RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN PREPARED BY THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE’S PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.
WHEREAS, the California Urban Water Management Planning Act (Water Code sections 10610 et seq.) mandates that every supplier providing water for municipal purposes to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan, that includes a Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP); and WHEREAS, Water Code section 10632 requires urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt a standalone Water Shortage Contingency Plan that establishes water shortage levels and corresponding response actions; and WHEREAS, amendments to the Act, including Senate Bill 552 and related legislation, require urban water suppliers to develop a standalone WSCP that establishes shortage response actions for defined water shortage levels, including provisions for drought risk assessments and shortage preparedness measures; and WHEREAS, the City of Riverside (“City”), through its Public Utilities Department, is an urban supplier of water providing water to more than 3,000 customers and supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually; and WHEREAS, under state law, the City is required to periodically review the plan at least once every five years, and make any amendments or changes to its plan which are indicated by the review; and WHEREAS, the plan must be adopted after public review and hearing, and filed with the California Department of Water Resources within thirty days of adoption; and WHEREAS, the City has therefore prepared and circulated for public review a draft 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and a properly noticed public hearing regarding said plan was held by the Board of Public Utilities on June 8, 2026, and the City Council has considered the plan and public input prior to adoption; and WHEREAS, the City of Riverside has prepared and shall file said plan with the California Department of Water Resources.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, based upon the foregoing facts, the staff report and other evidence submitted by staff, as follows:
Section 1: The City Council finds that the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan complies with the requirements of Water Code section 10632.
Section 2: The 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby adopted and ordered filed with the City Clerk.
Section 3: The 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan shall be filed with the California Department of Water Resources within thirty days of this adoption.
Section 4: This resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15282(v), which exempts the preparation and adoption of Urban Water Management Plans and related water supply planning actions. In addition, this action is exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that adoption of the plan may have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 5: The City Manager or designee is authorized to make minor, non-substantive corrections to the Plan as necessary to ensure compliance with state law or Department of Water Resources requirements.
Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately.
ADOPTED by the City Council this _____ day of _______________, 2026. ______________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
______________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the _____ day of _______________, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this _____ day of _______________, 20_____. ______________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
314161 RMS 05/05/2026
Exhibit A
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