Public Hearing
To discuss and consider adoption of:
1) 2025 Urban Water Management Plan
2) 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan
June 25, 2026
Prepared by Heather Freed, PE at Water
Systems Consulting, Inc
Reasons for UWMP Preparation
Fulfills requirements set forth in the Urban Water Management Planning Act, incorporated into CWC Sections 10610 to 10657, which requires every urban water supplier with more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet annually to prepare and adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) every five years
Allows the City to apply for State grant and loan programs related to drinking water, wastewater, and recycled water infrastructure Demonstrates the City’s ability to meet near- and long-term water demands with existing water supplies
Reasons for WSCP Preparation
Provides the City a detailed response plan to any foreseeable or unforeseeable water shortage conditions
UWMP Requirements
• Service Area Description and Population Projections
• Past and Projected Water use
• Existing and Planned Water Supplies
• Water Supply Reliability Assessment
• Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Water Service Area
The UWMP considers all areas
currently and planned to be
served water within the City’s
sphere of influence.
City of
Fresno
Sphere of
Influence
Water Demand
Individual water demand has
decreased due to past and on-
going conservation measures
City-wide demand to increase
due to projected population
growth
Water Supply - Groundwater
• Sustainable yield from
natural recharge and
subsurface inflows
• Additional groundwater
storage from intentional
recharge activities
Water Supply – Surface Water
Through an agreement originally
executed in January 1961 (renewed
in 2010), the City secured a surface
water supply of 60,000 AF of Class
1 water from the USBR Central
Valley Project Friant Division
Through an agreement revised in
2016, the Fresno Irrigation District
(FID) allocates Kings River water
based on the City’s water service
area in the FID’s service area
Credit: Friant Water Authority
Available at: https://friantwater.org/history
Credit: US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District Available at: https://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Pine-Flat-Lake Water Supply – Recycled Water
• The Tertiary Treatment and
Disinfection Facility delivers
recycled water to a southwest
purple pipe system for
landscape irrigation and other
non-potable uses
• The North Fresno Wastewater
Reclamation Facility delivers
recycled water to the Copper
River Ranch Golf Course
Water Supply Summary – Normal Year
The City’s normal water
supplies greatly exceed
the potable water demand.
302,290 306,030 308,120 308,520 308,620
0 50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
2030 2035 2040 2045 2050
AFY
Groundwater Surface Water – USBR
Surface Water – Kings River Recycled Water
Potable
Demand
Water Service Reliability
• Assess reliability for:
• Normal Year
• Single Dry Year
• Five-Year Drought
• Main Takeaway: The City is
projected to meet all demands
during a single normal year, single
dry year, and five-year drought
with the existing water supplies.
Hydrologic
Conditions
Approach for Utilizing
Water Resources
Very Wet Surface Water Emphasis
Wet
Normal Balanced Surface Water
& Groundwater Use
Dry
Very Dry Groundwater Emphasis
Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Details how the City intends to respond to water shortages • Foreseeable – Drought conditions
• Unforeseeable – Catastrophic event
Shortage Stage Percent Shortage Range
1 0 - 10%
2 10 – 25%
3 25 – 35%
4 35 – 50%
5 >50%
Shortage Response Actions
• Year-round measures that are part of Fresno Municipal Code Section 6-520(a)
• Demand reduction actions dictated by the shortage stage • Supply augmentation (i.e. transfers and interconnections) • Operational changes to City activities
The Water Shortage Contingency Plan also details
communication protocols during water shortage conditions Items Proposed for Adoption
1) 2025 Urban Water Management Plan
2) 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan
*If any comments are received at/or leading up to this public hearing, they may be incorporated as minor changes in the final report if needed.
Questions?