 50%
reduction in
water use
Compliance with
response actions,
Essential Water
Use only
Outreach Strategies
1) Website
2) Social Media
3) Digital and Print Media
4) Media Relations
5) Community Outreach
6) Educational Outreach
7) City Water Efficiency Programs
8) Direct Customer Communications
9) Partnerships/Regional Initiatives
Tactics
Website X X X X X X X
City Website X X X X X X X
Water Shortage Indicator X X X X X X X
Promote SoCal
Water$mart and MWDOC
websites

X X X X X X X
Social Media X X X X X X X
Facebook X X X X X X X
Instagram X X X X X X X
Digital and Print Media X X X X X X X
Flyers/Signage/Brochures X X X X X X X
Consumer Confidence
Reports (CCRs) X X X X X X X

Media Relations X X X X X X X
News Stories/News
Releases Newsletters: X X X X X X X
Briefing Papers/Talking
Points X X X X X X
Community Outreach X X X X X X X
Public Events X X X X X X X
Promotional Giveaways X X X X X X X
Educational Outreach X X X X X X X
School Programs X X X X X X X
Residential Water
Efficiency Educational
Classes

X X X X X X X
City Water Efficiency
Programs X X X X X X X
Rebate/Incentive
Programs X X X X X X X
Turf Removal X X X X X X X
Direct Customer
Communication X X X X X X X
Billing Inserts X X X X X X X
Water Use Notifications X X X X X X
Neighborhood Canvasing X X X
Partnerships/Regional
Initiatives X X X X X X X
Message Frequency Ongoing, regular messaging Frequency escalates depending on water shortage level and/or financial budget

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APPENDIX D NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (PENDING)

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APPENDIX E ADOPTED WSCP RESOLUTION (PENDING)

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CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST
To: Honorable Mayor and Agenda Date: May 19, 2026
Members of the City Council
SUBJECT: (1) Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Authorizing the use of Safe and Sane Fireworks in the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park on July 4, 2026; or
(2) Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance Authorizing the use of Safe and Sane Fireworks on Residential Streets on July 4, 2026; or (3) Take no action and continue the City’s current ban on fireworks Three-Year Strategic Goals
Enhance the culture and environment of “A Nice Place to Live.” Achieve fiscal stability by evaluating processes, and attract and retain revenue producing businesses/opportunities.

Attract and retain quality staff through best practices and trends.

Maintain, build, and modernize infrastructure to support the growth and future needs of the City.

Not applicable.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council Member Bui requested future consideration of allowing Fireworks at the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park on July 4, 2026. Staff now present three (3) options. The first is to allow fireworks at the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park, as requested. The second is to allow fireworks on residential streets. The third is to take no action and continue to prohibit fireworks.

DISCUSSION
City generally prohibits fireworks in all areas of the City via its Municipal Code. Therefore, any authorization for the limited use of fireworks should be authorized, if at all, via ordinance.

As discussed above, Staff is presenting two (2) options for allowing fireworks (there is, of course, the third option of continuing to not allow fireworks), one at the Recreation Center, and the other on residential streets. Both options provide for the limited use of fireworks on July 4, 2026, from noon to 10:00 p.m. Both authorize the use of Safe and Sane Fireworks only.

Dangerous or illegal fireworks, as defined by state law, are prohibited. No fireworks are permitted to be used in any location other than the prescribed areas. Both allow the Fire Chief

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to immediately suspend or prohibit the sale, possession, or discharge of fireworks in the event weather or other conditions create an unreasonable safety hazard.

Under both options, the sale of fireworks is also being authorized. Sale is limited to Safe and Sane Fireworks from June 26, 2026, until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on July 4, 2026. Sellers must obtain a Fountain Valley Fireworks Sellers Permit. Only 10 permits are proposed to be granted.

To be eligible to apply for a Fireworks Sellers Permit, an applicant must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization having its primary place of business in the City of Fountain Valley. It is proposed that, in the event the City receives more than 10 applications, recipients be chosen by lottery. Note that, because of the 30-day period for the ordinance to take effect, if Council desired to allow the sale of fireworks starting June 26, 2026, the ordinance would need to be adopted at an adjourned regular meeting held on or before May 27, 2026. The difference between the two (2) options to allow fireworks is the location of the authorized use of fireworks. Under the first option, which is to allow fireworks at the Recreation Center, the event could appear as a City-sponsored event. This creates concern, as discussed by several Departments below, regarding liability and operational issues. In light of these concerns, it was determined that, rather than allowing fireworks at the Recreation Center, the Council could consider lifting its ban on the use of fireworks on residential streets. Under this latter option, fireworks use would be private.

Further, Risk Management noted that, if the City did permit the use of safe and sane fireworks at the Recreation Center (or any other specific location), there would be no way to enforce the age restriction on the use of fireworks. Also, if someone were to get hurt or property damage were to occur, the City could face liability issues regarding perceived creation of a “Citysponsored” event; lack of a contract with indemnification language and insurance requirements typically required for fireworks displays at City events; and difficulty in identifying the person who set off which fireworks that caused damage. Risk management has confirmed with the City’s insurance carrier, CJPIA, that adoption of this ordinance would exclude this event from our liability coverage through the CJPIA by Exclusion P.1, which reads as follows:

P. Any Claim, liability, alleged liability, loss, cost, or expense arising out of

1. The adoption or administrative application of any ordinance, resolution or regulation
The Fire Department noted that, regardless of which option is selected, opening the door to the sale and use of safe and sane fireworks in the City could increase injuries, fires, illegal fireworks, and call volumes for the fire department.

Regarding safe and sane fireworks in the Sports Park, Fire noted that the scope of the event will dictate actual fire department resource needs, but as an estimate of the financial impact:
1 standby ambulance (Surge ambulance cost with Falck @ $240.00 per hour for 10 hours): $2,400.00
1 standby engine company crew (10 hours) estimated: $3,082

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1 standby chief officer (10 hours) estimated: $1,034
Total ambulance/overtime estimate: $6,516
The Fire Department has further concerned about adequate/safe spacing between groups and vehicles. Vehicles driving through the fireworks lighting area raise concerns about pedestrian safety. Lastly, although used fireworks can be thrown away in a regular trash can, the disposal of used fireworks into city trash cans and dumpsters, without having the typical garden hose or 5-gallon bucket available in residential settings, will increase the risk of trash can or dumpster fires on park/city property.

FVPD is concerned that the Department does not have sufficient personnel currently scheduled to work on the evening of July 4, 2026, to support the use of fireworks during the holiday. Should City Council approve the use of fireworks in Mile Square Park, FVPD will be required to engage a minimum of seven employees to work overtime.

The minimum number of additional police personnel required to work 10-Hour overtime shifts would include: (1) Sergeant, (4) Officers, and (2) Police Services Officers. The total estimated cost will be $5,624.20.

Sergeant hourly OT rate: $108.54 x 10 hours = $1,085.40 Officer hourly OT rate: $84.09 x 10 hours = $840.90 x 4 = $3,363.60 PSO hourly OT rate: $58.76 x 10 hours = 587.60 x 2 = $1,175.20 TOTAL: $5,624.20
The anticipated number of attendees and/or crowd size remains unknown; however, it is reasonable to expect certain public safety challenges due to the expected influx of people.

There will likely be increased traffic and parking issues, drug use and alcohol consumption, disputes, and possible physical altercations, in addition to a high probability of dangerous mortar-type fireworks being ignited.

The Public Works cleanup cost estimates are:

Citywide Fireworks - A quick citywide street sweep on July 5 will cost approximately $5,000.

Sports Park Fireworks – The landscape contractor providing fireworks cleanup on July 5 th will cost approximately $4,000.

If special event signal timing services are needed (City staff and consultant), the cost will be approximately $1,500.

Community Services noted that, if the City allows fireworks at the Recreation Center, the Community Services Department would staff one (1) FTE ($55.29 per hour) and two (2) PTE Recreation Leaders ($22.49 x2 per Hour) for the entirety of the approved hours. Staff would provide patron support and logistics throughout the day a large crowd would be expected to celebrate the 250th Anniversary.

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FISCAL REVIEW
Under alternative No. 1, the fiscal impact of allowing fireworks at the Recreation Center is estimated at $18,600. This includes $6,500 for the Fire Department to provide a standby ambulance and fire personnel; $5,600 for the Police Department to provide necessary security, crowd control, and public safety services during the event; $4,000 fireworks cleanup/$1500 special event signal timing services; and $1,000 for the Recreation Department to coordinate logistics and site preparation. These related costs would be absorbed by the respective departmental budgets.

There would be a minimal fiscal impact of $5,000 for alternative No. 2, the citywide street sweep on July 5, which would allow fireworks on residential streets, as no additional city resources would be allocated.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
This appeal was a noticed public hearing. Adoption of this confirming resolution was noticed pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW
Not applicable.

ATTORNEY REVIEW
The Attorney for the City prepared the Ordinances and this Staff Report.

ALTERNATIVES
Alternative No. 1: Introduce and Approve for Second Reading-Adoption an Ordinance Allowing Safe and Sane Fireworks in the Recreation Center on July 4, 2026.

Alternative No. 2: Introduce and Approve for Second Reading-Adoption an Ordinance Allowing Safe and Sane Fireworks on Residential Streets on July 4, 2026.

Alternative No. 3: Take no action and continue the City’s current ban on fireworks.

RECOMMENDATION
This was a Council Member initiated item. Staff has no recommendation.

Prepared by: Colin Burns, Attorney for the City
Fiscal review by: Ryan Smith, Finance Director
Approved by: Maggie Le, City Manager
Attachments:

Fireworks Ordinance
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1. Ordinance Allowing Safe and Sane Fireworks in the Recreation Center on July 4, 2026

2. Ordinance Allowing Safe and Sane Fireworks on Residential Streets on July 4, 2026

ORDINANCE NO. ___

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

FOUNTAIN VALLEY AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SAFE

AND SANE FIREWORKS IN THE RECREATION CENTER
AT MILE SQUARE PARK ON JULY 4, 2026
WHEREAS, Section 12500 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code authorizes local jurisdictions to regulate or prohibit the sale, possession, and use of fireworks; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fountain Valley has prohibited the use of fireworks at all times and in all places in the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to permit a limited, controlled exception to the City’s fireworks prohibition to allow the use of State Fire Marshal–approved “Safe and Sane Fireworks” during limited hours, in the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park, on Independence Day in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the independence of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that allowing such use only in the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park and only during limited hours on July 4, 2026, will reasonably protect public health and safety while accommodating community celebration.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Authorization of Safe and Sane Fireworks – July 4, 2026 Notwithstanding any provision of the Fountain Valley Municipal Code to the contrary, the possession, sale, and use of Safe and Sane Fireworks, as defined by the California Health and Safety Code and approved by the California State Fire Marshal, shall be permitted in the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park in the City of Fountain Valley on July 4, 2026, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 10:00 p.m. All fireworks other than Safe and Sane Fireworks, including but not limited to dangerous or illegal fireworks as defined by state law, are strictly prohibited at all times, including on July 4, 2026. No fireworks are permitted to be used in any location other than the Recreation Center at Mile Square Park. No fireworks are permitted to be used in any location prior to 12:00 p.m. (noon) or after 10:00 p.m. on July 4, 2026.

Section 2. Sales of Safe and Sane Fireworks
501(c)(3) charitable organizations may sell safe and sane fireworks in the City from June 26, 2026 until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on July 4, 2026 if they first obtain a City of

Fountain Valley Fireworks Sellers Permit. Only 10 such permits will be granted. To be eligible to apply for a City of Fountain Valley Fireworks Sellers Permit, an applicant must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with its primary place of business located within the City of Fountain Valley. The recipients shall be chosen by lottery.

Section 3. Conditions, Fire Danger, and Weather Shutoff Authority A. The City Manager, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief are authorized to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations consistent to protect public health, safety, and property.

B. Fire Danger and Weather Shutoff Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Fire Chief, or designee, is expressly authorized to immediately suspend or prohibit the sale, possession, or discharge of Safe and Sane Fireworks, in whole or in part, during the authorized period if the Fire Chief, or designee, determines that conditions pose an elevated risk to life or property, including but not limited to:

1. Extreme fire danger;

2. Red Flag Warning conditions, high winds, or excessive heat;

3. Drought or unusually dry vegetation;

4. Active fires, recent fire activity, or limited firefighting resources; or

5. Any emergency or hazardous condition that could reasonably increase the likelihood of fire or injury.

C. Any suspension or prohibition imposed under this Section may be geographical, temporal, or citywide, and shall remain in effect for the duration determined necessary by the Fire Chief.

D. The exercise of fire danger or weather shutoff authority under this Section shall not give rise to any claim for refund, compensation, or vested right to use fireworks.

E. Nothing in this Ordinance limits the authority of law enforcement or fire personnel to take immediate enforcement action to abate hazardous conditions or violations of law.

Section 4. Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have

adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more portions may be declared invalid.

Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be published as required by law. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Fountain Valley at a regular meeting this _______ day of ______________, 2026.

ATTEST: __________________________ _________________________ Rick Miller Jim Cunneen City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

HARPER & BURNS LLP
___________________________ Colin Burns
Attorney for the City

ORDINANCE NO. ___

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

FOUNTAIN VALLEY AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SAFE

AND SANE FIREWORKS ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS ON
JULY 4, 2026
WHEREAS, Section 12500 et seq. of the California Health and Safety Code authorizes local jurisdictions to regulate or prohibit the sale, possession, and use of fireworks; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fountain Valley has prohibited the use of fireworks at all times and in all places in the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to permit a limited, controlled exception to the City’s fireworks prohibition to allow the use of State Fire Marshal–approved “Safe and Sane Fireworks” during limited hours, on residential streets, on Independence Day in recognition of the 250th Anniversary of the independence of the United States; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that allowing such use only on residential streets and only during limited hours on July 4, 2026, will reasonably protect public health and safety while accommodating community celebration.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Authorization of Safe and Sane Fireworks – July 4, 2026 Notwithstanding any provision of the Fountain Valley Municipal Code to the contrary, the possession, sale, and use of Safe and Sane Fireworks, as defined by the California Health and Safety Code and approved by the California State Fire Marshal, shall be permitted on residential streets in the City of Fountain Valley on July 4, 2026, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. (noon) and 10:00 p.m. For purposes of this Ordinance, “residential street” shall mean any street in the City that has a width of 40 feet or less, curb to curb, or cul-de-sac thereof, and is located in a Residential Zoning District as shown on City’s Zoning Map. All fireworks other than Safe and Sane Fireworks, including but not limited to dangerous or illegal fireworks as defined by state law, are strictly prohibited at all times, including on July 4, 2026. No fireworks are permitted to be used in any location other than residential streets. No fireworks are permitted to be used in any location prior to 12:00 p.m. (noon) or after 10:00 p.m. on July 4, 2026.

Section 2. Sales of Safe and Sane Fireworks
501(c)(3) charitable organizations may sell safe and sane fireworks in the City from June 26, 2026 until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on July 4, 2026 if they first obtain a City of

Fountain Valley Fireworks Sellers Permit. Only 10 such permits will be granted. To be eligible to apply for a City of Fountain Valley Fireworks Sellers Permit, an applicant must be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with its primary place of business located within the City of Fountain Valley. The recipients shall be chosen by lottery.

Section 3. Conditions, Fire Danger, and Weather Shutoff Authority A. The City Manager, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief are authorized to promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations consistent to protect public health, safety, and property.

B. Fire Danger and Weather Shutoff Authority. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, the Fire Chief, or designee, is expressly authorized to immediately suspend or prohibit the sale, possession, or discharge of Safe and Sane Fireworks, in whole or in part, during the authorized period if the Fire Chief, or designee, determines that conditions pose an elevated risk to life or property, including but not limited to:

1. Extreme fire danger;

2. Red Flag Warning conditions, high winds, or excessive heat;

3. Drought or unusually dry vegetation;

4. Active fires, recent fire activity, or limited firefighting resources; or

5. Any emergency or hazardous condition that could reasonably increase the likelihood of fire or injury.

C. Any suspension or prohibition imposed under this Section may be geographical, temporal, or citywide, and shall remain in effect for the duration determined necessary by the Fire Chief.

D. The exercise of fire danger or weather shutoff authority under this Section shall not give rise to any claim for refund, compensation, or vested right to use fireworks.

E. Nothing in this Ordinance limits the authority of law enforcement or fire personnel to take immediate enforcement action to abate hazardous conditions or violations of law.

Section 4. Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have

adopted this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more portions may be declared invalid.

Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be published as required by law. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Fountain Valley at a regular meeting this _______ day of ______________, 2026.

ATTEST: __________________________ _________________________ Rick Miller Jim Cunneen City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

HARPER & BURNS LLP
___________________________ Colin Burns
Attorney for the City

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY

CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST
To: Honorable Mayor and Agenda Date: May 19, 2026
Members of the City Council
SUBJECT: Report from the Measure HH Advisory Oversight Committee on FY2024-25 Audited Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures
Three-Year Strategic Goals
Cultivate a welcoming culture and safe environment that makes our community “A Nice Place to Live”
Ensure long-term fiscal stability by evaluating processes, and attract and retain revenue producing businesses/opportunities
Attract and retain quality staff through best practices and trends Maintain, build, plan for, and modernize infrastructure to support growth and future needs of the City
Not applicable

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 8, 2016, the residents of the City of Fountain Valley approved Measure HH – a one-cent transactions and use (i.e. “sales”) tax. Pursuant to the ballot measure, a citizen advisory committee was formed to review the expenditure of Measure HH revenues in relation to the City’s Responsible Spending Pledge.

DISCUSSION
The Responsible Spending Pledge sets forth the City’s fiscal policy on the use of Measure HH, which states that the majority of this money should be used to maintain:

Essential City services including public safety / 911 emergency response; Keep Fire Station 2 open and maintain firefighter / paramedics; Police Station and Police officers; restore anti-gang / drug programs; Senior and youth programs;
Streets / sidewalks / roadways and repair storm water systems Parks and play equipment; and
Provide other essential City services
The pledge also states that when additional revenue gains are realized, the City should seek opportunities to:

Pay off, pay down, consolidate or refinance the City’s outstanding debt; Pay down unfunded liabilities; and

Report on 2024-25 Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures
May 19, 2026

Rebuild and maintain the City’s established reserve levels.

At the March 26, 2026, Measure HH Oversight Committee meeting, the City’s Finance Director, Ryan Smith, presented the audit report of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures for fiscal year 2024-25 (Attachment 2). The 2024-25 auditor’s report reflected approximately $17.19 million of revenue from Measure HH. In accordance with the Responsible Spending Pledge, $16 million of Measure HH funds were used to fund essential city services, including paying down unfunded liabilities and city debt, and partially funding a residential road rehabilitation project. Included was a total of $5 million in contributions towards the City’s Pension and OPEB liabilities, consistent with the City’s 20-Year Financial Plan. The goal of the 20-year plan is to pay off all outstanding debt and pay down unfunded liabilities by 2037, when Measure HH sunsets. In addition, $365,000 was set aside for future Fire Department apparatus purchases.

The balance of Measure HH revenue in the amount of $1.1 million was transferred to the Measure HH Reserve. Additionally, $111,000 of previously set-aside Measure HH reserves were used towards the Fire Station No.1 Project. The Measure HH Oversight Committee also reviewed the City’s 20-Year Financial Plan, which guides fiscal policy and encompasses the long-term operating and capital needs of the General Fund.

On April 30, 2026, the Measure HH Oversight Committee met, discussed, and prepared a report to the City Council regarding the FY 2024-25 audited Measure HH revenues and expenditures. The Oversight Committee’s report to City Council is attached (Attachment 1), and members of the committee will be present at the City Council meeting on May 19, 2026, to answer questions.

FISCAL REVIEW
Receiving this report has no direct fiscal impact.

ALTERNATIVES
Alternative No.1: Receive and File the Report from the Measure HH Advisory Oversight Committee on FY2024-25 Audited Measure HH Revenues and
Expenditures.

Alternative No. 2: Do not approve Alternative No. 1.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Alternative No. 1.

Prepared by: Ryan Smith, Finance Director/City Treasurer Reviewed by: Colin Burns, City Attorney
Approved by: Maggie Le, City Manager
Attachment 1: Report from the Measure HH Advisory Oversight Committee on FY2024-25 Audited Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures
Attachment 2: FY 2024-25 Measure HH Audit Report

10200 Slater Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone: (714) 593-4412
Fax: 714-593-4494
www.FountainValley.gov
, 2026
TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL:
the tax
March 26, 2026
reserves. .

Randy Takayama, Chair
January 2021 – Present

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY --MEASURE HH ADVISORY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Feeman Dogar
February 2025-
Present
Stephen Schwarz,
February 2021 – Present February 2022 –
Present
-- April 2017 – Present

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Schedule of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures
With Independent Accountant’s Report Thereon
For the Year Ended June 30, 2025

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Independent Accountant’s Report
To the Honorable City Council
City of Fountain Valley, California
We have examined management of the City of Fountain Valley’s (the City) assertion that the City complied with Measure HH included in the accompanying Schedule of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures (schedule) during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The City’s management is responsible for its assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assertion about the City’s compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the standards applicable to attestation engagements contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the City complied, in all material respects, with the specified requirements referenced above. An examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether the City complied with the specified requirements. The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material noncompliance, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We are required to be independent and meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement.

Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the City’s compliance with specified requirements.

In our opinion, management’s assertion that the City complied with Measure HH reporting requirements included in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects.

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we are required to report all deficiencies that are considered to be significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in internal control; fraud, and noncompliance with provisions of laws, regulations, contracts or grant agreements that have a material effect on the City’s compliance with the specified requirements and any other instances that warrant the attention of those charged with governance. We are also required to obtain and report the views of responsible officials concerning the findings, conclusions, and recommendations, as well as any planned corrective actions. We performed our examination to express an opinion on the City’s compliance with the specified requirements and not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the internal control over the specified requirements or on compliance and other matters; accordingly, we express no such opinions. The results of our tests disclosed no matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. Page 516 -2-
Intended Purpose
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the City Council and management of the City and is not suitable for any other purpose.

San Bernardino, California
December 15, 2025

Measure HH Revenues $ 17,187,563
Transaction Tax 17,187,563
17101 Bushard Revenue - Measure HH Expenditures:

Reoccurring Expenses Incurred on Essential City Services $ 15,999,914 One-Time Expenses $ 111,000
$ 1,076,648
Reoccurring Expenses Incurred on Essential City Services:

Pay Down Unfunded Liabilities;1
CalPERS Unfunded Accrued Liabilities (UAL) Payments
5,257,473
City Miscellaneous required CalPERS UAL Payments 2,650,389 Total Required UAL Payments 7,907,862 $
Pay Down Unfunded Liabilities;1
Additional Payment towards unfunded pension liabilities 3,000,000 Contribution towards unfunded OPEB liabilities 2,000,000 Total Additional UAL Payments 5,000,000 $
Outstanding Debt Payments
2015A Pension Obligation Bonds 1,398,638
2016A Stormwater Infrastructure Bonds 864,948
2017 Clean Renewable Energy Bonds 225,866
Total Debt Payments 2,489,452 $
Streets / sidewalks / roadways and repair storm water systems;3 Roadway Rehabilitation Projects
2,600
600,000
Total Roadway Rehab Projects 602,600 $
Total Reoccurring Expenses5
$ 15,999,914
Reserves Set-Aside in 24-25:
$ 365,000
Increase in Measure HH Reserves $ 822,648
Set-Aside Reserves Appropriated in FY24-254
Fire Station No.1 Project (111,000)
Total Appropriated Reserves (111,000) $
Measure HH Funds Set-Aside in 24-25 1,076,648 $
See accompanying notes to Schedule of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures.

Financial Stewardship: HH Reserves Set-Aside in 24-25

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY

SCHEDULE OF MEASURE HH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025
Measure HH provided necessary funding in Fiscal Year 2024-25 that was used for the following in accordance with the Responsible Spending Pledge:

Police and Fire required CalPERS UAL Payments
Pay off or pay down the City’s outstanding debt;2
Residential Roadway Rehab Project
Capital Equipment Reserves - $365,000 Transfer to Fleet Management Internal Service Fund - Set-aside for Fire Apparatus
Ellis & Warner Roadway Rehab Project

$ (2,966,251) 2,966,251 $ - $ - $
1,000,000 (260,304) (111,000) 628,696
500,000 - - 500,000
650,000 - - 650,000
$ (3,226,555) 5,116,251 $ (111,000) $ 1,778,696 $
- 6,000,000 6,000,000 5
- 17101 Bushard Revenue - In April 2024, the City purchased a property at 17101 Bushard as a location for a future Fire Station. $6 Million of Measure HH reserves were used to purchase the property, with a stipulation that the first $6 Million of any revenue earned from use of the property would be returned to the Measure HH reserves. During fiscal year 2024-25 the existing building on the property was demolished and the property was made available for short-term lease. To date, no revenues have been received on the property.

Set-Aside
Funds Used In
Prior Years
Set-Aside
Funds Used In
FY 2024-25
Remaining Balance
Revenue
To Date
Purchased April
18, 2024
2 - Pay off or pay down the City’s outstanding debt - The City's debt service includes payments for three outstanding bonds that are General Fund obligations. All three bonds are set to Mature prior to measure HH Sunset, with the last maturity being May 1, 2037. Fiscal Year 2024-25 includes approximately $2.49 million of Measure HH funds allocated towards these General Fund obligations.

Police Locker Room Remodel
Fire Station No. 1
Sports Park Outbuildings
Sports Park Road Rehab
FY2020-21
Set-Aside Remaining Balance 4
- Capital Reserve Set-Asides - In the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Schedule of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures, a total of $5,116,251 in Measure HH funds were set-aside for specific capital projects. In FY 2024-25, $111,000 of these allocated funds were used, leaving a remaining balance of $1,778,696. 3 - Streets / sidewalks / roadways and repair storm water systems - Measure HH was approved by the community to allow for continuous operating and improvement of essential City services. Each year, Measure HH funds are used to supplement the annual residential roadway rehabilitation project. This project rehabilitates the road surface on residential streets within Fountain Valley. Without the use of Measure HH funds, the project would be scaled back or deferred to future years.
1 - Pay Down Unfunded Liabilities - The City has an unfunded accrued pension liability of $89.59 Million as of the most recent valuation measurement date of June 30, 2024. In addition to the CalPERS required $7.9 Million contribution towards the City's UAL, the City also paid $3 Million of Measure HH funds in FY24-25 as additional discretionary payments to accelerate the pay-down of the unfunded liability. 17101 Bushard Property5

1. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT FOCUS

2. REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
Total reserves and targets are as follows as of June 30, 2025:

Short-Term/
Measure HH Long-Term
Contributed Reserves Targeted % Funded by
Reserves at 6/30/25* Reserve Measure HH
OPEB Trust Reserves 3,700,000 $ 18,327,376 $10-30 Million 20% Pension Trust Reserves 17,300,000 18,975,132 $10-30 Million 91% Measure HH Reserves 20,323,986 20,323,986 - 100%
HH Capital Rsrve-Set-aside 1,778,696 1,778,696 - 100%
Emergency Reserves 4,903,421 17,089,652 25% of GF Exp 29% Fire Apparatus Reserves 1,460,000 1,460,000 $2 Million 100% $ 77,954,842 49,466,103 $ 63%
* Including Measure HH and non-HH reserves set-aside and related investment income.

Measure HH is a general-purpose tax, which means the revenues received go into the City's General Fund to maintain or enhance any lawful City program, improvement, or service such as police and fire services, senior and youth programs, etc. Without Measure HH, the General Fund's operating deficit for the FY 2024/25 would have been $8,521,827. Measure HH expenditures include the utilization of funds to pay down unfunded pension liabilities in an amount totaling $10,907,862, pay down unfunded OPEB liabilities in the amount of $2,000,000, and paying debt obligations of $2,489,452. In addition, $602,600 of Measure HH funds were allocated to supplement the Roadway Rehabilitation Projects.

Total Measure HH reserves set-aside in the General Fund between fiscal year 2016/17 and fiscal year 2023/24 have been $54,002,965. During the FY 2019/20 a prepayment was made for the purchase of a fire apparatus in which the reserves set-aside was reduced by $1,199,307. Additionally, $3,337,555 of Measure HH Capital Reserve Set-asides have been allocated for the Police Department Locker Room Project and Fire Station No.1 Project. As of June 30, 2025 the total reserve balance contributed by Measure HH is $49,466,103.

The remaining balance of Measure HH funds represent amounts set-aside in reserves. The reserves setaside in FY 2024/25 include an increase in Measure HH reserves of $822,648 and an increase in Fleet Reserves of $365,000 for future Fire Apparatus.

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Notes to the Schedule of Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures Year Ended June 30, 2025
The Measure HH Revenues and Expenditures Schedule (Schedule) is presented using the modified-accrual basis of accounting. Under the modified-accrual basis of accounting, revenues are recognized when they become both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collected within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the City considers revenues to be available if they are collected within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal year. Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting.

Measure HH revenues consist of the 1% transactions and use (i.e. "sales") tax approved by the voters of Fountain Valley on November 8, 2016. Measure HH became effective April 1, 2017. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25, Measure HH provided approximately $17.19 million in General Fund Revenue.

Continued
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2022-2023 Actual 2023-2024 Actual 2024-2025 Actual
2025-2026 Mid-Year Budget 2026-2027 Adopted
Budget
2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032 2032-2033 Revenues Property Tax $ 23,365,555 24,808,441 $ 25,739,774 $ 26,210,000 $ 27,199,000 $ 28,014,970 $ 28,855,419 $ 29,721,082 $ 30,612,714 $ 31,531,096 $ 32,477,028 Sales tax $ 17,042,213 16,176,295 $ 16,150,055 $ 16,315,000 $ 16,145,000 $ 16,629,350 $ 17,128,231 $ 17,642,077 $ 18,171,340 $ 18,716,480 $ 19,277,974 Measure HH $ 17,363,447 17,146,213 $ 17,187,563 $ 16,940,000 $ 17,250,000 $ 17,767,500 $ 18,300,525 $ 18,849,541 $ 19,415,027 $ 19,997,478 $ 20,597,402 Franchise Tax $ 2,595,445 2,619,098 $ 2,734,645 $ 2,780,000 $ 2,800,000 $ 2,856,000 $ 2,913,120 $ 2,971,382 $ 3,030,810 $ 3,091,426 $ 3,153,255 Transient Occupancy Tax $ 1,522,875 1,411,257 $ 1,324,561 $ 1,515,000 $ 1,515,000 $ 1,545,300 $ 1,576,206 $ 1,607,730 $ 1,639,885 $ 1,672,682 $ 1,706,136 Use of Money & Property $ 2,239,414 5,782,973 $ 6,222,691 $ 3,305,650 $ 3,046,830 $ 3,107,767 $ 3,169,922 $ 3,233,320 $ 3,265,654 $ 3,298,310 $ 3,331,293 Other Revenues $ 3,012,135 2,813,460 $ 2,766,007 $ 3,389,150 $ 3,316,645 $ 3,382,978 $ 3,450,637 $ 3,519,650 $ 3,554,847 $ 3,590,395 $ 3,626,299 Interfund Transfers $ 564,438 $ 675,292 $ 678,033 $ 862,177 $ 784,770 $ 800,465 $ 816,475 $ 832,804 $ 841,132 $ 849,544 $ 858,039 Finance Revenue $ 522,618 $ 523,905 $ 536,451 $ 514,000 $ 519,000 $ 529,380 $ 539,968 $ 550,767 $ 556,275 $ 561,837 $ 567,456 Planning Revenue $ 460,059 $ 593,762 $ 711,325 $ 556,610 $ 501,610 $ 511,642 $ 521,875 $ 532,313 $ 537,636 $ 543,012 $ 548,442 Building Revenue $ 1,947,033 $ 1,601,996 $ 2,032,261 $ 2,045,870 $ 1,754,870 $ 1,789,967 $ 1,825,767 $ 1,862,282 $ 1,880,905 $ 1,899,714 $ 1,918,711 Public Works Revenue $ 891,993 $ 1,048,960 $ 1,458,191 $ 1,422,600 $ 1,139,600 $ 1,162,392 $ 1,185,640 $ 1,209,353 $ 1,221,446 $ 1,233,661 $ 1,245,997 Fire Revenue $ 694,596 $ 883,482 $ 1,232,180 $ 1,106,500 $ 1,106,500 $ 1,128,630 $ 1,151,203 $ 1,174,227 $ 1,185,969 $ 1,197,829 $ 1,209,807 Ambulance Program $ 2,585,640 $ 4,230,640 $ 6,806,572 $ 6,076,574 $ 5,846,574 $ 5,963,505 $ 6,082,776 $ 6,204,431 $ 6,266,475 $ 6,329,140 $ 6,392,432 Police Revenue $ 762,142 $ 692,521 $ 914,880 $ 940,000 $ 935,000 $ 953,700 $ 972,774 $ 992,229 $ 1,002,152 $ 1,012,173 $ 1,022,295 Community Services Revenue $ 987,761 $ 995,857 $ 1,116,626 $ 1,095,200 $ 1,081,600 $ 1,103,232 $ 1,125,297 $ 1,147,803 $ 1,159,281 $ 1,170,873 $ 1,182,582 Grants/ Projects $ 1,035,671 $ 1,069,972 $ 1,007,668 $ 323,485 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Advertising Revenue $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 Total Revenues $ 77,593,035 $ 83,074,124 $ 88,619,483 $ 85,397,816 $ 84,941,999 $ 87,246,779 $ 91,115,833 $ 93,550,991 $ 95,841,546 $ 98,195,650 $ 100,615,149 Expenses
Personnel Expenses $ 33,408,224 $ 35,329,319 $ 39,665,178 $ 41,506,713 $ 44,629,934 $ 46,861,431 $ 49,204,502 $ 51,664,727 $ 52,698,022 $ 53,751,982 $ 54,827,022 Internal Service Charges $ 8,352,754 $ 10,008,840 $ 10,242,765 $ 10,962,060 $ 10,463,645 $ 10,672,918 $ 10,886,376 $ 11,104,104 $ 11,326,186 $ 11,552,710 $ 11,783,764 Operating Expenses $ 8,439,647 $ 8,523,039 $ 8,532,832 $ 13,624,030 $ 14,036,215 $ 14,176,577 $ 14,318,343 $ 14,461,526 $ 14,606,141 $ 14,752,203 $ 14,899,725 Ambulance Program (contract) $ 1,535,954 $ 2,129,130 $ 3,327,397 $ 3,232,535 $ 1,373,827 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Debt Service (annual) $ 2,391,903 $ 2,440,677 $ 2,489,463 $ 2,537,810 $ 2,599,180 $ 2,658,482 $ 2,712,512 $ 2,780,863 $ 1,945,213 $ 1,981,537 $ 2,017,494 Transfers out $ 500,104 $ 1,235,826 $ 365,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - PERS UAL Payment $ 7,115,906 $ 6,684,086 $ 7,907,862 $ 9,000,000 $ 9,100,000 $9,009,000 $8,918,910 $8,829,721 $8,741,424 $8,654,009 $8,567,469 OPEB ARC funding $ - $ - $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 CalPERS UAL Additional payments $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 Total Expenses $ 64,744,492 $ 69,350,917 $ 77,530,497 $ 85,863,148 $ 87,202,801 $ 88,378,408 $ 91,040,643 $ 93,840,941 $ 94,316,986 $ 95,692,441 $ 97,095,473 Total Operating Surplus/(Deficit) $ 12,848,543 $ 13,723,207 $ 11,088,986 $ (465,332) $ (2,260,802) $ (1,131,629) $ 75,190 $ (289,950) $ 1,524,561 $ 2,503,209 $ 3,519,675 Capital Projects $ 11,205,956 $ 7,726,512 $ 2,335,830 $ 7,477,588 $ 4,688,502 $ 12,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 Facility Capital Fund $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 Total Surplus/(Deficit) $ 1,642,586 $ 5,996,695 $ 8,753,155 $ (7,942,920) $ (6,949,304) $ (13,131,629) $ (1,924,810) $ (2,289,950) $ (475,439) $ 503,209 $ 1,519,675 Beginning Fund Balance $ 72,465,695 $ 74,108,281 $ 80,104,972 $ 88,858,127 $ 80,915,207 $ 73,965,903 $ 60,834,274 $ 58,909,464 $ 56,619,514 $ 56,144,075 $ 56,647,284 RESERVES Nonspendable $ 1,216,221 $ 128,642 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 Restricted $ 2,713,040 $ 2,238,242 $ 2,238,242 $ 2,213,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 Committed for Emergencies $ 18,426,000 $ 18,426,000 $ 18,973,664 $ 19,382,624 $ 21,465,787 $ 21,800,700 $ 22,094,602 $ 22,760,161 $ 23,460,235 $ 23,579,246 $ 23,923,110 Pension Reserves $ 15,799,650 $ 17,367,544 $ 17,089,652 $ 17,367,544 $ 17,367,544 $ 18,235,921 $ 19,147,717 $ 20,105,103 $ 21,110,358 $ 22,165,876 $ 23,274,170 Benefits Reserve $ 2,422,710 $ 2,422,711 $ 2,728,847 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 Econ. Development Reserves $ 1,956,806 $ - $ 1,708,965 $ 1,938,262 $ 2,146,579 $ 2,180,070 $ 2,209,460 $ 2,276,016 $ 2,346,024 $ 2,357,925 $ 2,392,311 Contingency Reserves $ 500,000 $ 500,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - Measure HH Reserves $ 20,904,064 $ 21,391,034 $ 22,102,682 $ 20,204,875 $ 18,555,872 $ 16,555,872 $ 14,555,872 $ 12,555,872 $ 10,555,872 $ 8,555,872 $ 8,555,872 Capital Reserves $ 9,950,427 $ 7,634,238 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 Unassigned $ 219,359 $ 9,996,565 $ 22,455,511 $ 15,604,214 $ 8,312,434 $ (4,055,976) $ (5,215,874) $ (7,195,324) $ (7,446,101) $ (6,129,322) $ (6,096,190) Ending Fund Balance $ 74,108,281 $ 80,104,976 $ 88,858,127 $ 80,915,207 $ 73,965,903 $ 60,834,274 $ 58,909,464 $ 56,619,514 $ 56,144,075 $ 56,647,284 $ 58,166,960 Revenue Increase Factors Expense Increase Factors Property Tax Personnel Expenses Yrs 3-10 3.0% Yrs 3-5 5.0% Yrs 11-20 3.0% Yrs 6-10 2.0%
Sales Tax Yrs 11-20 2.0%
Yrs 3-5 3.0% Internal Service
Yrs 6-10 3.0% Yrs 3-5 2.0%
Yrs 11-20 2.0% Yrs 6-10 2.0% Measure HH Yrs 11-20 1.0%
Yrs 3-5 3.0% Operating Expense Yrs 6-12 3.0% Yrs 3-5 1.0% Yrs 6-10 1.0%
Franchise Fees Yrs 11-20 1.0%
Yrs 3-20 2.0% Capital TOT Yrs 3-10 0.0%
Yrs 3-20 2.0% Yrs 1-20 0.0%
All Other Revenue Yrs 3-5 2.0%
Yrs 6-10 1.0%
Yrs 11-20 1.0%
20 YEAR PLAN - FY 2024-25 YEAR-END

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2033-2034 2034-2035 2035-2036 2036-2037 2037-2038* 2038-2039 2039-2040 2040-2041 2041-2042 2042-2043 2043-2044 2043-2045 $ 33,451,339 $ 34,454,879 $ 35,488,526 $ 36,553,182 $ 37,649,777 $ 38,779,270 $ 39,942,648 $ 41,140,928 $ 42,375,156 $ 43,646,410 $ 44,955,803 $ 46,304,477 $ 19,856,314 $ 20,452,003 $ 20,861,043 $ 21,278,264 $ 21,703,829 $ 22,137,906 $ 22,580,664 $ 23,032,277 $ 23,492,923 $ 23,962,781 $ 24,442,037 $ 24,930,877 $ 21,215,324 $ 21,851,784 $ 22,507,337 $ 17,386,918 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 3,216,320 $ 3,280,646 $ 3,346,259 $ 3,413,184 $ 3,481,448 $ 3,551,077 $ 3,622,099 $ 3,694,541 $ 3,768,431 $ 3,843,800 $ 3,920,676 $ 3,999,089 $ 1,740,259 $ 1,775,064 $ 1,810,565 $ 1,846,777 $ 1,883,712 $ 1,921,386 $ 1,959,814 $ 1,999,010 $ 2,038,991 $ 2,079,770 $ 2,121,366 $ 2,163,793 $ 3,364,606 $ 3,398,252 $ 3,432,235 $ 3,466,557 $ 3,501,223 $ 3,536,235 $ 3,571,597 $ 3,607,313 $ 3,643,386 $ 3,679,820 $ 3,716,618 $ 3,753,785 $ 3,662,562 $ 3,699,188 $ 3,736,180 $ 3,773,541 $ 3,811,277 $ 3,849,390 $ 3,887,883 $ 3,926,762 $ 3,966,030 $ 4,005,690 $ 4,045,747 $ 4,086,205 $ 866,619 $ 875,286 $ 884,038 $ 892,879 $ 901,808 $ 910,826 $ 919,934 $ 929,133 $ 938,425 $ 947,809 $ 957,287 $ 966,860 $ 573,130 $ 578,862 $ 584,650 $ 590,497 $ 596,402 $ 602,366 $ 608,389 $ 614,473 $ 620,618 $ 626,824 $ 633,092 $ 639,423 $ 553,927 $ 559,466 $ 565,060 $ 570,711 $ 576,418 $ 582,182 $ 588,004 $ 593,884 $ 599,823 $ 605,821 $ 611,880 $ 617,998 $ 1,937,898 $ 1,957,277 $ 1,976,850 $ 1,996,618 $ 2,016,585 $ 2,036,750 $ 2,057,118 $ 2,077,689 $ 2,098,466 $ 2,119,451 $ 2,140,645 $ 2,162,052 $ 1,258,457 $ 1,271,042 $ 1,283,752 $ 1,296,590 $ 1,309,556 $ 1,322,651 $ 1,335,878 $ 1,349,236 $ 1,362,729 $ 1,376,356 $ 1,390,120 $ 1,404,021 $ 1,221,905 $ 1,234,124 $ 1,246,465 $ 1,258,930 $ 1,271,519 $ 1,284,234 $ 1,297,077 $ 1,310,048 $ 1,323,148 $ 1,336,379 $ 1,349,743 $ 1,363,241 $ 6,456,356 $ 6,520,919 $ 6,586,129 $ 6,651,990 $ 6,718,510 $ 6,785,695 $ 6,853,552 $ 6,922,087 $ 6,991,308 $ 7,061,221 $ 7,131,834 $ 7,203,152 $ 1,032,518 $ 1,042,843 $ 1,053,272 $ 1,063,804 $ 1,074,442 $ 1,085,187 $ 1,096,039 $ 1,106,999 $ 1,118,069 $ 1,129,250 $ 1,140,542 $ 1,151,948 $ 1,194,408 $ 1,206,352 $ 1,218,416 $ 1,230,600 $ 1,242,906 $ 1,255,335 $ 1,267,888 $ 1,280,567 $ 1,293,373 $ 1,306,306 $ 1,319,369 $ 1,332,563 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 1,500,000 $ 103,101,942 $ 105,657,987 $ 108,080,777 $ 104,771,042 $ 89,239,411 $ 91,140,490 $ 93,088,584 $ 95,084,949 $ 97,130,875 $ 99,227,690 $ 101,376,759 $ 103,579,483 $ 55,923,562 $ 57,042,034 $ 58,182,874 $ 59,346,532 $ 60,533,462 $ 61,744,132 $ 62,979,014 $ 64,238,595 $ 65,523,367 $ 66,833,834 $ 68,170,511 $ 69,533,921 $ 12,019,439 $ 12,259,828 $ 12,382,426 $ 12,506,250 $ 12,631,313 $ 12,757,626 $ 12,885,202 $ 13,014,054 $ 13,144,195 $ 13,275,637 $ 13,408,393 $ 13,542,477 $ 15,048,722 $ 15,199,209 $ 15,351,201 $ 15,504,713 $ 15,659,760 $ 15,816,358 $ 15,974,522 $ 16,134,267 $ 16,295,609 $ 16,458,566 $ 16,623,151 $ 16,789,383 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 2,058,086 $ 2,094,515 $ 2,131,154 $ 979,087 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $8,481,795 $8,396,977 $8,313,007 $8,229,877 $70,721 $72,908 $74,870 $76,176 $75,775 $75,775 $75,776 $75,777 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ 3,000,000 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 98,531,604 $ 99,992,563 $ 99,360,663 $ 99,566,459 $ 88,895,256 $ 90,391,024 $ 91,913,608 $ 93,463,092 $ 95,038,946 $ 96,643,812 $ 98,277,831 $ 99,941,558 $ 4,570,339 $ 5,665,424 $ 8,720,115 $ 5,204,583 $ 344,154 $ 749,467 $ 1,174,976 $ 1,621,857 $ 2,091,929 $ 2,583,879 $ 3,098,928 $ 3,637,926 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 2,570,339 $ 3,665,424 $ 6,720,115 $ 3,204,583 $ (1,655,846) $ (1,250,533) $ (825,024) $ (378,143) $ 91,929 $ 583,879 $ 1,098,928 $ 1,637,926 $ 58,166,960 $ 60,737,299 $ 64,402,723 $ 71,122,838 $ 74,327,420 $ 72,671,575 $ 71,421,041 $ 70,596,017 $ 70,217,874 $ 70,309,803 $ 70,893,682 $ 71,992,610 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 150,808 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 1,913,040 $ 24,273,868 $ 24,632,901 $ 24,998,141 $ 24,840,166 $ 24,891,615 $ 22,223,814 $ 22,597,756 $ 22,978,402 $ 23,365,773 $ 23,759,737 $ 24,160,953 $ 24,569,458 $ 24,437,879 $ 25,659,772 $ 26,942,761 $ 28,289,899 $ 29,704,394 $ 31,189,614 $ 32,749,094 $ 34,386,549 $ 36,105,877 $ 37,911,170 $ 39,806,729 $ 41,797,065 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,644,083 $ 2,427,387 $ 2,463,290 $ 2,499,814 $ 2,484,017 $ 2,489,161 $ 2,222,381 $ 2,259,776 $ 2,297,840 $ 2,336,577 $ 2,375,974 $ 2,416,095 $ 2,456,946 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 7,555,872 $ 6,555,872 $ 5,555,872 $ 4,555,872 $ 3,555,872 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ 1,409,756 $ (4,075,394) $ (1,026,799) $ 5,008,563 $ 8,039,780 $ 5,912,845 $ 9,667,545 $ 6,871,704 $ 4,437,396 $ 2,383,890 $ 729,115 $ (508,854) $ (1,310,621) $ 60,737,299 $ 64,402,723 $ 71,122,838 $ 74,327,420 $ 72,671,575 $ 71,421,041 $ 70,596,017 $ 70,217,874 $ 70,309,803 $ 70,893,682 $ 71,992,610 $ 73,630,535

PROJECTED
20 YEAR PLAN - FY 2024-25 YEAR-END

CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY

CITY COUNCIL

COUNCIL ACTION REQUEST
To: Honorable Mayor and Agenda Date: May 19, 2026
Members of the City Council
SUBJECT: Project No. 26019; Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project 1) Accept the bid and award a construction contract to Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc. for the Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project, Project No. 26019, in the amount not-to-exceed $125,720.98;
2) Accept the proposal from TKE Engineering, Inc. and authorize staff to issue a Purchase Order for the proposal amount of $29,700 for Construction Inspection services for the Project.

Three-Year Strategic Goals
Cultivate a welcoming culture and safe environment that makes our community “A Nice Place to Live”
Ensure long-term fiscal stability by evaluating processes, and attract and retain revenue producing businesses/opportunities
Attract and retain quality staff through best practices and trends Maintain, build, plan for, and modernize infrastructure to support growth and future needs of the City
Not applicable

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends that the City Council accept the bid and award a construction contract to Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc. for the Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project in the amount not-to-exceed $125,720.98. Staff also intend to administratively issue a Purchase Order to TKE Engineering, Inc., for an On-Call Construction Inspection Services contract in the amount not-to-exceed $29,700.

Construction of this project is funded by the Government Building Internal Service Fund (General Fund). There is adequate funding within the FY2025/2026 Adopted Budget.

DISCUSSION
The City owns and maintains a variety of sports courts across the Fountain Valley Sports Park, Recreation Center, and several neighborhood parks. These Courts are regularly used by the City’s residents and visitors for both rentals and open play purposes, and as such, require resurfacing and general maintenance approximately every five (5) years.

Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project – Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc.

May 19, 2026

Following the previous citywide sports court resurfacing project completed in 2019, staff assessed the condition of the City’s existing sports courts. The assessment identified that the racquetball courts at the Sports Park and the basketball courts at the Sports Park, Ellis Park, Helm Park, La Capilla Park, Cordata Park, and Stonecress Park are in need of maintenance.

This maintenance will include sealing surface cracks, removing and preparing the court surface for a new coating, leveling the court surface, applying a new acrylic coating, and installing court lines.

PROCUREMENT
On March 26, 2026, the City publicly advertised Request for Bid (RFB) No. 26-003, Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project, Project 26019. On April 23, 2026, the City received one (1) bid.

Contractor Total Bid Amount

1. Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc. $125,720.98
Engineer s Estimate: $205,000 ’
Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc. was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the Citywide Sports Courts Resurfacing Project, Project 26019, and submitted a bid in accordance with City requirements and purchasing policies.

Trueline Construction & Surfacing, Inc. has successfully completed similar projects for several Southern California municipalities, including the City of Beverly Hills, City of Monterey Park, City of Long Beach, Conejo Valley Unified School District, and the City of San Dimas. City Council awarded construction contracts to Trueline in October 2012, May 2019, and August 2025 for court resurfacing and pickleball conversion projects. These projects included resurfacing basketball, racquetball, and tennis courts at the Sports Park, rehabilitating basketball courts throughout the City, and converting three existing tennis courts into pickleball courts. All work was completed on time, within budget, and to a high standard of quality.

Construction Inspection Services
City staff solicited and received proposals from Onward Engineering, TKE Engineering, Inc., and Willdan Engineering from the City’s On-Call consultant list for inspection services. The proposal cost and inspection hours are listed on the table below.

Consultant Inspection Hours Proposed Cost
Onward Engineering 213 $29,820
TKE Engineering, Inc. 220 $29,700
Willdan Engineering 187 $29,733
After evaluating the three (3) submitted proposals, TKE Engineering, Inc. was determined to be the most qualified firm based upon previous project experience, while also offering the lowest inspection rate based on the anticipated inspection hours for the project. TKE Engineering, Inc. is a reputable civil engineering, construction management (CM), and inspection services firm. They are well-versed in the scope of the work and have the necessary