San Diego County Water Authority2000 Urban Water Management Plan
On November 16, 2000, the San Diego County Water Authority Board of Directors approved the Water Authority's 2000 Urban Water Management Plan. The plan outlines how the Water Authority will meet future water demands. The Urban Water Management Plan looks at historic and current water demands for the San Diego region, compares water supplies with demands through 2020 and identifies potential new supplies to meet those demands.
Water demand within the Water Authority's service area is expected to grow from about 695,000 acre feet currently to 813,000 acre feet by 2020. The Urban Water Management Plan identifies the imported and local water supplies expected to meet these future water demands and diversify our sources of water, thereby ensuring a reliable water supply for San Diego County.
Local water supplies discussed in the plan include future groundwater recovery and water recycling projects, a potential seawater desalination project by 2020, as well as water conservation measures being implemented by the water agencies within the Authority’s service area.
The plan also identifies increases expected in the Authority's imported water supply. Water transfer agreements -- such as the one the Water Authority has with the Imperial Irrigation District -- will add to the region's traditional source of imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
The California Urban Water Management Planning Act requires all urban water suppliers to prepare Urban Water Management Plans and update them every five years. The act defines an urban water supplier as 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. By this definition, the Water Authority and most of its member agencies were required to update and adopt a plan for submittal to the California Department of Water Resources by December 31, 2000.
The San Diego County Water Authority is a public agency serving the San Diego region as a wholesale supplier of water from Northern California and the Colorado River. The Water Authority works through its 23 member agencies to provide a safe, reliable water supply to more than 2.8 million county residents.
Table of Contents0.3Mb, 4 pages
List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations
Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 - Water Demands
Section 3 - Imported Water Supplies
Section 4 - Local Water Supplies
Section 5 - Water Supply Reliability
Section 6 - Shortage Contingency Analysis
Appendix A - California UWMP Act text
Appendix B - Resolution 00-30 Adopting the UWMP
Appendix C - DWR UWMP Checklist
Appendix D - CUWCC BMP Report
Appendix E - Recycled Water and Groundwater Projected SuppliesSource: San Diego County Water Authority web site 12-5-2004
http://www.sdcwa.org/news/plan2000.phtml
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