Lindsay City Council
November 14, 2023

Section Five: Conservation Target Compliance
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5.1.4.5 Minimum Water Use Reduction Requirement
dŚĞŵŝŶŝŵƵŵƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚďLJtZŝƐďĞůŽǁϵϱйŽĨƚŚĞϱ-year baseline of 183͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐ174 gpcd. dŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌŝƐƵƐĞĚĂƐƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ƚŽĞŶƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚŝƐĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞƚŽŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ^ƚĂƚĞ͛ƐŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ͘ DĞƚŚŽĚƐϭĂŶĚϰƐĂƟƐĨLJƚŚŝƐƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ͘

5.1.5 Targets for Annexation of El Rancho
dŚĞƐĂŵĞĨŽƵƌŵĞƚŚŽĚƐĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚĨŽƌĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶŽĨĂϮϬϮϬƚĂƌŐĞƚĨŽƌƚŚĞŝƚLJǁĞƌĞĂƉƉůŝĞĚƚŽƚŚĞ ů
ZĂŶĐŚŽŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶĂƌĞĂ͕ĂŶŶĞdžĞĚŝŶϮϬϭϲ͘Each ŵĞƚŚŽĚĂŶĚŝƚƐĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚǁĂƚĞƌƵƐĞĂƌĞĚĞƐĐƌŝďĞĚ ďĞůŽǁ͘These methods refer to the 5-year baseline previously described in ^ĞĐƟŽŶϱ͘ϭ͘ϯ.

5.1.5.1 Method 1 – 80 Percent
DĞƚŚŽĚϭŝƐďĂƐĞĚƵƉŽŶƚŚĞĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚďĂƐĞĚĂŝůLJƉĞƌĐĂƉŝƚĂƵƐĞĂƐĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚďLJƚŚĞǁĂƚĞƌƐƵƉƉůŝĞƌ͘ The base daily per capita use ŽĨƚŚĞĂŶŶĞdžĞĚĂƌĞĂǁĂƐϭϱϯ ŐƉĐĚ͘DĞƚŚŽĚϭƌĞƋƵŝƌĞƐƚŚĂƚƚŚŝƐƵƐĂŐĞďĞ 95% of the 5-year baseline, yielding a target use of 145 gpcd.

5.1.5.2 Method 2 – Performance Standards
DĞƚŚŽĚϮƵƐĞƐĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂů͕ŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĂů͕ŝŶƐƟƚƵƟŽŶĂů͕ŝŶĚŽŽƌƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů͕ĂŶĚůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉĞǁĂƚĞƌƵƐĂŐĞ ƋƵĂŶƟƟĞƐƚŽĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĂǁĂƚĞƌƵƐĞƚĂƌŐĞƚ͘ĞĐĂƵƐĞƚŚĞŝƚLJĚŝĚŶŽƚŚĂǀĞƚŚĞƐĞĚĂƚĂĨŽƌƚŚĞĂŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶ͕ ƚŚŝƐŵĞƚŚŽĚŝƐŝŵƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůĨŽƌƵƐĞŝŶĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŶŐĂƚĂƌŐĞƚǁĂƚĞƌƵƐĞ͘

5.1.5.3 Method 3 – 90 Percent Hydrologic Region Target
DĞƚŚŽĚϯŝƐďĂƐĞĚƵƉŽŶƚŚĞŚLJĚƌŽůŽŐŝĐƌĞŐŝŽŶƚĂƌŐĞƚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐƌĞĚƵĐĞĚďLJϱйƚŽŽďƚĂŝŶƚŚĞϵϱйdĂƌŐĞƚ͘ ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚŽƚŚĞϮϬdžϮϬϮϬtĂƚĞƌŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶWůĂŶ͕ƚŚĞƌĞŐŝŽŶ-ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĐŽŶƐĞƌǀĂƟŽŶŐŽĂůŝƐϭϴϴŐƉĐĚĨŽƌ the Tulare Lake hydrologic region. With this inforŵĂƟŽŶ͕DĞƚŚŽĚϯLJŝĞůĚƐĂƌĞƚĂƌŐĞƚƵƐĞŽĨϭϳϵŐƉĐĚ͘

5.1.5.4 Method 4 – Provisional
Because
ůZĂŶĐŚŽǁĂƐĂŶŶĞdžĞĚŝŶϮϬϭϲ͕ƚŚĞŵŝĚƉŽŝŶƚŽĨƚŚĞďĂƐĞůŝŶĞƉĞƌŝŽĚǁĂƐŶŽƚĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞƚŽƚŚĞ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŽŶƐŽĨWƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶĂůdĂƌŐĞƚDĞƚŚŽĚϰ͘dŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞ͕ƚŚŝƐŵĞƚŚŽĚǁĂƐŝŵƉƌĂĐƟĐĂůĨŽƌƵƐĞŝŶ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƟŶŐĂƚĂƌŐĞƚǁĂƚĞƌƵƐĞĨŽƌƚŚĞĂŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶ͘

5.1.5.5 Minimum Water Use Reduction Requirement
dŚĞŵŝŶŝŵƵŵƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚďLJtZŝƐďĞůŽǁϵϱйŽĨƚŚĞϱ-year baseline of 153͕ǁŚŝĐŚŝƐ145 gpcd. dŚŝƐŶƵŵďĞƌŝƐƵƐĞĚĂƐƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ͕ƚŽĞŶƐƵƌĞƚŚĂƚƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞĚŝƐĂĚĞƋƵĂƚĞƚŽŵĞĞƚ ƚŚĞ^ƚĂƚĞ͛ƐŽďũĞĐƟǀĞƐ͘ DĞƚŚŽĚϭƐĂƟƐĮĞƐƚŚŝƐƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ͘

5.1.6 Summary of Baseline and Targets
The 2020 target for the City’s original area ǁĂƐĚĞƚĞƌŵŝŶĞĚƵƐŝŶŐDĞƚŚŽĚϭ͕ϴϬйŽĨƚŚĞϭϬ-year ďĂƐĞůŝŶĞ͘ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚŽtZŐƵŝĚĞůŝŶĞƐ͕ƚŚŝƐƚĂƌŐĞƚŝƐǀĂůŝĚďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝƚŝƐůĞƐƐƚŚĂŶƚŚĞƚĂƌŐĞƚĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ A summary of the baselines and targets is presented in Table 5-ϳ.

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Table 5-ϳ͗ĂƐĞůŝŶĞĂŶĚdĂƌŐĞƚƐ^ƵŵŵĂƌLJĨŽƌKƌŝŐŝŶĂůƌĞĂ Baselines (gpcd) Target Determinations
(gpcd)
10-Year 189 Method 1 151
5-Year 183 Method 2 N/A
Method 3 179
Method 4 147
Target Confirmation (gpcd) 174
Target Selected (gpcd) 151
Interim Target (gpcd) 1701
1The 2015 Interim Target does not apply to the City because it did not become an urban water user until 2017.

The 2020 ŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶĂƌĞĂ ƚĂƌŐĞƚǁĂƐalso determined using Method 1 at 80% of the 5-year baseline (the only period available)͘ĐĐŽƌĚŝŶŐƚŽtZŐƵŝĚĞůŝŶĞƐ͕ƚŚŝƐƚĂƌŐĞƚŝƐǀĂůŝĚďĞĐĂƵƐĞŝƚŝƐůĞƐƐƚŚĂŶƚŚĞ ƚĂƌŐĞƚĐŽŶĮƌŵĂƟŽŶ͘ƐƵŵŵĂƌLJŽĨƚŚĞďĂƐĞůŝŶĞƐĂŶĚƚĂƌŐĞƚƐŝƐƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚin Table 5-8.

Table 5-8͗ĂƐĞůŝŶĞĂŶĚdĂƌŐĞƚƐ^ƵŵŵĂƌLJĨŽƌŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶŽĨ ůZĂŶĐŚŽ
Baselines (gpcd) Target Determinations
(gpcd)
10-Year N/A Method 1 145
5-Year 153 Method 2 N/A
Method 3 179
Method 4 N/A
Target Confirmation (gpcd) 145
Target Selected (gpcd) 145
Interim Target (gpcd) 137.51
1The 2015 Interim Target does not apply to the City because it did not become an urban water user until 2017.
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ZĂŶĐŚŽŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶ͘ƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ-ǁĞŝŐŚƚĞĚĂǀĞƌĂŐĞŽĨƚŚĞϮϬϮϬƚĂƌŐĞƚďĂƐĞĚŽŶƚŚĞ ůZĂŶĐŚŽ
ĂŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶ;ϭ͘ϰйŽĨƚŚĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĂƌĞĂƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶͿĂŶĚƚŚĞƌĞŵĂŝŶŝŶŐƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĂƌĞĂƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ;ϵϴ͘ϲй of ƚŚĞƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĂƌĞĂƉŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶ) results in a 2020 target of 151 gpcd, as summarized in Table 5-ϵ.

Table 5-ϵ͗WŽƉƵůĂƟŽŶtĞŝŐŚƚĞĚǀĞƌĂŐĞŽĨϮϬϮϬdĂƌŐĞƚƐĨŽƌKƌŝŐŝŶĂůƌĞĂΘŶŶĞdžĂƟŽŶ Area Target GPCD Weight (Based on Population) Weighted Average City 151 0.986
151
El Rancho Annexation 145 0.014
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While the change to the total service population is minimal, these calculations are included for thoroughness. Based on the above calculations, the 2020 target for the City as a whole was calculated to be 151 gpcd.

5.2 SBx7-7 Forms and Summary Tables
The following subsections present the information from City’s SBx7-7 Verification forms according to the 2020 UWMP Guidebook requirements.

5.2.1 SBx7-7 Verification Form
As recommended in the 2020 UWMP Guidebook for first-time UWMP submissions, a New Verification Form and an SB X7-7 2020 Compliance Form have been prepared with the 2020 UWMP and are included in Appendix B. In accordance with the 2020 UWMP Guidelines, an additional Verification Form and a Compliance Form were also completed for the El Rancho Annexation (Appendix B).

5.2.2 SBx7-7 2020 Compliance
The City’s 2020 per capita water use goal was set at 151 gpcd. The City has met this goal with a water use average of 150 gpcd for the year 2020 and achieved SBx7-7 compliance.

5.2.3 DWR Submittal Tables
In addition to reporting compliance on the SBx7-7 Compliance Form, the City is also required to report compliance on the DWR Submittal Tables 5-1 and 5-2, shown below.

Table 5-10: Baselines and Targets Summary (Submittal Table 5-1) Baseline
Period
Start
Year
End
Year
Average
Baseline
GPCD
Confirmed
2020 Target
Population
Weighted Average
Target1
10-15 Year 2000 2009 189 151 151
5 Year 2005 2009 183
1The Population Weighted Average Target was the same as the City’s original area 2020 Target because the population of the Annexation El Rancho was so small compared to the population of the City, as demonstrated in Table 5-9.

Table 5-11: 2020 Compliance (Submittal Table 5-2)
Actual
2020
GPCD
2020 Total
Adjustments
Adjusted
2020
GPCD
2020
Confirmed
Target
GPCD
Did Supplier
Achieve Targeted
Reduction for 2020
150 0 150 151 Yes
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Section Six: System Supplies
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6 System Supplies
The UWMPA requires that the UWMP include a description of the agency’s existing and future water supply sources for the next 20 years. The description of water supplies must include detailed information on the groundwater basin such as water rights, determination if the basin is in overdraft, adjudication decree, and other information from the groundwater management plan.

6.1 Water Supply Analysis Overview
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier [in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available] providing supporting and related information, including all of the following:
(1) A detailed discussion of anticipated supply availability under a normal water year, single dry year, and droughts lasting at least five years, as well as more frequent and severe periods of drought, as described in the drought risk assessment. For each source of water supply, consider any information pertinent to the reliability analysis conducted pursuant to Section 10635, including changes in supply due to climate change.
(2) When multiple sources of water supply are identified, a description of the management of each supply in correlation with the other identified supplies.
(3) For any planned sources of water supply, a description of the measures that are being undertaken to acquire and develop those water supplies.

The City is reliant on groundwater and surface water sources for its water supply; it is not anticipated this will change in the near future with regards to water supply for potable consumption. The following sections quantify each supply source, including future planned supplies over five-year increments through 2040. These supply sources will be quantified for the normal year, single-dry year, and a fiveyear period of multiple dry years.

The City’s groundwater supplies are extracted from the Kaweah Subbasin, an unadjudicated basin underlying the area. The basin does not currently have legal limitations on groundwater pumping. The City is a participant in the EKGSA and the full text of the EKGSP is available on the EKGSA Website (https://ekgsa.org/) (EKGSA, 2023). EKGSA is working cooperatively with the other GSAs in the Kaweah Subbasin to manage the groundwater aquifer and reach sustainability by 2040. As part of those efforts, the agencies have agreed to manage groundwater extraction in a way that does not cause undesirable results in the aquifer.

6.2 Water Supply Characterization
The following subsections provide water supply availability quantification and narrative required under the CWC.

6.2.1 Purchased or Imported Water
The Friant-Kern Canal flows along the eastern edge of the City and is a vital potable water source. The City has a contracted allocation of approximately 2,500 acre-feet per year from the San Joaquin River DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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through the USBR as part of the CVP, Contract No. 5-07-20-W0428-LTR1 through 2045. However, allocations are dependent on the seasonal rainfall amounts and restoration flows to the San Joaquin River, based on the criteria set forth in the 2006 settlement agreement. During periods of reduced allocations, the City is solely reliant on groundwater to meet potable water demands. For example, during the years of 2014-2015 the City received no surface water allocation and was solely reliant on groundwater. However, when it is available, surface water use is preferred to groundwater use due to general sustainability concerns in the region and groundwater quality issues. Table 6-1 summarizes the imported surface water from the CVP for the last 5 years.

The City has no other surface water contracts. The City has no history of purchasing surface water for either recharge or potable uses; refer to Section 6.2.5 for more information. The City does not provide agricultural water within City limits.

Table 6-1: Purchased or Imported Water Volume
Surface Water Type 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Contract Water 1,324 1,217 1,683 1,758 1,257
Total 1,324 1,217 1,683 1,758 1,257
Units: AF

6.2.2 Groundwater
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(b)(4) If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water available to the supplier, all of the following information:
(A) The current version of any groundwater sustainability plan or alternative adopted pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720), any groundwater management plan adopted by the urban water supplier, including plans adopted pursuant to Part 2.75 (commencing with Section 10750), or any other specific authorization for groundwater management for basins underlying the urban water supplier’s service area.
(B) A description of any groundwater basin or basins from which the urban water supplier pumps groundwater. For basins that a court or the board has adjudicated the rights to pump groundwater, a copy of the order or decree adopted by the court or the board and a description of the amount of groundwater the urban water supplier has the legal right to pump under the order or decree. For a basin that has not been adjudicated, information as to whether the department has identified the basin as a highor medium-priority basin in the most current official departmental bulletin that characterizes the condition of the groundwater basin, and a detailed description of the efforts being undertaken by the urban water supplier to coordinate with groundwater sustainability agencies or groundwater management agencies listed in subdivision (c) of Section 10723 to maintain or achieve sustainable groundwater conditions in accordance with a groundwater sustainability plan or alternative adopted pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720).
(C) A detailed description and analysis of the location, amount, and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the urban water supplier for the past five years. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.
(D) A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected to be pumped by the urban water supplier. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.

6.2.2.1 Basin Description
The City is located in the Tulare Lake hydrologic region and extracts its groundwater from the Kaweah Subbasin, one of nine subbasins in the San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin. Figure 6-1 shows the DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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location of the City within the groundwater basin. The total surface area of the subbasin is 446,000 acres, or 696 square miles. The City occupies less than 0.4% of this area. The Kaweah Subbasin consists of alluvium emanating from the Sierra Nevada range. The Subbasin is bounded by the Kings River Subbasin to the north, the Tulare Lake Subbasin to the west, the Tule Subbasin to the south, and the Crystalline bedrock of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the east.

The current volume of water in the entire basin, or in the basin portion underlying the City, is not precisely known at this time, and is dependent on groundwater levels to bedrock. In its 2020 Bulletin 118 update, DWR listed the Kaweah Subbasin as a groundwater basin subject to critical conditions of overdraft (DWR, 2020). In the Kaweah Subbasin Annual Monitoring Report in 2021, the cumulative change in storage since water year 1997 was -2,742,000 AF of storage, with an average change in storage of approximately -151,000 AF annually (Group, Provost & Pritchard Consulting, 2022). DWR’s Bulletin 118 – California Groundwater (2004) estimated the Kaweah Subbasin had 11,600,000 AF of storage to a depth of 300 feet in 1995 (CA.GOV, 2011). Combining the estimated annual losses with the total cumulative loss since 1997 leaves the Kaweah Subbasin with approximately 8,560,000 AF of storage remaining in 2021.

Aquifers in the Kaweah Subbasin consist of alluvial sediments composed of unconsolidated gravels, sands, silts, and clays. Major streams in the area include the Kaweah and St. Johns rivers. DWR Bulletin 118 (California's Groundwater (Bulletin 118), 2023), the EKGSP (EKGSA, 2023), and the Subbasin-wide annual reports (Group, Provost & Pritchard Consulting, 2022) submitted to DWR include detailed descriptions of the Kaweah Subbasin and its characteristics and conditions.

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6.2.2.2 Groundwater Quality
Around the City, groundwater is mainly of a bicarbonate type, transitioning to sodium bicarbonate waters near the western margin of the subbasin. While total dissolved solids (TDS) ranges from 35 to 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/L) within the subbasin, average TDS is 189 mg/L (DWR, 2003). On the eastern side of the subbasin, there are localized areas of high nitrate pollution. There are also high salinity levels in the groundwater between Lindsay and Exter (DWR, 2020).

More locally, the City is contending with a number of existing groundwater quality issues including lead, disinfection byproducts, perchlorate, and nitrate. The City experienced an Action Level and 90th percentile Exceedance of lead in September 2021 at 4 out of 30 testing sites. The City is currently addressing this issue with additional testing, monitoring, and water system improvements. Disinfection byproducts (DBP), consisting of total trihalomethanes (TTHM), and Haloacetic acids (HAA5), were also found in exceedance of the maximum contaminant level (MCL). The City is working to collect samples, monitor the situation, and correct the issues. Well 11 is inactive due to exceedances of the MCL for perchlorate and nitrate. The well will remain on inactive ‘emergency use only’ status until a proposed project to treat the water to reduce the perchlorate and nitrate to below the MCL level is funded and implemented.

In addition to existing water quality concerns, there are several contaminants that may become critical in the near future. While not officially adopted yet, the Division of Drinking Water (DDW) recently announced a new draft Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6) MCL of 10 parts per billion (ppb [ug/L]). Previously, this impurity was regulated under the total chromium MCL. Existing water quality monitoring reports do not report this contaminant, but the City will need to monitor it in the future. There may be an impact to potential treatment methods of City wells including reverse osmosis or ion exchange. In addition, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) has a primary MCL of 0.0005 µg/L, established by the DDW in 2017. This is a follow up of the Public Health Goal (PHG) of 0.0007 µg/L that was established in 2009. Since TCP was used as a component in agricultural fumigants applied over large areas of California, it is reasonable to expect that the City may be impacted. The City does not currently have wellhead treatment on any active well within its supply portfolio.

Beyond the aforementioned exceedances, the City is in compliance with the regulated constituents, as defined by the State Water Resources Control Board and regulated by the DDW.

6.2.2.3 Groundwater Sustainability Plan
The City is part of the EKGSA. The EKGSA is working collaboratively under a coordination agreement with the other two (2) GSAs in the Kaweah Subbasin to achieve sustainable groundwater conditions by 2040, as required by SGMA for subbasins subject to critical conditions of overdraft. The EKGSA prepared the EKGSP and collaborated with the other Subbasin GSAs in the process.

SGMA identifies six (6) sustainability indicators to be monitored and reported to document sustainability: lowering groundwater levels, reduced [groundwater] storage, seawater intrusion, degraded [groundwater] quality, land subsidence, and surface water depletion. The EKGSA documents five (5) of these sustainability indicators with seawater intrusion not applicable to this region.

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The EKGSP was submitted to DWR in January 2020 in compliance with SGMA. The GSP submitted to DWR in January 2020 was revised and resubmitted in July 2022 following an “Incomplete” determination by DWR. According to the Water Accounting Framework in the GSP, the EKGSA is allotted nearly 125,000 AFY of approximately 660,000 AFY accounted for in the subbasin (GSAs, 2021). The City’s groundwater falls under this allotment. The EKGSP is included as Appendix G.

6.2.2.4 Coordination with Groundwater Sustainability Agency The City is partnering with Lindmore Irrigation District and EKGSA on a recharge project in the City’s existing Mariposa basin which will extend into the future. The improvement project portion was recently completed and involved loosening the soil across the basin and extending one of Lindmore Irrigation District’s delivery pipelines from the Friant-Kern Canal to the Lindsay Recharge Basin (Bettis, 2023). In wet years, Lindmore Irrigation District will provide water from their canal allocation and discharge to Mariposa pond. The City also has committed to 1,500 AF over a 10 year period. It is estimated that 150 acre-feet of water will return to the aquifer annually, but estimates suggest that as much as 700 acrefeet may be possible in wet years (Bettis, 2023).

In this way, the City is thinking about future groundwater supplies and responding to the region’s variable climate.

6.2.2.5 Historical Groundwater Pumping
The City currently obtains groundwater from groundwater wells. The City owns seven (7) groundwater wells; two (2) are active wells, three (3) are considered abandoned wells, and two (2) are inactive- one of which is slated for restoration and future use. The combined rated pumping capacity of the City’s active wells is approximately 1,950 gallons per minute (gpm). However, in practice, when Well 14 and Well 15 are both in use, their individual operating capacity is reduced; the resulting operating well capacity of the City is only 1,320 gpm. The City’s water supply wells are summarized in Table 6-2.

Table 6-2: Water Supply Wells
Well No.

Capacity (gpm)
Current
Status Notes Planned
Capacity
Operating Well
Capacity
2 600 - Abandoned
4 800 - Abandoned
6 800 - Abandoned
11 1,000 - Inactive Planned Restoration and Future Use
13 1,100 - Inactive Landscape Irrigation Only
14 750 520 Active
15 1,200 800 Active
Total 1,950 1,320
In 2020, groundwater provided 44% of the total potable water used. The historical volume of groundwater pumped by the City over the past five years is provided in Table 6-3.

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Table 6-3: Groundwater Volume Pumped (Submittal Table 6-1) Groundwater
Type Basin Name 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Alluvial Basin Kaweah Subbasin 5-22.11 1,110 1,256 785 670 987 Total 1,110 1,256 785 670 987
Units: AF

6.2.3 Surface Water
The City’s only available surface water is described in Section 6.2.1 under Purchased or Imported Water.

6.2.4 Stormwater
The City also has stormwater basins spread throughout the city limits. These basins are connected to the City’s existing piped storm drain system and are primarily used to alleviate flooding. The stormwater basins are sized to capture the 100-year storm event runoff and allowed to percolate into the groundwater. Each basin acts independently, and they are not connected to any external facilities. In events where storm drainage basin capacity is potentially exceeded water overflows to the local surrounding areas. No data is currently available on stormwater recharge volumes in the City.

6.2.5 Wastewater and Recycled Water
This section describes the City’s wastewater system and potential opportunities for recycled water. The City does not recycle water for direct use of any kind at this time. Treated effluent from the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is disposed through on-site percolation ponds. Additionally, the City is collaborating with Lindmore Irrigation District and EKGSA for groundwater recharge in wet years.

Although these actions are not considered recycled water according to UWMP guidelines, they help to recharge the groundwater supply.

6.2.5.1 Recycled Water Coordination
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10633
The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning agencies that operate within the supplier’s service area.

The City does not currently recycle water for direct use. While the City does have WWTP effluent, as described in subsequent sections, the amount of infrastructure required at the WWTP and throughout the City to implement a recycled water system would be extensive. At present, such an expansion is not financially feasible for the City.

6.2.5.2 Wastewater Collection, Treatment, and Disposal
Legal Requirements:

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CWC §10633
A description of the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the supplier’s service area, including a quantification of the amount of wastewater collected and treated and the methods of wastewater disposal.

6.2.5.2.1 Wastewater Collection System
Wastewater is collected throughout the City via a network of sanitary sewer collection pipelines ranging from 4 to 22 inches in diameter. The influent is gravity-fed to the WWTP, located approximately 1.4 miles northwest of the City limits. The original WWTP was constructed around 1911 and provides primary and secondary treatment. A major plant expansion and upgrade occurred around 1999 and increased the capacity to approximately 2.5 million gallons per day (mgd). The WWTP has approximately 115 acres of land for incidental recharge and evaporation of effluent. The treatment process consists of headworks, screening, oxidation ditches, final clarification, RAS/WAS pump station, and scum pump station.

The average daily wastewater volume for 2020 was estimated to be approximately 1.4 mgd. The City has no facilities for extensive storage of wastewater prior to treatment. No septage haulers from outside the City service bring in additional wastewater volume. Table 6-4 summarizes the current wastewater collected from within the City.

Table 6-4: Wastewater Collected Within Service Area in 2022 (Submittal Table 6-2) Wastewater Collection Recipient of Collected Wastewater Name of
Wastewater
Collection Agency
Wastewater
Volume
Metered or
Estimated?
Volume of
Wastewater
Collected from
UWMP Service
Area 2020 (AF)
Name of Wastewater
Treatment Agency
Receiving Collected
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Name
Is WWTP
Located Within
UWMP Area?
City of Lindsay Measured 1,576 City of Lindsay Lindsay Wastewater Treatment Plant Yes

6.2.5.2.2 Wastewater Treatment Facilities
The effluent from the City’s WWTP is disposed to several percolation / evaporation ponds of varying size, with the smallest and largest ponds approximately 3 and 22 acres, respectively. Table 6-5 summarizes the current wastewater treated and discharged by the City.

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Table 6-5: Wastewater Treatment and Discharge (Submittal Table 6-3) Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Name
Treatment
Level
2020 Volumes
Wastewater
Treated
(AF)
Discharged
Treated
Wastewater (AF)
Recycled within
Service Area (AF)
Recycled Outside of
Service Area (AF)
Lindsay
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Secondary, UnDisinfected 1,576 1,576 0 0
Total 1,576 1,576 0 0
Discharge
Information
Discharge Location Name or Identifier WWTP Percolation Ponds Discharge Location Description 115 acres at WWTP
Method of Disposal Percolation Ponds
Does this Plant Treat Wastewater Generated Outside the Service Area? No

6.2.5.3 Recycled Water System Description
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10633
(c) (Describe) the recycled water currently being used in the supplier’s service area, including, but not limited to, the type, place, and quantity of use.

The City does not currently recycle water. Treated effluent from the WWTP is disposed through percolation ponds at the WWTP, which, though not considered recycled water by DWR, helps recharge the Kaweah Groundwater Subbasin.

6.2.5.4 Potential, Current, and Projected Recycled Water Uses Legal Requirements:

CWC §10633
(b) A description of the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being discharged, and is otherwise available for use in a recycled water project. (d) A description and quantification of the potential uses of recycled water, including, but not limited to, agricultural irrigation, landscape irrigation, wildlife habitat enhancement, wetlands, industrial reuse, groundwater recharge, indirect potable reuse, and other appropriate uses, and a determination with regard to the technical and economic feasibility of serving those uses. (e) The projected use of recycled water within the supplier’s service area at the end of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years, and a description of the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected pursuant to this subdivision.

The City does not currently use recycled water within its service area. Several potential beneficial uses of recycled water exist, including industrial water usage and landscape irrigation. If recycled water projects are explored, the City will most likely pursue grants to help offset portions of the design and capital costs.

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application where recycled water could directly replace groundwater pumping would be a more efficient use of the water and could be advantageous if the business case could be made. Table 6-4 shows the current and projected recycled water direct beneficial users.

Table 6-6: Current and Projected Recycled Water Direct Beneficial Uses (Submittal Table 6-4) Name of Agency Producing (Treating) the Recycled Water N/A Name of Agency Operating the Recycled Water Distribution System N/A Supplemental Water Added in 2020 0
Source of 2020 Supplemental Water N/A
Beneficial Use Type General Description of
2020 Users
Level of
Treatment 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0

6.2.5.4.1 Planned versus Actual Use of Recycled Water
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10633
(e) (Provide) a description of the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected pursuant to this subdivision.

The City has not completed any previous studies on the feasibility of recycling wastewater for beneficial reuse. Since the City currently doesn’t use recycled water and there are no previous completed studies, there are no comparisons to make between the two scenarios.

Table 6-7: 2015 Recycled Water Use Projection Compared to 2020 Actual (Submittal Table 6-5) Use Type 2015 Projection for 2020 Actual 2020 Use
N/A 0 0
Units: AF

6.2.5.5 Actions to Encourage and Optimize Future Recycled Water Use Legal Requirements:

CWC §10633 The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier…and shall include the following:
(g) A plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the supplier’s service area, including actions to facilitate the installation of dual distribution systems, to promote recirculating uses, to facilitate the increased use of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, and to overcome any obstacles to achieving that increased use.

The City is aware of the many benefits of utilization of recycled water, but it is not currently financially feasible at the present time. The City would be open to implementing recycled water for industrial and landscape water uses if a significant portion of the design and capital costs can be funded through grants and if uses can be found which directly reduce use of potable water. Table 6-8 summarizes the actions taken by the City to encourage and optimize future recycled water use.

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Table 6-8: Methods to Expand Future Recycled Water Use (Submittal Table 6-6) Name of Action Description Planned Implementation
Year
Expected Increase in
Recycled Water Use (AF)
Grant funding opportunities for
recycled water projects
Seek funding for capital
projects if economics of
recycled water improve
Unknown Unknown

6.2.6 Desalination Water Opportunities
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(g) Describe the opportunities for development of desalinated water, including, but not limited to, ocean water, brackish water, and groundwater, as a long-term supply.

The groundwater that the City relies on is not brackish or in need of desalination. If this were to change in the future, the City will consider this option.

6.2.7 Exchanges or Transfers
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(c) Describe the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long-term basis.

The City has an allocation of surface water from the San Joaquin River for approximately 2,500 acre-feet.

Allocations are subject to approval by the USBR and may be reduced to aid with the San Joaquin River Restoration Program. Full allocations are expected only in above average rainfall years. There is an agreement through 2045 between the City and USBR for the surface water allocation.

6.2.7.1 Exchanges
The City does not have any agreements in place to exchange water with other agencies, nor does the City have long-term plans to exchange water.

6.2.7.2 Transfers
As a long-term CVP Contractor, the City has the potential to transfer supplies with other Contractors.

However, the City does not currently have any plans to transfer water from nearby water providers. As the City continues to expand, the City could explore opportunities to obtain water rights through transfers from areas annexed into the City.

6.2.7.3 Water Banking Facility
The City does not currently have any water banking facilities, nor does it have plans to participate in any water banking projects.

6.2.7.4 Emergency Interties
The City does not currently have any emergency interties with adjacent water systems.

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6.2.8 Future Water Projects
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(f) Include a description of all water supply projects and water supply programs that may be undertaken by the urban water supplier to meet the total projected water use, as established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10635. The urban water supplier shall include a detailed description of expected future projects and programs that the urban water supplier may implement to increase the amount of the water supply available to the urban water supplier in normal and single dry water years and for a period of drought lasting five consecutive water years. The description shall identify specific projects and include a description of the increase in water supply that is expected to be available from each project. The description shall include an estimate with regard to the implementation timeline for each project or program.

Future water projects for the City of Lindsay are documented in their 2022 WFS (Provost & Pritchard , 2022). The City’s WFS includes plans to add multiple groundwater wells to address both existing deficiencies and necessary expansions to accommodate planned growth. Note that projects will be implemented as needed and as possible, which may not strictly align with the schedule in the WFS.

According to the WFS, the City will need additional wells in 2024, or as soon as feasible, to meet current winter demands, particularly in years when the Friant Kern Canal undergoes maintenance activities (approximately every third year). The Well 11 groundwater treatment project will partially fulfill this need. In addition to this, three new supply wells and corresponding drinking water test wells and infrastructure will likely be needed. The timing of the third well will depend on per capita demand trends. These added supply sources can be provided via additional groundwater wells or through additional surface water storage (i.e., a reservoir) so surface water deliveries received spring through fall could be utilized during the winter months. Since the new wells will likely need to be located outside the City's existing water system to avoid groundwater quality issues, new infrastructure may be required. Table 6-9 summarizes the water supply projects (new wells) outlined in the current WFS (Provost & Pritchard , 2022).

Table 6-9: Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs (Submittal Table 6-7) Name of
Future
Projects or
Programs
Joint Project
with other
suppliers?
Description
(if needed)
Planned
Implementation
Year
Planned
for Use in
Year Type
Expected
Increase in
Water
Supply to
Supplier
(AF)
New Well #1 No 850 gpm well to address winter
demand 2024-2025 Average Year 1,370
New Well #2 No 1,000 gpm well to address
winter demand 2026-2027 Average Year 1,610
New Well #3 No 750 gpm well to address winter
demand with population growth 2029-2030 Average Year 1,210 Well 11-
Water
Treatment
No 1,000 gpm well to address
winter demand 2023-2025 Average Year 1,610
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6.2.9 Summary of Existing and Planned Sources of Water
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631
(b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments described in subdivision 10631(a). (4)(D) (Provide a) detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected to be pumped by the urban water supplier. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.

6.2.9.1 Description of Supplies

6.2.9.1.1 Groundwater
The City plans to continue using groundwater to meet their water demands. The City has made extensive progress in reducing per capita demands, which has reduced stress on the groundwater aquifer.

6.2.9.1.2 Surface Water
The City continues to utilize their surface water allocations from the CVP on the Friant Kern Canal to reduce their reliance on groundwater when possible. The City currently doesn’t have any plans to purchase any additional surface water rights.

6.2.9.1.3 Supply from Storage
The City’s water storage requirements include operational, emergency and fire storage. The available storage consists of a single 4-million-gallon storage tank, at the north end of town. The City does not currently have any plans to build additional storage facilities.

6.2.9.1.4 Summary of Existing and Planned Sources of Water In recent years, the City has been moving from dependence on both surface water and groundwater toward greater groundwater reliance. This is due to the extreme variability in recent years of CVP allocations available to the City because of increased environmental variability and required environmental flows. In 2014 and 2015, the City received 0% of its allocation of surface water. The following two years, the City received 100% of its allocation. Since then, the availability of groundwater has varied. A 55-year historical record of the Friant Kern Canal deliveries including the San Joaquin River Restoration flows averaged a CVP Class I delivery of 87%. However, in the last 10 years, this average has been only 67%, with 5 of the last 10 years receiving 50% allocation or less.

This percentage is utilized for the projection purposes of this report. Table 6-10 summarizes the existing and planned sources of water for the City.

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Table 6-10: Water Supplies – Actual & Projected (Submittal Tables 6-8 and 6-9) Water
Supply
Additional
Details on Water
Supply
Category
2020 Actual
Volume
Used (AF)
Projected Reasonably Available Water
Supply (AF)3
2025 2030 2035 2040
Groundwater
(not
desalinated)
Kaweah Subbasin
5-22.111
Potable 1,072 680 679 766 857
Surface water
(not
desalinated)
CVP Class I
Supplies Projected
at 67% Allocation2
Potable 1,257 1,675 1,675 1,675 1,675
Total 2,329 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
1Groundwater use calculated to meet projected demand, after surface water supplies are utilized. Actual groundwater use may vary depending on surface water availability.
2Average allocation from the last 10 years
3By 2030, additional well capacity is expected to increase by roughly 1,850 gpm (2,984 AFY) with the restoration of Well 11 and the addition of a new well.

6.2.10 Special Conditions

6.2.10.1 Climate Change Impacts to Water Supply Sources The impacts on the City’s water supply due to climate change could take many forms but are likely to impact surface water supplies most. It is anticipated that precipitation will occur in the form of rain, instead of snowpack, more often and snowmelt and its associated runoff will begin earlier than in the past. This change will require that more water storage facilities be available to capture the water supply that would have otherwise been ‘stored’ as snowpack in the mountains.

6.2.10.2 Regulatory Conditions
The introduction of SGMA has been a major modification to how water supplies are considered. The Kaweah Subbasin has a good plan to work cooperatively in managing their groundwater basin and reaching sustainability. It is not anticipated that additional regulation will be introduced to further modify how the agencies can access and utilize water supply sources. If the cooperative approach to SGMA compliance does not continue, additional regulation may be a possibility in the form of adjudication of the groundwater basin.

6.2.10.3 Seismic Risk Assessment & Mitigation Plan
The City is covered by the Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJLHMP) published in March 2023. A portions of the MJLHMP, Annex D, is included as Appendix G. A seismic risk assessment for the County was performed as part of this plan. According to that plan, the City falls into the low to moderate ranges of the scale of earthquake severity risk and is considered distant from known, active faults. Earthquakes are considered an only occasional hazard for the City, significantly less than drought and climate change. In the event of seismic activity, the City might suffer extensive damage of limited magnitude. While it is expected that only weaker buildings might be damaged, DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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infrequent severe earthquakes could cause more severe shaking and damage. Numerous building and zoning codes exist at the local level to decrease the impact of seismic events. Annex D of the MJLHMP details the financial, planning, and regulatory capabilities, administrative and technical resources, and previous and ongoing mitigation activities currently available to the City.

6.3 Energy Consumption
The City tracks their energy use on a per supply source basis, i.e., energy use per well, on a monthly basis. In 2020, through pumps associated with groundwater wells, the City used approximately 1.2 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of power to produce 3,586 AF of water into the distribution system, yielding a power consumption of 341.0 kWh/AF as shown in the following table. These figures include energy used by the wastewater system, including wastewater delivered to the City WWTP, as those are attributable to the City. Table 6-11 summarizes the energy usage for Lindsay in 2020.

Table 6-11 Energy Consumption (Submittal Table O-1A)
Urban Water Supplier City of Lindsay
Start Date: 1/1/2020 Urban Water Supplier Operational Control End Date: 12/31/2020 Water Management Process
Units Extract and
Divert (A)
Place into
Storage (B)
Conveyance (C)Treatment (D)Distribution (E) Total Utility Volume of Water
Entering Process AF 1,226 0 0 1,257 2,484 2,484
Energy Consumed kWh 692,426 1,541 0 43,980 485,133 1,223,080 Energy Intensity kWh/AF 564.6 0.0 0.0 35.0 195.3 492.4
Quantity of Self-Generated Renewable Energy: 0 kWh
Data Quality: Metered Data
Data Quality
Narrative:

Column A accounts for groundwater extracted from Wells 14 & 15; Column B accounts for water placed into storage and energy required to pump it to that facility; Column D accounts for all water processed through the SWTP and energy required to run the SWTP; Column E accounts for all water distributed through the water system and energy associated with moving it throughout the system via booster pumps, including into and out of temporary storage reservoirs.

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7 Water Supply Reliability
The UWMPA requires that the UWMP address the reliability of the City’s long-term water supplies. This includes a description of supply constraints which may impact the supply. Also included is a comparison between the City’s supply and demand.

Legal Requirements:

CWC §10635(a)
Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the long-term total projected water use over the next 20 years, in five-year increments, for a normal water year, a single dry water year, and a drought lasting five consecutive water years. The water service reliability assessment shall be based upon the information compiled pursuant to Section 10631, including available data from state, regional, or local agency population projections within the service area of the urban water supplier.

7.1 Constraints on Water Sources
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631(b)(1) A detailed discussion of anticipated supply availability under a normal water year, single dry year, and droughts lasting at least five years, as well as more frequent and severe periods of drought, as described in the drought risk assessment. For each source of water supply, consider any information pertinent to the reliability analysis conducted pursuant to Section 10635, including changes in supply due to climate change.

Given there are a variety of circumstances that can render a source inconsistent, determining the supply reliability for the City is complex because of the intricate factors that accompany a water source. These factors include legal issues, environmental constraints, infrastructure, water quality, and climatic variations.

7.1.1 Legal
The groundwater supplies the City relies upon are not adjudicated. The surface water supplies have long-range contracts to document quantities and availability to the City.

Since SGMA became effective, the City has been working collaboratively with other agencies also reliant on the groundwater basin to reach sustainable management of the groundwater aquifer prior to 2040, as required. The City’s groundwater supplies were forecasted to increase with population growth into the future. This trend continues to 2040; however, the total quantity of groundwater needed is less due to compliance with SBx7-7 and upcoming compliance with AB 1668, SB 606, and SB 1157.

Should new legal requirements or basin adjudication come into effect prior to the 2025 UWMP Update, the City will endeavor to understand and comply with those regulations as they are written and provide documentation of those efforts in the 2025 UWMP Update.

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7.1.2 Environmental
The status of environmental regulation in California is routinely changing due to new legislation, endangered species statuses, and other factors. Currently, the surface water received by the City from the CVP is impacted by restoration flow requirements to the San Joaquin River. Should new environmental legislation come into existence, it could potentially reduce the City's available supply. The City will continue to monitor environmental regulations for impacts to the City’s system.

7.1.3 Infrastructure
The City’s surface water availability is affected by infrastructure maintenance on the Friant Kern Canal. A critical time for the City is created by the maintenance cycle of the Friant Kern Canal, which is taken out of operation for two to four months in the fall of every third year, making surface water completely unavailable for that time. The winter supply is limited to the capacity of the groundwater wells for the time when the Friant Kern Canal is offline for maintenance.

The City’s water availability is also affected by electricity availability. In case of power loss, the higher capacity well of the two wells currently in use (Well 15) is equipped with a backup portable generator.

This would enable the City to provide a reasonable portion of its normal water production in case of electricity loss.

7.1.4 Water Quality
The regulatory and legal requirements pertaining to water quality are frequently changing in the State of California due to revisions to existing or introduction of new MCLs for various primary and secondary constituents throughout the State.

At the subbasin-level, the primary constituent of concern is nitrogen. This is a legacy issue that has largely been the focus of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP). While many constituents are being monitored throughout the subbasin, undesirable results have not yet occurred. While the EKGSA is working on developing Groundwater Quality Monitoring Networks, the current data sets do not have historical wide-spread monitoring for several constituents of concern. The constituents currently being monitored within the GSA are arsenic, chlorine, chromium-6 (Cr6), 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP), sodium, nitrate, polychlorinated terphenyl (PCATE), TCP, and TDS (GSAs, 2021).

The City itself also has several existing groundwater quality issues, including lead and DBP. The City experienced an Action Level and 90th percentile exceedance of lead in September 2021 at 4 out of 30 testing sites. The City is currently addressing this issue with additional testing, monitoring, and water system improvements. DBP, consisting of TTHM and HAA5, was found in exceedance of the MCL. The City is working to collect samples, monitor the situation, and correct the issues. A single exceedance for turbidity was experienced by the City in March 2021. This exceedance was caused by changes in water quality in the Friant Kern Canal water supply and the City adjusted treatment operations to achieve compliance. Well 11 is inactive due to exceedances of the MCL for perchlorate and nitrate. The well will remain on inactive ‘emergency use only’ status until a proposed project to treat the water to reduce the perchlorate and nitrate to below the MCL level is funded and implemented. In addition to existing water DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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quality concerns, there are several contaminants that may become critical in the near future. While not officially adopted yet, the Division of Drinking Water recently announced a new draft Cr6 MCL of 10 ppb (ug/L). Previously, it was regulated under the total chromium MCL. Existing water quality monitoring reports do not report this contaminant but the City will need to monitor it in the future. It could also influence treatment methods of City wells which may include reverse osmosis or ion exchange. Similarly, TCP has a primary MCL that was revised in 2017 from 0.0007 µg/L to 0.0005 µg/L. Since TCP was used as a component in agricultural fumigants applied over large areas of California, it is reasonable to expect that the City may be impacted. The City will continue to monitor those and any new constituents, if needed, to remain in compliance with regulations and reporting requirements.

7.1.5 Climatic Variations
As climate change becomes more quantifiable and potentially affects the local water conditions more, alterations in the water supply planning arena may become necessary. Climate change elements such as drought, greater proportion of precipitation falling as rain instead of snow in the watershed, or massive flooding could potentially affect supply reliability, thus requiring the City to modify their water supplies.

Climate change impacts on groundwater should be less significant to overall water management strategies, as the City is already positioning to respond to SGMA and achieve groundwater sustainability by 2040. Without groundwater sustainability achieved, groundwater levels could continue to decline, impacting the overall access to and quantity of groundwater in the aquifer.

The City will continue to monitor impacts to the water supply as a result of climate change and other factors and is poised to respond through adaptation strategies if needed. Adaptation may consist of water conservation methods, more extensive master planning, acquisition of surface water supplies for recharge or potable uses, increased usage of recycled water, and investment in infrastructure to support the previously stated measures.

7.2 Reliability by Type Year
This section considers the City’s water supply reliability during three water scenarios: normal year, single-dry year, and multiple-dry year period.

7.2.1 Types of Years
The reliability scenarios to be considered are defined as follows:
• Average year: This condition represents the water supplies a Supplier considers available during normal conditions. This could be a single year or an averaged range of years that closely represents the average water supply available to the Supplier. In the 2020 UWMP Guidebook, DWR uses the terms average and normal interchangeably when addressing the water year type. • Single-dry year: the year that represents the lowest water supply available to the City. Generally considered to be the lowest annual runoff for a watershed since the water-year beginning in 1903. Suppliers should determine this for each watershed from which they receive supplies.

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• Multiple-dry year period: the period that represents the lowest average water supply available to the City for a consecutive multiple year period. Generally considered to be the lowest average runoff for a consecutive multiple year period (five years or more).

Table 7-1 summarizes the base years for the average, single and multi-dry year periods. In addition, the available supply volume and percent relative to the normal/average year is listed. As shown, the representative normal year is 2009, while 2015 represents the lowest supply year (single dry year).

Table 7-1 reflects the recent 2012 through 2016 drought since accurate water supply records were available. The relatively small differences between the percent of average supply in dry years compared to average years is due to the switch in dry years from surface water use to groundwater use.

The City’s groundwater supply has historically been very consistent, due in large part to the reliability of the groundwater aquifer, and it is anticipated this will continue into the future. However, as SGMA is further implemented, it is possible that there may be further restrictions on groundwater pumping, particularly in critical dry and multiple dry years.

The surface water available to the City is of a CVP Class I type, but has been much less reliable in recent years. Given historical CVP Class I allocations for the last 10 years, the available supply for surface water is projected at 67% for normal years.

Table 7-1: Bases of Water Year Data (Submittal Table 7-1) Year Type Base Year
Available Supplies if Year Type Repeats
Quantification of available supplies is not
compatible with this table and is provided
elsewhere in the UWMP.

X
Quantification of available supplies is provided in
this table as either volume only, percent only, or
both.

Volume Applied
(AF)
Percent of Average
Supply
Normal/Average Year 2009 2,883 100%
Single-Dry Year 2015 2,242 78%
Multiple-Dry Year 1 2012 2,481 86%
Multiple-Dry Year 2 2013 2,889 100%
Multiple-Dry Year 3 2014 2,511 87%
Multiple-Dry Year 4 2015 2,242 78%
Multiple-Dry Year 5 2016 2,434 84%
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7.3 Supply and Demand Comparison
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10635
(a) Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, an assessment of the reliability of its water service to its customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years. This water supply and demand assessment shall compare the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the total projected water use over the next 20 years, in five-year increments, for a normal water year, a single dry water year, and multiple dry water years. The water service reliability assessment shall be based upon the information compiled pursuant to Section 10631, including available data from state, regional or local agency population projections within the service area of the urban water supplier.

7.3.1 Reliability – Normal Year
The projected normal water year supply and demand from 2025 through 2040 are shown in Table 7-2.

Table 7-2: Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison (Submittal Table 7-2) 2025 2030 2035 2040
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Units: AF
As shown, demands are expected to correlate directly with projected population estimates from 2025 to 2040 and supply is projected to match demands. The supply to customers will be provided by both groundwater and surface water, with a slight surplus in surface water resulting in a lower required quantity of groundwater to be pumped. In other words, the excess shown in in Table 7-2 will result in a savings in groundwater pumped in normal years.

7.3.2 Reliability – Single Dry Year
The single dry year scenario below illustrates that when the City receives a 0% surface water allocation, their groundwater supply is unable to meet their projected population’s demand. This illustrates the City’s need to move toward greater groundwater reliance, as there is no ostensible additional surface water supply available. This projection takes into account well capacity constraints, but account for possible state-wide mandates for conservation beyond that required by SBx7-7, SB 606, AB 1668, and SB 1157.

Neither does it account for groundwater pumping restrictions that may arise from SGMA, or any possible future adjudication of the basin. The single-dry year supply and demand are shown in Table 7-3.

Table 7-3: Single-Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (Submittal Table 7-3) 2025 2030 2035 2040
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Units: AF
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7.3.3 Reliability – Five Consecutive Dry Years
The projected multiple-dry year supply and demand from 2025 through 2040 is presented in Table 7-4.

It is anticipated that State-wide conservation mandates would be required during a prolonged drought; however, the magnitude of those mandates is unknown. While supplies would be available from the aquifer to meet the demands, additional wells would be required in dry years as the capacity of both existing wells running together would be less than what is required in the third and fourth years.

Table 7-4: Multiple-Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (Submittal Table 7-4) 2025 2030 2035 2040
First Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Second Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Third Year
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Fourth Year
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Fifth Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0

7.3.4 Description of Management Tools and Options
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10620(f) An urban water supplier shall describe in the plan, water management tools and options used by that entity that will maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions.

7.3.4.1 Groundwater Reliability
The City’s wells draw water from a non-adjudicated groundwater basin (Kaweah Subbasin) with no present limits on pumping. Currently, the number and capacity of wells limits the available groundwater supply. However, the basin has been labeled as being in a critical state of overdraft. Therefore, reliability of the groundwater supply will depend on the long-term balance between groundwater extraction and recharge for the Subbasin as a whole, as discussed in previous sections.

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To minimize the City’s contribution to groundwater depletion, sustainable use of groundwater supply sources is a primary focus of the City’s urban water management activities extending into the future.

The City may consider engaging in groundwater recharge activities for their treated wastewater effluent or when surface water supplies are available to replenish the water table to offset pumping to meet future GSP requirements. As a participating party in the EKGSA and the EKGSP, the City continues to actively pursue joint efforts to address overdraft.

7.3.4.2 Surface Water Reliability
Surface water is supplied by the CVP (Class I) and conveyed to the City via the Friant Kern Canal.

However, climate change in the region has contributed to decreased surface water reliability. This supply is impacted by the level of snowmelt and precipitation received in other areas of the State and is susceptible to dry conditions. It is also subject to habitat restoration flows which decrease the allocation the City receives. The City’s contract provides up to 2,500 AFY, but the allocated amount varies with climatic conditions and environmental needs.

While the City historically relied on surface water resources, extreme variability in available surface water supply in recent years has encouraged the City to move toward decreased reliance on surface water.

7.3.4.3 Recycled Water Reliability
The City does not recycle water therefore this section does not apply.

7.4 Drought Risk Assessment
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10635(b)
Every urban water supplier shall include, as part of its urban water management plan, a drought risk assessment for its water service to its customers as part of information considered in developing the demand management measures and water supply projects and programs to be included in the urban water management plan. The urban water supplier may conduct an interim update or updates to this drought risk assessment within the five-year cycle of its urban water management plan update. The drought risk assessment shall include each of the following:
(1) A description of the data, methodology, and basis for one or more supply shortage conditions that are necessary to conduct a drought risk assessment for a drought period that lasts five consecutive water years, starting from the year following when the assessment is conducted.
(2) A determination of the reliability of each source of supply under a variety of water shortage conditions. This may include a determination that a particular source of water supply is fully reliable under most, if not all, conditions. (3) A comparison of the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the total projected water use for the drought period.
(4) Considerations of the historical drought hydrology, plausible changes on projected supplies and demands under climate change conditions, anticipated regulatory changes, and other locally applicable criteria.

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2021. The DRA shows the City would need to enact water conservation measures at Level 2 of the WSCP (or a savings of 18%) to reduce demands. The City’s efforts in the 2012-2016 drought have proven its ability to accomplish significant conservation when mandatory measures are enacted.

7.4.1.1 Water Use
The water use values are a projection between the actual water use in 2020 (Table 4-3) and the projected water use in 2025 (Table 4-4). This linear projection, beginning in 2021 and culminating in 2025, does not account for conservation or other demand reductions.

7.4.1.2 Water Supply
The water supply value considers the City’s primary and secondary supply sources of groundwater and surface water, respectively. For purposes of the DRA, the groundwater quantity available is equal to the total active well supply working capacity of 1.9 mgd (2,130 AFY). For the purposes of the DRA, the surface water quality available in normal years is projected at 67% allocation in normal years, with 0% allocation in dry years as seen in the historical trends.

7.4.1.3 Water Shortage Conditions
The DRA utilizes the same levels discussed in the Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) and the related use reduction benefit is shown in the table below. The required reductions range from 0 to 18 percent, depending on the year. The results of the WSCP are expected to differ somewhat from what was experienced in the 2012-2016 drought because at that time the City was following a slightly different water conservation procedure.

7.4.2 Individual Water Source Reliability
Groundwater is considered a very reliable water supply. For purposes of the immediate five-year DRA, the City will consider its current operational pumping capacity as the quantity available to match demands; however, it is understood there could be mandated conservation during a prolonged drought.

In that instance, the City would utilize methods discussed in the WSCP to reduce system demands.

As previously stated, the Class I CVP surface water supplies available to the City have not been reliable in recent years. While surface water decreases groundwater supply requirements in normal and wet years, the City expects must be prepared for very low allocations in dry years. Therefore, the City must plan to rely on groundwater only in dry years.

7.4.3 Total Water Supply and Use Comparison
The following comparison is completed on an annual basis rather than a monthly or quarterly basis.

Table 7-5 summarizes the supply and demand comparison along with impacts due to planned WSCP actions.

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Table 7-5: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment (Submittal Table 7-5) Year
Without WSCP Actions Planned WSCP Actions
Total
Water
Use
Total
Supplies
Surplus/
Shortfall w/o
WSCP
Action
Supply
augmentatio
n benefit
Use
reduction
savings
benefit
Revised
Surplus/
(shortfall)
Resulting %
Use
Reduction
from WSCP
action
2021 2,334 2,334 0 0 0 0 0%
2022 2,340 2,340 0 0 0 0 0%
2023 2,345 2,129 (216) 0 422 206 18%
2024 2,350 2,129 (221) 0 423 202 18%
2025 2,355 2,500 145 0 0 145 0%
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8 Water Shortage Contingency Planning
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10632.3
It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) based on drought conditions, the board defer to implementation of locally adopted water shortage contingency plans to the extent practicable.

The UWMPA requires that the UWMP include an urban water shortage contingency analysis that addresses stages of action to be undertaken by the urban water supplier in response to water supply shortages ranging from less than 10 to greater than 50 percent supply reduction, and an outline of specific actions applicable to each stage. In addition to the stages of action, the City is required to develop mandatory prohibitions against specific water use during shortages and consumption reduction methods in the most restrictive stages.

The City’s WSCP is an independent document from the UWMP and can be found in Appendix C.

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9 Demand Management Measures
This section provides a comprehensive description of the water conservation programs that the City has implemented, is currently implementing, and plans to implement in order to meet its urban water use reduction targets.

9.1 Demand Management Measures
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631
(f)(A)…a narrative description that addresses the nature and extent of each water demand management measure implemented over the past five years. The narrative shall describe the water demand management measure that the supplier plans to implement to achieve its water use targets pursuant to Section 10608.20. (B) The narrative pursuant to this paragraph shall include descriptions of the following water demand management measures:
(i) Water waste prevention ordinances.
(ii) Metering.
(iii) Conservation pricing.
(iv) Public education and outreach.
(v) Programs to assess and manage distribution system real loss. (vi) Water conservation program coordination and staffing support. (vii) Other demand management measures that have a significant impact on water use as measured in gallons per capita per day, including innovative measures, if implemented.

The UWMPA requires urban water suppliers to provide information regarding water conservation and DMMs compliance; this Section provides that information. The UWMPA was amended in 2014 to streamline DMMs from 14 specific measures to six more general requirements and an "other" category.

In May 2022, the City adopted a Water Conservation Plan. Since then, the City has developed a WSCP to further build on the City’s ability to conserve water. The City takes water conservation very seriously and considers implementation of DMMs as a necessity to achieve the goals of the conservation program.

9.1.1 Water Waste Prevention Ordinance
The City identifies drought water rate structures for water waste or violating current drought regulations. The water waste ordinances from the City of Lindsay’s Water Conservation Plan have been carried over to its WSCP (see Appendix C). The penalties associated with each stage of a water shortage are provided for residential and non-residential residents below. Per Title 1, General Provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Lindsay, Chapter 1.16, General Penalty, Section 1.16.010, Penalty for Code Violations, the following amounts, and provisions will be enforced. Except where specifically provided otherwise in the Lindsay Municipal Code, violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction.

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• Violation 3 – A fine not exceeding $1,000 for each additional violation within the same section within one year
Any non-residential person or group shall be punished by:
• Violation 1 – A fine not exceeding $1,000
• Violation 2 – A fine not exceeding $5,000 within the same section and year • Violation 3 – A fine not exceeding $10,000 for each additional violation within the same section within one year
In a recent period of 10 months under its Water Conservation Plan, from May 2022 to February 2023, there were a total of 65 water wasters. Three (3) commercial businesses were fined ($1,000 each) and twenty-three (23) residential locations were fined ($100 each).

Further details on prohibitions and penalties are explored in the City’s WSCP (Appendix C).

9.1.2 Metering
Legal Requirements:

CWC §526
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an urban water supplier that, on or after January 1, 2004, receives water from the federal Central Valley Project under a water service contract or subcontract... shall do both of the following:
(1) On or before January 1, 2013, install water meters on all service connections to residential and nonagricultural commercial buildings... located within its service area.

CWC §527
(a) An urban water supplier that is not subject to Section 526 shall do both the following:
(1) Install water meters on all municipal and industrial service connections located within its service area on or before January 1, 2025.

The City meters its residential, multi-family, commercial, institutional, industrial, and church customers, and as it recently became an urban water supplier, has plans to meter all its deliveries. As of May 2022, metered customers accounted for greater than 95% of service connections. Currently non-metered customers include government-owned facilities, city-owned facilities, landscaping areas, and the surface water treatment plant (SWTP) backwash, where less than 1 AF is required to backwash the SWTP approximately once every 7 days. Specifically, the following locations require meters: City Services, City Hall, Museum, Police Department, Library, Library Landscape, Senior Center, City Park, Soccer Fields, Sweet Brier Plaza, Olive Bowl, Harvard Park, Water Treatment Plant, City Corporation Yard. Metering was included as a high priority action item in the City’s CIP in the recently completed WFS in 2022 (Provost & Pritchard , 2022).

9.1.3 Conservation Pricing
As mentioned in its WSCP, in Level C, the City may choose to establish a usage allowance where uses beyond the allowance would be charged at a higher rate. Provisions are also set forth to establish a 15% rate increase upon Council adoption after notice, hearing, etc. to encourage water conservation and also serve to recover lost revenues from water conservation.

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9.1.4 Public Education and Outreach
The City utilizes mass mailings and the City internet site to distribute information to all water service customers. Walk in customers are also provided with information at City Hall and at the Public Works Department Water Division.

Flyers mailed out to customers are also posted throughout City Hall and in the Public Works department. Banners have been posted around the City as well.

The City makes staff available for guidance and educational tours of water system facilities. As part of their Water Conservation Plan and WSCP, the City also coordinates with local schools to implement a Water Education Program to instill a water conservation ethic in the minds of students. In this way, the City is thinking in advance about influencing the water-using habits of tomorrow’s adults.

9.1.5 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss As part of its Water Conservation Plan and in its WSCP, the City pledged to intensify its leak detection program by repairing or replacing leaking valves, water meters and fire hydrants as necessary. All of the City’s wells are metered; however, as of 2020, about 5% of the City’s water connections were not metered. Thus, a complete system water audit was not possible without assuming unmetered water usage. Currently, water main records are maintained in a GIS system. The City has convenient access to historical data on each water main.

In 2020, losses were estimated around 99 AF, which is about 4% of the total production. As previously discussed, plans are in place to meter the remaining connections within the City’s service area.

9.1.6 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support The City is aware of the need for continual water conservation and through direction by the City Council has adopted resolutions and ordinances to provide staff with the means of implementing and enforcing necessary water conservation measures as outlined in its historical Water Conservation Plan (Lindsay, 2022) and its WSCP (Appendix C). As the City’s water conservation efforts have expanded, additional staff have been used to implement water conservation measures. Currently, the Department of City Services oversees water conservation efforts, education, etc.

9.1.7 Other Demand Management Measures
The City has implemented several other DMMs, which are described below. The City operates numerous rebate programs to help defer costs for customers and encourage water conservation. Residents should check with the City to determine program qualifications and follow directions listed on the City of Lindsay website.

9.1.7.1 City of Lindsay Water Conservation Plan
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was carried over into its WSCP. An example figure from the Water Conservation Plan is included as Figure 9-1.

Figure 9-1: Mandatory Conservation Water Use Schedule

9.1.7.2 Turf Replacement Rebate Program
The City will pay customers $2.00 per square foot to remove up to 1,000 square feet of irrigated turf for drought tolerant landscape. The minimum conversion area is greater than 20 square feet of irrigated turf, but not more than 400 square feet to qualify for the rebate. Users only qualify for the rebate for projects undertaken after the initiation of the program. Turf grass at homes and commercial landscapes consume large amounts of water and water-efficient landscapes use 50% or less water than most turf.

The amount saved depends on the amount of turf removed, type of plants installed, irrigation system, and soil type. A water-efficient landscape can use less water and may also reduce maintenance costs.

9.1.7.3 High Efficiency Toilet Replacement Rebate Program Customers may be eligible for a rebate when they replace their old high water use toilets with a new qualifying High Efficiency (HE) Toilet. Installing an HE toilet can save about 38 gallons of water per day for a family of four. The City is offering a rebate of $35 if an eligible toilet was replaced or upgraded.

9.1.7.4 High Efficiency Showerhead Giveaway
The City is offering a free giveaway of efficient showerheads.

9.2 Implementation Over the Past Five Years
Section 9.1 discusses the implementation over the previous five years for DMMs, providing statistics on implementation where applicable and available. Overall, the DMMs continue to increase public awareness towards water conservation by providing rebates, educational programs, and informational and enforcement notices in English and Spanish.

9.3 Planned Implementation to Achieve Water Use Targets The City has implemented the recommended DMMs cited in the CWC 10631 (e)(1)(B) and will continue to do so in the future. The City has met their 2020 target of 151 gpcd with an actual water use of 150 gpcd in 2020.

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Implementation
The City has prepared this 2020 UWMP, as required by the UWMPA. This section documents plan adoption, submittal, and implementation of the 2020 UWMP. A completed UWMP checklist will be included in Appendix D of the Final UWMP.

10.1 Inclusion of All 2020 Data
The 2020 UWMP includes the water use and planning data for the calendar year of 2020. The City is reporting on a calendar year basis and therefore, 2020 data includes the months of January to December 2020. More recent data is included, when appropriate, as this is the City’s first UWMP.

10.2 Notice of Public Hearing
Prior to adoption of the 2020 UWMP, a public hearing will be held on November 14, 2023 and notices provided to the public. The public hearing provides an opportunity for the public to provide input to the plan before it is adopted. Additionally, the public hearing provides an opportunity for the City’s customers, residents, and employees to learn and ask questions about the current and future water supply of the City.

10.2.1 Notice
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10631
(b) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan shall… at least 60 days prior to the public hearing on the plan … notify any city or county within which the supplier provides waters supplies that the urban water supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan.

CWC §10642
…The urban water supplier shall provide notice of the time and place of hearing to any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies. A privately owned water supplier shall provide an equivalent notice within its service area… The City has provided formal written notification to the County of Tulare, the East Kaweah GSA, the Lindsay Strathmore Irrigation District, and the Lindmore Irrigation District that the City had become an urban water supplier and an UWMP was being written for 2020. As shown in Table 10-1, this notification was provided to the parties at least 60 days prior to the public hearing of the plan. Copies of the final UWMP will be provided to these agencies no later than 30 days after its submission to the DWR. The notice of public hearing to the public is included in Appendix A.

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Table 10-1: Notification Letters (Submittal Table 10-1) Name 60-Day Notice Notice of Public Hearing
County of Tulare X X
East Kaweah GSA X X
Lindsay Strathmore
Irrigation District
X X
Lindmore Irrigation District X X

10.2.2 Notice to Public
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10642
…Prior to adopting a plan, the urban water supplier shall make the plan available for public inspection…Prior to the hearing, notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published within the jurisdiction of the publicly owned water supplier pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code [see below]. The urban water supplier shall provide notice of the time and place of a hearing to any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies.

Government Code §6066
Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once a week for two successive weeks. Two publications in a newspaper published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication dates not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of the fourteenth day, including therein the first day.

The City is committed to encouraging the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of its citizenry. On October 28
th, 2023 and November 4th, 2023 the City placed notices in the Sun Gazette stating that it had become an urban water user and was writing an UWMP. It also stated that a public hearing would be conducted to take testimony from members of the community. The Draft 2020 UWMP was made available for public inspection at the City of Lindsay City Clerk’s office, located at 251 E. Honolulu St., CA 93247. The notice of public hearing to the public is included in Appendix A.

10.3 Public Hearing and Adoption

10.3.1 Public Hearing
Legal Requirements:

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Section Ten: Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Implementation City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
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CWC §10642
…Prior to adopting either, the [plan or water shortage contingency plan], the urban water supplier shall make both the plan and the water shortage contingency plan available for public inspection and shall hold a public hearing or hearings thereon.

CWC §10608.26
(a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier shall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Allow community input regarding the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part. (2) Consider the economic impacts of the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part. (3) Adopt a method, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20 for determining its urban water use target.

The public hearing was held prior to the adoption of the UWMP and was adopted as prepared. The hearing provided an opportunity for the City’s customers, residents, and employees to learn and ask questions about the current and future water supply of the City. _NUMBER OF_ comments were provided at the hearing. The public hearing was held on November 14, 2023.

10.3.2 Adoption
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10642
…After the hearing, the plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified after the hearing.

The plan adoption by City Council occurred after a public hearing on November 14, 2023. The City Adoption Resolution is included in Appendix E.

10.4 Plan Submittal
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10621
(e) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2020 plan to the department by July 1, 2021… CWC §10644
(a)(1) An urban water supplier shall submit to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies a copy of its plan no later than 30 days after adoption.

CWC §10635
(b) The urban water supplier shall provide that portion of its urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this article to any city or county within which it provides water supplies no later than 60 days after the submission of its urban water management plan.

The following section outlines the submittal of the 2020 UWMP to DWR, the State Library, and Cities and Counties.

10.4.1 Submitting an UWMP and WSCP
The 2020 UWMP and WSCP will be submitted to the following agencies and stakeholders within 30 days of adoption, in the format noted, as required.
• Department of Water Resources (electronically)
• California State Library (compact disk)
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• County of Tulare (electronically)
• East Kaweah GSA (electronically)
• Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District (electronically) • Lindmore Irrigation District (electronically)

10.4.2 Electronic Data Submittal
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10644 (a)(2)
The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the department … shall be submitted electronically and shall include any standardized forms, tables, or displays specified by the department.

The 2020 UWMP, WSCP and tabular data will be submitted electronically using the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) data online submittal tool developed by DWR.

10.5 Public Availability
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10645
(a) Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with the department, the urban water supplier and the department shall make the plan available for public review during normal business hours. (b) Not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its water shortage contingency plan with the department, the urban water supplier and the department shall make the plan available for public review during normal business hours.

Within 30 days of submitting the UWMP and WSCP to DWR, the adopted plans will be available for public review during normal business hours at the City of Lindsay City Services office. The City will also post a copy of the adopted UWMP and WSCP on its website (https://www.lindsay.ca.us).

10.6 Amending an Adopted UWMP or WSCP
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10621
(d) The amendments to, or changes in, the plan shall be adopted and filed in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640).

CWC §10644
(a)(1) Copies of amendments or changes to the plans shall be submitted to the department, the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies within 30 days after adoption.

The plan may be updated at any time when the urban water supplier believes significant changes have occurred in population, land use, and/or water sources that may affect the contents of the plan. If major changes are made to this 2020 UWMP, the City will hold an additional public hearing and City Council will readopt the plan. Copies of amendments or changes to the plan shall be submitted to DWR, the California State Library, Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District, Lindmore Irrigation District, East Kaweah GSA, and Tulare County within 30 days of adoption.

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References
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023 1
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Associates, G. &. (1989). Comprehensive General Plan for the City of Lindsay of California. Sacramento.

Bettis, S. (2023, August 11). Recharge Basin in Lindsay Gets a New Flow. The Sun Gazette.

CA.GOV. (2011). San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin Kaweah Subbasin. San Joaquin Valley.

California, S. o. (2015). Bond Accountability. Retrieved from California Natural Resources Agency:
https://bondaccountability.resources.ca.gov/Project.aspx?ProjectPK=50569&PropositionPK=49 California's Groundwater (Bulletin 118). (2023). Retrieved from California Department of Water Resources:
https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management/bulletin-118 Census Bureau, U. S. (2022). City of Lindsay, California. Retrieved from Census Bureau Quick Facts:
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/lindsaycitycalifornia CIMIS. (2023, April 3). California Irrigation Management Information System. Retrieved from https://cimis.water.ca.gov/
(2019). City of Lindsay, 2019 Housing Element. City of Lindsay: Lindsay City Council.

City of Lindsay, California. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.lindsay.ca.us/city-services/page/drought-responsealert-city-lindsay-phase-4-water-conservation-plan (2023). City of Lindsay, Water Conservation Plan. City of Lindsay: City of Lindsay.

Council, L. C. (2019, December 10). 2019 Housing Element. Retrieved from City of Lindsay:
https://www.lindsay.ca.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/planning/page/4141/final-housingelement-adopted-121019.pdf DOF. (2021, September 2). California Department of Finance. Retrieved from E-4 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties and the State, 2010 - 2020: www.dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/Projections/ DWR. (2020, November). California's Groundwater Bulletin 118, Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, San Joaquin Valley Groundwater Basin, Kaweah Subbasin. Retrieved from Department of Water Resources:
https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3f87088d-a2f9-4a46-a979-1120069db2c6/resource/d2b45d3c-52c0- 45ba-b92a-fb3c90c1d4be/download/calgw2020_full_report.pdf DWR. (2021, March). Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2020.

EKGSA. (2023). Retrieved from https://ekgsa.org/
Group, Provost & Pritchard Consulting. (2022). Kaweah Subbasin Annual Monitoring Report. Greater Kaweah GSA.

GSAs, K. S. (2021, April). Resources. Retrieved from Greater Kaweah GSA: https://greaterkaweahgsa.org/wpcontent/uploads/2022/08/502211_WY_2021.pdf Lindsay, C. o. (2022, May 10). Water Conservation Plan.

Provost & Pritchard . (2022). Water Feasibility Study. Chico: City of Lindsay.

Resources, C. D. (2021, March). Urban Water Management Plans. Retrieved from UWMP 2020 Guidebook - Final Version: https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/Urban-Water-Use-Efficiency/UrbanWater-Management-Plans Resources, D. o. (2020, November). California's Groundwater (Bulletin 118). Retrieved from https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/3f87088d-a2f9-4a46-a979-1120069db2c6/resource/d2b45d3c-52c0- 45ba-b92a-fb3c90c1d4be/download/calgw2020_full_report.pdf Service, N. W. (2023, April 3). NOAA Online Weather Data. Retrieved from https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=hnx
(2023). Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Visalia: Tulare County Office of Emergency Services.

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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
Appendices
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
Appendix A
Outreach Documents
(Left Blank Until Adoption)
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7102 ext 4

DEPARTMENT OF CITY SERVICES & PLANNING
August 23, 2023
Jason T. Britt
[email protected]
County Administrator
County of Tulare
2800 W. Burrel Ave
Visalia, CA 93291
Dear Mr. Britt,
In accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act, California Water Code §10621(b), the City of Lindsay is notifying the County of Tulare that the City of Lindsay has become an Urban Water User. As such, it will be preparing an Urban Water Management Plan and considering amendments or changes to the Plan.

Once a draft is ready for review, it will be sent to your attention electronically and we would be pleased to receive any comments you may have on this update to the Plan. If you need to contact me regarding this matter, I may be reached at (559) 562-7102 Ext. 8040 or [email protected].

Sincerely,
Neyba Amezcua
Director of City Services & Planning
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
Appendix B
2020 SBx7-7 Verification & Compliance Tables
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
2020 SBx7-7 Verification Form Tables
Lindsay Original Service Area
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SB X7-7 Table 0: Units of Measure Used in UWMP* (select one from the drop down list)
Acre Feet
*The unit of measure must be consistent with Submittal Table 2-3 NOTES:

DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

NOTES: Department of Finance Estimates were used for area corresponding with city boundary; additional area populations were added to DOF estimates.

SB X7-7 Table 2: Method for Population Estimates
Method Used to Determine Population
(may check more than one)

1. Department of Finance (DOF) or American Community
Survey (ACS)

3. DWR Population Tool

4. Other
DWR recommends pre-review

2. Persons-per-Connection Method
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Parameter Value Units
2008 total water deliveries Acre Feet
2008 total volume of delivered recycled water - Acre Feet 2008 recycled water as a percent of total deliveries See Note 1 Number of years in baseline period1, 2
10 Years
Year beginning baseline period range 2000
Year ending baseline period range3
2009
Number of years in baseline period 5 Years
Year beginning baseline period range 2005
Year ending baseline period range4
2009
2 The Water Code requires that the baseline period is between 10 and 15 years. However, DWR recognizes that some water suppliers may not have the minimum 10 years of baseline data.

SB X7-7 Table-1: Baseline Period Ranges
1 If the 2008 recycled water delivery is less than 10 percent of total water deliveries, then the 10-15year baseline period is a continuous 10-year period. If the amount of recycled water delivered in 2008 is 10 percent or greater of total deliveries, the 10-15 year baseline period is a continuous 10- to 15-year period.
3 The ending year for the 10-15 year baseline period must be between December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2010. 4 The ending year for the 5 year baseline period must be between December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2010. 5-year
baseline period
Baseline
10- to 15-year
baseline period
NOTES:

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Population
Year 1 2000 11,463
Year 2 2001 11,481
Year 3 2002 11,530
Year 4 2003 11,715
Year 5 2004 11,894
Year 6 2005 12,106
Year 7 2006 12,203
Year 8 2007 12,185
Year 9 2008 12,608
Year 10 2009 12,792
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Year 14
Year 15
Year 1 2005 12,106
Year 2 2006 12,203
Year 3 2007 12,185
Year 4 2008 12,608
Year 5 2009 12,792
SB X7-7 Table 3: Service Area Population
10 to 15 Year Baseline Population
5 Year Baseline Population
NOTES:

Year
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Exported
Water
Change in
Dist. System
Storage
(+/-)
Indirect
Recycled
Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-B is
completed.

Water
Delivered for
Agricultural
Use
Year 1 2000 2,271 - - - -
Year 2 2001 2,197 - - - -
Year 3 2002 2,386 - - - -
Year 4 2003 2,703 - - - -
Year 5 2004 2,491 - - - -
Year 6 2005 2,748 - - - -
Year 7 2006 2,582 - - - -
Year 8 2007 2,443 - - - -
Year 9 2008 2,718 - - - -
Year 10 2009 2,884 - - - -
Year 11 0 - - - - -
Year 12 0 - - - - -
Year 13 0 - - - - -
Year 14 0 - - - - -
Year 15 0 - - - - -
Year 1 2005 2,748 - - - -
Year 2 2006 2,582 - - - -
Year 3 2007 2,443 - - - -
Year 4 2008 2,800 - - - -
Year 5 2009 2,884 - - - -
* Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.

NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4: Annual Gross Water Use *
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Gross Water Use
10 - 15 year baseline average gross water use
5 Year Baseline - Gross Water Use
5 year baseline average gross water use
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
Volume Into
Distribution System
This column will remain
blank until SB X7-7 Table
4-A is completed.

Deductions
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Acre Feet
Process Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-D is
completed.

Annual Gross Water Use
- 2,271
- 2,197
- 2,386
- 2,703
- 2,491
- 2,748
- 2,582
- 2,443
- 2,718
- 2,884
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
2,542
- 2,748
- 2,582
- 2,443
- 2,800
- 2,884
2,691
orted in Table 2-3.

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Volume Entering
Distribution
System1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Year 1 2000 1,532 1,532
Year 2 2001 939 939
Year 3 2002 2,117 2,117
Year 4 2003 2,133 2,133
Year 5 2004 2,066 2,066
Year 6 2005 1,938 1,938
Year 7 2006 1,581 1,581
Year 8 2007 1,389 1,389
Year 9 2008 1,831 1,831
Year 10 2009 2,154 2,154
Year 11 0 -
Year 12 0 -
Year 13 0 -
Year 14 0 -
Year 15 0 -
Year 1 2005 1,938 1,938
Year 2 2006 1,581 1,581
Year 3 2007 1,389 1,389
Year 4 2008 1,913 1,913
Year 5 2009 2,154 2,154
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System 5 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System
Name of Source Groundwater Wells
Name of Source
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.

Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.
2 Meter Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES:

This water source is:

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
Surface Water Treatment Plant
This water source is:

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Volume Entering
Distribution
System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Year 1 2000 739 739
Year 2 2001 1258 1,258
Year 3 2002 269 269
Year 4 2003 570 570
Year 5 2004 425 425
Year 6 2005 810 810
Year 7 2006 1001 1,001
Year 8 2007 1054 1,054
Year 9 2008 887 887
Year 10 2009 730 730
Year 11 0 0
Year 12 0 0
Year 13 0 0
Year 14 0 0
Year 15 0 0
Year 1 2005 810 810
Year 2 2006 1001 1,001
Year 3 2007 1054 1,054
Year 4 2008 887 887
Year 5 2009 730 730
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
Name of Source Enter Name of Source 3
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System 5 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System
A purchased or imported source
This water source is:

The supplier's own water source
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.
2 Meter Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

Service Area
Population
Fm SB X7-7
Table 3
Annual Gross
Water Use
Fm SB X7-7
Table 4
Daily Per
Capita Water
Use (GPCD)
Year 1 2000 11,463 2,271 177
Year 2 2001 11,481 2,197 171
Year 3 2002 11,530 2,386 185
Year 4 2003 11,715 2,703 206
Year 5 2004 11,894 2,491 187
Year 6 2005 12,106 2,748 203
Year 7 2006 12,203 2,582 189
Year 8 2007 12,185 2,443 179
Year 9 2008 12,608 2,718 192
Year 10 2009 12,792 2,884 201
Year 11 0 - -
Year 12 0 - -
Year 13 0 - -
Year 14 0 - -
Year 15 0 - -
189
Service Area
Population
Fm SB X7-7
Table 3
Gross Water Use
Fm SB X7-7
Table 4
Daily Per
Capita Water
Use
Year 1 2005 12,106 2,748 203
Year 2 2006 12,203 2,582 189
Year 3 2007 12,185 2,443 179
Year 4 2008 12,608 2,800 198
Year 5 2009 12,792 2,884 201
194
NOTES:
5 Year Average Baseline GPCD
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
SB X7-7 Table 5: Baseline Gallons Per Capita Per Day (GPCD) Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
10 to 15 Year Baseline GPCD
10-15 Year Average Baseline GPCD
5 Year Baseline GPCD
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
2020 SBx7-7 Compliance Tables
Lindsay Original Service Area
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SB X7-7 Table 0: Units of Measure Used in 2020 UWMP*
(select one from the drop down list)
Acre Feet
*The unit of measure must be consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES:

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NOTES: DOF Estimates were used for area corresponding with city boundary; additional area populations were added to DOF estimates.

SB X7-7 Table 2: Method for 2020 Population Estimate
Method Used to Determine 2020 Population
(may check more than one)

1. Department of Finance (DOF) or
American Community Survey (ACS)

3. DWR Population Tool

4. Other
DWR recommends pre-review

2. Persons-per-Connection Method
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2020 13,901
SB X7-7 Table 3: 2020 Service Area Population
2020 Compliance Year Population
NOTES:

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Exported
Water *
Change in
Dist. System
Storage*
(+/-)
Indirect
Recycled
Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-B is
completed.

Water
Delivered for
Agricultural
Use*
Process Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-D is
completed.
2,329 - - - - - 2,329
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4: 2020 Gross Water Use
2020 Volume
Into
Distribution
System
This column will
remain blank until
SB X7-7 Table 4-A
is completed.
2020 Gross Water
Use
2020 Deductions
* Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3.

Compliance
Year 2020
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Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
1,257 - 1,257
Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
332 332
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source Well 14
Name of Source
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter
Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
Surface Water Treatment Plant
Compliance Year
2020
A purchased or imported source
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document Well 15
Compliance Year
2020
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Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
740 740
Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
0 Enter Name of Source 4
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
A purchased or imported source
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source
Name of Source Enter Name of Source 5
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
This water source is (check one) :

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES:
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document Compliance Year
2020
Compliance Year
2020
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2020 Gross Water
Fm SB X7-7 Table 4
2020 Population Fm
SB X7-7 Table 3 2020 GPCD
2,329 13,901 150
SB X7-7 Table 5: 2020 Gallons Per Capita Per Day
(GPCD)
NOTES:

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Extraordinary
Events1
Weather
Normalization1
Economic
Adjustment1
150 - - - - 150 151 YES
NOTES:
1 All values are reported in GPCD
2 2020 Confirmed Target GPCD is taken from the Supplier's SB X7-7 Verification Form Table SB X7-7, 7-F.

SB X7-7 Table 9: 2020 Compliance
Optional Adjustments to 2020 GPCD
Did Supplier
Achieve
Targeted
Reduction for
2020?
Actual 2020
GPCD1
2020 Confirmed
Target GPCD 1, 2 TOTAL
Adjustments1
Adjusted 2020
GPCD 1
(Adjusted if
applicable)
Enter "0" if Adjustment Not Used
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
2020 SBx7-7 Verification Form Tables
El Rancho Annexation
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SB X7-7 Table 0: Units of Measure Used in UWMP* (select one from the drop down list)
Acre Feet
*The unit of measure must be consistent with Submittal Table 2-3 NOTES:

DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

Parameter Value Units
2008 total water deliveries Acre Feet
2008 total volume of delivered recycled water - Acre Feet 2008 recycled water as a percent of total deliveries See Note 1 Number of years in baseline period1, 2 Years
Year beginning baseline period range
Year ending baseline period range3
Number of years in baseline period 5 Years
Year beginning baseline period range 2016
Year ending baseline period range4
2020
2 The Water Code requires that the baseline period is between 10 and 15 years. However, DWR recognizes that some water suppliers may not have the minimum 10 years of baseline data.

SB X7-7 Table-1: Baseline Period Ranges
1 If the 2008 recycled water delivery is less than 10 percent of total water deliveries, then the 10-15year baseline period is a continuous 10-year period. If the amount of recycled water delivered in 2008 is 10 percent or greater of total deliveries, the 10-15 year baseline period is a continuous 10- to 15-year period.
3 The ending year for the 10-15 year baseline period must be between December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2010. 4 The ending year for the 5 year baseline period must be between December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2010. 5-year
baseline period
Baseline
10- to 15-year
baseline period
NOTES:

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NOTES: DOF Estimates were used for area corresponding with city boundary; additional area populations were added to DOF estimates.

SB X7-7 Table 2: Method for Population Estimates
Method Used to Determine Population
(may check more than one)

1. Department of Finance (DOF) or American Community
Survey (ACS)

3. DWR Population Tool

4. Other
DWR recommends pre-review

2. Persons-per-Connection Method
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Population
Year 1 0
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Year 13
Year 14
Year 15
Year 1 2016 14,113
Year 2 2017 14,146
Year 3 2018 14,217
Year 4 2019 14,485
Year 5 2020 13,901
SB X7-7 Table 3: Service Area Population
10 to 15 Year Baseline Population
5 Year Baseline Population
NOTES:

Year
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Acre Feet
Exported
Water
Change in
Dist. System
Storage
(+/-)
Indirect
Recycled
Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-B is
completed.

Water
Delivered for
Agricultural
Use
Process Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-D is
completed.

Annual Gross Water Use
Year 1 0 - - - - - - -
Year 2 0 - - - - - - -
Year 3 0 - - - - - - -
Year 4 0 - - - - - - -
Year 5 0 - - - - - - -
Year 6 0 - - - - - - -
Year 7 0 - - - - - - -
Year 8 0 - - - - - - -
Year 9 0 - - - - - - -
Year 10 0 - - - - - - -
Year 11 0 - - - - - - -
Year 12 0 - - - - - - -
Year 13 0 - - - - - - -
Year 14 0 - - - - - - -
Year 15 0 - - - - - - -
#DIV/0!
Year 1 2016 2,435 - - - - - 2,435
Year 2 2017 2,474 - - - - - 2,474
Year 3 2018 2,469 - - - - - 2,469
Year 4 2019 2,429 - - - - - 2,429
Year 5 2020 2,330 - - - - - 2,330
2,427
SB X7-7 Table 4: Annual Gross Water Use *
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Gross Water Use
10 - 15 year baseline average gross water use
5 Year Baseline - Gross Water Use
5 year baseline average gross water use
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
Volume Into
Distribution System
This column will remain
blank until SB X7-7 Table
4-A is completed.

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

NOTES:

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Volume Entering
Distribution
System1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Year 1 0 -
Year 2 0 -
Year 3 0 -
Year 4 0 -
Year 5 0 -
Year 6 0 -
Year 7 0 -
Year 8 0 -
Year 9 0 -
Year 10 0 -
Year 11 0 -
Year 12 0 -
Year 13 0 -
Year 14 0 -
Year 15 0 -
Year 1 2016 1,325 1,325
Year 2 2017 1,218 1,218
Year 3 2018 1,683 1,683
Year 4 2019 1,758 1,758
Year 5 2020 1,258 1,258
This water source is:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System 5 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System
Name of Source Well #14
Name of Source
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.

Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.
2 Meter Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES:

This water source is:

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
Surface Water Treatment Plant
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Volume Entering
Distribution
System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Year 1 0 0
Year 2 0 0
Year 3 0 0
Year 4 0 0
Year 5 0 0
Year 6 0 0
Year 7 0 0
Year 8 0 0
Year 9 0 0
Year 10 0 0
Year 11 0 0
Year 12 0 0
Year 13 0 0
Year 14 0 0
Year 15 0 0
Year 1 2016 338 338
Year 2 2017 429 429
Year 3 2018 211 211
Year 4 2019 255 255
Year 5 2020 332 332
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System 5 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System
A purchased or imported source
This water source is:

The supplier's own water source
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.
2 Meter Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document Name of Source
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
Well #15
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Volume Entering
Distribution
System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Year 1 0 0
Year 2 0 0
Year 3 0 0
Year 4 0 0
Year 5 0 0
Year 6 0 0
Year 7 0 0
Year 8 0 0
Year 9 0 0
Year 10 0 0
Year 11 0 0
Year 12 0 0
Year 13 0 0
Year 14 0 0
Year 15 0 0
Year 1 2016 772 772
Year 2 2017 827 827
Year 3 2018 575 575
Year 4 2019 416 416
Year 5 2020 740 740
Volume Entering
Distribution
System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected
Volume Entering
Distribution
System
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
Name of Source
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Table 2-3.
2 Meter Error Adjustmen t - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document The supplier's own water source
10 to 15 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System 5 Year Baseline - Water into Distribution System
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Complete one table for each source.

Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
A purchased or imported source
Enter Name of Source 4
This water source is:

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Service Area
Population
Fm SB X7-7
Table 3
Annual Gross
Water Use
Fm SB X7-7
Table 4
Daily Per
Capita Water
Use (GPCD)
Year 1 0 - -
Year 2 0 - -
Year 3 0 - -
Year 4 0 - -
Year 5 0 - -
Year 6 0 - -
Year 7 0 - -
Year 8 0 - -
Year 9 0 - -
Year 10 0 - -
Year 11 0 - -
Year 12 0 - -
Year 13 0 - -
Year 14 0 - -
Year 15 0 - -
#DIV/0!
Service Area
Population
Fm SB X7-7
Table 3
Gross Water Use
Fm SB X7-7
Table 4
Daily Per
Capita Water
Use
Year 1 2016 14,113 2,435 154
Year 2 2017 14,146 2,474 156
Year 3 2018 14,217 2,469 155
Year 4 2019 14,485 2,429 150
Year 5 2020 13,901 2,330 150
153
NOTES:
5 Year Average Baseline GPCD
Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
SB X7-7 Table 5: Baseline Gallons Per Capita Per Day (GPCD) Baseline Year
Fm SB X7-7 Table 3
10 to 15 Year Baseline GPCD
10-15 Year Average Baseline GPCD
5 Year Baseline GPCD
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#DIV/0!
153
SB X7-7 Table 6: Baseline GPCD Summary
From Table SB X7-7 Table 5
10-15 Year Baseline GPCD
5 Year Baseline GPCD
NOTES:

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Supporting Tables
Method 1 SB X7-7 Table 7A
Method 2 SB X7-7 Tables 7B, 7C, and 7D
Method 3 SB X7-7 Table 7-E
Method 4
Method 4 Calculator Located
in the WUE Data Portal at
wuedata.water.ca.gov Resources
button
SB X7-7 Table 7: 2020 Target Method
Select Only One
Target Method
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Agency May
Select More
Than One as
Applicable
Percentage of
Service Area
in This
Hydrological
Region
Hydrologic Region
"2020 Plan"
Regional
Targets
Method 3
Regional
Targets
(95%)
North Coast 137 130
North Lahontan 173 164
Sacramento River 176 167
San Francisco Bay 131 124
San Joaquin River 174 165
Central Coast 123 117
100% Tulare Lake 188 179
South Lahontan 170 162
South Coast 149 142
Colorado River 211 200
179
SB X7-7 Table 7-E: Target Method 3
2020 Target
(If more than one region is selected, this value is calculated.) NOTES:

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Prorated 2020
Target
Population
Weighted
Average
2020 Target
153 145 145 145
SB X7-7 Table 7-F: Confirm Minimum Reduction for 2020 Target NOTES:
1 Maximum 2020 Target is 95% of the 5 Year Baseline GPCD except for suppliers at or below 100 GPCD. 2 Calculated 2020 Target is the target calculated by the Supplier based on the selected Target Method, see SB X7-7 Table 7 and corresponding tables for agency's calculated target. Supplier may only enter one calculated target. 3 Prorated targets and population weighted target are allowed for special situations only. These situations are described in Appendix P, Section P.3 4
Confirmed Target is the lesser of the Calculated 2020 Target (C5, D5, or E5) or the Maximum 2020 Target (Cell B5) Maximum 2020
Target1
5 Year
Baseline GPCD
From SB X7-7
Table 5
Calculated
2020 Target 2
Special Situations3
Confirmed 2020
Target4
As calculated by
supplier in this
SB X7-7
Verification
Form
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
2020 SBx7-7 Compliance Tables
El Rancho Annexation
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SB X7-7 Table 0: Units of Measure Used in 2020 UWMP*
(select one from the drop down list)
Acre Feet
*The unit of measure must be consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES:

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NOTES: DOF estimates were used for area corresponding with city boundary; additional area populations were added to DOF estimates.

SB X7-7 Table 2: Method for 2020 Population Estimate
Method Used to Determine 2020 Population
(may check more than one)

1. Department of Finance (DOF) or
American Community Survey (ACS)

3. DWR Population Tool

4. Other
DWR recommends pre-review

2. Persons-per-Connection Method
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2020 13,901
SB X7-7 Table 3: 2020 Service Area Population
2020 Compliance Year Population
NOTES:

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Exported
Water *
Change in
Dist. System
Storage*
(+/-)
Indirect
Recycled
Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-B is
completed.

Water
Delivered for
Agricultural
Use*
Process Water
This column will
remain blank
until SB X7-7
Table 4-D is
completed.
2,329 - - - - - 2,329
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4: 2020 Gross Water Use
2020 Volume
Into
Distribution
System
This column will
remain blank until
SB X7-7 Table 4-A
is completed.
2020 Gross Water
Use
2020 Deductions
* Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3.

Compliance
Year 2020
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Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
1,257 - 1,257
Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
332 332
A purchased or imported source
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document Well #15
Compliance Year
2020
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source Well #14
Name of Source
SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s) Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter
Error Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
Surface Water Treatment Plant
Compliance Year
2020
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source
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Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
740 740
Volume Entering
Distribution System 1
Meter Error
Adjustment 2
Optional
(+/-)
Corrected Volume
Entering
Distribution System
0 This water source is (check one) :

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document NOTES:
1 Units of measure (AF, MG , or CCF) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP, as reported in SB X7-7 Table 0 and Submittal Table 2-3. 2 Meter Error
Adjustment - See guidance in Methodology 1, Step 3 of Methodologies Document Compliance Year
2020
Compliance Year
2020
Enter Name of Source 4
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
A purchased or imported source
NOTES:

SB X7-7 Table 4-A: 2020 Volume Entering the Distribution System(s), Meter Error Adjustment
Complete one table for each source.

Name of Source
Name of Source Enter Name of Source 5
This water source is (check one) :

The supplier's own water source
The supplier's own water source
A purchased or imported source
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2020 Gross Water
Fm SB X7-7 Table 4
2020 Population Fm
SB X7-7 Table 3 2020 GPCD
2,329 13,901 150
SB X7-7 Table 5: 2020 Gallons Per Capita Per Day
(GPCD)
NOTES:

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Extraordinary
Events1
Weather
Normalization1
Economic
Adjustment1
150 - - - - 150 151 YES
NOTES:
1 All values are reported in GPCD
2 2020 Confirmed Target GPCD is taken from the Supplier's SB X7-7 Verification Form Table SB X7-7, 7-F.

SB X7-7 Table 9: 2020 Compliance
Optional Adjustments to 2020 GPCD
Did Supplier
Achieve
Targeted
Reduction for
2020?
Actual 2020
GPCD1
2020 Confirmed
Target GPCD 1, 2 TOTAL
Adjustments1
Adjusted 2020
GPCD 1
(Adjusted if
applicable)
Enter "0" if Adjustment Not Used
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
Appendix C
Water Shortage Contingency Plan
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • 2023
Appendix D
UWMP Checklist
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Appendix D: UWMP Checklist
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2020
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Chapter 1 10615 A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation, and demand management activities.

Introduction and
Overview
Section 1
Chapter 1 10630.5 Each plan shall include a simple description of the supplier’s plan including water availability, future requirements, a strategy for meeting needs, and other pertinent information. Additionally, a supplier may also choose to include a simple description at the beginning of each chapter.

Summary Executive Summary
Section 2.2 10620(b) Every person that becomes an urban water supplier shall adopt an urban water management plan within one year after it has become an urban water supplier.

Plan Preparation Section 2.1
Section 2.6 10620(d)(2) Coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other water suppliers that share a common source, water management agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable.

Plan Preparation Section 2.4
Section 2.6.2 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the water supplier has encouraged active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during the preparation of the plan and contingency plan.

Plan Preparation Section 2.4
Section 10.2
Section 10.3
Section 2.6,
Section 6.1
10631(h) Retail suppliers will include documentation that they have provided their wholesale supplier(s) - if any - with water use projections from that source.

System Supplies Section 2.4
Section 3.1 10631(a) Describe the water supplier service area. System Description Section 3.1 Section 3.3 10631(a) Describe the climate of the service area of the supplier. System Description Section 3.3 Section 3.4 10631(a) Provide population projections for 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040 and optionally 2045.

System Description Section 3.4
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Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 3.4.2 10631(a) Describe other social, economic, and demographic factors affecting the supplier’s water management planning.

System Description Section 3.2
Section 3.4
Sections 3.4
and 5.4
10631(a) Indicate the current population of the service area. System Description and Baselines and
Targets
Section 3.4
Section 3.5 10631(a) Describe the land uses within the service area. System Description Section 3.5 Section 4.2 10631(d)(1) Quantify past, current, and projected water use, identifying the uses among water use sectors.

System Water Use Section 4.2
Section 4.2.4 10631(d)(3)(C) Retail suppliers shall provide data to show the distribution loss standards were met.

System Water Use Section 4.2.3
Section 4.2.6 10631(d)(4)(A) In projected water use, include estimates of water savings from adopted codes, plans, and other policies or laws.

System Water Use Section 4.2.5
Section 4.2.6 10631(d)(4)(B) Provide citations of codes, standards, ordinances, or plans used to make water use projections.

System Water Use Section 4.2.5
Section

4.3.2.4 10631(d)(3)(A) Report the distribution system water loss for each of the 5 years preceding the plan update.

System Water Use Section 4.2.3
Section 4.4 10631.1(a) Include projected water use needed for lower income housing projected in the service area of the supplier.

System Water Use Section 4.3
Section 4.5 10635(b) Demands under climate change considerations must be included as part of the drought risk assessment.

System Water Use Section 4.2.6
Section 4.4
Chapter 5 10608.20(e) Retail suppliers shall provide baseline daily per capita water use, urban water use target, interim urban water use target, and compliance daily per capita water use, along with the bases for determining those estimates, including references to supporting Data.

Baselines and Targets Section 5
Chapter 5 10608.24(a) Retail suppliers shall meet their water use target by December 31, 2020.

Baselines and Targets Section 5.1.6
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Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 5.2 10608.24(d)(2) If the retail supplier adjusts its compliance GPCD using weather normalization, economic adjustment, or extraordinary events, it shall provide the basis for, and data supporting the adjustment.

Baselines and Targets Section 5.1.3
Section 5.1.1
Section 5.5 10608.22 Retail suppliers’ per capita daily water use reduction shall be no less than 5 percent of base daily per capita water use of the 5-year baseline. This does not apply if the suppliers base GPCD is at or below 100.

Baselines and Targets Section 5.1.4
Section 5.1.5
Section 5.5
and Appendix
E
10608.4 Retail suppliers shall report on their compliance in meeting their water use targets. The data shall be reported using a standardized form in the SBX7-7 2020 Compliance Form.

Baselines and Targets Section 5.1.6
Appendix B
Sections 6.1
and 6.2
10631(b)(1) Provide a discussion of anticipated supply availability under a normal, single dry year, and a drought lasting five years, as well as more frequent and severe periods of drought.

System Supplies Section 7.3
Sections 6.1 10631(b)(1) Provide a discussion of anticipated supply availability under a normal, single dry year, and a drought lasting five years, as well as more frequent and severe periods of drought, including changes in supply due to climate change.

System Supplies Section 6.2.10
Section 6.1 10631(b)(2) When multiple sources of water supply are identified, describe the management of each supply in relationship to other identified supplies.

System Supplies Section 6.2
Section 6.1.1 10631(b)(3) Describe measures taken to acquire and develop planned sources of water.

System Supplies N/A
Section 6.2.8 10631(b) Identify and quantify the existing and planned sources of water available for 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040 and optionally 2045.

System Supplies Section 6.2.9
Section 6.2 10631(b) Indicate whether groundwater is an existing or planned source of water available to the supplier.

System Supplies Section 6.2.2
Section 6.2.9
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Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(A) Indicate whether a groundwater sustainability plan or groundwater management plan has been adopted by the water supplier or if there is any other specific authorization for groundwater management. Include a copy of the plan or authorization.

System Supplies Section 6.2.2.2
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) Describe the groundwater basin. System Supplies Section 6.2.2.1 Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) Indicate if the basin has been adjudicated and include a copy of the court order or decree and a description of the amount of water the supplier has the legal right to pump.

System Supplies N/A
Section

6.2.2.1 10631(b)(4)(B) For unadjudicated basins, indicate whether or not the department has identified the basin as a high or medium priority. Describe efforts by the supplier to coordinate with sustainability or groundwater agencies to achieve sustainable groundwater conditions.

System Supplies Section 6.2.2.1
Section

6.2.2.4 10631(b)(4)(C) Provide a detailed description and analysis of the location, amount, and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the urban water supplier for the past five years
System Supplies Section 6.2.2.5
Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(D) Provide a detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected to be pumped.

System Supplies Section 6.2.9.1
Section 6.2.7 10631(c) Describe the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long- term basis.

System Supplies Section 6.2.7
Section 6.2.5 10633(b) Describe the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being discharged, and is otherwise available for use in a recycled water project.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.2
Section 6.2.5 10633(c) Describe the recycled water currently being used in the supplier's service area.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.3
Section 6.2.5 10633(d) Describe and quantify the potential uses of recycled water and provide a determination of the technical and economic feasibility of those uses.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.4
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Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 6.2.5 10633(e) Describe the projected use of recycled water within the supplier's service area at the end of 5, 10, 15, and 20 years, and a description of the actual use of recycled water in comparison to uses previously projected.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.4
Section 6.2.5 10633(f) Describe the actions which may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water and the projected results of these actions in terms of acre-feet of recycled water used per year.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.5
Section 6.2.5 10633(g) Provide a plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the supplier's service area.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.4
Section 6.2.6 10631(g) Describe desalinated water project opportunities for long-term supply. System Supplies Section 6.2.6 Section 6.2.5 10633(a) Describe the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the supplier’s service area with quantified amount of collection and treatment and the disposal methods.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
Section 6.2.5.2
Section 6.2.8,
Section 6.3.7
10631(f) Describe the expected future water supply projects and programs that may be undertaken by the water supplier to address water supply reliability in average, single-dry, and for a period of drought lasting 5 consecutive water years.

System Supplies Section 6.2.8
Section 6.4
and Appendix
O
10631.2(a) The UWMP must include energy information, as stated in the code, that a supplier can readily obtain.

System Suppliers,
Energy Intensity
Section 6.3
Section 7.2 10634 Provide information on the quality of existing sources of water available to the supplier and the manner in which water quality affects water management strategies and supply reliability.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.1.3
Section 7.2.4 10620(f) Describe water management tools and options to maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
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Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 7.3 10635(a) Service Reliability Assessment: Assess the water supply reliability during normal, dry, and a drought lasting five consecutive water years by comparing the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the total projected water use over the next 20 years.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.3
Section 7.3 10635(b) Provide a drought risk assessment as part of information considered in developing the demand management measures and water supply projects.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.4
Section 7.3 10635(b)(1) Include a description of the data, methodology, and basis for one or more supply shortage conditions that are necessary to conduct a drought risk assessment for a drought period that lasts 5 consecutive years.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.4.1
Section 7.3 10635(b)(2) Include a determination of the reliability of each source of supply under a variety of water shortage conditions.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.4.2
Section 7.3 10635(b)(3) Include a comparison of the total water supply sources available to the water supplier with the total projected water use for the drought period.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.4.3
Section 7.3 10635(b)(4) Include considerations of the historical drought hydrology, plausible changes on projected supplies and demands under climate change conditions, anticipated regulatory changes, and other locally applicable criteria.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
Section 7.4.1
Chapter 8 10632(a) Provide a water shortage contingency plan (WSCP) with specified elements below.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Section 8,
Appendix C
Chapter 8 10632(a)(1) Provide the analysis of water supply reliability (from Chapter 7 of Guidebook) in the WSCP
Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
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Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 8.10 10632(a)(10) Describe reevaluation and improvement procedures for monitoring and evaluation the water shortage contingency plan to ensure risk tolerance is adequate and appropriate water shortage mitigation strategies are implemented.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 11
Section 8.2 10632(a)(2)(A) Provide the written decision- making process and other methods that the supplier will use each year to determine its water reliability.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 3
Section 8.2 10632(a)(2)(B) Provide data and methodology to evaluate the supplier’s water reliability for the current year and one dry year pursuant to factors in the code.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 3.1
Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(A) Define six standard water shortage levels of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 percent shortage and greater than 50 percent shortage. These levels shall be based on supply conditions, including percent reductions in supply, changes in groundwater levels, changes in surface elevation, or other conditions. The shortage levels shall also apply to a catastrophic interruption of supply.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 5.1
Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(B) Suppliers with an existing water shortage contingency plan that uses different water shortage levels must cross reference their categories with the six standard categories.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
N/A
Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(A) Suppliers with water shortage contingency plans that align with the defined shortage levels must specify locally appropriate supply augmentation actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 5.2
Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(B) Specify locally appropriate demand reduction actions to adequately respond to shortages.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 5.1
Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(C) Specify locally appropriate operational changes. Water Shortage Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 5.1
Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(D) Specify additional mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices that are in addition to state-mandated prohibitions are appropriate to local conditions.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 5.1
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Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as Applies to UWMP Subject 2020 UWMP Location
Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(E) Estimate the extent to which the gap between supplies and demand will be reduced by implementation of the action.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Table 5-1
Section 8.4.6 10632.5 The plan shall include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan. Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Appendix C, Section 5.5
Section 8.5 10632(a)(5)(A) Suppliers must describe that they will inform customers, the public and others regarding any current or predicted water shortages.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 6
Section 8.5
and 8.6
10632(a)(5)(B)
10632(a)(5)(C)
Suppliers must describe that they will inform customers, the public and others regarding any shortage response actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered and other relevant communications.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 6
Section 8.6 10632(a)(6) Retail supplier must describe how it will ensure compliance with and enforce provisions of the WSCP.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 7
Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(A) Describe the legal authority that empowers the supplier to enforce shortage response actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 8
Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(B) Provide a statement that the supplier will declare a water shortage emergency Water Code Chapter 3.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 8
Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(C) Provide a statement that the supplier will coordinate with any city or county within which it provides water for the possible proclamation of a local emergency.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 8
Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(A) Describe the potential revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage response actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 9.1
Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(B) Provide a description of mitigation actions needed to address revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage response actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 9.2
Section 8.8 10632(a)(8)(C) Retail suppliers must describe the cost of compliance with Water Code Chapter 3.3: Excessive Residential Water Use During Drought Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
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Section
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Section 8.9 10632(a)(9) Retail suppliers must describe the monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that ensure appropriate data is collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 10
Section 8.11 10632(b) Analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section 12
Sections 8.12
and 10.4
10635(c) Provide supporting documentation that Water Shortage Contingency Plan has been, or will be, provided to any city or county within which it provides water, no later than 30 days after the submission of the plan to DWR.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Appendix C, Section

13.3 Section 8.14 10632(c) Make available the Water Shortage Contingency Plan to customers and any city or county where it provides water within 30 after adopted the plan.

Water Shortage
Contingency Planning
Appendix C, Section

13.4 Sections 9.1
and 9.3
10631(e)(2) Wholesale suppliers shall describe specific demand management measures listed in code, their distribution system asset management program, and supplier assistance program.

Demand Management
Measures
N/A
Sections 9.2
and 9.3
10631(e)(1) Retail suppliers shall provide a description of the nature and extent of each demand management measure implemented over the past five years. The description will address specific measures listed in code.

Demand Management
Measures
Section 9
Chapter 10 10608.26(a) Retail suppliers shall conduct a public hearing to discuss adoption, implementation, and economic impact of water use targets (recommended to discuss compliance).

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
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Section
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Section

10.2.1 10621(b) Notify, at least 60 days prior to the public hearing, any city or county within which the supplier provides water that the urban water supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan. Reported in Table 10-1.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.2.1
Section 10.4 10621(f) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2020 plan to the department by July 1, 2021.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10
Sections

10.2.2, 10.3,
and 10.5
10642 Provide supporting documentation that the urban water supplier made the plan and contingency plan available for public inspection, published notice of the public hearing, and held a public hearing about the plan and contingency plan.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.2
Section

10.2.2 10642 The water supplier is to provide the time and place of the hearing to any city or county within which the supplier provides water.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.2
Section

10.3.2 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the plan and contingency plan has been adopted as prepared or modified.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Appendix E,
Appendix C (Appendix
A)
Section 10.4 10644(a) Provide supporting documentation that the urban water supplier has submitted this UWMP to the California State Library.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.4
Section 10.4 10644(a)(1) Provide supporting documentation that the urban water supplier has submitted this UWMP to any city or county within which the supplier provides water no later than 30 days after adoption.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.4
Sections

10.4.1 and

10.4.2 10644(a)(2) The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the department shall be submitted electronically.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.4
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Section
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Section 10.5 10645(a) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its plan with the department, the supplier has or will make the plan available for public review during normal business hours.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.5
Section 10.5 10645(b) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its water shortage contingency plan with the department, the supplier has or will make the plan available for public review during normal business hours.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.5
Section 10.6 10621(c) If supplier is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, include its plan and contingency plan as part of its general rate case filings.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
N/A
Section

10.7.2 10644(b) If revised, submit a copy of the water shortage contingency plan to DWR within 30 days of adoption.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
Section 10.6
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Appendices
City of Lindsay: 2020 UWMP
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Appendix E
Adopting Resolution
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Appendix F
DWR Submittal Tables
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Appendix G
Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local
Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJLHMP) 2023 (Excerpt)
Annex D- City of Lindsay
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Table of Contents
1 Purpose of Plan .................................................................................................................................1-1 2 Water Supply Reliability Analysis......................................................................................................2-1

2.1 Findings Related to Water System Reliability ..........................................................................2-1

2.1.1 Normal Year Supply and Demand ...............................................................................2-1

2.1.2 Single Dry Year Supply and Demand ...........................................................................2-1

2.1.3 Multiple Dry Year Supply and Demand .......................................................................2-2

2.1.4 Drought Risk Assessment ............................................................................................2-2

2.2 Key Issues Creating a Shortage Condition................................................................................2-3

2.2.1 Groundwater Restrictions, Regulations or Limitations...............................................2-3

2.2.2 Water Quality ..............................................................................................................2-3

2.2.3 Surface Water Reductions...........................................................................................2-4

2.2.4 Emergency Shortage....................................................................................................2-4 3 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Procedures............................................................3-1

3.1 Data Input and Assessment Methodology...............................................................................3-1

3.1.1 Current Water Demands .............................................................................................3-1

3.1.2 Quantification of Water Supply...................................................................................3-2

3.1.3 Existing Infrastructure Constraints..............................................................................3-3 4 Standard Water Shortage Stages......................................................................................................4-1 5 Shortage Response Actions...............................................................................................................5-1

5.1 Demand Reduction ..................................................................................................................5-1

5.1.1 Stage 1: (Up to 10% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...........................................5-2

5.1.2 Stage 2: (Up to 20% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...........................................5-3

5.1.3 Stage 3: (Up to 30% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...........................................5-3

5.1.4 Stage 4: (Up to 40% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...........................................5-4

5.1.5 Stage 5: (Up to 50% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...........................................5-5

5.1.6 Stage 6: (Greater than 50% Reduction of Normal Water Supply)...............................5-5

5.2 Supply Augmentation...............................................................................................................5-8

5.3 Operational Changes................................................................................................................5-9

5.4 Emergency Response Plan .......................................................................................................5-9

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5.6 Shortage Response Action Effectiveness...............................................................................5-10 6 Communication Protocols.................................................................................................................6-1 7 Compliance and Enforcement...........................................................................................................7-1

7.1 Penalties, Charges, Other Enforcement or Prohibitions..........................................................7-1

7.1.1 Warning and Citation Protocols, Fines and Surcharges ..............................................7-1 8 Legal Authorities ...............................................................................................................................8-1 9 Financial Consequences of WSCP......................................................................................................9-1

9.1 Potential Revenue Reductions and Expense Increases............................................................9-1

9.2 Mitigation Actions....................................................................................................................9-1

9.2.1 Use of Financial Reserves............................................................................................9-1

9.2.2 Drought Surcharges.....................................................................................................9-1

9.3 Cost of Compliance ..................................................................................................................9-1 10 Monitoring and Reporting...............................................................................................................10-1 11 WSCP Refinement Procedures........................................................................................................11-1 12 Special Water Feature Distinction...................................................................................................12-1 13 Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Availability......................................................................................13-1 References ...............................................................................................................................................13-2 Appendix A................................................................................................................................................ A-1 Appendix B.................................................................................................................................................B-1 DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: WSCP Requirements.................................................................................................................1-1 Table 2-1: Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-2) ................2-1 Table 2-2: Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-3) ............2-1 Table 2-3: Multiple Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-4) ........2-2 Table 2-4: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-5)..................................2-3 Table 3-1: Use for Potable and Non-Potable Water (DWR UWMP Submittal Tables 4-1 and 4-2) ...........3-2 Table 3-2: Total Water Use (Potable and Non-Potable) (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 4-3)....................3-2 Table 3-3: Water Supplies (DWR UWMP Submittal Tables 6-8 and 6-9)...................................................3-3 Table 4-1: Water Shortage Stages (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-1) .......................................................4-2 Table 5-1: Watering Days for Water Conservation....................................................................................5-2 Table 5-2: Stage 1 & 2 Conservation – Required Watering Schedule........................................................5-2 Table 5-3: Stage 3 Conservation – Required Watering Schedule ..............................................................5-3 Table 5-4: Stage 4 Conservation - Required Watering Schedule ...............................................................5-4 Table 5-5: Stage 5 Conservation - Required Watering Schedule ...............................................................5-5 Table 5-6: Demand Reduction Actions (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-2) ................................................5-6 Table 5-7: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-3)...........................5-8 Appendices
City Ordinance 13.04 – Water System..........................................................................................................A Adopting Resolution......................................................................................................................................B Abbreviations
AF ..................................................................................................................................................... acre-feet Code ........................................................................................................City of Lindsay Code of Ordinances Cr6...............................................................................................................................................Chromium-6 City ...........................................................................................................................................City of Lindsay CSPD........................................................................... City of Lindsay, City Services & Planning Department CWC............................................................................................................................. California Water Code CVP............................................................................................................................... Central Valley Project DBCP............................................................................................................... 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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DRA......................................................................................................................... Drought Risk Assessment DWR ............................................................................................................Department of Water Resources HAA5 .....................................................................................................................................Haloacetic acids LHMP.................................................................................................................Local Hazard Mitigation Plan PCATE ....................................................................................................................polychlorinated terphenyl SGMA ........................................................................................Sustainable Groundwater Management Act TCP .............................................................................................................................1,2,3-Trichloropropane TDS ................................................................................................................................ total dissolved solids TTHM............................................................................................................................total trihalomethanes UWMP......................................................................................................... Urban Water Management Plan UWMPA..........................................................................................Urban Water Management Planning Act UWMP Guidebook ............... 2020 Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook for Urban Water Suppliers WCP................................................................................................ City of Lindsay Water Conservation Plan WSCP.........................................................................................................Water Shortage Contingency Plan Definitions
The following words and phrases whenever used in the Water Shortage Contingency Plan will have the meaning defined in this Section:

Customer means any person, business, corporation, public or private entity, public or private association, public or private agency, government agency or institution, school district, college, or any other user of water provided by the City of Lindsay.

Drought will mean any shortage in water supply based upon expected demands that are caused by hydrological, environmental, legislative, or judicial actions, or by infrastructure failure.

Normal Water Supply is defined as sufficient water supply to meet the unconstrained water demand of the preceding three years, averaged.

Waste means, among other things, violations of the restrictions set forth in this policy at each specific response stage.

Water Conservation means the efficient management of water resources for beneficial uses, preventing waste, or accomplishing additional benefits with the same amount of water.

Water will refer to potable water, unless otherwise specified.

WSCP refers to the City of Lindsay’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan contained herein and as readopted or amended from time to time.

WCP refers to the City’s Water Conservation Plan, which is replaced by this document, upon adoption.

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Section One: Purpose of Plan
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 1-1 1 Purpose of Plan
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10632.3 It is the intent of the Legislature that, upon proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency under the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code) based on drought conditions, the board defer to implementation of locally adopted water shortage contingency plans to the extent practicable.

The Urban Water Management Planning Act (UWMPA) requires that the Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) include an urban water shortage contingency analysis that addresses stages of action to be undertaken by the urban water supplier in response to water supply shortages, and an outline of specific water supply conditions which are applicable to each stage. In addition to the stages of action, the City of Lindsay (City) is required to develop mandatory prohibitions against specific water use during shortages and consumption reduction methods in the most restrictive stages.

This Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) was prepared according to the California Water Code (CWC) Section 10632 and 10635, as set forth in the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook for Urban Water Suppliers (UWMP Guidebook) established by the Department of Water Resources (DWR), and includes the requirements listed in Table 1-1 (DWR, 2021).

Recent changes to California Water Code have required that a WSCP be updated to include a total of six progressive stages to be referenced if deemed necessary. Therefore, this plan draws from and expands upon the City’s previous Water Conservation Plan (WCP), adopted May 2023. Upon adoption, this document replaces the City’s previous WCP and serves as the City’s WCP, for purposes of implementation and enforcement.

Table 1-1: WSCP Requirements
Topic WSCP Location
Water Supply Reliability Analysis Section 2
Annual Assessment Procedures Section 3
Water Shortage Stages Section 4
Shortage Response Actions Section 5
Communication Protocols Section 6
Compliance and Enforcement Section 7
Legal Authority Section 8
Financial Consequences of WSCP Section 9
Monitoring and Reporting Section 10
WSCP Refinement Procedures Section 11
Special Water Feature Distinction Section 12
Plan Adoption, Submittal, and Availability Section 13
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Section Two: Water Supply Reliability Analysis
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 2-1 2 Water Supply Reliability Analysis
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(1) The analysis of water supply reliability conducted pursuant to §10635.

2.1 Findings Related to Water System Reliability
As discussed in the City’s 2020 UWMP, the City’s water supply is reliable to meet demands in wet and normal years, as during these years water supply is usually sufficient to cover demand (Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, 2023). Table 2-1 illustrates the City’s ability to meet projected demand in normal years. However, with the current number and capacity of City wells, groundwater alone is insufficient to meet demand in single or multiple dry years, as illustrated in Table 2-2 and Table 2-3. The following summary tables present the normal, single-dry, and multiple dry year supply and demand comparisons shown in the 2020 UWMP. As discussed in the UWMP, projects to increase groundwater supply are anticipated to be completed by 2030 and are expected to allow the City to meet projected demand in dry years beyond 2030.

2.1.1 Normal Year Supply and Demand
Table 2-1: Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-2) 2025 2030 2035 2040
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Units: Acre-Feet (AF)

2.1.2 Single Dry Year Supply and Demand
Table 2-2: Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-3) 2025 2030 2035 2040
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Units: AF
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2.1.3 Multiple Dry Year Supply and Demand
Table 2-3: Multiple Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-4) 2025 2030 2035 2040
First Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Second Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Third Year
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Fourth Year
Supply Totals 2,129 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference (226) 0 0 0
Fifth Year
Supply Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Demand Totals 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Difference 0 0 0 0
Units: AF
In dry years, it is anticipated the City may enact various stages of water conservation measures or be mandated to do so by the State of California. In those instances, the demand totals will decrease for dry years and the supply will be sufficient to meet the reduced demand.

2.1.4 Drought Risk Assessment
The City prepared a Drought Risk Assessment to evaluate the preparedness of the City to address a drought within the next five years. Using the 2012-2016 drought as a model, supplies were assumed to be reduced to the levels experienced during drought. Table 2-4 illustrates the City’s ability to meet demand with and without conservation measures implemented during a multiple dry year scenario, occurring 2021-2025. Note that in the 3rd and 4th consecutive dry years, zero surface water is predicted.

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Section Two: Water Supply Reliability Analysis
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 2-3 Table 2-4: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 7-5) Condition 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total Water Use 2,334 2,340 2,345 2,350 2,355
Total Supplies 2,334 2,340 2,129 2,129 2,500
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 0 0 (216) (221) 145
Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) WSCP - supply augmentation benefit 0 0 0 0 0
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit 0 0 422 423 0
Revised Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 206 202 145
Resulting % Use Reduction from WSCP action 0% 0% 18% 18% 0% Units: AF

2.2 Key Issues Creating a Shortage Condition
This plan is not only responsive to drought conditions but to various conditions that could cause a water supply shortage including regulations, water quality changes, or emergency situations. Given the variety of circumstances that could render a water source inconsistent, determining the supply reliability of the City’s system is difficult because of the complex factors that accompany a water source. The following section discusses potential key issues that could create shortage conditions that the City is aware of and monitoring.

2.2.1 Groundwater Restrictions, Regulations or Limitations The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) became effective in 2015. Since that time, the City has been working collaboratively with other agencies reliant on the Kaweah groundwater basin to reach sustainable management of the groundwater aquifer prior to 2040, as required. The City’s groundwater supplies are not currently subject to or in the process of adjudication. However, if this were to change in the future, the annual groundwater supplies available to the City could be diminished from their current volume. Groundwater restrictions could include limitations on groundwater extractions proportional to natural and intentional recharge quantities, or could occur in response to groundwater level decline. Additionally, if groundwater levels continue to decline, the City’s wells could become inoperable due to groundwater elevation, creating a temporary water shortage until the City is able to modify the well or construct a new one.

2.2.2 Water Quality
Water quality regulations are regularly revised; new constituents are regularly added for monitoring and more stringent maximum contaminant levels are being established. If new regulations are put into place concerning a new constituent or more stringent standards for an existing constituent, one or more groundwater wells could temporarily or permanently be removed from use by the City, potentially necessitating implementation of the WSCP. While undesirable results have not occurred at the subbasin DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

Section Two: Water Supply Reliability Analysis
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 2-4 level, the constituents currently being monitored include arsenic, chlorine, Cr6, 1,2-Dibromo-3- chloropropane (DBCP), sodium, nitrate, polychlorinated terphenyl (PCATE), 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP), and total dissolved solids (TDS) (GSAs, 2021). The City itself has experienced exceedances of lead and disinfection byproducts, which consist of total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and Haloacetic acids (HAA5).

Well 11 is not currently in use because of poor water quality; however, wellhead treatment for perchlorate and nitrate for Well 11 is underway. The City must also remain alert to the need to monitor other relevant contaminants with changing MCLs including Cr6 and TCP. These issues are elaborated in the City’s UWMP (Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, 2023).

It is not anticipated that water quality concerns will permanently remove supply sources from use. If a new constituent of concern were identified, the WSCP may be enacted until a plan for returning the well or wells to compliance for the constituent is prepared and enacted. In the instance of an intentional or accidental point contamination such as a chemical spill, the WSCP may be enacted until the contamination is resolved.

2.2.3 Surface Water Reductions
The City’s surface water contract is for Central Valley Project (CVP) Class I supplies, which are conveyed to the City via the Friant Kern Canal. The supply is impacted by the level of snowmelt and precipitation received in other areas of the State and is susceptible to dry conditions. The City’s surface water is also subject to habitat restoration (San Joaquin River) flows which decrease the allocation the City receives.

While the City’s contract provides up to 2,500 AFY, the allocated amount varies with climatic conditions and environmental needs and in recent years has been significantly less.

Additionally, every third year, the Friant Kern Canal is taken offline for routine maintenance November through January. Surface water is unavailable to the City during these periods.

Utilizing surface water supplies when available to meet system demands in wet years is a critical component in sustainably utilizing the aquifer for years to come. The WSCP may also be enacted to protect overall aquifer health.

2.2.4 Emergency Shortage
The WSCP may be enacted in the instance of a manmade or natural disaster, including earthquakes, fires, or wide-spread power outages. The well network is in the process of being updated, with the addition of Well 11, to allow for one or more wells to be offline at a given time which will lend itself to reducing impact from localized disasters.

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Section Three: Assessment Procedures
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 3-1 3 Annual Water Supply and Demand
Assessment Procedures
Legal Requirements:

CWC §10632(a)(2) The procedures used in conducting an annual water supply and demand assessment that include, at a minimum, both of the following:
(A) The written decision-making process that an urban water supplier will use each year to determine its water supply reliability. (B) The key data inputs and assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply Decision Making Process reliability for the current year and one dry year, including all of the following:
(iv) A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment.

The City Services & Planning Department (CSPD) is responsible for reviewing current data and implementing an appropriate water shortage stage in accordance with the City’s Municipal Code (City of Lindsay, 2019). The City’s evaluation and determination is to be based on public welfare and safety or to comply with regulatory requirements set forth by the State of California.

3.1 Data Input and Assessment Methodology

3.1.1 Current Water Demands
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(2)(B)(i) Current year unconstrained demand, considering weather, growth, and other influencing factors, such as policies to manage current supplies to meet demand objectives in future years, as applicable.

The following tables summarize the actual and projected water uses for years 2020 through 2040, as discussed in the 2020 UWMP. The projected demands utilize per capita demand estimates and projected population shown in the UWMP, separated by use types.

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Section Three: Assessment Procedures
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 3-2 Table 3-1: Use for Potable and Non-Potable Water (DWR UWMP Submittal Tables 4-1 and 4-2) Use Type Actual 2020
Water Use (AF)
Projected Water Use (AF)
2025 2030 2035 2040
Single Family 2,148 2,167 2,161 2,240 2,323
Multi-Family 43 43 43 45 46
Commercial/Institutional 13 13 14 14 15
Industrial 4.4 5 5 5 5
Landscape 13.7 14 15 15 16
Other 9.0 9 10 10 11
Losses 99 103 107 111 115
Total 2,329 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Table 3-2: Total Water Use (Potable and Non-Potable) (DWR UWMP Submittal Table 4-3) Demand Use 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Potable Water, Raw, Other Non-Potable 2,329 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532 Recycled Water 0 0 0 0 0
Total Water Demands 2,329 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
Units: AF

3.1.2 Quantification of Water Supply
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(2)(B) The key data inputs and assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, including all of the following:
(ii) Current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory conditions in the current year and one dry year. The annual supply and demand assessment may consider more than one dry year solely at the discretion of the urban water supplier.
(v) A description and quantification of each source of water supply.

The following table provides the projected reasonably available water supply available to the City in fiveyear increments from 2025 through 2040. The City’s groundwater and surface water supplies are used to meet City demands. The City’s surface water is categorized as CVP, Class I. In both wet and normal years, the City does receive surface water. When surface water is unavailable or unable to meet demand, the City draws upon groundwater from its groundwater wells, as described in the UWMP. The City’s use of both groundwater and surface water in coordination with the Kaweah subbasin’s efforts for sustainable management of the groundwater resources are expected to be sustainable. Potential uses of recycled water and recharge are further discussed in the UWMP.

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Section Three: Assessment Procedures
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 3-3 Table 3-3: Water Supplies (DWR UWMP Submittal Tables 6-8 and 6-9) Water
Supply
Additional
Details on Water
Supply
Category
2020 Actual
Volume
Used (AF)
Projected Reasonably Available Water
Supply (AF)3
2025 2030 2035 2040
Groundwater
(not
desalinated)
Kaweah Subbasin
5-22.111
Potable 1,072 680 679 766 857
Surface water
(not
desalinated)
CVP Class I
Supplies Projected
at 67% Allocation2
Potable 1,257 1,675 1,675 1,675 1,675
Total 2,329 2,355 2,354 2,441 2,532
1Groundwater use calculated to meet projected demand, after surface water supplies are utilized. Actual groundwater use may vary depending on surface water availability.
2Average allocation from the last 10 years
3By 2030, additional well capacity is expected to increase by roughly 1,850 gpm (2,984 AFY) with the restoration of Well 11 and the addition of a new well.

3.1.3 Existing Infrastructure Constraints
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(2) The procedures used in conducting an annual water supply and demand assessment that include, at a minimum, both of the following:
(B) The key data inputs and assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, including all of the following:
(iii) Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints.

The City’s infrastructure consists of two active groundwater wells that are responsible for supplying the City’s water supply from the Kaweah Subbasin; the rated capacity of the active wells is 1,950 gallons per minute. However, when both wells are in use, the maximum capacity of these wells combined is 1,320 gallons per minute which equates to approximately 2,130 AF per year. It should be noted that the firm capacity of these wells is still less, as described in the City’s Water Feasibility Report (Provost & Pritchard, 2022). Since the City and regional area are growing, although it is projected to be at a slow rate, it is anticipated that growth in infrastructure will be needed in the coming years.

Catastrophic events such as prolonged drought or seismic activity can cause damage to a system’s ability to supply water adequately and safely to its end users. This also includes water delivery and use for health and human safety (e.g., fire prevention, medical clinics, etc.). Planning for system failures can include, but is not limited to, the following:
• Maintaining an above-ground water storage tank
• Understanding and quantifying system duplication
• Groundwater wells dedicated for emergency use
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Section Four: Standard Water Shortage Stages
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 4-1 4 Standard Water Shortage Stages
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(3)(A) Six standard water shortage stages corresponding to progressive ranges of up to 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 percent shortages and greater than 50 percent shortage. Urban water suppliers shall define these shortage stages based on the suppliers’ water supply conditions, including percentage reductions in water supply, changes in groundwater levels, changes in surface elevation or level of subsidence, or other changes in hydrological or other local conditions indicative of the water supply available for use. Shortage stages shall also apply to catastrophic interruption of water supplies, including, but not limited to, a regional power outage, an earthquake, and other potential emergency events.

The City previously had a WCP, including a five-phase approach to water conservation per direction of the City Council. The WCP instructed that City Staff determine when water conditions would require advancement to the next stage of the plan. The phases identified in the WCP are numbered I-V, with each phase more stringent than the one before. The steps outlined in the WCP have been modified and revised to a six stage WCSP, to align with DWR guidelines.

Demand reduction is the quickest and most cost-effective means of addressing supply shortages caused by a drought, emergency, or other unforeseen event. Utilization of demand reduction measures would not result in an additional water supply for future planning purposes, but instead reduce demands to align with available supplies. Techniques for demand reduction which could be used include: water surveys; leak detection; plumbing fixture replacement and retrofit; irrigation restrictions; information programs; specific use restrictions; new connection restrictions; plumbing code changes; development restrictions on landscaping and pools; development offset programs; rationing; or price restructuring.

Any one or a combination of these could be used depending on the severity of the shortage.

The City has six triggering stages which correspond to water shortage stages. The water shortage stages are defined based on the percent reduction in available water supply when compared to a typical year.

Each water shortage stage has a corresponding goal for water consumption reduction varying from less than 10 percent to more than 50 percent. Table 4-1 summarizes the six supply reduction stages associated with the WSCP.

The Director of CSPD is responsible for evaluating and recommending declaration of a Shortage Stage and reserves the right to do so at any time according to the City’s Municipal Code, Section 13.09.345 (City of Lindsay, 2019). The Director of CSPD or their designated representative may recommend declaration of a Shortage Stage for a variety of reasons including but not limited to loss of production capacity due to system failure or power failure, State or local emergency declaration, lowering of groundwater levels, occurrence of water supply contamination, or catastrophic events impacting the water system. Events impacting water supply availability may result in declaration of Stages 1 through 6, depending on severity.

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Section Four: Standard Water Shortage Stages
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 4-2 Table 4-1: Water Shortage Stages (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-1) Shortage
Stage
Percent
Supply Water Supply Condition
1 <10% Available water production is up to 10% less than the estimated monthly demand. 2 10-20% Available water production is up to 20% less than the estimated monthly demand. 3 20-30% Available water production is up to 30% less than the estimated monthly demand. 4 30-40% Available water production is up to 40% less than the estimated monthly demand. 5 40-50% Available water production is up to 50% less than the estimated monthly demand. 6 >50% Available water production is greater than 50% less than the estimated monthly demand.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-1 5 Shortage Response Actions

5.1 Demand Reduction
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(4) Shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage stages.

The first step in a demand reduction program is to reduce the strain on the water system during peak demand hours which is part of the City’s year-round water conservation efforts. The following section provides additional details regarding restrictions imposed by the proposed six water shortage stages to be implemented during periods of drought or water supply interruption. As good stewards of the available water supplies and to ensure that supplies continue to be a reliable source, the City encourages water saving practices.

For the stages below, the definitions of misusing water shall be:
• Washing down driveways and sidewalks;
• Watering of outdoor landscapes that cause excess runoff; • Using a hose to wash a motor vehicle, unless the hose is fitted with a shut-off nozzle; • Using potable water in a fountain or decorative water feature unless the water is recirculated.

This includes but is not limited to water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains;
• Watering outside of the designated day and time for the specific property (address).

The stages of the demand reduction increase in stringency as the water shortage increases. Stage 1 includes voluntary reductions while Stages 2 through 6 involve mandatory water reductions.

Calculations show that the greatest demand reduction for the City is achieved through residential landscape water usage reduction. For this reason, and to reduce peak demand on a given day, the City suggests or mandates, depending on the Stage, a water use schedule that defines days and times available to irrigate landscaping (odd and even address system) as shown in Table 5-1.

Rationing, also known as mandatory conservation, is the most effective way to reduce demand to meet a supply reduction scenario. The water savings will be dependent on the stage of the rationing and can be predicted with reasonable confidence. The lead-time required for a rationing program is limited to the time necessary for the information to reach the public, typically one billing cycle. In the case that self-monitored implementation is not effective enough, the City could increase water waste patrols and implement penalties allowed in the City’s Municipal Code as discussed above.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-2 Table 5-1: Watering Days for Water Conservation
Stage House Number Days Allowed
Days per Week
Allowed
Limited Watering
Hours
1 (Voluntary) Even Tues - Fri, Sat 5 7pm - 9am
Odd Tues- Fri, Sun 5 7pm - 9am
2 Even Tues - Fri, Sat 5 7pm - 9am
Odd Tues - Fri, Sun 5 7pm - 9am
3 Even Tues, Thurs, Sat 3 7pm - 9am
Odd Wed, Fri, Sun 3 7pm - 9am
4 Even Tues, Sat 2 7pm - 9am
Odd Wed, Sun 2 7pm - 9am
5 Even Tues 1 7pm - 9am
Odd Thurs 1 7pm - 9am
6 Even None 0 No Watering
Odd None 0 No Watering
Additional demand reductions actions for each shortage stage are summarized in the sections below.

5.1.1 Stage 1: (Up to 10% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Stage 1 applies for up to 10% reduction of normal water supply. The actions outlined below would also be applicable to future stages.

Table 5-2: Stage 1 & 2 Conservation –Watering Schedule
Stages 1 & 2 Water Conservation
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Odd No Watering All All All All Even
• Implement a Public Awareness Program, designed to make the community aware of the water conditions. Develop a set of Water Conservation Guidelines to be made available to residents to keep the community aware of changing conditions.
• Intensify City leak detection program by repairing/replacing leaking valves, water meters, and fire hydrants. Arrange fire hydrant testing to occur during off peak periods. • Implement a voluntary water use schedule that would request residents reduce landscape irrigation practices to between the hours of 7:00 pm and 9:00 am, as seen in Table 5-2. • Reduce City landscape irrigation practices to a minimum.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-3 • Discourage users from washing down sidewalks and driveways. • Enforce most current and adopted buildings codes and regulations with regard to water conservation. Require that all new developments follow water efficient landscape designs. All new permits shall satisfy the latest requirements of the California Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, including already approved by not yet completed permits. • Request that restaurants serve water upon request only.

5.1.2 Stage 2: (Up to 20% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Stage 2 may be implemented when there is up to 20% reduction of normal water supplies. All actions listed below are in addition to the previous stages unless a stricter restriction applies and is noted. • Coordinate with schools to implement a Water Education Program that would instill a water conservation ethic in the minds of youth.
• Reduce voluntary water use schedule as seen in Table 5-2. No watering between 9:00am and 7:00pm. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns, drip irrigation systems. • Begin monitoring water usage by residents and large commercial, institutional, and industrial water users and alert them to potential impacts of waste/over-use. A single warning may be issued, and citations if the conditions were to continue. • No outdoor watering during or within 48 hours of measurable rain.

5.1.3 Stage 3: (Up to 30% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Stage 3 may be implemented when there is up to 30% reduction of normal water supplies. All actions listed below are in addition to the previous stages unless a stricter restriction applies and is noted.

Table 5-3: Stage 3 Conservation – Required Watering Schedule Stage 3 Water Conservation
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Odd No Watering Even Odd Even Odd Even
Figure 5-1: Stage 3 Conservation- Required Watering Schedule • Reduce required water use schedule to 3 days per week, as seen in Table 5-3 and Figure 5-1. No watering between 9:00am and 7:00pm. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns, drip irrigation systems.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-4 • Reduce landscape watering of City facilities as deemed necessary to provide only enough water required to maintain survival of permanent plants.
• Washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes, and other mobile equipment is permitted with handheld watering devices with automatic shut off nozzles only during designated days and times. Any outdoor use of handheld watering devices with automatic shut off nozzles (including vehicle washing and use of pressure washing equipment) used during designated days and times are limited to 30 minutes of use for each watering day. • Spas and wading/swimming pools shall only be allowed to be refilled or added to during designated days and times. Water slides, water bounce houses, and other private water attractions shall only be allowed during designated days and times. • Encourage collection of gray water from indoor use to be distributed on outdoor landscaping.

5.1.4 Stage 4: (Up to 40% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Stage 4 may be implemented when there is up to 40% reduction of normal water supplies. All actions listed below are in addition to the previous stages unless a stricter restriction applies and is noted.

Table 5-4: Stage 4 Conservation - Required Watering Schedule Stage 4 Water Conservation
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Odd No Watering Even Odd No Watering No Watering Even
Figure 5-2: Stage 4 Conservation- Required Watering Schedule • Reduce water use schedule to 2 days per week, as seen in Table 5-4 and Figure 5-2. No watering between 9:00am and 7:00pm. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns, drip irrigation systems.
• Strictly enforce the water conservation program by issuing written fines for misusing water.

Punishable actions include watering outside of designated day and time, washing down driveways and sidewalks, watering of outdoor landscapes that cause excess runoff, using a hose without a shut-off nozzle to wash a motor vehicle, and using potable water in a decorative water feature (unless water is recirculated).
• Reduce landscape watering of City facilities. As deemed necessary, watering of City facilities, parks, and median islands will be suspended and evaluated at regular intervals.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-5 • Intensify efforts of community awareness by stepping up information of changing conditions through news or social media.
• Watering of turf on median islands shall be suspended

5.1.5 Stage 5: (Up to 50% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Stage 5 may be implemented when there is up to 50% reduction of normal water supplies. All actions listed below are in addition to the previous stages unless a stricter restriction applies and is noted.

Table 5-5: Stage 5 Conservation - Required Watering Schedule Stage 5 Water Conservation
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday No Watering No Watering Even No Watering Odd No Watering No Watering Figure 5-3: Stage 5 Conservation- Required Watering Schedule • Reduce water use schedule to 1 day per week, as seen in Table 5-5 and Figure 5-3. No watering between 9:00am and 7:00pm. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns, drip irrigation systems.
• Drought water rate structures and/or surcharges will be implemented to encourage conservation methods. A 15% rate increase on all residential and landscape accounts may go into effect upon Council adoption after notice, hearing or other rate-setting or adjustment procedures required by law.
• No washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, airplanes, or other mobile equipment is permitted except at commercial fleet wash stations or fixed vehicle wash facilities with approved runoff protection and collection.

5.1.6 Stage 6: (Greater than 50% Reduction of Normal Water Supply) Extreme water shortages require drastic reductions in water usage as described in Stage 6 of the WSCP.

All actions listed below are in addition to the previous stages unless a stricter restriction applies and is noted.
• No outdoor irrigation of landscaping or vegetation except for food crops.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-6 • Outdoor water use for emergency purposes shall be by permit only, after review and approval by CSPD Director.
• City Parks, schools, and similar establishments may water once per week by permit only, after review and approval by CSPD Director.
• No new water connections shall be permitted.

Table 5-6 summarizes the demand reduction actions for each stage and the percentage each action is anticipated to reduce overall system demands. Although the City has not experienced water supply shortages historically, even during drought conditions, the City continues to implement conservation efforts year-round and additional mandatory demand reductions in response to periods of dry hydrology or other water shortage conditions that may arise. This table is reformatted from the standard DWR Submittal Table 8-2 but presents the same information.

Table 5-6: Demand Reduction Actions (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-2) Shortage
Stage
Demand Reduction
Action Category
How much is
this going to
reduce the
shortage
gap?1
Additional Explanation
Penalty,
Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
1 Landscape - Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days and
times
<1%
City implements a voluntary water use schedule
that would define days available to irrigate
landscaping (odd and even address system)
No
1 Landscape - Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days and
times
1%
Request that landscape irrigation be limited to 5
days per week as determined by address number
(even and odd); and be performed between 7pm9am. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns and drip irrigation systems
No
1 Expand Public Information
Campaign 1%
City will implement a “Public Awareness Program”
designed to make the community aware of the
water conditions. City shall develop a set of
“Water Conservation Guidelines” that would be
made available to residents for use in conserving
water.

No
1 CII – Other CII restriction or
prohibition <1%
City will enforce current and adopted building
codes and regulations regarding water and energy
conservation and require that all new
developments implement water efficient
landscape designs, including automatic irrigation
systems with rain control gauges. All new permits
shall satisfy the latest requirements of the
California Model Landscape Ordinance, including
already approved, but not yet completed permits.

Yes
1 Other- Prohibit use of potable
water for washing hard
surfaces
1%
Request users not wash down sidewalks and
driveways with potable water. Request that this
item be accomplished by other means such as
sweeping, etc.

No
1 CII- Restaurants may only
serve water upon request 1% No
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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-7 Shortage
Stage
Demand Reduction
Action Category
How much is
this going to
reduce the
shortage
gap?1
Additional Explanation
Penalty,
Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
1 Landscape- Other Landscape
restriction or prohibition 1%
City shall reduce all landscape irrigation practices
to a minimum No
1 Reduce System Water Loss 1%
City shall intensify its leak detection program by
repairing or replacing leaking valves, water
meters, and fire hydrants
No
2 Landscape - Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days and
times
12%
Require that landscape irrigation be limited to 5
days per week as determined by address number
(even and odd); and be performed between 7pm9am. Exceptions include newly implanted lawns and drip irrigation systems.

Yes
2 Expand Public Information
Campaign <1% Coordinate with local schools to implement a Water Education Program. No 2 Landscape- Other landscape
restriction or prohibition <1% No outdoor watering during or within 48 hours of measurable rain Yes 2 Increase Water Waste Patrols <1%
City shall begin monitoring water use by residents
or large commercial, institutional, or industrial
water users, and alerting them to the potential
impact of waste or over-use. A verbal warning
would be issued, followed by a citation if
necessary
Yes
3 Landscape - Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days and
times
19%
Require that landscape irrigation be limited to 3
days per week as determined by address number;
and be performed between 7pm-9am. Exceptions
include newly implanted lawns and drip irrigation
systems
Yes
3 thru 5
Landscape- Prohibit certain
types of landscape irrigation 1%
The City shall reduce landscape watering,
additionally as necessary, of City facilities to
provide only enough water to maintain survival of
permanent plants, such as trees and shrubs
Yes
3 Other- require automatic
shutoff hoses <1%
Washing of automobiles and other mobile
equipment only permitted with handheld watering
devices with automatic shut off nozzles for 30
minutes a day during designated days and times
Yes
3 Other water feature or
swimming pool restriction <1%
Spas, wading, and swimming pools may only be
refilled during designated times and days. Private
water attractions (bounce houses, water slides,
etc.) shall only be allowed during designated
days/times
Yes
3 Other <1%
Recommend collection of gray water for outdoor
landscaping No
4 Landscape- Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days and
times
10%
Require that landscape irrigation be limited to 2
days per week as determined by address number;
and be performed between 7pm-9am. Exceptions
include newly implanted lawns and drip irrigation
systems.

Yes
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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 5-8 Shortage
Stage
Demand Reduction
Action Category
How much is
this going to
reduce the
shortage
gap?1
Additional Explanation
Penalty,
Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
4 Landscape – Prohibit certain
types of landscape irrigation 1%
Reduce landscape watering of City facilitiessuspend and evaluate need for watering of City parks and median islands on a regular basis
Yes
5 Landscape- Limit landscape
irrigation to specific days 10%
Require that landscape irrigation be limited to 1
day per week as determined by address number;
and be performed between 7pm-9am. Exceptions
include newly implanted lawns and drip irrigation
systems.

Yes
5 Landscape-Prohibit certain
types of landscape irrigation 1% Watering of turf on median islands shall be suspended Yes 5 Implement or Modify Drought
Rate Structure or Surcharge 1%
15% drought rate increase on all residential and
landscape accounts upon Council adoption Yes
5 Other- Prohibit vehicle
washing except at facilities
using recycled or recirculated
water
<1% Yes
6 Prohibit all landscape
irrigation 9%
No outdoor irrigation of landscape or vegetation
except for food crops Yes
6 Moratorium or Net Zero
Demand increase on New
Connections
<1% Yes
1Note: Percentages listed represent the water savings accomplished only in that particular water conservation stage. To calculate total water savings, the percentages from that stage and the preceding stages should be added unless a more restrictive action is implemented.

5.2 Supply Augmentation
Legal Requirements:
§10632(a)(4)(A) Locally appropriate supply augmentation actions.

As discussed above, there are a variety of circumstances that can render a source inconsistent. Table 5-7 outlines an additional action that could be taken in critical Shortage Stages.

Table 5-7: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions (DWR WSCP Submittal Table 8-3) Shortage
Stage
Supply
Augmentation
Methods and
Other Actions by
Water Supplier
How much
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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
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5.3 Operational Changes
Table 5-6 provides a summary of common categories of restrictions and prohibitions that may be placed on end users by a water agency and includes a description of the restrictions and prohibitions being used by the City. The categories of restrictions and prohibitions in Table 5-6 come from State of California guidance in preparation of UWMPs. The demand reduction Stages identified in this WSCP are cumulative so any restriction or prohibition that begins in a lower stage continues and is added to in a higher stage. The City will also implement the restrictions in its own practices as outlined above.

5.4 Emergency Response Plan
The City’s various departments manage emergencies as needed, including the CSPD and the Public Safety Department for impacts to water system infrastructure. The City’s Fire Department also has emergency response protocols the City can utilize, as appropriate. Finally, the County of Tulare maintains its website (https://tularecounty.ca.gov/emergencies) with regard to local emergencies and County plans which includes coordination with the City on emergency responses for a wide variety of emergencies that also encompass impacts to water system infrastructure components.

5.5 Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
CWC §10632.5(a) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 10632, beginning January 1, 2020, the plan shall include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan to assess the vulnerability of each of the various facilities of a water system and mitigate those vulnerabilities. (b) An urban water supplier shall update the seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan when updating its urban water management plan as required by Section 10621.
(c) An urban water supplier may comply with this section by submitting, pursuant to Section 10644, a copy of the most recent adopted local hazard mitigation plan or multiphaser mitigation plan under the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390) if the local hazard mitigation plan or multi-hazard mitigation plan addresses seismic risk.

The City maintains a General Plan (Associates, 1989), that outlines specific protocol and policy to address health and human safety concerns regarding seismic activity in the Central Valley of California.

As referenced in that document, full texts of the Noise, Seismic Safety and Safety Elements of the Tulare County General Plan (County, 2012), Chapter 10 – Health & Safety – as it pertains to the City’s Urban Area, are also available to the public on the City’s website (https://www.lindsay.ca.us/).

In addition to the General Plan, the City is also a partner in the Tulare County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJLHMP) adopted in March 2023. The Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies potential hazards, including seismic risk, their likelihood of occurring and the significance of their impact on the City, as a whole. As seen in the City’s UWMP, the City falls into the low to moderate ranges of the scale and is considered distant from known, active faults. The City is expected to experience lower levels of shaking less frequently in the event of seismic activity. While it is expected that only weaker buildings might be damaged, infrequent severe earthquakes could cause more severe shaking and damage.

Numerous building and zoning codes exist at the local level to decrease the impact of seismic events.

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Section Five: Shortage Response Actions
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5.6 Shortage Response Action Effectiveness
The anticipated effectiveness of each shortage response action is shown in Table 5-6. The anticipated percentage reductions for each measure are derived from a combination of the City’s past experience, historical water use reductions, and calculated reductions based on mandated water use limits for various customer classes.

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Section Six: Communication Protocols
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CWC §10632
(a)(5) Communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, regarding, at a minimum, all the following:
(A) Any current or predicted shortages as determined by the annual water supply and demand assessment described pursuant to Section 10632.1.
(B) Any shortage Response Actions triggered or anticipated to be triggered by the annual water supply and demand assessment described pursuant to Section 10632.1.
(C) Any other relevant communications.

Due to the number of variables which affect the water conditions in existence at any one point in time, a report by City Staff will describe the necessary action for transition from one phase to another (more or less stringent). Typically, the Director of CSPD, or their designee, will identify potential water shortages and determine if the water condition warrants advancement to a more stringent phase. Usually, Shortage Stages will be utilized sequentially; however, in times of urgency or critical water shortages, stages may be used out of order. The City Council always has the discretion to delay or speed declaration of a given response level depending on other conditions.

The public and any interested parties shall be notified of any potential water shortages, declarations of water shortages, and response actions via public notices, the billing process, announcements on the utility’s website, and/or social media. Shortage stages shall be effective immediately upon notification to the public and stakeholders.

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Section Seven: Compliance and Enforcement
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Legal Requirements:

Water Code Section 10632 (a)(6) For an urban retail water supplier, customer compliance, enforcement, appeal, and exemption procedures for triggered shortage response actions as determined pursuant to Section 10632.2.

Upon adoption, this document replaces the City’s existing WCP and serves as the City’s WCP, for purposes of implementation and enforcement. The Director of CSPD, or their designee, will be responsible for evaluating available data on a consistent basis and adequately determining the proper water shortage stage, progress made on conservation efforts, and if the appropriate level of water consumption reduction is being met.

Section 5 outlines the various water conservation measures during each water shortage stage, as well as the various enforcements. The penalties for each stage are also outlined in that section and can vary depending on the activated Water Shortage Stage. Enforcement of various water conservation strategies is carried out by staff members of the water utility including water wasting patrols.

7.1 Penalties, Charges, Other Enforcement or Prohibitions The City will strictly enforce water conservation by issuing written fines for misusing water. It is the objective of the City Council that citizens of the City voluntarily comply with the provisions of this Plan.

Enforcement of this Plan will authorize one optional informal written notice and one formal written notice for each subsequent violation. Per Title 1, General Provisions of the Municipal Code of the City, including but not limited to Chapter 1.16 (General Penalty), Section 1.16.010 (Penalty for Code Violations) and Chapter 13.04 (Water System), Section 13.04.340 (Enforcement), the amounts and provisions listed in Section 7.1.1 will be enforced. Except where specifically provided otherwise in the City’s Municipal Code, violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be unlawful and constitute an infraction. A copy of Chapter 13.04 (Water System) of the municipal code is included as Appendix A.

City staff are responsible for enforcement of water conservation regulations as outlined in the City’s Municipal Code. Citizens may report incidents of water waste or leaks that are observed within the City. Reports may be submitted by phone to the CSPD Staff at (559) 562-7102 Ext. 4.

7.1.1 Warning and Citation Protocols, Fines and Surcharges When a violation of the water conservation ordinance is noted, the following enforcement cycle is used.

Any residential person convicted of violating any provision of the City’s Municipal Code shall be punished by:
• A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation; • A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for a second violation of the same section within one year; and
• A fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each additional violation of the same section within one year.

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Section Seven: Compliance and Enforcement
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Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 7-2 Any non-residential person or group convicted of violating any provision of the City’s Municipal Code shall be punished by:
• A fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for a first violation; • A fine not exceeding five thousand dollars for a second violation of the same section within one year; and
• A fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars for each additional violation of the same section within one year.

Any monetary fine issued will be collected according to the provisions set forth within the City’s Municipal Code, including but not limited to Section 1.16 and 13.04.340.

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Section Eight: Legal Authorities
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§10632 (a)(7)
(A) A description of the legal authorities that empower the urban water supplier to implement and enforce its shortage Response Actions specified in paragraph (4) that may include, but are not limited to, statutory authorities, ordinances, resolutions, and contract provisions.
(B) A statement that an urban water supplier shall declare a water shortage emergency in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 350) of Division 1.
(C) A statement that an urban water supplier shall coordinate with any city or county within which it provides water supply services for the possible proclamation of a local emergency, as defined in Section 8558 of the Government Code.

This WSCP adheres to the California Water Code 10632. This document is also required by State law as outlined in the Water Code, which states that, “Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan as part of its urban water management plan…” (WC 10632). As an established California Water Utility, the City has the authority to implement the WSCP, declare water shortages, and implement shortage response actions including statutory authorities, ordinances, resolutions, and contract provisions in accordance with Chapter 3 of Division 1. This document serves as the City’s WCP in all instances of Lindsay municipal code.

The City will follow the protocols outlined in this WSCP should it become necessary to declare a water shortage emergency. The City, as an urban water supplier, will coordinate with those it provides water supply services to and with Tulare County if it becomes necessary to issue a proclamation of local emergency.

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Section Nine: Financial Consequences of WSCP
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The various sources available to the City during droughts include, but are not limited to water sales, credit lines and loans, reserves, and other non-operating revenues such as grant funding when available.

9.1 Potential Revenue Reductions and Expense Increases
Legal Requirement
§10632 (a)(8) A description of the financial consequences of, and responses for, drought conditions, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(A) A description of potential revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage Response Action described in paragraph (4)
Agencies typically experience a decrease in revenue with reduced water uses (demands). Additionally, cost expenditures may also increase with elevated outreach activities, increased staffing needs to implement conservation programs, and responses to customer questions and/or complaints.

9.2 Mitigation Actions
Legal Requirement
§10632 (a)(8)(B) A description of mitigation actions needed to address revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage Response Actions described in paragraph (4).

9.2.1 Use of Financial Reserves
The City’s General Fund has funds to cover losses from revenue decreases due to decreased water usage. This strategy would require action by the City Council and parameters for the precise implementation would be specified at the time of use.

9.2.2 Drought Surcharges
If revenues decrease to an unsustainable level, the City may choose to implement a drought water rate restructure on all residential and landscape accounts. This may go into effect upon Council adoption after notice, hearing or other rate-setting or adjustment procedures, as outlined in WSCP Stage 5. A drought water surcharge implemented in times of water shortage is distinct from a conservation rate structure, which is always in place.

9.3 Cost of Compliance
Legal Requirement
§10632 (a)(8)(C) A description of the cost of compliance with Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 365) of Division 1.

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Section Nine: Financial Consequences of WSCP
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Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 9-2 Declaring a water shortage and enforcing response actions can be performed by existing staff with no significant increases in operating cost. Other costs of compliance are associated with increased public awareness information (mailing information or updating website information frequently), increased issuance of violations/citations, and increased response to appeals. While these efforts should not necessitate additional staffing, there may be costs associated with increased duties for existing staff.

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Section Ten: Monitoring and Reporting
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Legal Requirement
§10632 (a)(9) For an urban retail water supplier, monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that ensure appropriate data is collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance and to meet state reporting requirements.

The City strives to be, and historically has been, in compliance with the state reporting requirements.

The City uses meters at all well sites to monitor total system water use and meters at nearly all water deliveries to consumers, which assists in assuring customer compliance with conservation measures and identifying system losses.

The procedures for monitoring reductions throughout the six different water shortage stages vary based on shortage stage intensity. Pre-WSCP and during Stage 1, production and delivery totals are evaluated regularly by City staff. For Stage 2 and beyond, each month, the demands are compared against production capacities and evaluated for sufficiency. In heightened Shortage Stages, more frequent monitoring may be implemented to evaluate conservation measures against requirements.

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Section Eleven: WSCP Refinement Procedures
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§10632 (a)(10) 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 WSCP may be updated at any time when the urban water supplier believes significant changes have occurred that may affect the contents of the plan. If major changes are made to this 2020 WSCP, the City will hold an additional public hearing and City Council will readopt the plan. Copies of amendments or changes to the plan shall be submitted to DWR, the California State Library, and Tulare County within 30 days of adoption.

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Section Twelve: Special Water Feature Distinction
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§10632(a)(10)(B) For purposes of developing the water shortage contingency plan pursuant to subdivision (a), an urban water supplier shall analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from swimming pools and spas, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 115921 of the Health and Safety Code.

Health and Safety Code Section §115921 As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Swimming pool” or “pool” means any structure intended for swimming or recreational bathing that contains water over 18 inches deep. “Swimming pool” includes in-ground and aboveground structures and includes, but is not limited to, hot tubs, spas, portable spas, and non-portable wading pools.

The water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, are to be defined separately from swimming pools and spas.

The City’s Municipal code does not specifically address water features, but does define allowable outdoor water uses including swimming pools. The City does not further define other water features; however, restrictions are applicable to them as they are to other water uses throughout the City.

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Section Fourteen: References
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CWC §10642
…Prior to adopting either, the [plan or water shortage contingency plan], the urban water supplier shall make both the plan and the water shortage contingency plan available for public inspection and shall hold a public hearing or hearings thereon.

CWC §10608.26
(a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier shall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Allow community input regarding the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part. (2) Consider the economic impacts of the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part. (3) Adopt a method, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20 for determining its urban water use target.

CWC §10632 (c)
The urban water supplier shall make available the water shortage contingency plan prepared pursuant to this article to its customers and any city or county within which it provides water supplies no later than 30 days after adoption of the water shortage contingency plan.

The public hearing was held prior to the adoption of the WSCP and was adopted as prepared. The hearing provided an opportunity for the City’s customers, residents, and employees to learn and ask questions about the current and future water supply of the City. The public hearing was held on [Date].

The WSCP was made available to the City’s customers and County of Tulare, adopted, and submitted to the State in the same fashion as the UWMP, which is described in Section 10 of the 2020 UWMP. Within 30 days of submitting the UWMP and WSCP to DWR, the adopted plans will be available for public review during normal business hours at the City’s CPSD office. The City will also post a copy of the adopted UWMP and WSCP on its website (https://www.lindsay.ca.us/). Appendix C contains the Adopting Resolution.

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Section Fourteen: References
City of Lindsay: Water Shortage Contingency Plan
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group • October 2023 13-2 References
Associates, G. &. (1989, July). City of Lindsay General Plan. Retrieved from Lindsay California:
https://www.lindsay.ca.us/planning/page/planning-documents City of Lindsay. (2019). Lindsay Municiple Code. Manhattan: Municode.

City of Lindsay. (May, 2023). Water Conservation. Lindsay: City of Lindsay.

County, T. (2012). Tulare County General Plan: 2030 Update. Visalia: Tulare County Resource Management Agency.

DWR. (2021, March). Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2020.

GSAs, K. S. (2021, April). Resources. Retrieved from Greater Kaweah GSA:
https://greaterkaweahgsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/502211_WY_2021.pdf Provost & Pritchard. (2022). Water Feasibility Study. Chico: City of Lindsay.

Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group. (2023). 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. Lindsay. (2023). Tulare County LHMP. Visalia: Tulare County Office of Emergency Services.

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Appendices
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Appendix A
City Ordinance 13.04 – Water System
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13.04.010 Definitions

1. "Person" means any firm, corporation, partnership, association, institutional owner or any public corporation. The single shall include the plural.

2. "Water department" means that department of the city designated to administer the water system of the city. The term includes the director of public works and other employees of the city.
(Ord. 329 §§ 1-1, 1-1A, 1974)

13.04.020 Superintendent
The office of water superintendent is created. The water superintendent shall be the director of public works. It shall be the power, duty and responsibility of the water superintendent to supervise the installation, operation and maintenance of water mains, water services, meters and fire hydrants. It shall be further the responsibility and duty of the water superintendent to supervise the installation, operation and maintenance of water wells, pumps, motors and electrical equipment, buildings and other water system equipment, and supervise personnel necessary to accomplish these duties. (Ord. 329 § 1-2, 1974)

13.04.030 Right Of Entry For Inspection
The aforesaid officers and their authorized agents shall have the right of entry, during usual business hours, and at any time when, upon reasonable cause, they believe there is an immediate hazard to life, health or property, to inspect any and all buildings and premises in the performance of their duties.
(Ord. 329 § 1-3, 1974)

13.04.040 Application For Service
Before water will be supplied by the water department of the city to any person, firm or corporation which requires connection from the department's water mains to water pipes on any real property, the owner or occupant of the property shall make a written application for the service and service connection upon a form provided by the water department of the city. The information required in all instances where application is made for water shall include the name and address of the applicant, a description of the real property by lot number, block and tract and the official house number assigned to the premises for which water is desired, together with a statement of the applicant's relation to the property, whether as owner, occupant, lessee or otherwise.
(Ord. 329 § 1-4, 1974)

13.04.050 Service Installation
When a consumer applies for a new water connection service, the consumer will pay to the water department connection charges established by resolution setting rates for water service charges.

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1. No facilities or services of the water system shall be furnished to any premises or to any owner or other person free of charge.

2. No person owning any premises within the city limits on which the nearest outlet of the plumbing system of the premises is located within two hundred feet from the point at which a connection can be made to the municipal water system, and upon which any water is used, shall use any means of water service other than through the municipal water system. Every person owning any premises so located and upon or in which any water is used shall be required to connect the premises to the municipal water system within thirty days from the date when a water main or water lateral located within the distance specified in this subsection is completed and available for connection to the premises except as to conditions existing prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter; then, and in that event, upon notice to so comply given by the city to the owner of record of the premises.

3. No consumer connected to the mains of the city water department shall furnish water from his service for use on any lot or premises not connected with the city water mains or to any lot or premises whose water service has been disconnected by the water superintendent or director of public works. The water superintendent or director of public works is further authorized to disconnect the water service to any consumer who provides water in violation of this subsection and the consumer's service so terminated shall not be reconnected until the violation has ceased.
(Ord. 329B, 1978; Ord. 329 § 1-5, 1974)

13.04.060 Rates

1. For the purpose of providing funds for the payment at or before maturity of the principal and interest on all water revenue bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by the city for the purposes of acquisition, construction, completion and modernization of the municipal water system; and

2. For the purpose of providing funds for the payment of the cost of maintenance and operation of the municipal water system and municipal water department of the city and for the purpose of acquisition, construction, improvement, completion and financing of the municipal water system and for the payment of additions to or improvements of the water system. These are levied and assessed upon all premises having or required to have any water connections with the city water system.

Monthly rates and charges to be payable in the respective amounts and at rates set forth in resolutions to be adopted by the city council from time to time, as the case may be.
(Ord. 329 § 1-6, 1974)

13.04.070 Service Connection
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1. Upon application of a bona fide applicant for services, and payment of all connection charges and fees set forth in resolution for water service charges, the water department of the city will furnish and install service pipe of suitable capacity for a distance of not more than sixty feet from its water mains to the curb line or property abutting upon a public street, highway, alley, lane or road along which it already has water mains.

2. The consumer, at his own expense, shall install that portion of the service inside the curb or property line. The installation shall include shutoff valve inside the property line at a location accessible in case of emergency.

3. The materials furnished by the consumer in construction of the service extension will at all times be and remain the sole property of the consumer and when necessary shall be maintained and repaired by the consumer at his own expense.

4. The water department of the city may install, but shall not be required to install, more than one service to any one consumer.
(Ord. 329 § 2-1, 1974)

13.04.080 Meter; Size
In all cases the size of the meter to be installed shall be approved by the water department. (Ord. 329 § 2-2, 1974)

13.04.090 Number Of Consumers On Single Connection
No service connection shall be hereafter made for the purpose of supplying through a common service, two or more independent consumers occupying premises held under the same ownership, unless the premises are on and consist of the same lot, or the property is such as is commonly designated as a court, campground, apartment house, or building covering more than one lot, and then only provided that the owner or owners of the premises shall agree in writing to pay all charges for water service thereto. (Ord. 329 § 2-3, 1974)

13.04.100 Tapping Main

1. No person except the water superintendent or any authorized employee of the city water department shall either turn on or shut off the water at any service connection.

2. All taps to the water main shall be made by the city and no person shall make any taps or in any way tamper or meddle with any of the property of the city water department, without written permission to do so from the water superintendent. (Ord. 329 § 2-4, 1974)

13.04.110 Reconnection Fee
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authorized and directed to charge a reasonable fee of twenty dollars in addition to all other charges provided in this chapter for the reconnection.
(Res. No. 04-14, 2-24-2004; Ord. 329 § 2-5, 1974)

13.04.120 Receiving Equipment Responsibility
The consumer shall at his own risk and expense furnish, install and keep in repair, free from leakage and in safe condition all service pipes, fixtures, stop cocks and other apparatus and appliances which may be required for receiving, controlling, applying and utilizing the water. The department of public works of the city does not assume the duty of inspecting the consumer's service, appliances or apparatus or any part thereof, and assumes no liability therefor. The department of public works shall not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by the improper installation of the apparatus and appliances, negligence, lack of proper care or wrongful act of the consumer or agents, employees or licensees in installing, maintaining, using, operating or interfering with any such apparatus or appliances. Consumers shall be liable for all damages which result from their failure to comply with the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 329 § 3-1, 1974)

13.04.130 Meter; Required
Meters shall be required on all water services to residential, commercial or industrial lots, and multiple-family dwellings exceeding two dwelling units. (Ord. 329 § 3-2, 1974)

13.04.140 Backflow Prevention
All automatic sprinkler systems, or other standby fire protection services as might be deemed necessary shall be equipped with adequate backflow prevention systems to be approved by the public works director of the city.
(Ord. 329 § 3-3, 1974)

13.04.150 Direct Connection To Boilers Or Pumps
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to draw water from any pipe or water mains of the water department of the city directly into any stationary steam boiler, hydraulic elevator, power pump or similar apparatus. This section shall not apply to hot water heaters used exclusively for domestic or mercantile purpose. (Ord. 329 § 4-1, 1974)

13.04.160 Separation Of Other Sources
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to allow a connection to be made or to allow a connection to exist for any purpose whatsoever between the water system of the city and any other source of supply, unless the connection is fitted with a suitable device, to be approved by the public works director of the city, which shall prevent water from the other source of supply entering the city system.
(Ord. 329 § 4-2, 1974)
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13.04.170 Service Discontinuance
The water department of the city shall have the right to refuse or discontinue to deliver water to a consumer if any part of the consumer's service appliances or apparatus at any time are unsafe, or if the utilization of water by means thereof is prohibited or forbidden under authority of any law or municipal ordinance or regulation (until the law, ordinance or regulation is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction), and may refuse service until the consumer puts the part in good and safe condition, and complies with all the laws, ordinances and regulations applicable thereto. The department of public works of the city shall have the right to refuse to serve water to any premises, and at any time to discontinue service if found necessary to do so in order to protect itself against fraud or abuse. If the consumer fails to comply with any of the rules and regulations of the water department of the city, the department will advise the consumer of the violation. If the consumer does not remedy the violation within a reasonable time, the public works department shall have the right, after giving notice, to discontinue service to the consumer. (Ord. 329 § 4-3, 1974)

13.04.180 Turnoff Authorized
The water department of the city reserves the right to shut off the water in the mains at any time for the purpose of making repairs to mains, services, extensions or for other reasons.

It shall be the duty of the water superintendent to make reasonable effort to notify consumers in advance of such an emergency, and that water service is to be suspended and restored, and will not be responsible for any damage resulting from shutoff. (Ord. 329 § 4-4, 1974)

13.04.190 Consumer Preference In Event Of Shortage
In the event of any shortage or depletion of the supply of water available to the water department for sale and distribution, the city shall first sell and distribute to its consumers within the incorporated limits of the city, and any contracts entered into as set forth in this section shall contain provisions to this effect: "That the City of Lindsay may terminate said service without incurring liability to itself for any loss or damage as a result of such termination at any time within the discretion of the City Council of the City of Lindsay; a water shortage imperils the general health and welfare of the citizens within its incorporated limits."
(Ord. 329 § 4-5, 1974)

13.04.200 Shutoff In Case Of Fire
All water outlets through which a continuous stream of water can be conducted must be shut off promptly upon alarm of fire being given by the city and the water from the outlets shall not be turned on again until the fire is known to be extinguished. (Ord. 329 § 4-6, 1974)

13.04.210 Fire Hydrants
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1. Fire hydrants are provided for the purpose of extinguishing fire and are to be opened and used only by authorized representatives of the city, and by such persons as may be officially authorized by the water superintendent. To insure the safety of fire hydrants, any person or persons authorized to open fire hydrants will be required to use only an approved spanner wrench and failure to do so will be sufficient cause to prohibit further use of the fire hydrant. Every person authorized to open fire hydrants must replace the caps on the outlets, when not in use, and failure to do so is declared to be sufficient cause to prohibit further use of fire hydrants by such person or persons. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to conduct or carry water in any way from any fire hydrant without written permission to do so from the water superintendent.

2. No person shall, through the placement of landscaping or structures cause the view of or the access to a fire hydrant to be restricted.
(Ord. 329 § 4-7, 1974)

13.04.220 Meter; Testing

1. Any consumer may require, upon deposit of four dollars at the office of the water department of the city, that the meter through which water is being furnished to the consumer be tested by the department for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not it is registering correctly. If, upon such test, the meter is found to register over two percent more water than actually passes through, another meter shall be substituted therefor and the deposit of four dollars returned to the consumer making the application, and the water bills for the current period shall be adjusted in an equitable manner.

2. If, upon such test, the meter is found to register under two percent more water than actually passes through, the four-dollar deposit shall be retained by the water department and deposited in the water fund.
(Ord. 329 § 4-8, 1974)

13.04.230 Meter; Failure To Register
Where a meter fails to register during any period, a charge will be made, based upon the water consumed during the same month of the previous year. In the event that a meter had not yet been installed for the same month of the previous year, the charge shall be based upon the water consumed during the last month or portion thereof the meter was registering.
(Ord. 329 § 4-9, 1974)

13.04.240 Maintenance And Repair Responsibility

1. The water department of the city shall, at its own expense, maintain and make all necessary repairs to water mains, meters and pipelines connecting to water mains from the main, to and including the meter or shutoff.

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2. The water department of the city shall make no repairs or do any work whatsoever on water pipelines beyond the meter connection or shutoff. Any repair made necessary by any act, negligence or carelessness of the consumer, or other person, shall be charged to and collected from the consumer or the person or persons guilty thereof.

3. All meters are the property of the department of public works and the department shall make such repairs as in its judgment are needed.

4. It is unlawful to interfere with, or cut off, or remove the water meter from any service where it has been installed without first receiving written permission from the water superintendent. Such permission shall be granted only for purpose of testing, replacements, repairs to meters or service pipes, readjustments of service or similar emergency.
(Ord. 329 § 4-10, 1974)

13.04.250 City Liability For System Failure
The city and the department of public works will not be responsible for damage to buildings or their contents caused by any break beyond the street service cock, or by any interruption of the supply of water by reason of the breaking of machinery, or stoppage for necessary repairs.
(Ord. 329 § 4-11, 1974)

13.04.260 Residential Coolers And Air Conditioners
No refrigerant cooler or combination of refrigerant coolers having an aggregate capacity of more than three tons, of thirty-six thousand Btu's per hour, shall be installed or connected with or to any single water service connection with the main unless the cooler or coolers are all equipped with a device whereby all the water used in the operation of the cooler or coolers may be and is constantly circulated and recirculated and reused therein in such manner that none enters the sewer or otherwise escapes use therein. (Ord. 329 § 5-1, 1974)

13.04.270 Swimming Pools
A charge of four dollars per year for each residential type swimming pool equipped with recirculating filter system hooked up to the sewer shall be made on May 1st of each year. (Ord. 329 § 5-2, 1974)

13.04.280 Standby Protection
A charge of one dollar and fifty cents per inch of nominal pipe diameter shall be billed monthly for standby protection service.
(Ord. 329 § 5-3, 1974)

13.04.290 Temporary Use
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thousand gallons used. Any water used in excess of ten thousand gallons shall be charged at the metered rate.
(Ord. 329 § 5-4, 1974)

13.04.300 Service Outside City
All water services outside the city limits are subject to council approval, and shall pay twice the applicable monthly rates.
(Ord. 329 § 5-5, 1974)

13.04.310 Separate Contracts Authorized
The city council reserves the right and power to negotiate and contract separately with any person, firm or corporation for the sale and delivery of water within or without the incorporated limits of the city at wholesale at such times, places and prices as may be fixed as resolutions of the city council from time to time adopted, as the case may be. (Ord. 329 § 5-6, 1974)

13.04.320 Billing

1. All water charges shall become due and payable to and at the city finance department on the first day of the month following the month of service and shall become delinquent on the twenty-fifth day of the month in which the billing occurs.

When a bill becomes delinquent, a ten dollar penalty shall be automatically assessed. Water service shall be disconnected no sooner than (60) days after the original due date, if the amount due and owing is not paid in full and the customer has not requested an alternative payment schedule or amortization plan. The City Manager shall enact and revise, as needed, a Residential Water Billing and Shutoff Policy not inconsistent with State law, the City Charter, or Municipal Code.

2. All bills for such charges shall be issued by the City Manager's designee. The bills shall state their purpose (water, sewer, disposal service) and shall give the name and last known address of the person responsible for the payment (as provided in this chapter) and shall list separately the charge for water service, the charge for sewer service, the charge for disposal service, and the total charge for all services.

3. All water, sewer, and disposal service charges shall be determine in accordance with Article XIIIC of the California Constitution and Section 5.32.040 and 5.32.310 of the Municipal Code and ratified by the City Council by resolution duly adopted. (Ord. 587; Ord. 585; Ord. 329—Art. 1 Revised 2013; Ord. 329 § 5-7, 1974)

13.04.330 Delinquency Penalty
Once a water service bill has been declared delinquent, and the water service has been discontinued in accordance with the provisions of these rules and regulations, the service shall not be reconnected until all delinquent charges, plus penalties and reconnection charges have been paid. It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property, or the consumer requesting reconnection, to pay the delinquent bill, penalties, and reconnection charge.

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(Ord. 329—Art. 2 Revised 2013; Ord. 329 § 5-8, 1974)

13.04.340 Enforcement
The City Manager's designee is charged with the enforcement of this chapter and all of its provisions.

1. In the event of a violation of any terms of this chapter, or any rule or regulation established pursuant to this chapter, the City Manager's designee, in writing, shall notify the person causing, allowing or committing the violation, specifying the violation and, if applicable, the time after which (upon failure of the person to prevent or rectify the violation) the city water superintendent will exercise his authority to disconnect the premises from the municipal water system and/or the municipal sewer system; provided, that such time shall not be less than five days after the deposit of the notice in the United States Post Office at Lindsay, California, addressed to the person to whom notice is given; provided, however, that in the event the violation results in a public hazard or menace, then the director of public works may enter upon the premises without notice and do such things and expend such sums as may be necessary to abate the hazard, and the reasonable value of the things done and the amounts expended in so doing shall be charged upon the person so in violation.

2. Upon the failure of any person billed or the owner of a premises to pay any water service prior to delinquency, anyone or more of the following actions may, or where required by this section shall, be taken by the city or city officials to enforce the payment, subject to the provisions of subsection (A) of this section:

1. Each water service charge levied by, or pursuant to, this chapter on any premises within the city limits is made a lien upon the premises and any step authorized by law may be taken by the city to enforce payment of the lien.

2. In each case where any delinquency charges occur in water, sewer or refuse service, the City Manager's designee shall assess a penalty of ten dollars in addition to the amount of the billing.

3. In each case where any bill for water service remains unpaid as of (60) days after the original due date following delinquency, the City Manager's designee, upon notification of such delinquency, shall disconnect the premises from the municipal water system. Whenever a premises has been disconnected from the municipal water system for nonpayment of water service charges, the premises shall not be reconnected to the municipal water system until all delinquent charges and penalties have been paid together with such reasonable charges for reconnection as may be ordered from time to time by the city council by resolution duly adopted.

4. Delinquent charges and penalties for water, sewer, or disposal services bills that remain unpaid as of (60) days after the original due date following delinquency may be levied onto a premises' property tax rolls upon approval by city council.

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5. The above rules and regulations shall apply, in equal force and effect, to charges and collections for sewer service and for refuse disposal service furnished by the city to any premises.
(Ord. 587; Ord. 329—Art. 3 Revised 2013; Ord. 329A, 1976; Ord. 329 § 5-9, 1974)

13.04.345 City Water Conservation Plan
The City Council has adopted by Resolution its Water Conservation Plan which sets forth water conservation phases and conservation measures including mandatory restrictions on water usage by property owners and water consumers and prohibitions concerning misuse of water. Violation of the measures in effect, currently and as may be amended by Resolution from time-to-time, pursuant to the applicable phase of Water Conservation Plan, shall be enforceable as set forth per any applicable remedy provisions in this Municipal Code, including but not limited to Section 1.16 and 13.04.340. Additionally, the City may strictly enforce the water conservation program by issuing citations in amounts which are set by resolution of the City Council. Monetary citations issued may be collected via the monthly utility bill. The City's Water Conservation Plan is deemed to be the City's "Water Shortage Contingency Plan" to the extent applicable by State law. (Ord. 604 2023, Ord. 547, § 1, 2014)

HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 556 on 7/12/2016

13.04.350 Vacant Premises
In case no water is used through the meter or the property becomes vacant, nevertheless, the regular minimum rate shall be charged and collected from the owner thereof, or the applicant for service. Service will be discontinued by the water superintendent within forty-eight hours of receiving notice to discontinue the water service. (Ord. 329 § 5-10, 1974)

13.04.360 Deposit
The nonowner of any premises, where a connection is made to the city water system or upon which city water is consumed, may be required to make a deposit of fifteen dollars or the amount of the minimum meter schedule charge, whichever is the greater, before water may be delivered to the premises. The deposit is made to secure the payment of the water bills and shall be refunded upon a change of occupancy, provided all water bills have been paid. The City Manager's designee shall have the right to waive the requirements of a deposit for business or industrial consumers as may be deemed advisable. (Ord 587; Ord. 329 § 5-11, 1974)

13.04.370 Main Extension

1. Applicants for extensions to serve tracts or subdivisions more than one hundred feet distant from existing water mains will be required to (1) enter into written contract for the extensions; and (2) to transfer and convey to the city all water mains and easements existing in connection therewith which are located on the tract or DRAFT November 14, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Lindsay City Council

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subdivision, or which may be used thereon; further provided, that existent water facilities will not be accepted if they are below the city standard of construction.

2. The size, type and quality of material, and the location of lines, shall conform to the standard specifications for the construction and installation of water mains within the city, from time to time adopted, and the actual construction shall be done by the water department of the city or by a contractor acceptable to it. Where the city is participating in the cost of improvements, the public works director shall approve the construction contract. He may require sealed bids to be opened in his presence.

3. All plans and profiles for the installation and construction of the water main extensions shall be prepared by a competent and qualified engineer and the water department shall supervise the construction and installation of the water main extensions.
(Ord. 329 § 6-1, 1974)

13.04.380 Regulations Establishment

1. It shall be the duty of the City Manager's designee, subject to approval of the city council, to establish rules and regulations applicable to the use of, and operation of, the municipal water system as may be deemed advisable and necessary; provided, that such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with any provisions of this chapter and shall at all times be subject to appeal to the city council, whose decision shall be final.

2. It shall be the duty of the City Manager's designee to collect all water service charges.

The City Manager's designee shall keep an accurate accounting and records showing the source, amount and disposition of all funds received from water service charges.
(Ord. 587; Ord. 329 § 7-1, 1974)

13.04.390 Supplemental To Sewer Regulations
This chapter is complementary to and adopted in conjunction with Chapter 13.12, pertaining to sewer service charges, and in all matters pertaining to rates, meters, connections, penalties, extensions of service outside the city limits and contractual rights, wherein the same may not be set forth in Chapter 13.12, this chapter shall govern as to the matters.
(Ord. 329 § 7-2, 1974)

13.04.400 Deposit Of Funds
All revenues received and collected by the City Manager's designee pursuant to this chapter for water service by the city shall be deposited by the city treasurer within one month of receipt thereof by them in the appropriate Fund and all revenues received or collected by the City Manager's designee pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to Chapter 13.12 for sewer service shall be deposited by the city treasurer within one month of receipt thereof by them in the appropriate Fund.
(Ord 587; Ord. 329 § 7-3, 1974)
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Appendix B
Adopting Resolution
(Left Blank Until Adoption)
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Statutory Exemptions. State code number:

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Print Form
Notice of Exemption Appendix E
To: Office of Planning and Research From: (Public Agency): ____________________________ P.O. Box 3044, Room 113 _______________________________________________ Sacramento, CA 95812-3044 County Clerk
(Address)
___________________________
___________________________
County of: __________________
Project Title: ____________________________________________________________________________ Project Applicant: ________________________________________________________________________ Project Location - Specific:

Project Location - City: ______________________ Project Location - County:

Description of Nature, Purpose and Beneficiaries of Project:
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Name of Public Agency Approving Project: _____________________________________________________ Name of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project: ________________________________________________ Exempt Status: (check one):

Ministerial (Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268);
Declared Emergency (Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a));
Emergency Project (Sec. 21080(b)(4); 15269(b)(c));
Reasons why project is exempt:

Lead Agency
Contact Person: ____________________________ Area Code/Telephone/Extension: _______________ If filed by applicant:

1. Attach certified document of exemption finding.

2. Has a Notice of Exemption been filed by the public agency approving the project? Yes No Signature: ____________________________ Date:

Signed by Lead Agency Signed by Applicant
Authority cited: Sections 21083 and 21110, Public Resources Code. Date Received for filing at OPR:

Reference: Sections 21108, 21152, and 21152.1, Public Resources Code. _______________
Categorical Exemption. State type and section number: ____________________________________ ______________________________________________
______________ Title: _______________________
Revised 2011

STAFF REPORT
TO: Lindsay City Council
FROM: Chief Rick Carrillo, Director of Public Safety
DEPARTMENT: Public Safety
ITEM NO.: 11.1
MEETING DATE: November 14, 2023

ACTION & RECOMMENDATION
Consider Approval of Public Street Closures on Elmwood Avenue from Hermosa south to Honolulu Street, Honolulu Street from Elmwood Avenue East to Gale Hill Avenue, and Gale Hill Avenue from Honolulu Street North to Samoa Avenue for the Annual Christmas Parade on December 08, 2023, and Honolulu Street fronting City Hall for the Christmas Lighting Festival on November 30, 2023.

Staff recommends that the City Council permit the requested street closures to host the Annual Christmas Parade and Lighting Festival. The City is a co-sponsor of the Annual Christmas Parade along with the Lindsay Chamber of Commerce, thus exempt from the Special Event Permit (SEP) process. The City is also the main host of the Annual Christmas Lighting Festival.

BACKGROUND | ANALYSIS
Planning for the 2023 Christmas Parade has begun, and the event is scheduled for Friday, December 08, 2023, beginning at 6:00 PM. With many of the parade entries anticipated to be walkers, street closures of the parade route will allow for the safest outcome. The parade for vehicular entries will begin at the LindsayStrathmore Memorial Building and travel South on Elmwood Avenue. The pedestrian entries will stage on Elmwood Avenue, South of Hermosa Street, in the City parking lot North of the old Bank of America building. Pedestrian entries will merge into the parade in their assigned spot.

Street closures are only being requested for the portion of the route containing the pedestrians. The parade will conclude on Gale Hill Avenue at Samoa Street and disperse in front of the Lindsay Department of Public Safety. The intersection of Honolulu Street and Mirage Avenue will be manned with a uniformed Police Officer during the requested street closure. As Mirage Avenue is a major thoroughfare of the City, it will be intermittently closed, to allow the parade entries to pass safely Westbound and not cause a backup of traffic North and South. The remaining intersections will be closed with barricades and/or Public Safety Staff, as deemed necessary by the parade coordinator.

City Staff requests Council approval of the following street closures for the Annual Christmas Parade. • Elmwood Avenue from Hermosa South to Honolulu Street
• Honolulu Street from Elmwood Avenue East to Gale Hill Avenue • Gale Hill from Honolulu Street North to Samoa Avenue
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City Staff requests Council approval of the following street closures for the Annual Christmas Lighting Festival.
• Honolulu Street fronting City Hall (Only)
Please note: event dates, times, and street closures are subject to change depending on weather.

FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact associated with this action.

ATTACHMENTS
• Annual Christmas Parade Route and Street Closure Map
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