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is compared to the total annual projected recycled water use for the City’s water service area from 2030 to 20 50 in five -year increments. In this recycled water service reliability assessment, recycled water demands are conservatively assumed to be unconstrained.

As explained in Chapter 6, the City anticipates producing recycled water equivalent to recycled water demand. Recycled water supply is assumed to be unaffected by dry conditions. Therefore, the City’s recycled water supply totals and recycled water demand totals for each water year condition are equivalent.

7.1.4.1 Non-Potable Water Service Reliability – Normal Year Table 7-6 (DWR Table 7 -2R) compares the projected normal year recycled water supply and projected recycled water demand from Chapter 6. Since the City will produce the amount of recycled water equivalent to recycled water demand, the total projected recycled water supply and total projected recycled water demand for each year are equal. The City’s recycled water supply is reliable during normal years. No recycled water supply shortage is anticipated during normal years through 2050.

Table 7-6. Normal Year Supply and Demand Comparison – Non-Potable (DWR Table 7-2R)

7.1.4.2 Non-Potable Water Service Reliability – Single Dry Year Table 7 -7 (DWR Table 7 -3R) compares projected single dry year recycled water supply and projected recycled water demands. Since the City will produce the amount of recycled water equivalent to recycled water demand, the total projected recycled water supply and total projected recycled water demand for each year are equal. No recycled water supply shortage is anticipated during single dry years through 2050.

The City’s recycled water supply is reliable during single dry years.

Table 7-7. Single Dry Year Supply and Demand Comparison – Non-Potable (DWR Table 7-3R)

2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals
(autofill from Submittal
Table 6-9 R)
509 509 509 509 509
Use totals
(autofill from Submittal
Table 4-2 R)
509 509 509 509 509
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
Supply totals 509 509 509 509 509
Use totals 509 509 509 509 509
Surplus/(shortfall) 0 0 0 0 0
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)

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7.1.4.3 Non-Potable Water Service Reliability – Five Consecutive Dry Years Table 7-8 (DWR Table 7 -4R) compares projected five consecutive dry years recycled water supply and projected recycled water demands. Since the City will produce the amount of recycled water equivalent to recycled water demand, the total projected recycled water supply and total pro jected recycled water demand for each year are equal. No recycled water supply shortage is anticipated during the five consecutive dry years through 2050. The City’s recycled water supply is reliable during a five consecutive dry year period.

Table 7-8. Multiple Dry Years Supply and Demand Comparison – Non-Potable (DWR Table 7-4R)

2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals 19,214 19,214 19,214 23,449 23,449
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 7,380 7,216 7,049 11,115 10,944
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 19,214 19,214 19,214 23,449 23,449
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 7,380 7,216 7,049 11,115 10,944
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 19,214 19,214 19,214 23,449 23,449
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 7,380 7,216 7,049 11,115 10,944
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 19,214 19,214 19,214 23,449 23,449
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 7,380 7,216 7,049 11,115 10,944
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 19,214 19,214 19,214 23,449 23,449
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 7,380 7,216 7,049 11,115 10,944
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
First year
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Third year
Fifth year
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

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7.2 DESCRIPTION OF MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND OPTIONS
As described in Section 7.1.3, there remains a large uncertainty in future surface water supply availability; however, the City and WDCWA have developed strategies and actions to address the projected supply shortfalls such as expansion of the RWTF and developing other sources of supplies described in their respective UWMPs. 2 Chapter 8 and Appendix G of this UWMP contain the City ’s WSCP that identifies methods to reduce water demands and the City’s demand management measures, respectively.

As described in Chapter 6 and Section s 7.1.1.2 and 7.1.1.3 , the City’s stored surface water and groundwater supply is reliable and sufficient to supplement its purchased surface water supply to meet its projected water demands during the different water years. The City will continue to monitor its existing native groundwater wells and ASR wells and implement demand management measures, while also continuing to participate in the YSGA to continue groundwater management of the Yolo Subbasin.

As discussed in Section 7.1.1.4, the City will continue to produce recycled water that meets Title 22 tertiary recycled water requirements. The City will also continue to monitor its recycled water salinity concentration to ensure its recycled water is sufficient for irrigation use and implement irrigation practices, if needed, to reduce salt content.

7.3 DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT
CWC §10635(b) requires that the City prepare a DRA based on the supply condition associated with the five driest consecutive years on record. This supply condition is to be assumed to occur over the next five years, from 2026 through 2030.

For the purposes of this DRA, recycled water supplies are assumed to be sufficient to meet recycled water demands and therefore are excluded from the DRA and its associated tables (Table 7 -9 and Table 7 -10 [DWR Table 7 -5R]). The DRA will only be performed for the City’s potable water supplies. This section reviews the data and methods used to define the DRA water shortage condition and evaluates each potable water source’s reliability under the assumed drought condition. Total potable water supplies during the five -year drought are compared to projected potable water demands, accounting for any applicable supply augmentation or demand reduction measures available to the City.

This DRA would allow the City to prepare for a potential potable water shortage and for implementation of its WSCP, if necessary. Findings show that, should the region experience a five-consecutive-dry-year period starting in 2026, adequate potable water supplies are available to meet projected potable demands.

7.3.1 Data, Methods, and Basis for Water Shortage Condition The DRA was performed for 202 6 through 20 30 using the same five -consecutive-dry-year period conditions presented in Section 7.1.2. A summary of the data and basis for the water shortage condition is provided in this section.

2 West Yost. March 2026. Draft 2025 Urban Water Management Plan for Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency.

Section 7.2 Description of Water Management Tools and Options.

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Projected potable water demands for 2026 to 2029 were linearly interpolated between the actual 2025 potable water demand of 11,163 AF (Table 4-2 [DWR Table 4-1R]) and projected 2030 potable water demand of 11,195 AF (Table 4-3 [DWR Table 4-2R]).

The DRA assumes the available purchased surface water from WDCWA for 2026 to 2030 to be equal to the available water supply volumes for a five -year consecutive drought presented in Table 7 -5 (DWR Table 7-4R). Available groundwater supply for 2025 to 2030 was assumed to be 2,500 AF (available during all hydrologic conditions as shown in Table 6-3).

7.3.2 DRA Water Source Reliability
The City’s multiple dry year potable supplies include:
• Projected base purchased surface water supplies from WDCWA (with no reduction from normal year WDCWA supplies during the first dry year but a 10 percent reduction in each successive dry year); and
• ASR groundwater pumping.

Table 7-9 summarizes the City’s available potable water supplies for each year of the DRA projected based on the methodology described in Section 7.3.1.

Table 7-9. Projected Potable Water Supplies for Drought Risk Assessment (AF) Supply Source 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
WDCWA(a) 20,161 18,145 14,964 13,094 11,223
Groundwater (ASR and Native Groundwater)(c) 11,195 11,195 11,195 11,195 11,195 Total 31,356 29,340 26,159 24,289 22,418
(a) Projected supplies from WDCWA are reduced 10 percent from normal in the second dry year and an additional 10 percent in subsequent dry years.
(b) Based on operational yield estimates for the Yolo Subbasin, it is assumed the groundwater supply will not be reduced in dry years.

7.3.3 Total Water Supply and Use Comparison
As shown in Table 7-10 (DWR Table 7-5R), during a five-year drought beginning in 2026, the City’s potable water supply is projected to be adequate to meet projected potable water demands through 2030, even without water conservation. However, the City may implement water conservation and demand management measures as mandated by the State during a state-wide drought emergency declaration.

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Table 7-10. Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Tables to Address Water Code Section 10635(b) (DWR Table 7-5R)

2026 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,195
Total Supplies (AF) 29,900
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 18,705
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2027 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,228
Total Supplies (AF) 28,030
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 16,802
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2028 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,260
Total Supplies (AF) 26,159
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 14,899
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2029 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,293
Total Supplies (AF) 24,289
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 12,996
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2030 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,325
Total Supplies (AF) 22,418
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 11,093
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain
consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation)
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CHAPTER 8
Water Shortage Contingency Plan
This chapter discusses the City’s WSCP, seismic risk to City facilities, and WSCP adoption procedures. To allow for WSCP updates to be made outside of the UWMP preparation process, the City’s WSCP is included in this plan as Appendix G.

8.1 BACKGROUND
Water shortages occur whenever the available water supply cannot meet the normally expected customer water use. Th ese shortages can be due to several reasons, including climate change, drought, and catastrophic events. Drought, regulatory action constraints, and natural and manmade disasters may occur at any time. A WSCP presents how an urban water supplier plans to respond to a water shortage condition and helps prevent catastrophic service disruptions.

In 2018, the California State Legislature enacted two policy bills, (SB 606 (Hertzberg) and AB 1668 (Friedman)) (2018 Water Conservation Legislation), to establish a new foundation for long -term improvements in water conservation and drought planning to adapt to climate change and the resulting longer and more intense droughts in California. The 2018 Water Conservation Legislation set new requirements for water shortage contingency planning; the City’s WSCP has been prepared to be consistent with these requirements.

8.2 CITY WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
The City’s WSCP was developed to provide a strategic plan for preparing and responding to water shortages. The WSCP includes water shortage stages and associated shortage response actions, as well as the City’s legal authorities, communication protocols, compliance and enforcement, and monitoring and reporting.

The City intends for its WSCP to be an adaptive management plan so that it may assess response action effectiveness and adapt to foreseeable and unforeseeable events. Therefore, the City’s WSCP is included in this plan as Appendix G to allow for updates to be made outside of the UWMP update preparation process. When an update to the WSCP is proposed, the revised WSCP will undergo the process described in Section 8.4.

8.3 WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY ANALYSIS
This section provides the water supply planning analysis and reliability findings from this UWMP. The discussion below includes a summary of the City’s existing and projected water use (from Chapter 4 of the City’s UWMP), existing and planned water supplie s by source (from Chapter 6), and the water supply reliability assessment and the Drought Risk Assessment (from Chapter 7).

The City’s UWMP indicates that it can reliably meet its projected demands through 20 50 in both normal and dry years. For a five-year drought (i.e., the Drought Risk Assessment), no water supply shortfalls are anticipated. In response to any supply shortfalls that may occur, the City may declare a water shortage condition (as described in the WSCP, Appendix G).

Climate conditions, regional and statewide water supply conditions, and actions by surrounding agencies may impact the City’s available water supply. A water shortage condition occurs when the supply of potable water available cannot meet ordinary water demands for human health and safety. The City may be able to foresee its water shortage condition in some cases , but an unforeseen sudden or emergency

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event (e.g., power outage or earthquake) may also cause a water shortage . In general, the City’s water supply conditions may be affected by the following:
• Local surface water availability (Sacramento River)
• Vulnerability to seismic events
• Changing environmental and regulatory requirements
• Climate change
The City plans for potential drought events annually. The City conducts an annual water supply and demand assessment in accordance with its WSCP to determine its water supply conditions for the current year and a potential subsequent dry year. The analysis conducted is in the context of the City’s water supply sources and reliability.

Seismic events present potential water supply interruptions due to infrastructure failure. Because earthquakes are common, well -tracked, and recognized as high -probability occurrences in California, UWMPs are required to include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan. The City’s seismic risk and mitigation plan is described in the section that follows.

8.3.1 Seismic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plan
CWC §10632.5(a) requires that UWMPs include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan to assess and mitigate a water system’s seismic vulnerabilities. A Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) or Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) may be incorporated in this UWMP to meet this requirement if it addresses seismic risk.

The City is located within Yolo County. As such, the 2023 Yolo County Operational Area Hazard Mitigation Plan (Yolo HMP) provides relevant information regarding local seismic risk. The Yolo HMP is incorporated herein by reference and a link is provided below. The Yolo HMP was submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which found it in conformance with Title 44 Code of Federal Regulations Part 201.6 Local Mitigation Plans . FEMA approved the Yolo HMP on October 15, 2024. The Yolo HMP determined the probability of a major earthquake (i.e., greater than magnitude 7.0 on the Richter Scale) is occasional, with a 1 percent to 10 percent chance of occurrence within the next year. 1 The HMP is required to be updated every five years.

The City developed an RRA in 2020 in accordance with the America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) requirements and associated best practices established by the American Water Works Association. The RRA was subsequently updated in 2025. The RRA systematically evaluates the City’s assets, threats, and risks, and mitigation measures that might be implemented to minimize overall risk to the system. Natural hazard risks, including from earthquakes, are assessed in the RRA. The assessment accounts for the City’s seismic resilience, active response capability, and ability to recover.

1 Yolo County Office of Emergency Services. December 2023. 2023 Yolo County Operational Area HMP [Volume 1], Section 3.7. Accessed at https://www.yolocounty.gov/government/general-government-departments/office-of-emergency- services/reports-and-publications on March 11, 2026.

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The RRA supports the City’s ongoing efforts to manage risks to the water system, including seismic risks. To protect the security of the City’s water system, the RRA is retained by the City as a confidential document.

8.4 PLAN ADOPTION, SUBMITTAL, AND AVAILABILITY
The City’s WSCP (Appendix G) is adopted concurrently with this 2025 UWMP, by separate resolution. Prior to adoption, a duly noticed public hearing was conducted. An electronic copy of the WSCP will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of adoption.

No later than 30 days after adoption, an electronic copy of the WSCP will be available for public review and download on the City’s website, https://cityofwoodland.gov/. An electronic copy will also be provided to DWR.

The City’s WSCP is an adaptive management plan and is subject to refinements as needed to ensure that the City’s shortage response actions and mitigation strategies are effective and produce the desired results.

When a revised WSCP is proposed, the revised WSCP will undergo the process described above for adoption by City Council and distribution to Yolo County, the City’s water customers, and the general public.

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CHAPTER 9
Demand Management Measures
The City implements demand management measures to sustainably manage its water resources. If water demands are not managed, water service reliability may be reduced due to increases in water demand, and/or changes in water supplies associated with climate change and other factors. The implementation of demand management measures can help improve water service reliability and help meet City and State water conservation goals. This chapter describes the City’s historical and existing Water Conservation Program, status of implementation of DMMs, and projected future conservation implementation.

9.1 DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES FOR RETAIL SUPPLIERS
Since the 2020 UWMP reporting cycle, the City continued to implement DMMs within its service area as part of its standard practice. The following DMMs are discussed in this section:
• Water waste prevention ordinances
• Metering
• Conservation pricing
• Public education and outreach
• Programs to assess and manage distribution system real loss • Water conservation program coordination and staffing support Any other DMMs implemented by the City that have had significant impact on water use are also described.

Section 9.2.7 also presents the nonutility -based DMMs that the City had actively implemented to aid in the reduction of total system water demands. For each DMM, implementation over the past five years is described and planned implementation over the next five years is discussed.

9.1.1 Water Waste Prevention Ordinances
The City established a “No-Waste” ordinance in 1991. This ordinance was amended in 2014 with the City’s adoption of Ordinance No. 1564, as shown in Appendix J (Woodland Municipal Code [WMC] 13.16 and

13.32), to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements, including but not limited to, SB X7-7 and Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance ( MWELO) (23 CCR § § 490 et seq.). The City’s ordinance was incorporated into WMC §13.16.100-150 and §13.32.

Primary changes to the “No -Waste” ordinance included establishing water shortage stages and defining terms like “conservation,” “drought-tolerant,” and “water waste”. Water waste, which includes excessive leaks, watering impervious surfaces, irrigating during rainfall, and watering excessively to the point of runoff, is prohibited at all times. Water use becomes mor e restricted as water supply decreases, as demonstrated in Chapter 8. Enforcement for this ordinance is detailed in the WSCP (Appendix G).

The City will continue to revise the ordinance as needed to incorporate new federal, state, and local laws regarding water conservation and to adapt to changing water supply and demand needs. In addition, the City will be adopting an updated Water Shortage Contingency Plan concurrent with this UWMP to plan for dealing with water shortages.

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occur. The City has enacted the state's MWELO to reduce water consumption of landscapes while also enhancing aesthetic appearances and protecting the public by minimizing visual pollution and soil erosion.

As stated in WMC §13.16.100 (Appendix H), the City may respond to violations first by notice to abate or an administrative citation. The City currently has one code enforcement officer whose responsibilities include addressing water use violations. These violations are found through analysis of water meter data, visible violations, and reported violations from the public, which are then investigated. If the water user is found to be in violation, the violator is given a written warning along with appropriat e water conservation information.

The City resolves most of its water use violations at this warning stage; however, if the violation persists the City can impose the following fines per WMC §13.16.120: (i) one hundred dollars for a first violation, (ii) two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same provision within one year, and (iii) five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same provision within one year. If the violation is not abated within the time prescribed by the City, the City may take any or all of the following additional enforcement actions:
• Installing a flow-restriction device or other water conservation device at such person's premises at that person's expense;
• Requiring a commercial, industrial, or institutional user who does not currently have a separate landscape meter to install a landscape meter at the sole cost and expense of the user;
• Recording the violations on the property title provided the water customer is the property owner;
• Placing liens on the property to recover any costs incurred by the City provided the water customer is the property owner; and/or
• Issuing a criminal citation charged as either an infraction or misdemeanor.

Implementation of this DMM has helped, and is expected to continue to help, the City achieve its water use targets by minimizing the nonessential uses of water so that water is available to be used for human consumption, sanitation, and fire protection.

9.1.2 Metering
Water meter installations were complete for single family residential and commercial customers in 2012 and multi-family and park customers in 2014. The water meters are all connected to Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which remotely reads the water meters and collects real-time water use data. Meter installations have made it possible for the City to charge customers based on their volumetric water use and provide customers with more accurate water use information, both of which will help the City achieve its water use targets. The City began offering a web-based water account portal called AquaHawk through American Conservation and Billing Solutions for water utility customers in 2016. This service allows residential and commercial customers to view their real-time water use, see historical use, compare use to similar users, view projected bills, set water budgets, and get alerts when a potential leak is detected.

The City is able to generate a variety of customizable reports. Per capita use declined significantly between 2008 and 2013, in part due to the installation of water meters and the associated implementation of usage-based fees, which is described in the following section.

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Implementation of this DMM has helped, and is expected to continue to help, the City achieve its water use targets by providing accurate water use information to the customers and the City.

9.1.3 Conservation Pricing
The City adopted a consumption based rate structure in 2010, along with the implementation of water meters for all customers. All accounts were metered by the end of 2014. The rate structure, which was originally tiered into three residential categories and one non-residential category, is always in place and is not dependent upon water shortage for implementation. As of the recent rate update in 2021, there are now only two residential category tiers instead of three. The City’s water revenue is generated from monthly consumption and a fixed monthly rate, which is based on the meter size. The City’s current water rates are available on the City’s website here: https://cityofwoodland.gov/700/Metered-Rates.

The City conducted a water rate study in 2021, which focused on reevaluating the tiered pricing structure and the impacts of extended drought and set water rates through 202 6. If water is used in excess, as described in the earlier water waste prevention section, the City can impose fines. The City is anticipating conducting a new 5-year rate study in 2026.

Implementation of tiered consumption charges helped the City achieve its water use targets by ensuring water customers pay the true cost of water and adequately fund water system operations and maintenance, including repair and replacement programs, and wa ter conservation programs. Tiered consumption charges also help the City achieve its water use targets by providing an incentive for customers to reduce their water consumption.

9.1.4 Public Education and Outreach
The City regularly interacts with the public through its website (https://cityofwoodland.gov/859/Water- Conservation), social media (Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram at EnviroWoodland), customer phone calls and emails, radio ads, press releases, print ads, utility bill inserts, community events, City -hosted water conservation workshops and events, monthly e-newsletters, school presentations, leak detection notices, distribution of informational material, and giveaways and rebates. All of the City’s public education and outreach services are offered free of charge to City water customers.

9.1.4.1 Rebates
The City started offering water conservation rebates in 2003 with a grant -funded high efficiency toilet rebate program. Since then, the program has grown to an annual, City-funded program that includes both residential and commercial water customers. The C ity has offered, and continues to offer, the following rebates: $150 for a Weather -Based Irrigation Controller, $100 for mulch, and $75 for rain barrels (up to two per house). The City also actively promotes water conservation rebates available through the State.

9.1.4.2 Communicating Water Use via Water Bills
Since 2010, when the City switched to consumption-based billing for water, metered customers have been able to view their base meter charge as well as their consumption base charge, how many CF and gallons they used in the billing cycle, and a graph showing their usage for the past 13 months. This information allows customers to compare their usage with the same month of the previous year and gives them clear information about their water use. Also since 2010, a paragraph about water conservation has been included on all customer water bills . The text includes the City’s conservation target and contact information for the City’s Water Conservation Program.

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The City often distributes important water conservation messages to its customers through bill insert flyers and newsletters. For example, when the City enacted the Stage Two Water Warning in May 20 22 all City of Woodland water customers received a flyer explaining the emergency water conservation regulations with their bill. The City prints these announcements in both English and Spanish.

In 2016, the City implemented AquaHawk, a web -based water account portal for customers’ voluntary use. In addition to adding many other demand management features, customers are now able to set water utility budgets (by dollars or gallons), receive alerts when they are close to exceeding their budget, view projected bills, and access their billing history. As of December 31, 202 5, the City has a total of 8,901 registered users.

9.1.4.3 School Education Programs
The City has ongoing contracts with environmental educators to provide free school assemblies to Woodland schools. From 2011 to 2017, the City contracted with ZunZun, to perform engaging musical assembly programs about recycling, stormwater, and water cons ervation. From 2018 to 2024 the City contracted with Eco Hero to perform at school assemblies. In 2024, the City switched back to ZunZun. The City purposefully switches between educational contractors periodically to add variety for the students and to make sure students do not see the same program repeatedly throughout their K through 12th grade school experience. Water conservation topics include the drought, the City’s water source, water conservation tips for both indoors and outdoors, how to help trees survive the drought, rainwater retention, and more. ZunZun holds 12 assemblies in Woodland each school year, reaching over 2,000 students. The City plans to continue to provide environmental assemblies for Woodland elementary schools in the future.

The City also offers about two workshops per year at Woodland Community College. These workshops are designed to give homeowners the tools and information they need to get started on creating a water- wise front yard. Woodland residents that attend these workshops are given an aerial image of their front yard and City employees work with them to create a custom design that fits their needs. The City works closely with Yolo County Resource Conservation District to conduct these workshops every year. Often, students at the college receive credit for attending water conservation workshops. The City hopes to add a third workshop in the future to help residents learn how to take care of and maintain their landscapes after they have created a water efficient landscape. Workshops were not conducted in 2025 due to staff time constraints.

9.1.4.4 Information Booths at Fairs and Public Events
The City’s Environmental Services Division, of which the Water Conservation Program is a part, is an active participant in community events, particularly when the events pertain to sustainability. The City has hosted booths at Earth Day Festivals, multiple landscaping and gardening events, plant sales, school fairs, public City events, tree plantings and more. City staff reaches the public through informational booths at 10 or more events annually.

City conservation staff tailor booths to the expected audience and have many ways of engaging all ages.

The City has organized games, asked water conservation questions, led kids’ craft activities, and asked for conservation pledges. The City has a wide va riety of giveaways that are used as incentives for the public to engage with City staff. Giveaways include shower timers, soil moisture meters, drip gauges, toilet flapper replacements, hose nozzles, sprinkler fixing screw drivers, shower heads, toilet dye tabs, children leak detective kits, as well as informational materials. The City regularly re -examines the most effective

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and most popular rebates and giveaways to best provide the community with water saving devices that will have the greatest impact on reducing water use.

9.1.4.5 Newsletters
The Water Conservation Coordinator organizes a monthly newsletter for the Environmental Services Division titled “EnviroWoodland News”. The newsletter includes information from the City’s conservation programs regarding recycling, solid waste, climate acti on, energy, water and stormwater. Water Conservation topics include information about upcoming events, opportunities to get involved such as Fix-A-Leak Week, larger projects like the City’s change of water source to surface water, advertising City services like the new Customer Water -Use Portal, and the City’s water conservation standings. As of January 2026, the City’s “EnviroWoodland” newsletter had 2,305 subscribers.

9.1.4.6 Informative Websites, Online Tools, and Social Media The Water Conservation Program continuously works to provide up-to-date information on the City’s website and social media platforms. Water conservation staff manage a City Water Conservation webpage with seven subpages with topics such as conservation tips, drought updates, and resources. This webpage has grown substantially since 2010, receiving over 2,500 views from 2015 through 2020 and 667 views in 2020 alone. Website traffic for the Water Conservation page from 2021 through 2025 totaled 2,373 visits.

The City updates the water conservation webpages at least monthly, but often more frequently. The City provides many online resources for water customers, including landscape designs for water -efficient median strips, a home water use calculator, presentations, leak detection information, news updates, and links to other sites for more information.

The Water Conservation Program staff posts four times a week on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. As of December 2025, the City’s EnviroWoodland Facebook page had 3,876 followers and reached an average of 700 people per week.

9.1.4.7 Newspaper Advertisements
The City purchases advertisement space in the local newspaper, The Daily Democrat, and writes press releases for all public water conservation events. The City also regularly writes press releases to update the public about water issues and conservation standings. Generally, the City publishes three or more water conservation press releases per year in local newspapers that are often picked up by newspapers in other jurisdictions and by television and radio stations. In 2025, no newspaper advertisements wer e published by the City since there were no planned water conservation events. Staff has found that the majority of people who attend events learn of them through these local news outlets.

9.1.4.8 Other Activities
The City has produced a large number of informational materials, such as brochures and flyers, to aid water customers in reducing their water consumption. Topics of informational materials include leak detection, landscaping to save water, water saving tip s for pools, water and energy, fall water conservation tips, a tree selection and planting guide for Woodland, a home improvement guide to protecting waterways and Woodland -specific water information. These materials are available online, often in English and Spanish, and are distributed at City facilities and events.

The Water Conservation Program holds approximately three events each year. The most popular event is the Annual Water -Wise Landscape Tour, which began in 2012. The tour visits up to 10 residences in

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Woodland with drought -tolerant landscapes. The City collects surveys at every event to improve the events each year and provide topics of interest to the public.

Implementation of this DMM is thought to have helped the City achieve its water use targets by getting the public involved with conservation efforts. This achievement has been accomplished by providing incentives in the form of rebates, enabling customers to compare their current water use to their previous use, providing information on drought severity through social media, newsletters, bill inserts, information booths and pubic events, and by teaching customers what they can do to help the environment.

9.1.5 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Loss As discussed in Section 4.3, beginning in 2016, water suppliers are required to report distribution system water losses based on the AWWA Water Audit Software. This software requires the reporting of metered water sources and metered water demands, the quantification of apparent and real water losses, and the calculation of non -revenue water as a percentage of total system flows. The software then provides a calculated infrastructure leakage index (ILI) based on the input data. While an ILI of 1.0 is techni cally perfect, it is unrealistic for any real water system. According to general guidelines, an ILI of 1.0 to 3.0 indicates a well-performing system with low physical leakage which is an “acceptable” rating for systems, including the City’s, that fit the following criteria:
• Water resources are costly to develop or purchase,
• The ability to increase revenues via water rates is greatly limited because of regulation or low ratepayer affordability, and
• Operating with system leakage above this level would require expansion of existing infrastructure and/or additional water resources to meet the demand.

The City first began conducting this annual audit using the AWWA Water Audit Software in 2016. In 2016, the result of the audit was an ILI of 2.07. The 2024 AWWA Water Audit, which is included in Appendix E, reported that approximately 4 14 million gallons (about 1, 270 AF) of water were lost during calendar year 2024, which was 12.6 percent of the total water supplied. Table 9-2 presents the steps taken in each of the past five years (2021-2025) to increase data validity and reduce real and apparent losses alongside the ILI reported by the Water Audit Software for that year. This data shows the City’s diligent work towards improving metering accuracy throughout the City and reducing non-revenue water and ILI.

Table 9-1. Data Improvement Activities
Audited Year Steps Taken Water Audit ILI
2020 • Continue to replace old meters and utilize Xylem software to identify areas in the City with older meters. 3.5
2021
• Representatively test older meters in the system to provide an accuracy basis for older meters.
• Implemented new program for 5 real-time pressure monitoring locations throughout the City.

4.3 2022 • Test 744 water meters, of which 278 were replaced. 4.0 2023 • Test 1,342 water meters, of which 326 were replaced. 3.5 2024 • Investigate decrease in accuracy of customer meters. 3.2

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The City has created a prioritized list based on known leaks and previous repairs in its distribution system pipes and implemented a 10 -year system maintenance plan which is continually re -assessed. Each year, 5,000 to 7,000 feet of pipe are replaced. The City has also developed a map of leak and repair locations, in order to better manage the programs aimed to assess and manage distribution system real loss. The pipeline repairs and replacements are funded through an ongoing Capital Improvement Program.

In 2014, an updated map was developed that noted leak and repair locations. The City continues to update this document.

Implementation of this DMM has already helped, and is expected to continue to help, the City achieve its water use targets by reducing the amount of water that is lost from the distribution system. In compliance with the DWR requirement, the City will continue to evaluate distribution system losses annually via the AWWA Water Audit Software and report to DWR. The City will continue to take actions to reduce water losses by improving metering accuracy and enhancing the overall data quality throughout the system.

9.1.6 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support The City has had its Water Conservation Program since 2009. In total, the Water Conservation Budget pays for all or portions of four permanent staff positions for a total of 1.67 permanent Full Time Employees. The Environmental Sustainability Manager oversees the program and devotes about 41 percent of time to the Water Conservation Program. There is one full -time Water Conservation Coordinator who spends 100 percent of their time on water conservation. In addition, 10 percent of a full-time Code Compliance Officer position is dedicated to water conservation issues and 16 percent of an Environmental Resource Analyst position provides additional program support.

Current Water Conservation Program Staff and their contact information is included below:

Mary Lehman
Conservation Coordinator
[email protected]
530-661-2067
Address:

Water Conservation Program
300 First Street
Woodland, CA 95776
Implementation of this DMM is ongoing and expected to help the City achieve its water use targets by making water conservation and implementation of the City’s Water Conservation Program a priority.

9.1.6.1 Water Conservation Program Funding
The Water Conservation Program is funded through the City’s Water Enterprise Fund in which revenues originate from water utility fees. The Water Conservation Program budgets are based on the fiscal year (FY) from July 1 – June 30. Table 9-2 shows the current and his torical total budget allotted to the Water Conservation Program.

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Table 9-2. Current and Past Year Water Conservation Program Budgets

FY
2020-2021
FY
2021-2022
FY
2022-2023
FY
2023 - 2024
FY
2024 - 2025
FY
2025-2026
Personnel
Expenditures 196,819.00 214,827.00 199,483.00 218,231.00 246,339.00 232,749.00 Discretionary(a) 45,327.00 26,225.00 48,000.00 48,125 49,558.33 49,789.32 Non-Discretionary 25,137.00 26,225.00 26,498.00 23,712.00 25,878.45 43,453.00 Total $267,283.00 290,370.00 273,981.00 290,068.00 321,775.78 325,991.32 (a) In addition to typical office expenses, discretionary items include funding for rebates, advertising, contract services, training, and memberships.

Implementation of this DMM has helped, and is expected to continue to help, the City achieve its water use targets by ensuring that there is enough funding and staffing to support the operation of all the other DMMs.

9.1.7 Other Demand Management Measures
The City will continue to plan and implement DMM programs for its water system using both City -wide programs as well as collaborative regional programs with partners with similar interests when feasible.

The benefits of regional programs include shared administrative costs and responsibilities, promotion of customer rebate programs, and expa nsion of outreach programs currently available to City customers into neighboring areas. The City will continue to support cost -effective regional activities and will fo cus on improving customer outreach and promoting awareness of available DMM programs. The non-utility based DMM programs available to City water use customers are described below.

9.1.7.1 Conferences and Trainings
The City encourages and funds Water Conservation Program staff to attend conferences and workshops to encourage collaboration and information sharing. The City also encourages and funds technical advancement of Water Conservation staff. Specifically, Water Conservation Coordinators become certified in AWWA’s Water Use Efficiency Practitioner program.

Each year the Water Conservation Coordinator attends the Peer -to-Peer conference that takes place either in Southern or Northern California. This event holds workshops on California water issues, challenges and opportunities with a broad collaborative framework.

9.1.7.2 Memberships and Groups
The City is a member of national water conservation groups including AWWA and the Alliance for Water Efficiency. These groups offer the City grant funding and idea sharing opportunities. The City also participates in regional water groups like the Regional Water Authority and the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency.

In 2018, the City became a member of the California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP) as described in Section 9.4. This organization offers constant trainings and resources on innovative technologies and practices, advanced research, framework and public policies on water.

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9.1.7.3 Customer Support for Water Leaks
For leaks on customer’s property, the City has provided leak detection assistance by alerting the top 20 continuous water users each month of potential leaks. A report is generated using the City’s automated meter reading database and then checked by staff. Letters are sent to the addresses notifying the account holders of high, continuous use. Also included is a chart with the account’s meter reads, a leak detection brochure, and a leak adjustment form.

The leak adjustment form incentivizes the customer to fix leaks by informing the customer that the City will back pay the customer once the leak is repaired. The back pay covers the cost of the water lost due to the leak for up to three months before the repair. As additional support to customers with large leaks, Water Conservation and Finance staff often assist customers to find and fix common leaks on the phone.

9.2 MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER EFFICIENCY PARTNERSHIP The City is a n active member of the CalWEP establishing a firm commitment to the implementation of DMMs to conserve its water supplies . The City plans to continue implementation of its DMMs into the future. The City plans to comply with the Making Conservation a California Way of Life Regulation to meet its Urban Water Use Objectives (UWUOs), and with SB 555 water loss performance standards as part of its Water Loss Control Program.

Other DMMs may be implemented by the City (subject to City Council approval) as deemed necessary based on customer participation, water savings, cost effectiveness, and other relevant factors.

9.3 CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF DMMS
Water conservation measures are a vital part of the City’s overall plan to provide a reliable, high-quality, and cost-effective water supply to its customers. The City plans to continue implementation of its DMMs into the future. The City plans to comply with the Making Conservation a California Way of Life Regulation to meet its U WUOs, and to submit annual water loss audits in compliance with SB 555 water loss performance standards as part of its Water Loss Control Program.

The City has successfully implemented several water conservation measures to educate its water customers and encourage the efficient use of available water supplies. The City plans to continue implementing the DMMs described above to help achieve its water use targets and researching emerging technologies and conservation strategies that may bolster its existing DMMs.

The City continually monitors and assesses the success of its water conservation programs to determine if additional measures are needed to meet its own water conservation goals and regulatory water use objectives.

9.3.1 Meeting Urban Water Use Objectives
The Making Conservation a California Way of Life Legislation established a new framework for improvements in long -term urban water use efficiency. This Legislation builds on the statewide 2020 water conservation targets set under SB X7 -7 (CWC §10609.2(d)). Under the Legislation, the State Water Board, in coordination with DWR, was required to adopt urban water use efficiency standards, variances, and performance measures by June 30, 2022.

On July 3, 2024, the State Water Board adopted the Making Conservation a California Way of Life Regulation. As part of this regulation, Urban Water Suppliers will be held to annual UWUOs.

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The City is required to calculate its UWUO annually, which is a sum of water efficiency budgets for the following uses:
• Residential indoor water use
• Residential outdoor water use
• Real water loss
• CII landscapes with dedicated irrigation meters (DIMs) The City’s UWUO is calculated using statewide efficiency standards, and considers the City’s water service area population, climate, and landscape area. Efficiency standards for the different components will progressively decrease from 2025 to 2040. Varian ces and adjustments may be allowed for special cases such as seasonal population fluctuation, special landscape areas (sports fields and recreational areas), potable recycled water use, and agricultural uses. Figure 9-1 summarizes the components that make up the UWUO.

Figure 9-1. Urban Water Use Objective Components1
In addition to calculating and complying with the UWUO, beginning in 2027, the City will need to classify its CII properties, and begin deploying best management practices (BMPs) for indoor and outdoor CII water use. These CII performance measures are intended to enable water-usage benchmarking per CII classification category, as well as establish BMPs for indoor and outdoor CII water use.

9.3.2 Annual Water Use Reporting
Starting in 2025, the City is required to calculate its UWUO, compare its actual water use to its UWUO, and provide an Annual Water Use Report to the State by January 1 of each year. Reporting is based on fiscal year data. Each year the City will need to recalculate its UWUO and meet the applicable UWUO for the year. If it does not meet its UWUO, the City will need to develop a plan and intensify or implement demand management actions to improve water use efficiency.

The City submitted its Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Annual Water Use Report to the State on December 31, 2025, and will continue to prepare this report annually to assess its progress towards achieving its UWUO.

Reporting and compliance with the UWUO falls under the authority of the State Water Board and is tracked separately from the UWMP. Thus, UWUO compliance projections reports are not included in this UWMP.

1California Water Efficiency Partnership. May 2024. Making Conservation a California Way of Life Standards Framework Cut Sheet.

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CHAPTER 10
Plan Adoptions, Submittal, and Implementation
This chapter provides information regarding the notification, public hearing, adoption, and submittal of the City’s 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update. It also includes discussion on plan implementation and the process of amending the UWMP and the WSCP.

10.1 INCLUSION OF ALL 2025 DATA
As indicated in Section 2.4 of this plan, the City uses a calendar year for water supply and demand accounting, and therefore this plan includes data through December 2025.

10.2 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
In accordance with the UWMP Act, the City must provide an opportunity for the public to provide input on this 2025 UWMP, including the WSCP. The City must consider all public input prior to its adoption.

There are two audiences to be notified for the public hearing: cities , counties, and neighboring water districts; and the public.

10.2.1 Notices to Cities and Counties
As discussed in Section 2.5, the City provided greater than a 60 -day notice regarding the preparation of its 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update to the County as well as neighboring cities and water agencies as listed below:
• Reclamation District 2035
• University of California, Davis
• Westside Sacramento River IRWM Group
• Woodland Chamber of Commerce, Water Task Force
• WDCWA
• Yolo County Farm Bureau
• Yolo County Flood Control Water Conservation District • Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency
The notices of preparation are included in Appendix D.

Upon substantial completion of this 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update, the City coordinated internally and provided the County a notice of public hearing (Appendix D) as shown in Table 10-1 (DWR Table 10-1R).

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Table 10-1. Retail: Notification to Cities and Counties (DWR Table 10-1R)

10.2.2 Notice to the Public
To allow ample time for the public to prepare comments, the City issued a notice of availability and public hearing to the public and provided a public review period following the notice and prior to adoption of the 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update. A notice of availability and public hearing was issued in accordance with Government Code § 6066 and was published twice in The Daily Democrat newspaper to notify all customers and local governments of the public hearing . In addition, the notice was posted on the City’ s website. A copy of the published Notice of Public Hearing is included in Appendix D.

10.3 PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION
The City encouraged community participation in the development of this 2025 UWMP, including the WSCP Update, using public notices and web -based communication. The notice included the time and place of the public hearing, as well as the location where the plan is available for public inspection.

10.3.1 Public Hearing
A public hearing was held on MM DD, 2026. The public hearing provided an opportunity for City water users and the general public to become familiar with the 2025 UWMP and the associated WSCP Update and ask questions about the City’s water supply, its continuing plans for providing a reliable, safe, high-quality water supply, and plans to mitigate various potential water shortage conditions. Copies of the draft UWMP and WSCP were made available for public inspection on the City website.

10.3.2 Adoption
Subsequent to the public hearing, this 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update were adopted by the City Council on MM DD, 2026. Copies of the adopted resolutions are included in Appendix I.

City Name 60 Day Notice
Drop Down (yes/no)
Notice of Public
Hearing
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City of West Sacramento Yes Yes
City of Woodland Yes Yes
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Hearing
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10.4 PLAN SUBMITTAL
The adopted 2025 UWMP was submitted electronically. This 2025 UWMP will be submitted to DWR within 30 days of adoption and by July 1, 2026. The adopted 2025 UWMP will be submitted electronically to DWR using the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) data submittal tool. A CD of the adopted 2025 UWMP was also submitted to the California State Library.

No later than 30 days after adoption, a copy of the adopted 2025 UWMP, including the WSCP, was provided to the cities and counties to which the City provides water.

10.5 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
No later than 30 days after submittal to DWR, copies of this plan, including the WSCP, were made available at the Woodland City Hall for public review during normal business hours. An electronic copy of this 2025 UWMP and WSCP Update was also made available for review and download on the City’s website:
https://www.cityofwoodland.gov/691/Water.

10.6 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
This 2025 UWMP will be the source document for any SB 610 Water Supply Assessments or SB 221 Water Supply Verifications required for any proposed projects between 20 26 and 2030 that are subject to the California Environmental Quality Act and would demand an amount of water equivalent or greater than the amount of water required by a 500-dwelling-unit project. Also, this 2025 UWMP will provide guidance and direction on development of new local supplies and implementation of water conservation programs.

10.7 AMENDING AN ADOPTED UWMP OR WSCP
The City may amend its 2025 UWMP and WSCP jointly or separately. If the City amends one or both documents, the City will follow the notification, public hearing, adoption, and submittal process described in Sections 10.2 through 10.4 above. In addition to submitting amendments to DWR through the WUE data submittal tool , copies of amendments or changes to the plans will be submitted to the California State Library, and any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies within 30 days after adoption.

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Management Planning
This material is for informational purposes only and is not to be used in place of official California Water Code.

This appendix presents updated sections of California Water Code (Water Code) as of the publication of this Guidebook and as compiled by California Department of Water Resources (DWR) staff. The selection here focuses on the portions of Water Code directly relevant to preparation of an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP), and sections of Water Code that are contextually relevant to urban water suppliers and DWR.

Water Code published here also concerns the Urban Water Management Planning Act, the Water Conservation Act of 2009 (SB X7-7), which covers sustainable water use and demand reduction, and more. Further legislative information is available on the California Legislative Information website.

Contents
Water Conservation Act of 2009 (SB X7‐7) ................................................. A-3 Chapter 1. General Declarations and Policy, Sections 10608– 10608.8 .................................................................................. A-3 Chapter 2. Definitions, Section 10608.12 ............................................. A-5 Chapter 2.5. Nonfunctional Turf .......................................................... A-9 Chapter 3. Urban Retail Water Suppliers, Sections 10608.16– 10608.44 ............................................................................... A-11 Chapter 5. Sustainable Water Management, Section 10608.50 .............. A-21 Chapter 6. Standardized Data Collection, Section 10608.52 .................. A-22 Chapter 7. Funding Provisions, Sections 10608.56–10608.60 .................. A-23 Chapter 9. Urban Water Use Objectives and Water Use Reporting, Sections 10609–10609.38 ........................................................ A-24 Urban Water Management Planning Act .................................................... A-39 Chapter 1. General Declaration and Policy, Sections 10610– 10610.4 ................................................................................. A-39 Chapter 2. Definitions, Sections 10611–10618 ..................................... A-40 Chapter 3. Urban Water Management Plans ........................................ A-42 Article 1. General Provisions, Sections 10620–10621 ................... A-42 Article 2. Contents of Plans, Sections 10630–10634 ..................... A-44

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Article 2.5. Water Service Reliability, Section 10635 .................... A-54 Article 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans,
Sections 10640–10645 ................................................. A-55 Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions, Sections 10650–10657 ................. A-58

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Water Conservation Act of 2009 (SB X7‐7)
This section contains information extracted from Water Code Division 6, Conservation, Development, and Utilization of State Water Resources, Part 2.55, Sustainable Water Use And Demand Reduction. Click on any section header below to read Water Code directly at the California Legislative Information website.

Chapter 1. General Declarations and Policy,
Sections 10608–10608.8
Section 10608.

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.
(b) Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow California’s economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.
(c) Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.
(d) Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(e) The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.
(f) Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.
(g) The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.
(h) The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.
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useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water providers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.

Section 10608.4.

It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part, to do all of the following:
(a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of this essential resource.
(b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban water conservation identified in this part and called for by the Governor. (c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per capita basis. (d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by the year 2020, in accordance with the Governor’s goal of a 20- percent reduction. (e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and implementation standards for urban water suppliers and agricultural water suppliers. (f) Promote urban water conservation standards that are consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted best management practices and the requirements for demand management in Section 10631. (g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water suppliers that made substantial capital investments in urban water conservation since the drought of the early 1990s.
(h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail water suppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses.
(i) Require implementation of specified efficient water management practices for agricultural water suppliers.
(k) Support the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors.
(l) Advance regional water resources management.

Section 10608.8.
(a)
(1) Water use efficiency measures adopted and implemented pursuant to this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) are water conservation measures subject to the protections provided under Section 1011.

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(2) Because an urban agency is not required to meet its urban water use target until 2020 pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.24, an urban retail water supplier’s failure to meet those targets shall not establish a violation of law for purposes of any state administrative or judicial proceeding prior to January 1, 2021. Nothing in this paragraph limits the use of data reported to the department or the board in litigation or an administrative proceeding. This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2021.
(3) To the extent feasible, the department and the board shall provide for the use of water conservation reports required under this part to meet the requirements of Section 1011 for water conservation reporting. (b) This part does not limit or otherwise affect the application of Chapter 3.5 commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) This part does not require a reduction in the total water used in the agricultural or urban sectors, because other factors, including, but not limited to, changes in agricultural economics or population growth may have greater effects on water use. This part does not limit the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, or industrial sectors.
(d) The requirements of this part do not apply to an agricultural water supplier that is a party to the Quantification Settlement Agreement, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Chapter 617 of the Statutes of 2002, during the period within which the Quantification Settlement Agreement remains in effect.

After the expiration of the Quantification Settlement Agreement, to the extent conservation water projects implemented as part of the Quantification Settlement Agreement remain in effect, the conserved water created as part of those projects shall be credited against the obligations of the agricultural water supplier pursuant to this part.

Chapter 2. Definitions, Section 10608.12
Section 10608.12.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this part:
(a) “Affordable housing” has the same meaning as defined in Section 34191.30 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Agricultural water supplier” means a water supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water to 10,000 or more irrigated acres, excluding recycled water. “Agricultural water supplier” includes a supplier or contractor

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for water, regardless of the basis of right, that distributes or sells water for ultimate resale to customers. “Agricultural water supplier” does not include the department.
(c) “Base daily per capita water use” means any of the following:
(1) The urban retail water supplier’s estimate of its average gross water use, reported in gallons per capita per day and calculated over a continuous 10-year period ending no earlier than December 31, 2004, and no later than December 31, 2010.
(2) For an urban retail water supplier that meets at least 10 percent of its 2008 measured retail water demand through recycled water that is delivered within the service area of an urban retail water supplier or its urban wholesale water supplier, the urban retail water supplier may extend the
(3) calculation described in paragraph (1) up to an additional five years to a maximum of a continuous 15-year period ending no earlier than December 31, 2004, and no later than December 31, 2010. (4) For the purposes of Section 10608.22, the urban retail water supplier’s estimate of its average gross water use, reported in gallons per capita per day and calculated over a continuous five-year period ending no earlier than December 31, 2007, and no later than December 31, 2010. (d) Baseline commercial, industrial, and institutional water use” means an urban retail water supplier’s base daily per capita water use for commercial, industrial, and institutional users.
(e) “CII water use” means water used by commercial water users, industrial water users, institutional water users, and large landscape water users. (f) “Commercial water user” means a water user that provides or distributes a product or service.
(g) “Common area” means that portion of a common interest development or of a property owned or managed by a homeowners’ association or a community service organization or similar entity that is not assigned or allocated to the exclusive use of the occupants of an individual dwelling unit within the property.
(h) “Common interest development” has the same meaning as in Section 4100 of the Civil Code.
(i) “Community service organization or similar entity” has the same meaning as in Section 4110 of the Civil Code.
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(k) Compliance daily per capita water use” means the gross water use during the final year of the reporting period, reported in gallons per capita per day. (l) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income.
(m) “Functional turf” means a ground cover surface of turf located in a recreational use area or community space. Turf enclosed by fencing or other barriers to permanently preclude human access for recreation or assembly is not functional turf.
(n) “Gross water use” means the total volume of water, whether treated or untreated, entering the distribution system of an urban retail water supplier, excluding all of the following:
(1) Recycled water that is delivered within the service area of an urban retail water supplier or its urban wholesale water supplier.
(2) The net volume of water that the urban retail water supplier places into long-term storage.
(3) The volume of water the urban retail water supplier conveys for use by another urban water supplier.
(4) The volume of water delivered for agricultural use, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f) of Section 10608.24.
(o) “Homeowners’ association” means an “association” as defined in Section 4080 of the Civil Code.
(p) “Industrial water user” means a water user that is primarily a manufacturer or processor of materials as defined by the North American Industry Classification System code sectors 31 to 33, inclusive, or an entity that is a water user primarily engaged in research and development.
(q) “Institutional water user” means a water user dedicated to public service. This type of user includes, among other users, higher education institutions, schools, courts, churches, hospitals, government facilities, and nonprofit research institutions.
(r) “Interim urban water use target” means the midpoint between the urban retail water supplier’s base daily per capita water use and the urban retail water supplier’s urban water use target for 2020.
(s) “Large landscape” means a nonresidential landscape as described in the performance measures for CII water use adopted pursuant to Section 10609.10.
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than or equal to the present value of the local cost of implementing that measure.
(u) “Nonfunctional turf” means any turf that is not functional turf, and includes turf located within street rights-of-way and parking lots. (v) “Performance measures” means actions to be taken by urban retail water suppliers that will result in increased water use efficiency by CII water users.

Performance measures may include, but are not limited to, educating CII water users on best management practices, conducting water use audits, and preparing water management plans. Performance measures do not include process water.
(w) “Potable reuse” means direct potable reuse, indirect potable reuse for groundwater recharge, and reservoir water augmentation as those terms are defined in Section 13561.
(x) “Potable water” means water that is suitable for human consumption. (y) “Process water” means water used by industrial water users for producing a product or product content or water used for research and development.

Process water includes, but is not limited to, continuous manufacturing processes, and water used for testing, cleaning, and maintaining equipment.

Water used to cool machinery or buildings used in the manufacturing process or necessary to maintain product quality or chemical characteristics for product manufacturing or control rooms, data centers, laboratories, clean rooms, and other industrial facility units that are integral to the manufacturing or research and development process is process water. Water used in the manufacturing process that is necessary for complying with local, state, and federal health and safety laws, and is not incidental water, is process water. Process water does not mean incidental water uses.
(z) “Public water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.
(aa) “Recreational use area” means an area designated by a property owner or a governmental agency to accommodate human foot traffic for recreation, including, but not limited to, sports fields, golf courses, playgrounds, picnic grounds, or pet exercise areas. This recreation may be either formal or informal.
(ab) “Recycled water” means recycled water, as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050.
(ac) “Regional water resources management” means sources of supply resulting from watershed-based planning for sustainable local water reliability or any of the following alternative sources of water:
(1) The capture and reuse of stormwater or rainwater.
(2) The use of recycled water.

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(3) The desalination of brackish groundwater.
(4) The conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater in a manner that is consistent with the safe yield of the groundwater basin. (ad) “Reporting period” means the years for which an urban retail water supplier reports compliance with the urban water use targets.
(ae) “Turf” has the same meaning as defined in Section 491 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations
(af) “Urban retail water supplier” means a water supplier, either publicly or privately owned, that directly provides potable municipal water to more than 3,000 end users or that supplies more than 3,000 acre-feet of potable water annually at retail for municipal purposes.
(ag) “Urban water supplier” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10617. (ah) “Urban water use objective” means an estimate of aggregate efficient water use for the previous year based on adopted water use efficiency standards and local service area characteristics for that year, as described in Section 10609.20.
(ai) “Urban water use target” means the urban retail water supplier’s targeted future daily per capita water use.
(aj) “Urban wholesale water supplier” means a water supplier, either publicly or privately owned, that provides more than 3,000 acre- feet of water annually at wholesale for potable municipal purposes.

Chapter 2.5. Nonfunctional Turf
Section 10608.14.
(a) The use of potable water for the irrigation of nonfunctional turf located on commercial, industrial, and institutional properties, other than a cemetery, and on properties of homeowners’ associations, common interest developments, and community service organizations or similar entities is prohibited as of the following dates:
(1) All properties owned by the Department of General Services, beginning January 1, 2027.
(2) All properties owned by local governments, local or regional public agencies, and public water systems, except those specified in paragraph (5), beginning January 1, 2027.
(3) All other institutional properties and all commercial and industrial properties, beginning January 1, 2028.

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(4) All common areas of properties of homeowners’ associations, common interest developments, and community service organizations or similar entities, beginning January 1, 2029.
(5) All properties owned by local governments, local public agencies, and public water systems in a disadvantaged community, beginning January 1, 2031, or the date upon which a state funding source is made available to fund conversion of nonfunctional turf on these properties to climate- appropriate landscapes, whichever is later.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the use of potable water is not prohibited by this section to the extent necessary to ensure the health of trees and other perennial nonturf plantings, or to the extent necessary to address an immediate health and safety need.
(c) The board may, upon a showing of good cause for reasons including economic hardship, critical business need, and potential impacts to human health or safety, postpone a compliance deadline in subdivision (a) by up to three years for certain persons, institutions, and businesses, and may create a form to be used for compliance certification to the board by property owners. (d) Public water systems shall, by no later than January 1, 2027, revise their regulations, ordinances, or policies governing water service to include the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b), as revised by the board pursuant to subdivision (c), and shall communicate the requirements to their customers on or before that date.
(e)
(1) An owner of commercial, industrial, or institutional property with more than 5,000 square feet of irrigated area other than a cemetery shall certify to the board, commencing June 30, 2030, and every three years thereafter through 2039, that their property is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(2) An owner of a property with more than 5,000 square feet of irrigated common area that is a homeowners’ association, common interest development, or community service organization or similar entity shall certify to the board, commencing June 30, 2031, and every three years thereafter through 2040, that their property is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(f) Noncompliance by a person or entity with this chapter or regulations adopted thereunder shall be subject to civil liability and penalties set forth in Section 1846, or to civil liability and penalties imposed by an urban retail water supplier pursuant to a locally adopted ordinance or policy.

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(g)
(1) A public water system, city, county, or city and county may enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(2) To avoid duplication of enforcement, any entity identified in paragraph (1) that is not a retail public water system shall notify the retail public water system 30 days prior to enforcement of the provisions of this chapter against a property served by such system.
(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall preclude enforcement by any entity identified in paragraph (1) once adequate notice is given. (h) The department shall, when using funds appropriated for water conservation for turf replacement, prioritize financial assistance for nonfunctional turf replacement to public water systems serving disadvantaged communities and to owners of affordable housing.
(i) The department shall utilize the saveourwater.com internet website and outreach campaign to provide information and resources on converting nonfunctional turf to native vegetation.
(j) The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development shall support small and minority-owned businesses that provide services that advance compliance with this chapter.

Chapter 3. Urban Retail Water Suppliers,
Sections 10608.16–10608.44
Section 10608.16.
(a) The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urban per capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020.
(1) The state shall make incremental progress towards the state target specified in subdivision (a) by reducing urban per capita water use by at least 10 percent on or before December 31, 2015.

Section 10608.20.
(a)
(1) Each urban retail water supplier shall develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target by July 1, 2011. Urban retail water suppliers may elect to determine and report progress toward achieving these targets on an individual or regional basis, as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28, and may determine the targets on a fiscal year or calendar year basis.

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(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the urban water use targets described in paragraph (1) cumulatively result in a 20-percent reduction from the baseline daily per capita water use by December 31, 2020. (b) An urban retail water supplier shall adopt one of the following methods for determining its urban water use target pursuant to subdivision (a):
(1) Eighty percent of the urban retail water supplier’s baseline per capita daily water use.
(2) The per capita daily water use that is estimated using the sum of the following performance standards:
(A) For indoor residential water use, 55 gallons per capita daily water use as a provisional standard. Upon completion of the department’s 2017 report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 10608.42, this standard may be adjusted by the Legislature by statute. (B) For landscape irrigated through dedicated or residential meters or connections, water efficiency equivalent to the standards of the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance set forth in Chapter 2.7 (commencing with Section 490) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations, as in effect the later of the year of the landscape’s installation or 1992. An urban retail water supplier using the approach specified in this subparagraph shall use satellite imagery, site visits, or other best available technology to develop an accurate estimate of landscaped areas.
(C) For commercial, industrial, and institutional uses, a 10- percent reduction in water use from the baseline commercial, industrial, and institutional water use by 2020.
(3) Ninety-five percent of the applicable state hydrologic region target, as set forth in the state’s draft 20x2020 Water Conservation Plan (dated April 30, 2009). If the service area of an urban water supplier includes more than one hydrologic region, the supplier shall apportion its service area to each region based on population or area.
(4) A method that shall be identified and developed by the department, through a public process, and reported to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2010. The method developed by the department shall identify per capita targets that cumulatively result in a statewide 20- percent reduction in urban daily per capita water use by December 31, 2020. In developing urban daily per capita water use targets, the department shall do all of the following:
(A) Consider climatic differences within the state.
(B) Consider population density differences within the state. (C) Provide flexibility to communities and regions in meeting the targets.

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(D) Consider different levels of per capita water use according to plant water needs in different regions.
(E) Consider different levels of commercial, industrial, and institutional water use in different regions of the state.
(F) Avoid placing an undue hardship on communities that have implemented conservation measures or taken actions to keep per capita water use low.
(c) If the department adopts a regulation pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) that results in a requirement that an urban retail water supplier achieve a reduction in daily per capita water use that is greater than 20 percent by December 31, 2020, an urban retail water supplier that adopted the method described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) may limit its urban water use target to a reduction of not more than 20 percent by December 31, 2020, by adopting the method described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b). (d) The department shall update the method described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) and report to the Legislature by December 31, 2014. An urban retail water supplier that adopted the method described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) may adopt a new urban daily per capita water use target pursuant to this updated method.
(e) An urban retail water supplier shall include in its urban water management plan due in 2010 pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) the 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.
(f) When calculating per capita values for the purposes of this chapter, an urban retail water supplier shall determine population using federal, state, and local population reports and projections.
(g) An urban retail water supplier may update its 2020 urban water use target in its 2015 urban water management plan required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610).
(h)
(1) The department, through a public process and in consultation with the California Urban Water Conservation Council, shall develop technical methodologies and criteria for the consistent implementation of this part, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
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population, indoor residential water use, and landscaped area water use.
(B) Criteria for adjustments pursuant to subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 10608.24.
(2) The department shall post the methodologies and criteria developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website, and make written copies available, by October 1, 2010. An urban retail water supplier shall use the methods developed by the department in compliance with this part.
(h)
(1) The department shall adopt regulations for implementation of the provisions relating to process water in accordance with Section 10608.12, subdivision (e) of Section 10608.24, and subdivision (d) of Section 10608.26.
(2) The initial adoption of a regulation authorized by this subdivision is deemed to address an emergency, for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code, and the department is hereby exempted for that purpose from the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.1 of the Government Code. After the initial adoption of an emergency regulation pursuant to this subdivision, the department shall not request approval from the Office of Administrative Law to readopt the regulation as an emergency regulation pursuant to Section 11346.1 of the Government Code.
(j)
(1) An urban retail water supplier is granted an extension to July 1, 2011, for adoption of an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) due in 2010 to allow the use of technical methodologies developed by the department pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) and subdivision (h). An urban retail water supplier that adopts an urban water management plan due in 2010 that does not use the methodologies developed by the department pursuant to subdivision (h) shall amend the plan by July 1, 2011, to comply with this part.
(2) An urban wholesale water supplier whose urban water management plan prepared pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) was due and not submitted in 2010 is granted an extension to July 1, 2011, to permit coordination between an urban wholesale water supplier and urban retail water suppliers.

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Section 10608.22.

Notwithstanding the method adopted by an urban retail water supplier pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier’s per capita daily water use reduction shall be no less than 5 percent of base daily per capita water use as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 10608.12. This section does not apply to an urban retail water supplier with a base daily per capita water use at or below 100 gallons per capita per day.

Section 10608.24.
(a) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its interim urban water use target by December 31, 2015.
(b) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its urban water use target by December 31, 2020.
(c) An urban retail water supplier’s compliance daily per capita water use shall be the measure of progress toward achievement of its urban water use target. (d)
(1) When determining compliance daily per capita water use, an urban retail water supplier may consider the following factors:
(A) Differences in evapotranspiration and rainfall in the baseline period compared to the compliance reporting period.
(B) Substantial changes to commercial or industrial water use resulting from increased business output and economic development that have occurred during the reporting period.
(C) Substantial changes to institutional water use resulting from fire suppression services or other extraordinary events, or from new or expanded operations, that have occurred during the reporting period. (2) If the urban retail water supplier elects to adjust its estimate of compliance daily per capita water use due to one or more of the factors described in paragraph (1), it shall provide the basis for, and data supporting, the adjustment in the report required by Section 10608.40.
(e) When developing the urban water use target pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier that has a substantial percentage of industrial water use in its service area may exclude process water from the calculation of gross water use to avoid a disproportionate burden on another customer sector. (f)
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gross water use. An urban retail water supplier that includes agricultural water use in determining gross water use and develops its urban water use target pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20 shall use a water efficient standard for agricultural irrigation of 100 percent of reference evapotranspiration multiplied by the crop coefficient for irrigated acres.
(2) An urban retail water supplier, that is also an agricultural water supplier, is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10608.48), if the agricultural water use is incorporated into its urban water use target pursuant to paragraph (1).

Section 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.
(b) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target through efficiency improvements in any combination among its customer sectors. An urban retail water supplier shall avoid placing a disproportionate burden on any customer sector.
(c) For an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to a United States Department of Defense military installation, the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part shall consider the conservation of that military installation under federal Executive Order 13514. (d)
(1) Any ordinance or resolution adopted by an urban retail water supplier after the effective date of this section shall not require existing customers as of the effective date of this section, to undertake changes in product formulation, operations, or equipment that would reduce process water use, but may provide technical assistance and financial incentives to those customers to implement efficiency measures for process water. This section shall not limit an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to a declaration of drought emergency by an urban retail water supplier. (2) This part shall not be construed or enforced so as to interfere with the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113980) to Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 114380), inclusive, of Part 7 of

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Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, or any requirement or standard for the protection of public health, public safety, or worker safety established by federal, state, or local government or recommended by recognized standard setting organizations or trade associations.

Section 10608.28.
(a) An urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target within its retail service area, or through mutual agreement, by any of the following:
(1) Through an urban wholesale water supplier.
(2) Through a regional agency authorized to plan and implement water conservation, including, but not limited to, an agency established under the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act (Division 31 (commencing with Section 81300)).
(3) Through a regional water management group as defined in Section 10537. (4) By an integrated regional water management funding area. (5) By hydrologic region.
(6) Through other appropriate geographic scales for which computation methods have been developed by the department.
(b) A regional water management group, with the written consent of its member agencies, may undertake any or all planning, reporting, and implementation functions under this chapter for the member agencies that consent to those activities. Any data or reports shall provide information both for the regional water management group and separately for each consenting urban retail water supplier and urban wholesale water supplier.

Section 10608.32.

All costs incurred pursuant to this part by a water utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission may be recoverable in rates subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Commission, and may be recorded in a memorandum account and reviewed for reasonableness by the Public Utilities Commission.

Section 10608.34.
(a)
(1) On or before January 1, 2017, the department shall adopt rules for all of the following:
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Control Programs, Manual M36 and in the Free Water Audit Software, version 5.0.
(B) The process for validating a water loss audit report prior to submitting the report to the department. For the purposes of this section, “validating” is a process whereby an urban retail water supplier uses a technical expert to confirm the basis of all data entries in the urban retail water supplier’s water loss audit report and to appropriately characterize the quality of the reported data. The validation process shall follow the principles and terminology laid out by the American Water Works Association in the third edition of Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual M36 and in the Free Water Audit Software, version 5.0. A validated water loss audit report shall include the name and technical qualifications of the person engaged for validation.
(C) The technical qualifications required of a person to engage in validation, as described in subparagraph (B).
(D) The certification requirements for a person selected by an urban retail water supplier to provide validation of its own water loss audit report.
(E) The method of submitting a water loss audit report to the department.
(2) The department shall update rules adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) no later than six months after the release of subsequent editions of the American Water Works Association’s Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual M36. Except as provided by the department, until the department adopts updated rules pursuant to this paragraph, an urban retail water supplier may rely upon a subsequent edition of the American Water Works Association’s Water Audits and Loss Control Programs, Manual M36 or the Free Water Audit Software.
(b)
(1) On or before October 1 of each year until October 1, 2023, each urban retail water supplier reporting on a calendar year basis shall submit a completed and validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or the previous fiscal year as prescribed by the department pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) On or before January 1 of each year until January 1, 2024, each urban retail water supplier reporting on a fiscal year basis shall submit a completed and validated water loss audit report for the previous fiscal year as prescribed by the department pursuant to subdivision (a). (3) On or before January 1, 2024, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, each urban retail water supplier shall submit a completed and

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validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or previous fiscal year as part of the report submitted to the department pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10609.24 and as prescribed by the department pursuant to subdivision (a).
(4) Water loss audit reports submitted on or before October 1, 2017, may be completed and validated with assistance as described in subdivision (c). (c) Using funds available for the 2016–17 fiscal year, the board shall contribute up to four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) towards procuring water loss audit report validation assistance for urban retail water suppliers. (d) Each water loss audit report submitted to the department shall be accompanied by information, in a form specified by the department, identifying steps taken in the preceding year to increase the validity of data entered into the final audit, reduce the volume of apparent losses, and reduce the volume of real losses.
(e) At least one of the following employees of an urban retail water supplier shall attest to each water loss audit report submitted to the department:
(1) The chief financial officer.
(2) The chief engineer.
(3) The general manager.
(f) The department shall deem incomplete and return to the urban retail water supplier any final water loss audit report found by the department to be incomplete, not validated, unattested, or incongruent with known characteristics of water system operations. A water supplier shall resubmit a completed water loss audit report within 90 days of an audit being returned by the department.
(g) The department shall post all validated water loss audit reports on its internet website in a manner that allows for comparisons across water suppliers. The department shall make the validated water loss audit reports available for public viewing in a timely manner after their receipt.
(h) Using available funds, the department shall provide technical assistance to guide urban retail water suppliers’ water loss detection programs, including, but not limited to, metering techniques, pressure management techniques, condition-based assessment techniques for transmission and distribution pipelines, and utilization of portable and permanent water loss detection devices.
(i) No earlier than January 1, 2019, and no later than July 1, 2020, the board shall adopt rules requiring urban retail water suppliers to meet performance standards for the volume of water losses. In adopting these rules, the board shall employ full life-cycle cost accounting to evaluate the costs of meeting the performance standards. The board may consider establishing a minimum

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allowable water loss threshold that, if reached and maintained by an urban water supplier, would exempt the urban water supplier from further water loss reduction requirements.

Section 10608.35.
(a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and make a recommendation to the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, on the feasibility of developing and enacting water loss reporting requirements for urban wholesale water suppliers. (b) The studies and investigations shall include an evaluation of the suitability of applying the processes and requirements of Section 10608.34 to urban wholesale water suppliers.
(c) In conducting necessary studies and investigations and developing its recommendation, the department shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons.

Section 10608.36.

Urban wholesale water suppliers shall include in the urban water management plans required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) an assessment of their present and proposed future measures, programs, and policies to help achieve the water use reductions required by this part.

Section 10608.40.

Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department on their progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urban water management plans submitted pursuant to Section 10631. The data shall be reported using a standardized form developed pursuant to Section 10608.52.

Section 10608.42.
(a) The department shall review the 2015 urban water management plans and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on progress towards achieving a 20- percent reduction in urban water use by December 31, 2020. The report shall include recommendations on changes to water efficiency standards or urban water use targets to achieve the 20- percent reduction and to reflect updated efficiency information and technology changes.
(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

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Section 10608.43.

The department, in conjunction with the California Urban Water Conservation Council, by April 1, 2010, shall convene a representative task force consisting of academic experts, urban retail water suppliers, environmental organizations, commercial water users, industrial water users, and institutional water users to develop alternative best management practices for commercial, industrial, and institutional users and an assessment of the potential statewide water use efficiency improvement in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors that would result from implementation of these best management practices. The taskforce, in conjunction with the department, shall submit a report to the Legislature by April 1, 2012, that shall include a review of multiple sectors within commercial, industrial, and institutional users and that shall recommend water use efficiency standards for commercial, industrial, and institutional users among various sectors of water use.

The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Appropriate metrics for evaluating commercial, industrial, and institutional water use.
(b) Evaluation of water demands for manufacturing processes, goods, and cooling. (c) Evaluation of public infrastructure necessary for delivery of recycled water to the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors.
(d) Evaluation of institutional and economic barriers to increased recycled water use within the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors. (e) Identification of technical feasibility and cost of the best management practices to achieve more efficient water use statewide in the commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors that is consistent with the public interest and reflects past investments in water use efficiency.

Section 10608.44.

Each state agency shall reduce water use at facilities it operates to support urban retail water suppliers in meeting the target identified in Section 10608.16.

Chapter 5. Sustainable Water Management,
Section 10608.50
Section 10608.50.
(a) The department, in consultation with the board, shall promote implementation of regional water resources management practices through increased incentives and removal of barriers consistent with state and federal law.

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(1) Revisions to the requirements for urban and agricultural water management plans.
(2) Revisions to the requirements for integrated regional water management plans.
(3) Revisions to the eligibility for state water management grants and loans. (4) Revisions to state or local permitting requirements that increase water supply opportunities, but do not weaken water quality protection under state and federal law.
(5) Increased funding for research, feasibility studies, and project construction.
(6) Expanding technical and educational support for local land use and water management agencies.
(b) No later than January 1, 2011, and updated as part of the California Water Plan, the department, in consultation with the board, and with public input, shall propose new statewide targets, or review and update existing statewide targets, for regional water resources management practices, including, but not limited to, recycled water, brackish groundwater desalination, and infiltration and direct use of urban stormwater runoff.

Chapter 6. Standardized Data Collection,
Section 10608.52
Section 10608.52.
(a) The department, in consultation with the board, the California Bay-Delta Authority or its successor agency, the State Department of Public Health, and the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop a single standardized water use reporting form to meet the water use information needs of each agency, including the needs of urban water suppliers that elect to determine and report progress toward achieving targets on a regional basis as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28.
(b) At a minimum, the form shall be developed to accommodate information sufficient to assess an urban water supplier’s compliance with conservation targets pursuant to Section 10608.24 and an agricultural water supplier’s compliance with implementation of efficient water management practices pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10608.48. The form shall accommodate reporting by urban water suppliers on an individual or regional basis as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 10608.28.

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Chapter 7. Funding Provisions, Sections 10608.56–
10608.60
Section 10608.56.
(a) On and after July 1, 2016, an urban retail water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the supplier complies with this part.
(b) On and after July 1, 2013, an agricultural water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the supplier complies with this part.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall determine that an urban retail water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even though the supplier has not met the per capita reductions required pursuant to Section 10608.24, if the urban retail water supplier has submitted to the department for approval a schedule, financing plan, and budget, to be included in the grant or loan agreement, for achieving the per capita reductions. The supplier may request grant or loan funds to achieve the per capita reductions to the extent the request is consistent with the eligibility requirements applicable to the water funds.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the department shall determine that an agricultural water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even though the supplier is not implementing all of the efficient water management practices described in Section 10608.48, if the agricultural water supplier has submitted to the department for approval a schedule, financing plan, and budget, to be included in the grant or loan agreement, for implementation of the efficient water management practices. The supplier may request grant or loan funds to implement the efficient water management practices to the extent the request is consistent with the eligibility requirements applicable to the water funds. (e) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall determine that an urban retail water supplier is eligible for a water grant or loan even though the supplier has not met the per capita reductions required pursuant to Section 10608.24, if the urban retail water supplier has submitted to the department for approval documentation demonstrating that its entire service area qualifies as a disadvantaged community.
(f) The department shall not deny eligibility to an urban retail water supplier or agricultural water supplier in compliance with the requirements of this part and Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800), that is participating in a multiagency water project, or an integrated regional water management plan, developed pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, solely on the basis that one or more of the agencies participating in the project or plan

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is not implementing all of the requirements of this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800).

Section 10608.60.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code should be expended, consistent with Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the Public Resources Code and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for grants to implement this part. In the allocation of funding, it is the intent of the Legislature that the department give consideration to disadvantaged communities to assist in implementing the requirements of this part.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that funds made available by Section 75041 of the Public Resources Code, should be expended, consistent with Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the Public Resources Code and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for direct expenditures to implement this part.

Chapter 9. Urban Water Use Objectives and Water Use
Reporting, Sections 10609–10609.38
Section 10609.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter establishes a method to estimate the aggregate amount of water that would have been delivered the previous year by an urban retail water supplier if all that water had been used efficiently. This estimated aggregate water use is the urban retail water supplier’s urban water use objective. The method is based on water use efficiency standards and local service area characteristics for that year. By comparing the amount of water actually used in the previous year with the urban water use objective, local urban water suppliers will be in a better position to help eliminate unnecessary use of water; that is, water used in excess of that needed to accomplish the intended beneficial use. (b) The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following:
(1) This chapter establishes standards and practices for the following water uses:
(A) Indoor residential use.
(B) Outdoor residential use.
(C) CII water use.
(D) Water losses.

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(E) Other unique local uses and situations that can have a material effect on an urban water supplier’s total water use.
(2) This chapter further does all of the following:
(A) Establishes a method to calculate each urban water use objective. (B) Considers recycled water quality in establishing efficient irrigation standards.
(C) Requires the department to provide or otherwise identify data regarding the unique local conditions to support the calculation of an urban water use objective.
(D) Provides for the use of alternative sources of data if alternative sources are shown to be as accurate as, or more accurate than, the data provided by the department.
(E) Requires annual reporting of the previous year’s water use with the urban water use objective.
(F) Provides a bonus incentive for the amount of potable recycled water used the previous year when comparing the previous year’s water use with the urban water use objective, of up to 10 percent of the urban water use objective.
(3) This chapter requires the department and the board to solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons in the development of the standards and the adoption of regulations pursuant to this chapter.
(4) This chapter preserves the Legislature’s authority over long- term water use efficiency target setting and ensures appropriate legislative oversight of the implementation of this chapter by doing all of the following:
(A) Requiring the Legislative Analyst to conduct a review of the implementation of this chapter, including compliance with the adopted standards and regulations, accuracy of the data, use of alternate data, and other issues the Legislative Analyst deems appropriate.
(B) Stating legislative intent that the director of the department and the chairperson of the board appear before the appropriate Senate and Assembly policy committees to report on progress in implementing this chapter.
(C) Providing one-time-only authority to the department and board to adopt water use efficiency standards, except as explicitly provided in this chapter. Authorization to update the standards shall require separate legislation.

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(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the following principles apply to the development and implementation of long-term standards and urban water use objectives:
(1) Local urban retail water suppliers should have primary responsibility for meeting standards-based water use targets, and they shall retain the flexibility to develop their water supply portfolios, design and implement water conservation strategies, educate their customers, and enforce their rules.
(2) Long-term standards and urban water use objectives should advance the state’s goals to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
(3) Long-term standards and urban water use objectives should acknowledge the shade, air quality, and heat-island reduction benefits provided to communities by trees through the support of water-efficient irrigation practices that keep trees healthy.
(4) The state should identify opportunities for streamlined reporting, eliminate redundant data submissions, and incentivize open access to data collected by urban and agricultural water suppliers.

Section 10609.2.
(a) The board, in coordination with the department, shall adopt long-term standards for the efficient use of water pursuant to this chapter on or before June 30, 2022.
(b) Standards shall be adopted for all of the following:
(1) Outdoor residential water use.
(2) Outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters in connection with CII water use.
(3) A volume for water loss.
(c) When adopting the standards under this section, the board shall consider the policies of this chapter and the proposed efficiency standards’ effects on local wastewater management, developed and natural parklands, and urban tree health. The standards and potential effects shall be identified by May 30, 2022.

The board shall allow for public comment on potential effects identified by the board under this subdivision.
(d) The long-term standards shall be set at a level designed so that the water use objectives, together with other demands excluded from the long-term standards such as CII indoor water use and CII outdoor water use not connected to a dedicated landscape meter, would exceed the statewide conservation targets required pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 10608.16).

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(e) The board, in coordination with the department, shall adopt by regulation variances recommended by the department pursuant to Section 10609.14 and guidelines and methodologies pertaining to the calculation of an urban retail water supplier’s urban water use objective recommended by the department pursuant to Section 10609.16.

Section 10609.4.
(a)
(1) Until January 1, 2025, the standard for indoor residential water use shall be 55 gallons per capita daily.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, and until January 1, 2030, the standard for indoor residential water use shall be 47 gallons per capita daily. (3) Beginning January 1, 2030, the standard for indoor residential water use shall be 42 gallons per capita daily.
(b)
(1) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations to assess and quantify the economic benefits and impacts of the 2030 indoor residential use standard on water, wastewater, and recycled water systems and shall include saturation end- use studies. The studies and investigations shall build on the standards and potential effects identified pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10609.2 and shall also consider, and as appropriate incorporate, other regional and statewide studies that quantify the impacts on water, wastewater, and recycled water systems, and evaluate the long-term effects of telework. To facilitate these studies and investigations, the board may request necessary and relevant information from wastewater agencies, including monthly influent flow, actions taken to reassess treatment processes, and the impact of the implementation of this chapter on wastewater operations, maintenance, and capital investment.

The department, in coordination with the board, shall summarize the findings of these studies and investigations in a report to the Legislature on or before October 1, 2028. The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) If the department, in coordination with the board, determines that the 2030 indoor residential use standard is likely to unduly impact affordability of water and wastewater services, the department and the board may jointly recommend to the Legislature an alternate date on which the 2030 indoor residential use standard shall take effect. This determination shall be made using at least two years of data reflecting application of the 2025 indoor residential use standard.

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(3) Based upon the studies and investigations conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall consider whether to recommend, for adoption by the board, additional variances to accommodate unique challenges related to residential indoor water use pursuant to Section 10609.2. Variance options may include, but are not limited to, stranded assets, impacts on disadvantaged communities, impacts to environmental flows, or adverse impacts to wastewater or recycled water operations.
(4) The studies, investigations, and report described in paragraph (1) shall include timely and inclusive collaboration with, and input from, a broad group of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, environmental groups, experts in indoor plumbing, water, wastewater, and recycled water agencies.
(c) An urban retail water supplier shall not be subject to enforcement pursuant to this chapter solely for failing to meet the indoor residential use standard.

Section 10609.6.
(a)
(1) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, standards for outdoor residential use for adoption by the board in accordance with this chapter.
(2)
(A) The standards shall incorporate the principles of the model water efficient landscape ordinance adopted by the department pursuant to the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act (Article 10.8 (commencing with Section 65591) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code).
(B) The standards shall apply to irrigable lands.
(C) The standards shall include provisions for swimming pools, spas, and other water features. Ornamental water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds, lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, shall be analyzed separately from swimming pools and spas. (b) The department shall, by January 1, 2021, provide each urban retail water supplier with data regarding the area of residential irrigable lands in a manner that can reasonably be applied to the standards adopted pursuant to this section.
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data’s intended uses, taking into consideration California’s diverse landscapes and community characteristics.

Section 10609.8.
(a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, standards for outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters or other means of calculating outdoor irrigation use in connection with CII water use for adoption by the board in accordance with this chapter. (b) The standards shall incorporate the principles of the model water efficient landscape ordinance adopted by the department pursuant to the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act (Article 10.8 (commencing with Section 65591) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code). (c) The standards shall include an exclusion for water for commercial agricultural use meeting the definition of subdivision (b) of Section 51201 of the Government Code.

Section 10609.9.

For purposes of Sections 10609.6 and 10609.8, “principles of the model water efficient landscape ordinance” means those provisions of the model water efficient landscape ordinance applicable to the establishment or determination of the amount of water necessary to efficiently irrigate both new and existing landscapes.

These provisions include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Evapotranspiration adjustment factors, as applicable. (b) Landscape area.
(c) Maximum applied water allowance.
(d) Reference evapotranspiration.
(e) Special landscape areas, including provisions governing evapotranspiration adjustment factors for different types of water used for irrigating the landscape.

Section 10609.10.
(a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, performance measures for CII water use for adoption by the board in accordance with this chapter.
(b) Prior to recommending performance measures for CII water use, the department shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons relating to all of the following:

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(1) Recommendations for a CII water use classification system for California that address significant uses of water.
(2) Recommendations for setting minimum size thresholds for converting mixed CII meters to dedicated irrigation meters, and evaluation of, and recommendations for, technologies that could be used in lieu of requiring dedicated irrigation meters.
(3) Recommendations for CII water use best management practices, which may include, but are not limited to, water audits and water management plans for those CII customers that exceed a recommended size, volume of water use, or other threshold.
(c) Recommendations of appropriate performance measures for CII water use shall be consistent with the October 21, 2013, report to the Legislature by the Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Task Force entitled “Water Use Best Management Practices,” including the technical and financial feasibility recommendations provided in that report, and shall support the economic productivity of California’s commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors. (b)
(1) The board, in coordination with the department, shall adopt performance measures for CII water use on or before June 30, 2022.
(2) Each urban retail water supplier shall implement the performance measures adopted by the board pursuant to paragraph (1).

Section 10609.12.

The standards for water loss for urban retail water suppliers shall be the standards adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 10608.34.

Section 10609.14.
(a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and, no later than October 1, 2021, recommend for adoption by the board in accordance with this chapter appropriate variances for unique uses that can have a material effect on an urban retail water supplier’s urban water use objective.
(b) Appropriate variances may include, but are not limited to, allowances for the following:
(1) Significant use of evaporative coolers.
(2) Significant populations of horses and other livestock. (3) Significant fluctuations in seasonal populations.
(4) Significant landscaped areas irrigated with recycled water having high levels of total dissolved solids.

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(5) Significant use of water for soil compaction and dust control. (6) Significant use of water to supplement ponds and lakes to sustain wildlife. (7) Significant use of water to irrigate vegetation for fire protection. (8) Significant use of water for commercial or noncommercial agricultural use. (d) The department, in recommending variances for adoption by the board, shall also recommend a threshold of significance for each recommended variance. (e) Before including any specific variance in calculating an urban retail water supplier’s water use objective, the urban retail water supplier shall request and receive approval by the board for the inclusion of that variance. (f) The board shall post on its Internet Web site all of the following:
(1) A list of all urban retail water suppliers with approved variances. (2) The specific variance or variances approved for each urban retail water supplier.
(3) The data supporting approval of each variance.

Section 10609.15.

To help streamline water data reporting, the department and the board shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify urban water reporting requirements shared by both agencies, and post on each agency’s Internet Web site how the data is used for planning, regulatory, or other purposes.
(b) Analyze opportunities for more efficient publication of urban water reporting requirements within each agency, and analyze how each agency can integrate various data sets in a publicly accessible location, identify priority actions, and implement priority actions identified in the analysis.
(c) Make appropriate data pertaining to the urban water reporting requirements that are collected by either agency available to the public according to the principles and requirements of the Open and Transparent Water Data Act (Part 4.9 (commencing with Section 12400)).

Section 10609.16.

The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2021, guidelines and methodologies for the board to adopt that identify how an urban retail water supplier calculates its urban water use objective. The guidelines and methodologies shall address, as necessary, all of the following:

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(a) Determining the irrigable lands within the urban retail water supplier’s service area.
(b) Updating and revising methodologies described pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 10608.20, as appropriate, including methodologies for calculating the population in an urban retail water supplier’s service area.
(c) Using landscape area data provided by the department or alternative data. (d) Incorporating precipitation data and climate data into estimates of a urban retail water supplier’s outdoor irrigation budget for its urban water use objective.
(e) Estimating changes in outdoor landscape area and population, and calculating the urban water use objective, for years when updated landscape imagery is not available from the department.
(f) Determining acceptable levels of accuracy for the supporting data, the urban water use objective, and compliance with the urban water use objective.

Section 10609.18.

The department and the board shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons in the development of the standards and the adoption of regulations pursuant to this chapter. The board shall hold at least one public meeting before taking any action on any standard or variance recommended by the department.

Section 10609.20.
(a) Each urban retail water supplier shall calculate its urban water use objective no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. (b) The calculation shall be based on the urban retail water supplier’s water use conditions for the previous calendar or fiscal year.
(c) Each urban water supplier’s urban water use objective shall be composed of the sum of the following:
(1) Aggregate estimated efficient indoor residential water use. (2) Aggregate estimated efficient outdoor residential water use. (3) Aggregate estimated efficient outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters or equivalent technology in connection with CII water use.
(4) Aggregate estimated efficient water losses.
(5) Aggregate estimated water use in accordance with variances, as appropriate.

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(d)
(1) An urban retail water supplier that delivers water from a groundwater basin, reservoir, or other source that is augmented by potable reuse water may adjust its urban water use objective by a bonus incentive calculated pursuant to this subdivision.
(2) The water use objective bonus incentive shall be the volume of its potable reuse delivered to residential water users and to landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters in connection with CII water use, on an acre- foot basis.
(3) The bonus incentive pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be limited in accordance with one of the following:
(A) The bonus incentive shall not exceed 15 percent of the urban water supplier’s water use objective for any potable reuse water produced at an existing facility.
(B) The bonus incentive shall not exceed 10 percent of the urban water supplier’s water use objective for any potable reuse water produced at any facility that is not an existing facility.
(4) For purposes of this subdivision, “existing facility” means a facility that meets all of the following:
(A) The facility has a certified environmental impact report, mitigated negative declaration, or negative declaration on or before January 1, 2019.
(B) The facility begins producing and delivering potable reuse water on or before January 1, 2022.
(C) The facility uses microfiltration and reverse osmosis technologies to produce the potable reuse water.
(e)
(1) The calculation of the urban water use objective shall be made using landscape area and other data provided by the department and pursuant to the standards, guidelines, and methodologies adopted by the board.

The department shall provide data to the urban water supplier at a level of detail sufficient to allow the urban water supplier to verify its accuracy at the parcel level.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an urban retail water supplier may use alternative data in calculating the urban water use objective if the supplier demonstrates to the department that the alternative data are equivalent, or superior, in quality and accuracy to the data provided by the department. The department may provide technical assistance to an

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urban retail water supplier in evaluating whether the alternative data are appropriate for use in calculating the supplier’s urban water use objective.

Section 10609.21.
(a) For purposes of Section 10609.20, and notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 10609.20, “existing facility” also includes the North City Project, phase one of the Pure Water San Diego Program, for which an environmental impact report was certified on April 10, 2018. (b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2019.

Section 10609.22.
(a) An urban retail water supplier shall calculate its actual urban water use no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. (b) The calculation shall be based on the urban retail water supplier’s water use for the previous calendar or fiscal year.
(c) Each urban water supplier’s urban water use shall be composed of the sum of the following:
(1) Aggregate residential water use.
(2) Aggregate outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters in connection with CII water use.
(3) Aggregate water losses.

Section 10609.24.
(a) An urban retail water supplier shall submit a report to the department no later than January 1, 2024, and by January 1 every year thereafter. The report shall include all of the following:
(1) The urban water use objective calculated pursuant to Section 10609.20 along with relevant supporting data.
(2) The actual urban water use calculated pursuant to Section 10609.22 along with relevant supporting data.
(3) Documentation of the implementation of the performance measures for CII water use.
(4) A description of the progress made towards meeting the urban water use objective.
(5) The validated water loss audit report conducted pursuant to Section 10608.34.
(b) The department shall post the reports and information on its internet website.

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(c) The board may issue an information order or conservation order to, or impose civil liability on, an entity or individual for failure to submit a report required by this section.

Section 10609.25.

As part of the first report submitted to the department by an urban retail water supplier no later than January 1, 2024, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10609.24, each urban retail water supplier shall provide a narrative that describes the water demand management measures that the supplier plans to implement to achieve its urban water use objective by January 1, 2027.

Section 10609.26.
(a)
(1) On and after January 1, 2024, the board may issue informational orders pertaining to water production, water use, and water conservation to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective required by this chapter. Informational orders are intended to obtain information on supplier activities, water production, and conservation efforts in order to identify technical assistance needs and assist urban water suppliers in meeting their urban water use objectives. (2) In determining whether to issue an informational order, the board shall consider the degree to which the urban retail water supplier is not meeting its urban water use objective, information provided in the report required by Section 10609.24, and actions the urban retail water supplier has implemented or will implement in order to help meet the urban water use objective.
(3) The board shall share information received pursuant to this subdivision with the department.
(4) An urban water supplier may request technical assistance from the department. The technical assistance may, to the extent available, include guidance documents, tools, and data.
(b) On and after January 1, 2025, the board may issue a written notice to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective required by this chapter. The written notice may warn the urban retail water supplier that it is not meeting its urban water use objective described in Section 10609.20 and is not making adequate progress in meeting the urban water use objective, and may request that the urban retail water supplier address areas of concern in its next annual report required by Section 10609.24. In deciding whether to issue a written notice, the board may consider whether the urban retail water supplier has received an informational order, the degree to which the urban retail water supplier is not

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meeting its urban water use objective, information provided in the report required by Section 10609.24, and actions the urban retail water supplier has implemented or will implement in order to help meet its urban water use objective.
(1) On and after January 1, 2026, the board may issue a conservation order to an urban retail water supplier that does not meet its urban water use objective. A conservation order may consist of, but is not limited to, referral to the department for technical assistance, requirements for education and outreach, requirements for local enforcement, and other efforts to assist urban retail water suppliers in meeting their urban water use objective.
(2) In issuing a conservation order, the board shall identify specific deficiencies in an urban retail water supplier’s progress towards meeting its urban water use objective, and identify specific actions to address the deficiencies.
(3) The board may request that the department provide an urban retail water supplier with technical assistance to support the urban retail water supplier’s actions to remedy the deficiencies.
(c) A conservation order issued in accordance with this chapter may include requiring actions intended to increase water-use efficiency, but shall not curtail or otherwise limit the exercise of a water right, nor shall it require the imposition of civil liability pursuant to Section 377.

Section 10609.27.

Notwithstanding Section 10609.26, the board shall not issue an information order, written notice, or conservation order pursuant to Section 10609.26 if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The board determines that the urban retail water supplier is not meeting its urban water use objective solely because the volume of water loss exceeds the urban retail water supplier’s standard for water loss.
(b) Pursuant to Section 10608.34, the board is taking enforcement action against the urban retail water supplier for not meeting the performance standards for the volume of water losses.

Section 10609.28.

The board may issue a regulation or informational order requiring a wholesale water supplier, an urban retail water supplier, or a distributor of a public water supply, as that term is used in Section 350, to provide a monthly report relating to water production, water use, or water conservation.

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Section 10609.30.

On or before January 10, 2024, the Legislative Analyst shall provide to the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature and the public a report evaluating the implementation of the water use efficiency standards and water use reporting pursuant to this chapter. The board and the department shall provide the Legislative Analyst with the available data to complete this report. (a) The report shall describe all of the following:
(1) The rate at which urban retail water users are complying with the standards, and factors that might facilitate or impede their compliance. (2) The accuracy of the data and estimates being used to calculate urban water use objectives.
(3) Indications of the economic impacts, if any, of the implementation of this chapter on urban water suppliers and urban water users, including CII water users.
(4) The frequency of use of the bonus incentive, the volume of water associated with the bonus incentive, value to urban water suppliers of the bonus incentive, and any implications of the use of the bonus incentive on water use efficiency.
(5) The early indications of how implementing this chapter might impact the efficiency of statewide urban water use.
6) Recommendations, if any, for improving statewide urban water use efficiency and the standards and practices described in this chapter. (7) Any other issues the Legislative Analyst deems appropriate.

Section 10609.32.

It is the intent of the Legislature that the chairperson of the board and the director of the department appear before the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature on or around January 1, 2026, and report on the implementation of the water use efficiency standards and water use reporting pursuant to this chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature that the topics to be covered include all of the following:
(a) The rate at which urban retail water suppliers are complying with the standards, and factors that might facilitate or impede their compliance. (b) What enforcement actions have been taken, if any.
(c) The accuracy of the data and estimates being used to calculate urban water use objectives.

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(d) Indications of the economic impacts, if any, of the implementation of this chapter on urban water suppliers and urban water users, including CII water users.
(e) The frequency of use of the bonus incentive, the volume of water associated with the bonus incentive, value to urban water suppliers of the bonus incentive, and any implications of the use of the bonus incentive on water use efficiency.
(f) An assessment of how implementing this chapter is affecting the efficiency of statewide urban water use.

Section 10609.34.

Notwithstanding Section 15300.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, an action of the board taken under this chapter shall be deemed to be a Class 8 action, within the meaning of Section 15308 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, provided that the action does not involve relaxation of existing water conservation or water use standards.

Section 10609.36.
(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to determine or alter water rights.

Sections 1010 and 1011 apply to water conserved through implementation of this chapter.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the board to update or revise water use efficiency standards authorized by this chapter except as explicitly provided in this chapter. Authorization to update the standards beyond that explicitly provided in this chapter shall require separate legislation.
(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the use of recycled water as seawater barriers for groundwater salinity management.

Section 10609.38.

The board may waive the requirements of this chapter for a period of up to five years for any urban retail water supplier whose water deliveries are significantly affected by changes in water use as a result of damage from a disaster such as an earthquake or fire. In establishing the period of a waiver, the board shall take into consideration the breadth of the damage and the time necessary for the damaged areas to recover from the disaster.

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Urban Water Management Planning Act
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Chapter 1. General Declaration and Policy,
Sections 10610–10610.4
Section 10610.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Urban Water Management Planning Act.”
Section 10610.2.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource subject to ever-increasing demands.
(2) The conservation and efficient use of urban water supplies are of statewide concern; however, the planning for that use and the implementation of those plans can best be accomplished at the local level. (3) A long-term, reliable supply of water is essential to protect the productivity of California’s businesses and economic climate, and increasing long-term water conservation among Californians, improving water use efficiency within the state’s communities and agricultural production, and strengthening local and regional drought planning are critical to California’s resilience to drought and climate change. (4) As part of its long-range planning activities, every urban water supplier should make every effort to ensure the appropriate level of reliability in its water service sufficient to meet the needs of its various categories of customers during normal, dry, and multiple dry water years now and into the foreseeable future, and every urban water supplier should collaborate closely with local land-use authorities to ensure water demand forecasts are consistent with current land-use planning.
(5) Public health issues have been raised over a number of contaminants that have been identified in certain local and imported water supplies. (6) Implementing effective water management strategies, including groundwater storage projects and recycled water projects, may require

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specific water quality and salinity targets for meeting groundwater basins water quality objectives and promoting beneficial use of recycled water. (7) Water quality regulations are becoming an increasingly important factor in water agencies’ selection of raw water sources, treatment alternatives, and modifications to existing treatment facilities.
(8) Changes in drinking water quality standards may also impact the usefulness of water supplies and may ultimately impact supply reliability. (9) The quality of source supplies can have a significant impact on water management strategies and supply reliability.
(b) This part is intended to provide assistance to water agencies in carrying out their long-term resource planning responsibilities to ensure adequate water supplies to meet existing and future demands for water.

Section 10610.4.

The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of the state as follows:
(a) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of water shall be actively pursued to protect both the people of the state and their water resources.
(b) The management of urban water demands and efficient use of urban water supplies shall be a guiding criterion in public decisions. (c) Urban water suppliers shall be required to develop water management plans to achieve the efficient use of available supplies and strengthen local drought planning.

Chapter 2. Definitions, Sections 10611–10618
Section 10611.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this chapter govern the construction of this part.

Section 10611.3.
“Customer” means a purchaser of water from a water supplier who uses the water for municipal purposes, including residential, commercial, governmental, and industrial uses.

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Section 10611.5.
“Demand management” means those water conservation measures, programs, and incentives that prevent the waste of water and promote the reasonable and efficient use and reuse of available supplies.

Section 10612.
“Drought risk assessment” means a method that examines water shortage risks based on the driest five-year historic sequence for the agency’s water supply, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 10635.

Section 10613.
“Efficient use” means those management measures that result in the most effective use of water so as to prevent its waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable method of use.

Section 10614.
“Person” means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business, trust, corporation, company, public agency, or any agency of such an entity.

Section 10615.
“Plan” means an urban water management plan prepared pursuant to this part. A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses, reclamation and demand management activities. The components of the plan may vary according to an individual community or area's characteristics and its capabilities to efficiently use and conserve water. The plan shall address measures for residential, commercial, governmental, and industrial water demand management as set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) of Chapter 3. In addition, a strategy and time schedule for implementation shall be included in the plan.

Section 10616.
“Public agency” means any board, commission, county, city and county, city, regional agency, district, or other public entity.

Section 10616.5.
“Recycled water” means the reclamation and reuse of wastewater for beneficial use.

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Section 10617.
“Urban water supplier” means a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually. An urban water supplier includes a supplier or contractor for water, regardless of the basis of right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to customers. This part applies only to water supplied from public water systems subject to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.

Section 10617.5.
“Water shortage contingency plan” means a document that incorporates the provisions detailed in subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and is subsequently adopted by an urban water supplier pursuant to this article.

Section 10618.
“Water supply and demand assessment” means a method that looks at current year and one or more dry year supplies and demands for determining water shortage risks, as described in Section 10632.1.

Chapter 3. Urban Water Management Plans
Article 1. General Provisions, Sections 10620–10621
Section 10620.
(a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640).
(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.
(c) An urban water supplier indirectly providing water shall not include planning elements in its water management plan as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) that would be applicable to urban water suppliers or public agencies directly providing water, or to their customers, without the consent of those suppliers or public agencies. (d)
(1) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water

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management planning where those plans will reduce preparation costs and contribute to the achievement of conservation, efficient water use, and improved local drought resilience.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), each urban water supplier shall develop its own water shortage contingency plan, but an urban water supplier may incorporate, collaborate, and otherwise share information with other urban water suppliers or other governing entities participating in an areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management plan, an agricultural management plan, or groundwater sustainability plan development.
(3) Each urban water supplier shall 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.
(e) The urban water supplier may prepare the plan with its own staff, by contract, or in cooperation with other governmental agencies.
(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.

Section 10621.
(a) Each urban water supplier shall update its plan at least once every five years on or before July 1, in years ending in six and one, incorporating updated and new information from the five years preceding each update. (b) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall, at least 60 days before the public hearing on the plan required by Section 10642, notify any city or county within which the supplier provides water supplies that the urban water supplier will be reviewing the plan and considering amendments or changes to the plan.

The urban water supplier may consult with, and obtain comments from, any city or county that receives notice pursuant to this subdivision. (c) An urban water supplier regulated by the Public Utilities Commission shall include its most recent plan and water shortage
contingency plan as
part of the supplier’s general rate case filings.
(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). (e) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2015 plan to the department by July 1, 2016.

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(f) Each urban water supplier shall update and submit its 2020 plan to the department by July 1, 2021.

Article 2. Contents of Plans, Sections 10630–10634
Section 10630.

It is the intention of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to permit levels of water management planning commensurate with the numbers of customers served and the volume of water supplied, while accounting for impacts from climate change.

Section 10630.5.

Each plan shall include a simple lay description of how much water the agency has on a reliable basis, how much it needs for the foreseeable future, what the agency’s strategy is for meeting its water needs, the challenges facing the agency, and any other information necessary to provide a general understanding of the agency’s plan.

Section 10631.

A plan shall be adopted in accordance with this chapter that shall do all of the following:
(a) Describe the service area of the supplier, including current and projected population, climate, and other social, economic, and demographic factors affecting the supplier’s water management planning. The projected population estimates shall be based upon data from the state, regional, or local service agency population projections within the service area of the urban water supplier and shall be in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. The description shall include the current and projected land uses within the existing or anticipated service area affecting the supplier’s water management planning. Urban water suppliers shall coordinate with local or regional land use authorities to determine the most appropriate land use information, including, where appropriate, land use information obtained from local or regional land use authorities, as developed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of the Government Code.
(b) Identify and quantify, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a), providing supporting and related information, 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

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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. (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.
(C) 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 high- or 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).
(D) 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.
(E) A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is projected to be pumped by the urban water

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supplier. The description and analysis shall be based on information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.
(c) Describe the opportunities for exchanges or transfers of water on a short-term or long-term basis.
(d)
(1) For an urban retail water supplier, quantify, to the extent records are available, past and current water use, over the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a), and projected water use, based upon information developed pursuant to subdivision (a), identifying the uses among water use sectors, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following:
(A) Single-family residential.
(B) Multifamily.
(C) Commercial.
(D) Industrial.
(E) Institutional and governmental.
(F) Landscape.
(G) Sales to other agencies.
(H) Saline water intrusion barriers, groundwater recharge, or conjunctive use, or any combination thereof.
(I) Agricultural.
(J) Distribution system water loss.
(2) The water use projections shall be in the same five-year increments described in subdivision (a).
(3)
(A) The distribution system water loss shall be quantified for each of the five years preceding the plan update, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to Section 10608.34.
(B) The distribution system water loss quantification shall be reported in accordance with a worksheet approved or developed by the department through a public process. The water loss quantification worksheet shall be based on the water system balance methodology developed by the American Water Works Association.
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the distribution loss standards enacted by the board pursuant to Section 10608.34.
(4)
(A) Water use projections, where available, shall display and account for the water savings estimated to result from adopted codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans identified by the urban water supplier, as applicable to the service area. (B) To the extent that an urban water supplier reports the information described in subparagraph (A), an urban water supplier shall do both of the following:
(i) Provide citations of the various codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans utilized in making the projections.
(ii) Indicate the extent that the water use projections consider savings from codes, standards, ordinances, or transportation and land use plans. Water use projections that do not account for these water savings shall be noted of that fact.
(a) Provide a description of the supplier’s water demand management measures.

This description shall include all of the following:
(1)
(A) For an urban retail water supplier, as defined in Section 10608.12, 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 measures 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.

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(2) For an urban wholesale water supplier, as defined in Section 10608.12, a narrative description of the items in clauses (ii), (iv), (vi), and (vii) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), and a narrative description of its distribution system asset management and wholesale supplier assistance programs.
(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.
(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.
(h) An urban water supplier that relies upon a wholesale agency for a source of water shall provide the wholesale agency with water use projections from that agency for that source of water in five-year increments to 20 years or as far as data is available. The wholesale agency shall provide information to the urban water supplier for inclusion in the urban water supplier’s plan that identifies and quantifies, to the extent practicable, the existing and planned sources of water as required by subdivision (b), available from the wholesale agency to the urban water supplier over the same five- year increments, and during various water-year types in accordance with subdivision (f). An urban water supplier may rely upon water supply information provided by the wholesale agency in fulfilling the plan informational requirements of subdivisions (b) and (f).

Section 10631.1.
(a) The water use projections required by Section 10631 shall include projected water use for single-family and multifamily residential housing needed for lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5 of the Health and Safety Code, as identified in the housing element of any city, county, or city and county in the service area of the supplier.
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Section 65589.7 of the Government Code to grant a priority for the provision of service to housing units affordable to lower income households.

Section 10631.2.
(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10631, an urban water management plan shall include any of the following information that the urban water supplier can readily obtain:
(1) An estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert water supplies.
(2) An estimate of the amount of energy used to convey water supplies to the water treatment plants or distribution systems.
(3) An estimate of the amount of energy used to treat water supplies. (4) An estimate of the amount of energy used to distribute water supplies through its distribution systems.
(5) An estimate of the amount of energy used for treated water supplies in comparison to the amount used for nontreated water supplies. (6) An estimate of the amount of energy used to place water into or withdraw from storage.
(7) Any other energy-related information the urban water supplier deems appropriate.
(b) The department shall include in its guidance for the preparation of urban water management plans a methodology for the voluntary calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of urban water systems. The department may consider studies and calculations conducted by the Public Utilities Commission in developing the methodology.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that energy use is only one factor in water supply planning and shall not be considered independently of other factors.

Section 10632.
(a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a water shortage contingency plan as part of its urban water management plan that consists of each of the following elements:
(1) The analysis of water supply reliability conducted pursuant to Section 10635.
(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.

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(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:
(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.
(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. (iii) Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints. (iv) A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment.
(v) A description and quantification of each source of water supply. (3)
(A) Six standard water shortage levels 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 levels 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 levels 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.
(B) An urban water supplier with an existing water shortage contingency plan that uses different water shortage levels may comply with the requirement in subparagraph (A) by developing and including a cross- reference relating its existing categories to the six standard water shortage levels.
(4) Shortage response actions that align with the defined shortage levels and include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(A) Locally appropriate supply augmentation actions.
(B) Locally appropriate demand reduction actions to adequately respond to shortages.
(C) Locally appropriate operational changes.

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(D) Additional, mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices that are in addition to state- mandated prohibitions and appropriate to the local conditions.
(E) For each action, an estimate of the extent to which the gap between supplies and demand will be reduced by implementation of the action.
(5) Communication protocols and procedures to inform customers, the public, interested parties, and local, regional, and state governments, regarding, at a minimum, all of 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.
(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.
(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.
(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 actions described in paragraph (4).

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(B) A description of mitigation actions needed to address revenue reductions and expense increases associated with activated shortage response actions described in paragraph (4).
(C) A description of the cost of compliance with Chapter 3.3 (commencing with Section 365) of Division 1.
(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.
(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. (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. (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.

Section 10632.1.

An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and, on or before July 1 of each year, submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the department with information for anticipated shortage, triggered shortage response actions, compliance and enforcement actions, and communication actions consistent with the supplier’s water shortage contingency plan. An urban water supplier that relies on imported water from the State Water Project or the Bureau of Reclamation shall submit its annual water supply and demand assessment within 14 days of receiving its final allocations, or by July 1 of each year, whichever is later.

Section 10632.2.

An urban water supplier shall follow, where feasible and appropriate, the prescribed procedures and implement determined shortage response actions in its water shortage contingency plan, as identified in subdivision (a) of Section 10632, or reasonable alternative actions, provided that descriptions of the alternative actions are submitted with the annual water shortage assessment report pursuant to Section 10632.1. Nothing in this section prohibits an urban water supplier from

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taking actions not specified in its water shortage contingency plan, if needed, without having to formally amend its urban water management plan or water shortage contingency plan.

Section 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.

Section 10632.5.
(a) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision 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 multihazard mitigation plan under the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106- 390) if the local hazard mitigation plan or multihazard mitigation plan addresses seismic risk.

Section 10633.

The plan shall provide, to the extent available, information on recycled water and its potential for use as a water source in the service area of the urban water supplier. The preparation of the plan shall be coordinated with local water, wastewater, groundwater, and planning agencies that operate within the supplier’s service area, and shall include all of the following:
(a) A description of the wastewater collection and treatment systems in the supplier’s service area, including a quantification of the amount of wastewater collected and treated and the methods of wastewater disposal. (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.
(c) A description of the recycled water currently being used in the supplier’s service area, including, but not limited to, the type, place, and quantity of use.

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(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. (f) A description of actions, including financial incentives, which may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water, and the projected results of these actions in terms of acre-feet of recycled water used per year.
(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.

Section 10634.

The plan shall include information, to the extent practicable, relating to the quality of existing sources of water available to the supplier over the same five-year increments as described in subdivision (a) of Section 10631, and the manner in which water quality affects water management strategies and supply reliability.

Article 2.5. Water Service Reliability, Section 10635
Section 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.
(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

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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. (c) 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.
(d) Nothing in this article is intended to create a right or entitlement to water service or any specific level of water service.
(e) Nothing in this article is intended to change existing law concerning an urban water supplier’s obligation to provide water service to its existing customers or to any potential future customers.

Article 3. Adoption and Implementation of Plans,
Sections 10640–10645
Section 10640.
(a) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a plan pursuant to this part shall prepare its plan pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630).

The supplier shall likewise periodically review the plan as required by Section 10621, and any amendments or changes required as a result of that review shall be adopted pursuant to this article.
(b) Every urban water supplier required to prepare a water shortage contingency plan shall prepare a water shortage contingency plan pursuant to Section 10632. The supplier shall likewise periodically review the water shortage contingency plan as required by paragraph (10) of subdivision (a) of

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Section 10632 and any amendments or changes required as a result of that review shall be adopted pursuant to this article.

Section 10641.

An urban water supplier required to prepare a plan or a water shortage contingency plan may consult with, and obtain comments from, any public agency or state agency or any person who has special expertise with respect to water demand management methods and techniques.

Section 10642.

Each urban water supplier shall encourage the active involvement of diverse social, cultural, and economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during the preparation of both the plan and the water shortage contingency plan. Prior to adopting either, 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. Prior to any of these hearings, notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published within the jurisdiction of the publicly owned water supplier pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.

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. Notices by a local public agency pursuant to this section shall be provided pursuant to Chapter 17.5 (commencing with Section 7290) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. A privately owned water supplier shall provide an equivalent notice within its service area. After the hearing or hearings, the plan or water shortage contingency plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified after the hearing or hearings.

Section 10643.

An urban water supplier shall implement its plan adopted pursuant to this chapter in accordance with the schedule set forth in its plan.

Section 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.

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. (2) The plan, or amendments to the plan, submitted to the department pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted electronically and shall

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include any standardized forms, tables, or displays specified by the department.
(b) If an urban water supplier revises its water shortage contingency plan, the supplier shall submit to the department a copy of its water shortage contingency plan prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 no later than 30 days after adoption, in accordance with protocols for submission and using electronic reporting tools developed by the department. (c)
(1)
(A) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before July 1, in the years ending in seven and two, a report summarizing the status of the plans and water shortage contingency plans adopted pursuant to this part. The report prepared by the department shall identify the exemplary elements of the individual plans and water shortage contingency plans. The department shall provide a copy of the report to each urban water supplier that has submitted its plan and water shortage contingency plan to the department. The department shall also prepare reports and provide data for any legislative hearings designed to consider the effectiveness of plans and water shortage contingency plans submitted pursuant to this part.
(B) The department shall prepare and submit to the board, on or before September 30 of each year, a report summarizing the submitted water supply and demand assessment results along with appropriate reported water shortage conditions and the regional and statewide analysis of water supply conditions developed by the department. As part of the report, the department shall provide a summary and, as appropriate, urban water supplier specific information regarding various shortage response actions implemented as a result of annual supplier-specific water supply and demand assessments performed pursuant to Section 10632.1.
(C) The department shall submit the report to the Legislature for the 2015 plans by July 1, 2017, and the report to the Legislature for the 2020 plans and water shortage contingency plans by July 1, 2022. (2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) The department shall make available to the public the standard the department will use to identify exemplary water demand management measures.

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Informational Purposes Only
January 2026 A-58
Section 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.

Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Provisions, Sections 10650–
10657
Section 10650.

Any actions or proceedings, other than actions by the board, to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul the acts or decisions of an urban water supplier on the grounds of noncompliance with this part shall be commenced as follows:
(a) An action or proceeding alleging failure to adopt a plan or a water shortage contingency plan shall be commenced within 18 months after that adoption is required by this part.
(b) Any action or proceeding alleging that a plan or water shortage contingency plan, or action taken pursuant to either, does not comply with this part shall be commenced within 90 days after filing of the plan or water shortage contingency plan or an amendment to either pursuant to Section 10644 or the taking of that action.

Section 10651.

In any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul a plan or a water shortage contingency plan, or an action taken pursuant to either by an urban water supplier on the grounds of noncompliance with this part, the inquiry shall extend only to whether there was a prejudicial abuse of discretion. Abuse of discretion is established if the supplier has not proceeded in a manner required by law or if the action by the water supplier is not supported by substantial evidence.

Section 10652.

The California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) does not apply to the preparation and adoption of plans pursuant to this part or to the implementation of actions taken pursuant to Section 10632. Nothing in this part shall be interpreted as exempting from the California Environmental Quality Act any project that would significantly affect water supplies for fish and wildlife, or any project for implementation of the

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plan, other than projects implementing Section 10632, or any project for expanded or additional water supplies.

Section 10653.

The adoption of a plan shall satisfy any requirements of state law, regulation, or order, including those of the board and the Public Utilities Commission, for the preparation of water management plans, water shortage contingency plans, or conservation plans; provided, that if the board or the Public Utilities Commission requires additional information concerning water conservation, drought response measures, or financial conditions to implement its existing authority, nothing in this part shall be deemed to limit the board or the commission in obtaining that information. The requirements of this part shall be satisfied by any urban water demand management plan that complies with analogous federal laws or regulations after the effective date of this part, and which substantially meets the requirements of this part, or by any existing urban water management plan which includes the contents of a plan required under this part.

Section 10654.

An urban water supplier may recover in its rates the costs incurred in preparing its urban water management plan, its drought risk assessment, its water supply and demand assessment, and its water shortage contingency plan and implementing the reasonable water conservation measures included in either of the plans.

Section 10655.

If any provision of this part or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application thereof, and to this end the provisions of this part are severable.

Section 10656.

An urban water supplier is not eligible for a water grant or loan awarded or administered by the state unless the urban water supplier complies with this part.

Section 10657.

The department may adopt regulations regarding the definitions of water, water use, and reporting periods, and may adopt any other regulations deemed necessary or desirable to implement this part. In developing regulations pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons.

DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Tables

Appendix B

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

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

Regional Urban Water Management Plan (RUWMP)
If Supplier selected RUWMP, select name from the
drop-down.

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

DWR NOTES:

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

NOTES:

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

Wholesale Water Supplier Name
Add additional rows as needed
Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency
NOTES:
2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050(opt)
61,623 62,517 63,424 64,343 65,277 66,223
Submittal Table 3-1 Retail: Population - Current and Projected Water Code Section 10631(a)
Population
Served
NOTES:

1. 2025 population is obtained from the Department of Finance.

2. Future year populations were extrapolated based on a 0.29 percent growth rate calculated between the 2020 actual population (60,472) and 2025 actual population.

Use Type
Drop down list
May select each use multiple times
These are the only use types that will be recognized by the WUEdata online submittal tool
Potable or Non-Potable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Volume (AF)
Single Family Potable 4,526
Multi-Family Potable 1,123
Commercial Potable 1,207
Industrial Potable 304
Institutional/Governmental Potable 542
Landscape Potable 840
Groundwater recharge Potable 1,145
Distribution System Water Loss Unauthorized and Unmetered Water Losses Potable 1,476
Landscape Raw Water from Agricultural
Irrigation Well Non-Potable 16
Landscape Recycled Water Non-Potable 52
Industrial Recycled Water Non-Potable 320
Commercial Recycled Water Non-Potable 87
Institutional/Governmental Recycled Water Non-Potable 28 Distribution System Water Loss Recycled Water Non-Potable 6 11,163
509
11,672Total
Submittal Table 4-1 Retail: Total Uses for Potable and Non-Potable Water — Actual Water Code Section 10631(d)(1)
NOTES:

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

3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3. 2025 Actual Water Use
Add additional rows as needed
Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
Additional Description
(as needed)

Use Type
Drop down list
May select each use multiple times
These are the only Use Types that will be recognized by the WUEdata online submittal tool
Potable or Non-Potable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 opt (AF)
Single Family Potable 4,592 4,659 4,726 4,795 4,864
Multi-Family Potable 1,139 1,156 1,173 1,190 1,207
Commercial Potable 1,224 1,242 1,260 1,279 1,297
Industrial Potable 308 312 317 322 326
Institutional/Governmental Potable 550 558 566 574 583
Landscape Potable 852 864 877 889 902
Groundwater recharge Potable 1,162 1,179 1,196 1,213 1,231 Distribution System Water Loss Potable 1,497 1,519 1,541 1,563 1,586 Landscape Raw Water from Agricultural
Wells1 Non-Potable 16 16 16 16 16
Landscape Recycled Water Non-Potable 52 52 52 52 52
Industrial Recycled Water Non-Potable 320 320 320 320 320 Commercial Recycled Water Non-Potable 87 87 87 87 87
Institutional/Governmental Recycled Water Non-Potable 28 28 28 28 28 Distribution System Water Loss Recycled Water Non-Potable 6 6 6 6 6 11,325 11,489 11,656 11,825 11,996
509 509 509 509 509
11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Subtotal Potable
NOTES:

1. City well water from agricultural irrigation wells is planned to increase due to modifications to an existing inactive well for irrigation of a planned sports park. Exact water use estimates are currently unavailable but the increase will likely be nominal.

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

Subtotal Non-Potable
Add additional rows as needed.

Submittal Table 4-2 Retail: Total Uses for Potable, and Non-Potable Water — Projected Water Code Section 10631(d)(1)
Projected Water Use
(Report To the Extent that Records are Available)
Additional Description
(as needed)

Are Future Water Savings Included in Projections?
Drop down list (y/n) No
If "Yes" to above, state the section or page number, in the cell to the right, where citations of the codes, ordinances, or otherwise are utilized in demand projections are found.

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

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

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

DWR NOTES: Additional guidance is provided in Appendix K.

Public Water System ID # Reported
in Table 2-1 R Reporting Period Submitted to DWR Water
Loss Audit Program (yes/no)
2020 Yes
2021 Yes
2022 Yes
2023 Yes
2024 Yes
Submittal Table 4-5 Retail: Water Loss Audit Reporting
Water Code Section 10631(d)(3)(A)
CA5710006
DWR NOTES: Suppliers will provide a link to the WUEdata submittals of their Water Loss Audit Reports.

Report submittal status for all five years for each Public Water System as available.

Add rows as needed

2028 Real Water Loss
Standard per Unit per
day
Units for Real
Water Loss
Drop down list
Number of Units
(Connections or Miles
corresponding with
units selected)
Volume of Total Real
Loss
(from AWWA Water
Loss Audit)
(AF)
2028 Apparent Water
Loss Standard per
Unit per Day
Units for
Apparent Water
Loss
Number of
Connections
Volume of Total
Apparent Loss
(from AWWA Water
Loss Audit)
(AF)
CA5710006 Yes 41.9
Gallons per
Service
Connection per
Day (GPSCD)
18,187 844.6 41.5 8.2
Gallons per
Service
Connection per
Day (GPSCD)
18,187 428.4 21.0
Submittal Table 4-6 Retail: Progress Towards 2028 Water Loss Standard Water Code Section 10631(d)(3)(C)
NOTES:

Apparent Water Loss
Did the Water Board Calculate a
Water Loss Standard for this
Public Water System? (y/n)
If no, Supplier will not complete
this row.

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

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

Most Recent AWWA Water Loss Audit
Real Water
Loss Per Unit
per Day
Most Recent AWWA Water Loss Audit
Apparent Water
Loss Per Unit per
Day
State Water Board Standard State Water Board Standard

Actual 2025 GPCD
(From SB X7-7
Compliance Form)
Did Supplier meet
the 2020 Target in
2025?
No Individual Target 232 152 Yes NA
Submittal Table 5-1 Retail: SB X7-7 2020 Target Progress Water Code Section 10608.40
NOTES:

Did Supplier
Achieve Targeted
Reduction for
2020?
Actual 2020 GPCD2020 Target
Regional Alliance
Target or
Individual
Target?
Drop down list
DWR NOTES:

Suppliers calculating a 2025 GPCD will need to complete and submit SB X 7-7 Compliance Tables to verify the use of SB X7-7 Methodologies.

Suppliers that were part of a merger or consolidation since 2020 see Chapter 5 and Appendix P for guidance.

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

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

Was Supplier part of a
merger or
consolidation since
2020?
Groundwater Type
Drop Down List
May use each category
multiple times
Potable or
Non-Potable
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Location or Basin Name 2021 (AF) 2022 (AF) 2023 (AF) 2024 (AF) 2025 (AF) Alluvial Basin Potable
Yolo Subbasin of the
Sacramento Valley
Groundwater Basin
1,534 967 154 185 68
1,534 967 154 185 68
Add additional rows as needed
Submittal Table 6-1 Retail: Groundwater Volume Pumped
Water Code Section 10631(4) and 10631(4)(c)
DWR NOTES:

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

NOTES

1. Total groundwater volumes include water pumped from ASR wells.

2. For each year, total groundwater volumes were composed of 62% (2021), 94% (2022), 100% (2023), 95% (2024), and 100% (2025) ASR well water.

Total
Check the box if the Supplier does not pump groundwater.

Proceed to the next table.

Check the box if all or part of the groundwater described below is desalinated. (OPTIONAL)

Name of Wastewater
Collection Agency
Wastewater
Volume Metered
or Estimated?

OPTIONAL
Drop Down List
Volume of Wastewater
Collected from UWMP
Service Area 2025 (AF)
Name of Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP) and
Place ID Number
Drop down list
Is WWTP Located
Within UWMP
Area?
Drop Down List
City of Woodland Metered 4,759 Woodland Water Pollution Control Facility, Place ID 272960 Yes
4,759
Submittal Table 6-2 Retail: Wastewater Collected Within Service Area Water Code Section 10633(a)
Percentage of 2025 service area population served by wastewater collection system (OPTIONAL)
Percentage of 2025 service area served by wastewater collection system (OPTIONAL) DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

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

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

Add additional rows as needed
Check the box if there is no wastewater collection system.

Proceed to the next table.

NOTES:

Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Treatment Level
Drop down list
Volume
(AF)
Name of other
entity
Woodland Water
Pollution Control
Facility, Place ID 272960
No 4,759 3,502 Tertiary 493 - Tertiary 3,009 - - N/A 4,759 3,502 493 0 3,009 0 0
Submittal Table 6-3 Retail: Wastewater Treatment and Outcomes Within UWMP Service Area Water Code Section 10633(b)
DWR NOTES:

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

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

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

Water Recycled Outside of
UWMP Service Area
(enter data as applicable)
Effluent Discharge that is
not a Permitted Recycled
Water Use
(enter data as applicable)
Required Discharge for
Instream Flow
(enter data as applicable)
Delivered to Another Entity for Additional
Treatment
(enter data as applicable)
Add additional rows as needed
2025 Outcomes of Treated Wastewater
Check the box if no wastewater is treated or disposed of within the UWMP service area.

Proceed to the next table.

Does This Plant
Treat
Wastewater
Generated
Outside the
UWMP Service
Area?
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Wastewater Treatment
Plant Name and Place ID
Number
Drop down list
Total 2025
Volume of
Water
Treated (AF)
NOTES:

Total
2025 Volume of
Wastewater
Received from
UWMP Service
Area
(As Reported in
Submittal Table
6-2 R) (AF)
Water Recycled Within
UWMP Service Area
(enter data as applicable)

Volume Narrative page number
(OPTIONAL)
Landscape irrigation (exc golf
courses) Non-Potable
Four City parks, a school
playground, and sidewalk
landscaping
145 145 145 145 145 145 145 Page 6-15
Geothermal and other energy
production Non-Potable Energy Production1 315 315 315 315 315 315 315 Page 6-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
459 459 459 459 459 459 459
459 459 459 459 459 459 459 0Total
Use Type
Drop down list
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop down list
Additional Information
(as needed)
Add additional rows as needed
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

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

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

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

NOTES:

1. Beneficial use through energy production assumes that the commercial energy production plant in the City remains active. 2050 (AF)2025 (AF) 2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
Check box if recycled water is not used and is not planned for use within the service area of the supplier. The supplier will only complete the column on "Potential Recycled Water Use" and submit an accompanying narrative on the feasibility of that potential recycled water use.

Submittal Table 6-4 Retail: Recycled Water Direct Beneficial Uses Within Service Area Water Code Section 10633 (c),(d),(e)
Potential Recycled Water Use
Name(s) of Facility/ies Producing (Treating) the Recycled Water (OPTIONAL) : Woodland Water Polluction Control Facility (WPCF) Name of Supplier Operating the Recycled Water Distribution System (OPTIONAL) : City of Woodland N/AVolume of Supplemental Water Added in 2025 (OPTIONAL) :

N/ASource of 2025 Supplemental Water (OPTIONAL) :

2020 Projection
for 2025 (AF)
2025 Actual
Use (AF)
152 145
450 315
602 459
Submittal Table 6-5 Retail: 2020 UWMP Recycled Water Use Projection Compared to 2025 Actual
Water Code Section 10633(e)
Check the box if recycled water was not used in 2025 nor previously projected for use in 2020.

Proceed to the next table.

Add additional rows as needed
Landscape irrigation (exc golf courses)
NOTES:

Total
DWR NOTES:

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

Use Type
Drop Down list
Geothermal and other energy production
Name of Action Description Expected Increase in Recycled Water Use (AF)
Phase II of Recycled Pipeline
Project
Construct 100,000 gallon water tank for landscape
irrigation 106
106
106
Total (AF)
DWR NOTES:

Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) MUST remain consistent with units reported in Submittal Table 2-3. This table identifies the unit of measure selected in Submittal Table 2-3.

The unit conversion to Acre Feet addresses the Water Code's requirement that this value be provided in acre-feet.

NOTES:

Submittal Table 6-6 Retail: Methods to Encourage Future Recycled Water Use Water Code Section 10633 (f)
Check the box if the Supplier does not plan to expand recycled water use in the future. Supplier will not complete the table below but will provide narrative explanation.

Provide page location of narrative in the UWMP
Add additional rows as needed
Unit Conversion to AF
Planned Implementation Year
Dependent on Funding
Availability

Drop Down
List
(yes/no)
If Yes, Supplier Name
ASR Wells No Development of ASR wells Potable
One well by 2030
and one well by
2045
All Year Types 2,860 -
4,8501,2,3
Planned for Use in
Year Type
Drop Down List
NOTES:

1. The City expects to inject treated surface water between 120 and 180 days per year depending on how long Term 91 curtailments are in effect during the winter, leaving 185 to 245 days for extraction. Assuming that the two future ASR wells would each have an injection capacity of 1,000 gpm, the City would be able to inject between 1,060 AF to 1,590 AF of additional high quality surface water per year.

2. Assuming the future ASR wells have an extraction capacity of 1,800 gpm, the expected increase in extracted water supply ranges from 2,940 AF to 3,900 AF with 185 to 245 days of extraction per year, respectively.

3. Pumping beyond the stored surface water capacity would result in diminished water quality relative to the surface water, but in the worst-case scenario (e.g., if Term 91 curtailments were in effect 365 days per year during the fifth year of drought), the ASR wells could be pumped 365 days of the year at 1,800 gpm each, resulting in up to 5,810 AF per year of additional supply from the two new ASR wells.

Submittal Table 6-7 Retail: Expected Future Water Supply Projects or Programs Water Code Section 10631(f)
DWR NOTES:

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

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

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

Proceed to the next table.

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

These are the only water supply
categories that will be recognized by the
WUEdata online submittal tool
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop Down list
Actual Volume
(AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes' below
(AF)
Groundwater (not desalinated) Groundwater withdrawn via ASR wells1 Potable 68 Surface water (not desalinated) Purchases from WDCWA Potable 11,095 Groundwater (not desalinated) Raw water from agricultural wells Non-Potable 16 Recycled Water Non-Potable 493
11,163 0
509 0
11,672 0
Submittal Table 6-8 Retail: Water Supplies — Actual
Water Code Section 10631 (b)
2025
NOTES:

1. The City did not supply water from its native groundwater wells in 2025.

DWR NOTES:

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

Total Entitlement: e.g. Water Right, Groundwater Allocation, Contracted Amount.

Add additional rows as needed
Total
Subtotal Potable
Subtotal Non-Potable
Additional Description
(as needed)

Water Supply
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes'
below (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes'
below (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes'
below (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes'
below (AF)
Reasonably
Available
Volume (AF)
Total Entitlement
(OPTIONAL)
See 'DWR Notes'
below (AF)
Surface water (not
desalinated)
City's share of
RWTF capacity Potable 22,849 22,849 30,914 30,914 30,914 Groundwater (not
desalinated)
Groundwater
withdrawn via
ASR wells1,2
Potable
Groundwater (not
desalinated)
Native
groundwater1 Potable
Groundwater (not
desalinated)
Raw water from
Agricultural
Wells3
Non-Potable 16 16 16 16 16
Recycled Water Non-Potable 493 493 493 493 493
22,849 0 22,849 0 30,914 0 30,914 0 30,914 0
509 0 509 0 509 0 509 0 509 0
23,359 0 23,359 0 31,423 0 31,423 0 31,423 0
Submittal Table 6-9 Retail: Water Supplies — Projected
Water Code Section 10631 (b)
Projected Water Supply (Report to the Extent Practicable) Drop down list
May use each category multiple
times. These are the only water
supply categories that will be
recognized by the WUEdata online
submittal tool
Additional Detail
on Water Supply
Potable or Non-Potable
(after treatment if treated)
(OPTIONAL)
Drop Down list
2050 (opt)
Add additional rows as needed
Total
NOTES:

1. No volumes are shown for native groundwater or ASR well water because surface water is expected to be sufficient to meet the City's demands (refer to projected demands in DWR Table 4-2).

2. At times when surface water is insufficient to meet demands, ASR well water is planned to be used. Due to water quality concerns, the native groundwater wells are only planned to be used in the event of an emergency.

3. City well water from agricultural irrigation wells is planned to increase due to modifications to an existing inactive well for irrigation of a planned sports park. Exact water use estimates are currently unavailable but the increase will likely be nominal.
2030 2035 2040 2045
Subtotal Non-Potable
Subtotal Potable
DWR NOTES:

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

Total Entitlement: e.g. Water Right, Groundwater Allocation, Contracted Amount.

Optional Submittal Table O-2: Recommended Energy Reporting - WASTEWATER AND RECYCLED WATER Start Date of Reporting Period 1/1/2025 Only for Water Delivery Products Under the Urban Water Supplier's Operational Control End Date of Reporting Period 12/31/2025 Is upstream embedded energy in the values reported? Water Management Process Units of Measure for Water AF Collection /
Conveyance Treatment Discharge /
Distribution Total
Volume of Wastewater Entering Process (volume units selected above) 4,759 4,759 3,502 13,020 Wastewater Energy Consumed (kWh) 267,046 4,108,445 0 4,375,491 Wastewater Energy Intensity (kWh/volume converted to MG) 172 2,649 0 1,031 Volume of Recycled Water Entering Process (volume units selected above) 0 0 493 493 Recycled Water Energy Consumed (kWh) 0 0 0 0
Recycled Water Energy Intensity (kWh/volume converted to MG) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Start Date of Reporting Period 1/1/2025
End Date of Reporting Period 12/31/2025
Is upstream embedded energy in the
values reported?
Units of Measure for Water AF
Extract and Divert Place into Storage Conveyance Treatment Distribution Total Utility See DWR NOTES Hydropower Net Utility
68 0 0 0 11,672 N/A
100% 0% 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% 0% 100% N/A 0% N/A
354,627 0 0 0 153,261 507,888 507,888
15,922.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.3 N/A 0.0 N/A
Total Volume of Water Entering Each Process for All Product Types Optional Submittal Table O-1C: Recommended Energy Reporting - MULTIPLE WATER DELIVERY PRODUCTS - WATER PROCESS APPROACH Only for Water Delivery Products Under the Urban Water Supplier's Operational Control Water Management Processes Non-Consequential Hydropower (if applicable)
Retail Potable Deliveries (%)
Enter in Column C
of table below
Retail Non-Potable Deliveries (%)
Wholesale Potable Deliveries(%)
Wholesale Non-Potable Deliveries (%)
Agricultural Deliveries (%)
Environmental Deliveries (%)
Other (%)
Total Percentage [must equal 100%]
Total Energy Consumed by Each Process for All Product Types (kWh) Energy Intensity (kWh/vol. converted to MG)
DWR NOTES: The volume of water entered in the “Total Utility” column should equal the volume of water entering the distribution system (excluding recycled water); in most cases, this is the total volume calculated in UWMP Table 4-1: 2025 Actual Total Uses for Potable and Non-Potable Water. Note if recycled water is included in your Submittal Table 4-1, you must exclude it from your volume in this table.

% of Average Supply
Average Year 2021 100%
Single-Dry Year 2016 89%
Consecutive Dry Years 1st Year 2016 89%
Consecutive Dry Years 2nd Year 2017 92%
Consecutive Dry Years 3rd Year 2018 94%
Consecutive Dry Years 4th Year 2019 91%
Consecutive Dry Years 5th Year 2020 104%
10,054
8,934
Year Type
Base Year
If not using a calendar
year, type in the last
year of the fiscal,
water year, or range
of years, for example,
water year 2024-
2025, use 2025
Optional Submittal Table 7-1 Retail: Basis of Water Year Data (Reliability Assessment) Available Supplies if
Year Type Repeats
Check the box if quantification of available supplies is not compatible with this table and is provided elsewhere in the UWMP.

Location: [insert location from UWMP]
Volume Available (AF)
Quantification of available supplies is provided in this table as either volume only, percent only, or both.
8,934
9,231
NOTES:

1. Volume available for the average year reflects the 5-year average from 2021-2025. 2021 was the year with usage closest to the average; actual water usage for 2021 was 10,093 AF.
9,485
9,172
10,503
DWR NOTES: Supplier may use multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R if different water sources have different base years and the supplier chooses to report the base years for each water source separately. If a Supplier uses multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R, in the "Note" section of each submittal table, state that multiple versions of Submittal Table 7-1 R are being used and identify the particular water source that is being reported in each submittal table.

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

2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals
(autofill from Submittal Table 6-
9 R)
23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals
(autofill from Submittal Table 4-
2 R)
11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation
benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings
benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
Submittal Table 7-2 Retail: Normal Year Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635 (a)
NOTES:

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

Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply
augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction
savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2050 (AF)
DWR NOTES : Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

NOTES
Submittal Table 7-3 Retail: Single Dry Year Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF)

2030 (AF) 2035 (AF) 2040 (AF) 2045 (AF) 2050 (AF)
Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Supply totals 23,359 23,359 31,423 31,423 31,423
Use totals 11,834 11,998 12,165 12,334 12,506
Surplus/(shortfall) 11,524 11,360 19,258 19,089 18,918
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
Submittal Table 7-4 Retail: Multiple Dry Years Supply and Use Comparison Water Code Section 10635(a)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
Second year
Third year
Fifth year
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP ActionsFourth year
NOTES:

First year
OPTIONAL WSCP Actions

2026 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,195
Total Supplies (AF) 29,900
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 18,705
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2027 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,228
Total Supplies (AF) 28,030
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 16,802
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2028 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,260
Total Supplies (AF) 26,159
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 14,899
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2029 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,293
Total Supplies (AF) 24,289
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 12,996
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
2030 Total
Total Water Use (AF) 11,325
Total Supplies (AF) 22,418
Surplus/Shortfall w/o WSCP Action 11,093
WSCP - supply augmentation benefit (AF)
WSCP - use reduction savings benefit (AF)
Revised Surplus/(shortfall)
NOTES:

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

Submittal Table 7-5 Retail: Five-Year Drought Risk Assessment Water Code Section 10635(b)(3)
OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation) OPTIONAL Planned WSCP Actions (use reduction and supply augmentation)

Standard
Shortage
Levels
Percent Shortage
Range
Suppliers
Shortage
Levels
Percent
Shortage Range
1 Up to 10%
2 Up to 20%
3 Up to 30%
4 Up to 40%
5 Up to 50%
6 >50%
Submittal Table 8-1: Cross-reference for Standard vs
Supplier Shortage Levels
Water Code Section 10632(a)(3)(B)
Check the box if the Supplier uses the Standard
six levels of water shortage.

Proceed to the next table.

NOTES:

Yes
Volume or
Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap Reduction
Value
(May be a range) (AF)
0 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap Purpose is to help boost and support water
conservation measures at all times and
increase outreach as the shortage gap
increases.
0 Other Actions (describe) Volume Up to the shortage gap Water use surveys: Utility customers are able
to monitor daily/hourly water use and set up
leak alerts through AquaHawk, the City's
water use dashboard.
0 Other Actions (describe) Volume Up to the shortage gap Provide water conservation rebates: The City
currently offers rebates for mulch (up to
$100), rain barrels (up to 2 purchases, $75
each), and weather-based irrigation
controller rebates (up to $150).
0 Other Actions (describe) Volume Up to the shortage gap Water main replacement projects: The City
conducts annual construction projects to
repair and replace water distribution
infrastructure.
1 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 10 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
1 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 1 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water. 2 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 20 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
2 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 2 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water. 3 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 30 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
3 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 3 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water. 4 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 40 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
4 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 4 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water. 5 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 50 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
5 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 5 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water. 6 Expand Public Information Campaign Volume Up to the shortage gap 60 percent water demand reduction anticipated.
6 Other Purchases Volume Up to the shortage gap Pursue water purchases (WDCWA). 6 Stored Emergency Supply Volume Up to the shortage gap Pump stored ASR water.

Submittal Table 8-2 Retail: Supply Augmentation and Other Actions Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(A),(C) and (E)
Add additional rows as needed
NOTES:

Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) How much is this going to reduce the
shortage gap?
DWR NOTES: Units of measure (AF, CCF, MG) must remain consistent throughout the UWMP as reported in Submittal Table 2-3.

Shortage
Level
Supply Augmentation Methods and
Other Actions by Water Supplier
Drop down list
These are the only categories that will be
accepted by the WUEdata online submittal tool
Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)

Yes
Volume or Percentage
Drop down
Shortage Gap
Reduction Value
(May be a range) (AF)
0 Expand Public Information Campaign Percentage Up to 20% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. No 0 Offer Water Use Surveys Percentage Up to 0.5%
Increase awareness of AquaHawk program to help
customers monitor their daily/hourly water use and
set up leak alerts.

No
0 Reduce System Water Loss Percentage Up to 35% Annual construction projects are completed to repair and replace water distribution infrastructure. No
0 Landscape - Restrict or prohibit runoff
from landscape irrigation Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
0 Other - Customers must repair leaks,
breaks, and malfunctions in a timely
manner
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% Yes
0 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% New non-functional turf shall be restricted for commercial, institutional, and industrial users. Yes
1 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes 1 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 10%. Yes 1 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5% Yes
1 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes 1 CII - Restaurants may only serve water
upon request Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
2 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes 2 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 20%. Yes 2 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% Yes
2 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% Yes 2 Water Features - Restrict water use for
decorative water features, such as
fountains
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
2 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5% Yes
2 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes 2 CII - Restaurants may only serve water
upon request Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
2 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation
to specific days Percentage Up to 25% Outdoor watering restricted to 3 days per week. Yes 3 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes 3 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 30%. Yes 3 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5%
Prohibit use of potable water for washing buildings,
hardscapes, and equipment, unless otherwise
approved.

Yes
3 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes 3 CII - Restaurants may only serve water
upon request Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
3 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation
to specific days Percentage Up to 3% Outdoor watering restricted to 2 days per week. Yes 3 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% All non-residential users are to reduce irrigation by 40% for existing landscapes. Yes
3 Other Percentage Up to 0.5% Prohibit vehicle washing without use of a bucket and hose equipped with a self-closing valve. Yes
3 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5%
New or expanding landscapes are limited to drought-
tolerant trees, shrubs, and groundcover. No new turf
grass shall be placed, hydroseeded, or laid.

Yes
3 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except
at facilities using recycled or
recirculating water
Percentage Up to 5% Yes
3 Pools - Allow filling of swimming pools
only when an appropriate cover is in
place.

Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
3 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage Up to 0.5% Operators of hotels, motels, and other commercial
establishments offering lodging shall post in each
room and cite a notice of water shortage condition,
approved by the Public Works Director.

Yes
3 Water Features - Restrict water use for
decorative water features, such as
fountains
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
4 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes Shortage
Level
Demand Reduction Actions
Drop down list
These are the only categories that will be
accepted by the WUEdata online submittal
tool. Select those that apply.

Additional Explanation or Reference
(OPTIONAL)
Penalty, Charge, or
Other
Enforcement?
For Retail Suppliers Only
Drop Down List
Is the Supplier completing this table using the standard six levels? (yes/no) Submittal Table 8-3 Retail: Demand Reduction Actions
Water Code Section 10632(a)(4)(B),(D), and (E)
Add additional rows as needed
How much is this going to reduce the shortage
gap?

4 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 40%. Yes 4 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5% Yes
4 Other - Require automatic shut of hoses Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes 4 CII - Restaurants may only serve water
upon request Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
4 Landscape - Prohibit certain types of
landscape irrigation Percentage Up to 0.5% Irrigation of any landscaping except trees or drought- tolerant plantings is prohibited. Yes
4 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5% All non-residential users are to reduce irrigation by 40% for existing landscapes. Yes
4 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except
at facilities using recycled or
recirculating water
Percentage Up to 5% Yes
4 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5%
New or expanding landscapes are limited to drought-
tolerant trees, shrubs, and groundcover. No new turf
grass shall be placed, hydroseeded, or laid.

Yes
4 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage Up to 0.5% Operators of hotels, motels, and other commercial
establishments offering lodging shall post in each
room and cite a notice of water shortage condition,
approved by the Public Works Director.

Yes
4 Water Features - Restrict water use for
decorative water features, such as
fountains
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
4 Other water feature or swimming pool
restriction Percentage Up to 0.5% Filling pools and spas is prohibited. Yes 5 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes 5 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 50%. Yes 5 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5% Yes
5 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except
at facilities using recycled or
recirculating water
Percentage Up to 5% Yes
5 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5%
New or expanding landscapes are limited to drought-
tolerant trees, shrubs, and groundcover. No new turf
grass shall be placed, hydroseeded, or laid.

Yes
5 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage Up to 0.5% Operators of hotels, motels, and other commercial
establishments offering lodging shall post in each
room and cite a notice of water shortage condition,
approved by the Public Works Director.

Yes
5 Water Features - Restrict water use for
decorative water features, such as
fountains
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
5 Other water feature or swimming pool
restriction Percentage Up to 0.5% Filling pools and spas is prohibited. Yes 6 Other Percentage Up to 3% Encourage water users to reduce water waste. Yes 6 Other Percentage Up to 3% City water users shall reduce water use by 50%. Yes 6 Other - Prohibit use of potable water
for washing hard surfaces Percentage Up to 5% Yes
6 Other - Prohibit vehicle washing except
at facilities using recycled or
recirculating water
Percentage Up to 5% Yes
6 Landscape - Other landscape restriction
or prohibition Percentage Up to 5%
New or expanding landscapes are limited to drought-
tolerant trees, shrubs, and groundcover. No new turf
grass shall be placed, hydroseeded, or laid.

Yes
6 CII - Other CII restriction or prohibition Percentage Up to 0.5% Operators of hotels, motels, and other commercial
establishments offering lodging shall post in each
room and cite a notice of water shortage condition,
approved by the Public Works Director.

Yes
6 Other water feature or swimming pool
restriction Percentage Up to 0.5% Filling pools and spas is prohibited. Yes 6 Water Features - Restrict water use for
decorative water features, such as
fountains
Percentage Up to 0.5% Yes
NOTES:

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

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

DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Checklist

Appendix C

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-1 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x x Chapter 1 10615 A plan shall describe and evaluate sources of supply, reasonable and practical efficient uses,
reclamation and demand management activities.

Introduction and
Overview
n/a Executive
Summary
x x Chapter 1 10630.5 Each plan shall include a simple description of the Supplier’s plan including water availability,
future requirements, a strategy for meeting
needs, and other pertinent information.

Additionally, a Supplier may also choose to
include a simple description at the beginning of
each chapter.

Plan Preparation n/a Executive
Summary
x x Section 2.1 10620(b) Every person that becomes a Supplier shall adopt UWMP within one year after it has become a
Supplier.

Plan Preparation n/a Section 2.1
x n/a Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report the Public Water Systems number, volume of delivered water, and number
of connections that are included in this UWMP.

Plan Preparation 2-1 Section 2.1
x x Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report if this UWMP is an individual UWMP and whether the Supplier
belongs to a regional UWMP or regional alliance.

Plan Preparation 2-2 Section 2.3
x x Section 2.5 10644 Supplier shall report whether the data is in fiscal or calendar years and the units of measure used
for reporting water volumes.

Plan Preparation 2-3 Section 2.4
x x Section 2.4 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier has encouraged active involvement of
diverse social, cultural, and economic elements
of the population within the service area prior to
and during the preparation of the plan and
contingency plan.

Plan Preparation n/a Section 2.5.2
x x Section 2.4.2 10620(d)(3) Coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other
Suppliers that share a common source, water
management agencies, and relevant public
agencies, to the extent practicable.

Plan Preparation n/a Section 2.5
x n/a Section 2.4.1 10631(h) Retail Suppliers will include documentation that they have provided their Wholesale Supplier(s)—
if any—with water use projections from
that source.

Plan Preparation 2-4 R Section 2.5.1
n/a x Section 2.4.1 10631(h) Wholesale Suppliers will provide their Suppliers with identification and quantification of the
existing and planned sources of water available
from the Wholesale Supplier to the Supplier
during various water year types.

Plan Preparation 2-4 W n/a; City is not a
Wholesale
Supplier
x x Chapter 3.0 10631(a) Describe the Supplier service area. System Description n/a Section 3.1 x x Section 3.3 10631(a) Describe the climate of the Supplier’s service area.

System Description n/a Section 3.3
x x Section 3.4.1 10631(a) Provide the current and projected service area populations for 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045 and
optionally 2050.

System Description 3-1 Section 3.4.1
x x Section 3.4.2 10631(a) Describe other social, economic, and demographic factors affecting the Supplier’s
water management planning.

System Description n/a Section 3.4.2
x x Section 3.5 10631(a) Describe the land uses within the service area… include the current and projected land uses
within the existing or anticipated service area
affecting the Supplier’s water management
planning. Describe the land uses within the
service area.

System Description
and Baselines
n/a Section 3.5
x Optional Sections 4.2.3
and 4.2.4
10631(d)(1) Quantify past, current, and projected water use, identifying the uses among water use sectors.

System Water Use 4-1 and 4-2 Sections 4.2.1 –

4.2.3 x Optional Section 4.3.1 10631(d)(3)(A) Report the distribution system water loss for each of the five years preceding the plan update.

System Water Use 4-5 Section 4.3 and
Appendix E
x n/a Section 4.3.2 10631(d)(3)(C) Retail Suppliers shall provide data to show the distribution loss standards were met.

System Water Use 4-6 Section 4.3
x n/a Section 4.2.5.4 10631.1(a) Include projected water use needed for lower income housing projected in the service area of
the Supplier.

System Water Use 4-3 Section 4.2.6
x n/a Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(A) In projected water use, include estimates of water savings from adopted codes, plans, and
other policies or laws.

System Water Use 4-3 Section 4.2.5
x n/a Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(B) Provide citations of codes, standards, ordinances, or plans used to make water
use projections.

System Water Use 4-3 Section 4.2.3

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-2 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x n/a Section 4.2.5.3 10631(d)(4)(B)(ii) To the extent that a Supplier reports the information described in subparagraph (A), an
urban water Supplier shall… Indicate the extent
that the water use projections consider savings
from codes, standards, ordinances, or
transportation and land use plans. Water use
projections that do not account for these water
savings shall be noted of that fact.

System Water Use 4-3 Section 4.2.5
x x Section 4.2.5.6 10635(b) Demands under climate change considerations must be included as part of the drought
risk assessment.

System Water Use n/a Sections 4.4
and 6.11
n/a x Section 5.1 10608.36 Wholesale Suppliers shall include an assessment of present and proposed future measures,
programs, and policies to help their Retail
Suppliers achieve targeted water use reductions.

Baselines and
Targets
n/a n/a; City is not a
Wholesale
Supplier
x n/a Section 5.2 10608.4 Retail Suppliers shall report on their compliance in meeting their water use targets. Reporting
requirements will vary depending on whether
the Supplier:
• Was considered an urban retail water
supplier in 2020,
• Met its 2020 target in 2020, or
• Was part of a merger or consolidation
since 2020.

Chapter 5 Subsections 5.2.1, 5.2.2, and 5.2.3
address each of these situations.

Baselines and
Targets
5-1 Section 5.2
x x Section 6.1 10631(b)(2) When multiple sources of water supply are identified, describe the management of
each supply in relationship to other
identified supplies.

System Supplies n/a Section 6.1
x x 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,
including changes in supply due to
climate change.

System Supplies n/a Sections 6.1,

6.2.3, 6.3, 6.6.4,

7.1.3, and 7.1.4
x x Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(C) Indicate whether groundwater is an existing or planned source of water available to the
Supplier. If groundwater is identified as an
existing or planned source of water… (include) a
detailed description and analysis of the location,
amount and sufficiency of groundwater pumped
by the Supplier for the past five years.

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

System Supplies n/a Section 6.2.1
x x Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) Describe the groundwater basin. System Supplies n/a Section 6.2 x x 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 6.2.1
x x Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) For unadjudicated basins… (include) information as to whether DWR has identified the basin as a
high- or medium-priority basin in the most
current official departmental bulletin…
Water Supplies and
Recycled Water
n/a Section 6.2.1
x x Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(B) For unadjudicated basins… describe efforts by the Supplier to coordinate with sustainability or
groundwater agencies to achieve sustainable
groundwater conditions.

Water Supplies and
Recycled Water
n/a Section 6.2.1
x x Section 6.2.2. 10631(b)(4)(C) If groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water… (include) a detailed
description and analysis of the location, amount
and sufficiency of groundwater pumped by the
Supplier for the past five years.

System Supplies n/a Section 6.2
x x Section 6.2.2 10631(b)(4)(D) Provide a detailed description and analysis of the amount and location of groundwater that is
projected to be pumped.

System Supplies 6-9 Section 6.2.3
x x Section 6.1 10631(b) Identify and quantify the existing and planned sources of water available for 2025, 2030, 2035,
2040, 2045 and optionally 2050.

System Supplies 6-8 and 6-9 Sections 6.1,

6.2.3, and 6.6.4

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-3 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x x 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 n/a Section 6.8
x n/a 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)
6-2 Section 6.6.1
x x Section 6.2.5 10633(b) Describe the quantity of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, is being
discharged, and is otherwise available for use in
a recycled water project.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
6-3 Section 6.6.1.1
x x Section 6.2.5 10633(c) Describe the recycled water currently being used in the Supplier's service area.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
6-4 Section 6.6.4
x x 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)
6-4 Section 6.6.4
x x 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 describe the actual use
of recycled water in comparison to uses
previously projected.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
6-4 and 6-5 Section 6.6.4
x x Section 6.2.5 10633(f) Describe the actions that may be taken to encourage the use of recycled water and the
projected results of these actions in terms of
acre-feet of recycled water used per year.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
6-6 Section 6.6.5
x x Section 6.2.5 10633(g) Provide a plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the Supplier's service area.

System Supplies
(Recycled Water)
n/a Section 6.6.5
x x Section 6.2.6 10631(g) Describe desalinated water project opportunities for long-term supply.

System Supplies 6-7 Section 6.7
x x Section 6.2.10 10631(f) Describe the expected future water supply projects and programs that may be undertaken
by the water Supplier to address water supply
reliability in average, single-dry, and for a period
of drought lasting five consecutive water years.

System Supplies 6-7 Section 6.9
x x Section 6.3 and
Appendix O
10631.2(a) The UWMP must include energy information,
as stated in the code, that a Supplier can
readily obtain.

System Suppliers,
Energy Intensity
O-1A, O-1B,
O-1C, and
O-2
Section 6.12
x Section 7.1 10634 Provide information on the quality of existing sources of water available to the Supplier and
the manner in which water quality affects water
management strategies and supply reliability.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
n/a Sections 7.1.1.1.2
and 7.1.1.2
x x Section 7.2 10635(a) Service Reliability Assessment: Assess the water supply reliability during normal, dry, and a
drought lasting five consecutive water years by
comparing the total water supply sources
available to the Supplier with the total projected
water use over the next 20 years.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
7-2, 7-3,
and 7-4
Section 7.1
x x Section 7.2.3 10620(f) Describe water management tools and options to maximize resources and minimize the need to
import water from other regions.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
n/a Section 7.2
x x 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
n/a Section 7.3
x x 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 five consecutive years.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
n/a Section 7.3.1
x x Section 7.3 10635(b)(2) Include a determination of the reliability of each source of supply under a variety of water
shortage conditions.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
n/a Sections 7.1.3 and

7.1.4 x x Section 7.3 10635(b)(3) Include a comparison of the total water supply sources available to the Supplier with the total
projected water use for the drought period.

Water Supply
Reliability
Assessment
7-5 Section 7.3.3
x x 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
n/a Section 7.1.1

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-4 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x x Chapter 8 10632(a) Provide a water shortage contingency plan (WSCP) with specified elements below.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G
x x Chapter 8 10632(a)(1) Provide an analysis of water supply reliability (from Guidebook Chapter 7) in the WSCP.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 2.0
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

Section 3.1
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

Sections 3.2 and

3.3 x x Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(A) Define six standard water shortage levels of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% shortage, and greater than
50% shortage. These levels shall be based on
supply conditions, including percent reductions
in supply, changes in groundwater levels,
changes in surface elevation, or other conditions.

The shortage levels shall also apply to a
catastrophic interruption of supply.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 4.0
x x Section 8.3 10632(a)(3)(B) Suppliers with an existing WSCP that uses different water shortage levels must cross
reference their categories with the six
standard categories.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
8-1 n/a; City uses the
six standard
water shortage
level categories
x x Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(A) Suppliers with WSCPs that align with the defined shortage levels must specify locally appropriate
supply augmentation actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
8-2 Appendix G:

Section 5.3
x x Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(B) Specify locally appropriate demand reduction actions to adequately respond to shortages.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
8-3 Appendix G:

Section 5.1
x x Section 8.4 10632(a)(4)(C) Specify locally appropriate operational changes. Water Shortage Contingency
Planning
8-2 Appendix G:

Section 5.4
x x 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
8-3 Appendix G:

Section 5.2
x x 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
8-2 and 8-3 Appendix G:

Sections 5.2 and

5.3 x x Section 8.4.6 10632.5 The UWMP shall include a seismic risk assessment and mitigation plan.

Water Shortage
Contingency Plan
n/a Section 8.3.1
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

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

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 6
x n/a Section 8.6 10632(a)(6) Retail Supplier must describe how it will ensure compliance with and enforce provisions of
the WSCP.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 7.0
x x Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(A) Describe the legal authority that empowers the Supplier to enforce shortage response actions.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 8.0
x x Section 8.7 10632(a)(7)(B) Provide a statement that the Supplier will declare a water shortage emergency per Water
Code Chapter 3. Water Shortage Emergencies.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 8.0
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

Section 8.0
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

Section 9.0
x x 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
n/a Appendix G:

Section 9.0

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-5 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x n/a 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
n/a Appendix G:

Section 9.0
x n/a Section 8.9 10632(a)(9) Retail Suppliers must describe the monitoring and reporting requirements and procedures that
ensure appropriate data are collected, tracked,
and analyzed for purposes of monitoring
customer compliance.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 10.0
x x Section 8.10 10632(a)(10) Describe reevaluation and improvement procedures for monitoring and evaluation of the
WSCP to ensure risk tolerance is adequate and
appropriate water shortage mitigation strategies
are implemented.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 11.0
x n/a Section 8.11 10632(b) Analyze and define water features that are artificially supplied with water, including ponds,
lakes, waterfalls, and fountains, separately from
swimming pools and spas.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 5.2.1
x x Section 8.12 10632(c) Make available the WSCP to customers and any city or county where it provides water within 30
days after adoption of the plan.

Water Shortage
Contingency
Planning
n/a Appendix G:

Section 12.0
x n/a Sections 9.1 10631(e)(1) Retail Suppliers shall provide a description of the nature and extent of each demand management
measure implemented over the past five years.

The description will address specific measures
listed in code.

Demand
Management
Measures
n/a Section 9.1
n/a x Sections 9.2 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 n/a; City is not a
Wholesale
Supplier
x n/a 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
n/a Section 10.2
x x Section 10.2.1 10621(b) Notify, at least 60 days prior to the public hearing, any city or county within which the
Supplier provides water that the Supplier will be
reviewing the UWMP and considering
amendments or changes to the plan.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
10-1 Section 10.2.1
x x Section 10.4 10621(f) Each urban water Supplier shall update and submit its 2025 plan to DWR by July 1, 2026.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.4
x x Sections 10.2.2,

10.3, and 10.5
10642 Provide supporting documentation that the
Supplier made the UWMP and WSCP available
for public inspection, published notice of the
public hearing, and held a public hearing about
the UWMP and WSCP.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Appendix D
x x Section 10.2.2 10642 The Supplier is to provide the time and place of the hearing to any city or county within which
the Supplier provides water.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
10-1 Section 10.3 and
Appendix D
x x Section 10.3.2 10642 Provide supporting documentation that the UWMP and WSCP has been adopted as prepared
or modified.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.3 and
Appendix K
x x Section 10.4 10644(a) Provide supporting documentation that the Supplier has submitted their UWMP to the
California State Library.

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

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.5
x x Sections 10.4.1
and 10.4.2
10644(a)(2) The UWMP, or amendments to the UWMP,
submitted to DWR shall be submitted
electronically.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.4
x x Section 10.7.2 10644(b) If revised, submit a copy of the WSCP to DWR within 30 days of adoption.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Appendix G:

Section 11.0
x x Section 10.5 10645(a) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its UWMP
with DWR, the Supplier has or will make the plan
available for public review during normal
business hours.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.5

Appendix C
DWR 2025 Urban Water Management Checklist

N-C-204-60-25-28-WP
C-6 City of Woodland
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
Last Revised: 03-09-26

Retail
x = required
Wholesale
x = required
2025
Guidebook
Location
Water Code
Section
Summary as
Applies to UWMP Subject
Relevant
Submittal
Table
2025 UWMP
Location
x x Section 10.5 10645(b) Provide supporting documentation that, not later than 30 days after filing a copy of its WSCP
with DWR, the Supplier has or will make the plan
available for public review during normal
business hours.

Plan Adoption,
Submittal, and
Implementation
n/a Section 10.5
x x 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 n/a

Agency and Public Notices

Appendix D

Distribution System Water Loss Audits

Appendix E

Water Audit Report for:

Reporting Year:

All volumes to be entered as: MILLION GALLONS (US) PER YEAR Master Meter and Supply Error Adjustments
WATER SUPPLIED Pcnt: Value:

Volume from own sources: 4 373.311 MG/Yr 8 MG/Yr
Water imported: 7 3,481.169 MG/Yr n/a MG/Yr
Water exported: n/a 0.000 MG/Yr n/a MG/Yr
Enter negative % or value for under-registration
WATER SUPPLIED: 3,373.513 MG/Yr Enter positive % or value for over-registration .

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
Billed metered: 8 3,024.999 MG/Yr
Billed unmetered: 10 0.880 MG/Yr
Unbilled metered: n/a MG/Yr Pcnt: Value:

Unbilled unmetered: 5 8.434 MG/Yr 1.25% MG/Yr24061
AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION: 3,034.313 MG/Yr
WATER LOSSES (Water Supplied - Authorized Consumption) 339.200 MG/Yr Apparent Losses Pcnt: Value:

Unauthorized consumption: 8.434 MG/Yr 0.25% MG/Yr
Customer metering inaccuracies: 8 32.409 MG/Yr 1.06% MG/Yr Systematic data handling errors: 5 7.562 MG/Yr 0.25% MG/Yr Apparent Losses: 48.405 MG/Yr
Real Losses (Current Annual Real Losses or CARL)
Real Losses = Water Losses - Apparent Losses: 290.795 MG/Yr WATER LOSSES: 339.200 MG/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
NON-REVENUE WATER: 347.634 MG/Yr
= Water Losses + Unbilled Metered + Unbilled Unmetered

SYSTEM DATA
Length of mains: 9 284.2 miles
Number of active AND inactive service connections: 9 16,767 Service connection density: 59 conn./mile main
Yes
Average length of customer service line: ft
Average operating pressure: 8 56.0 psi

COST DATA
Total annual cost of operating water system: 10 $24,227,978 $/Year Customer retail unit cost (applied to Apparent Losses): 9 $4.13 Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses): 5 $2,675.33 $/Million gallons WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY SCORE:

PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION:
1: Water imported
2: Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses)
3: Unauthorized consumption
Based on the information provided, audit accuracy can be improved by addressing the following components:
$/100 cubic feet (ccf)
<----------- Enter grading in column 'E' and 'J' ----------> Default option selected for unauthorized consumption - a grading of 5 is applied but not displayed *** YOUR SCORE IS: 75 out of 100 ***
A weighted scale for the components of consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score 480.967
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8.434
2020 1/2020 - 12/2020
City of Woodland (CA571006)
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Water Audit Report for:

Reporting Year:

All volumes to be entered as: MILLION GALLONS (US) PER YEAR Master Meter and Supply Error Adjustments
WATER SUPPLIED Pcnt: Value:

Volume from own sources: 5 809.029 MG/Yr 8 MG/Yr
Water imported: 7 3,122.001 MG/Yr 5 MG/Yr
Water exported: n/a 0.000 MG/Yr MG/Yr
Enter negative % or value for under-registration
WATER SUPPLIED: 3,234.736 MG/Yr Enter positive % or value for over-registration .

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
Billed metered: 7 2,807.294 MG/Yr
Billed unmetered: 10 1.693 MG/Yr
Unbilled metered: n/a 0.000 MG/Yr Pcnt: Value:

Unbilled unmetered: 5 8.087 MG/Yr 1.25% MG/Yr24061
AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION: 2,817.073 MG/Yr
WATER LOSSES (Water Supplied - Authorized Consumption) 417.662 MG/Yr Apparent Losses Pcnt: Value:

Unauthorized consumption: 4 8.087 MG/Yr 0.25% MG/Yr
Customer metering inaccuracies: 6 41.016 MG/Yr 1.44% MG/Yr Systematic data handling errors: 5 7.018 MG/Yr 0.25% MG/Yr Apparent Losses: 56.121 MG/Yr
Real Losses (Current Annual Real Losses or CARL)
Real Losses = Water Losses - Apparent Losses: 361.542 MG/Yr WATER LOSSES: 417.662 MG/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
NON-REVENUE WATER: 425.749 MG/Yr
= Water Losses + Unbilled Metered + Unbilled Unmetered

SYSTEM DATA
Length of mains: 9 281.9 miles
Number of active AND inactive service connections: 9 16,977 Service connection density: 60 conn./mile main
Yes
Average length of customer service line: ft
Average operating pressure: 8 56.0 psi

COST DATA
Total annual cost of operating water system: 10 $25,320,413 $/Year Customer retail unit cost (applied to Apparent Losses): 9 $4.70 Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses): 5 $3,318.56 $/Million gallons WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY SCORE:

PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION:
1: Water imported
2: Variable production cost (applied to Real Losses)
3: Volume from own sources
AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Reporting Worksheet

8.087
2021 1/2021 - 12/2021
City of Woodland (CA5710006)
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To select the correct data grading for each input, determine the highest grade where the utility meets or exceeds all criteria for that grade and all grades below it.

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v5.0 Reporting Worksheet 1

Water Audit Report for:

Audit Year:

All volumes to be entered as: MILLION GALLONS (US) PER YEAR WATER SUPPLIED choose entry option:

VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 4 335.180 MG/Yr n g 8 percent MG/Yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 3 3,465.072 MG/Yr n g 4 volume MG/Yr over-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr n g n/a percent MG/Yr select….. WEEA 3,091.175 MG/Yr
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AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 2,667.320 MG/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g 4 0.963 MG/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 3 6.671 MG/Yr 0.25% default MG/Yr24061 Default option selected for Unbilled Unmetered, with automatic data grading of 3 2,674.954 MG/Yr
WATER LOSSES 416.221 MG/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 6.671 MG/Yr 0.25% default MG/Yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 7 55.824 MG/Yr 2.05% percent MG/Yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 3 6.671 MG/Yr 0.25% default MG/Yr Default option selected for Unauthorized Consumption, with automatic data grading of 3

69.166 MG/Yr
Real Losses
347.055 MG/Yr
416.221 MG/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
422.892 MG/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 7 280.0 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 8 17,663 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 63 conn./mile main
Yes
Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 7 56.4 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 7 $4.59
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 3 $3,709.65 $/Million gallons $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
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dashboard
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: 49.9 gal/conn/day 2: Billed Unmetered (BUAC) Unit Apparent Losses: 8.1 gal/conn/day 3: Variable Production Cost (VPC) Unit Real LossesA: 41.8 gal/conn/day Unit Real LossesB: gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

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

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier II (26-50). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/100 cubic feet (ccf)
$20,232,774
Total Annual Operating Cost
Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

6.100
City of Woodland
709.077
Jan 01 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar 2022
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

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

Copyright © 2020, All Rights Reserved.

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

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1

Water Audit Report for:

Audit Year:

All volumes to be entered as: MILLION GALLONS (US) PER YEAR WATER SUPPLIED choose entry option:

VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 3 50.746 MG/Yr n g 8 percent MG/Yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 6 3,505.067 MG/Yr n g 6 volume MG/Yr over-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr n g n/a percent MG/Yr select….. WEEA 2,962.521 MG/Yr
.

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 2,528.929 MG/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g 4 0.236 MG/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 8 10.518 MG/Yr 0.25% custom MG/Yr24061 2,539.683 MG/Yr
WATER LOSSES 422.838 MG/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 6.323 MG/Yr 0.25% default MG/Yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 7 78.214 MG/Yr 3.00% percent MG/Yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 4 37.373 MG/Yr 0.25% custom MG/Yr 121.910 MG/Yr
Real Losses
300.928 MG/Yr
422.838 MG/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
433.356 MG/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 10 280.0 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 8 17,923 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 64 conn./mile main
Yes
Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 7 56.5 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 9 $4.65
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 8 $512.09 $/Million gallons $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
go to
dashboard
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: 64.1 gal/conn/day 2: Billed Unmetered (BUAC) Unit Apparent Losses: 14.5 gal/conn/day 3: Billed Metered (BMAC) Unit Real LossesA: 41.8 gal/conn/day Unit Real LossesB: 46 gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

If entering an
Error Adjustment,
select under- or over-
registration

37.373
WATER SUPPLIED:

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier III (51-70). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/100 cubic feet (ccf)
$36,790,747
Total Annual Operating Cost
Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

10.518
City of Woodland
593.292
Jan 01 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar 2023
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

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

Copyright © 2020, All Rights Reserved.

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

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1

Water Audit Report for:

Audit Year:

All volumes to be entered as: MILLION GALLONS (US) PER YEAR WATER SUPPLIED choose entry option:

VOS Volume from Own Sources: n g 3 63.294 MG/Yr n g 8 percent MG/Yr under-registration VOSEA WI Water Imported: n g 6 3,468.364 MG/Yr n g 6 volume MG/Yr over-registration WIEA WE Water Exported: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr n g n/a percent MG/Yr select….. WEEA 3,272.404 MG/Yr
.

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION
BMAC Billed Metered: n g 8 2,770.004 MG/Yr
BUAC Billed Unmetered: n g 10 0.119 MG/Yr
UMAC Unbilled Metered: n g n/a 0.000 MG/Yr choose entry option:

UUAC Unbilled Unmetered: n g 8 88.449 MG/Yr 0.25% custom MG/Yr24061 2,858.572 MG/Yr
WATER LOSSES 413.832 MG/Yr
Apparent Losses
Default option selected for Systematic Data Handling Errors, with automatic data grading of 3 choose entry option:

SDHE Systematic Data Handling Errors: n g 3 6.925 MG/Yr 0.25% default MG/Yr CMI Customer Metering Inaccuracies: n g 7 115.417 MG/Yr 4.00% percent MG/Yr under-registration UC Unauthorized Consumption: n g 4 16.925 MG/Yr 0.25% custom MG/Yr 139.267 MG/Yr
Real Losses
274.565 MG/Yr
413.832 MG/Yr

NON-REVENUE WATER
502.281 MG/Yr

SYSTEM DATA
Lm Length of mains: n g 10 280.4 miles (including fire hydrant lead lengths) Nc Number of service connections: n g 8 18,187 (active and inactive) Service connection density: 65 conn./mile main
Yes
Lp Average length of (private) customer service line: n g 10 ft (average distance between property line and meter) AOP Average Operating Pressure: n g 8 56.0 psi

COST DATA
CRUC Customer Retail Unit Charge: n g 7 $4.79
VPC Variable Production Cost: n g 3 $92.46 $/Million gallons $/yr (optional input) WATER AUDIT DATA VALIDITY TIER:
go to
dashboard
PRIORITY AREAS FOR ATTENTION TO IMPROVE DATA VALIDITY: KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR TARGETS:

Based on the information provided, audit reliability can be most improved by addressing the following components: OPTIONAL: If targets exist for the operational performance indicators, they can be input below:
1: Water Imported (WI) Unit Total Losses: 62.3 gal/conn/day 2: Variable Production Cost (VPC) Unit Apparent Losses: 21.0 gal/conn/day 3: Billed Metered (BMAC) Unit Real LossesA: 41.4 gal/conn/day Unit Real LossesB: 2,683 gal/mile/day
If entered above by user, targets will display on KPI gauges (see Dashboard) go to start page
NON-REVENUE WATER:

If entering an
Error Adjustment,
select under- or over-
registration

16.925
WATER SUPPLIED:

AUTHORIZED CONSUMPTION:

Apparent Losses:

Average length of customer service line has been set to zero and a data grading of 10 has been applied A weighted scale for the components of supply, consumption and water loss is included in the calculation of the Water Audit Data Validity Score *** The Water Audit Data Validity Score is in Tier III (51-70). See Dashboard tab for additional outputs. *** $/100 cubic feet (ccf)
$36,790,747
Total Annual Operating Cost
Are customer meters typically located at the curbstop/property line? AWWA Free Water Audit Software:

Worksheet

88.449
City of Woodland
259.254
Jan 01 2024 - Dec 31 2024
Water Supplied Error Adjustments
Calendar 2024
Real Losses:

WATER LOSSES:

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

Copyright © 2020, All Rights Reserved.

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

AWWA Free Water Audit Software v6.0 Worksheet 1