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MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2015
TO: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER
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Reviewed:
City Manager
Finance Director N/A
FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE — SEPTEMBER 2015
SUMMARY
As a result of the drought, the City of Tustin is required to provide the State Water Resources
Control Board with data that will be used to determine if the City is meeting the required 28%
conservation target and the various methods being utilized to ensure compliance with the
State's mandates. This report summarizes the information provided to the State for the month
of September 2015 and provides the City Council and the public with general information on
previous and upcoming actions taken by the City.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN
This item contributes to the fulfillment of the City's Strategic Plan Goal D: Strong Community
and Regional Relationships. Specifically, by implementing Strategy 2, which is to work
collaboratively with agencies within and outside of Tustin on issues of mutual interest and
concern.
DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Staff has provided the Water Board with production data for September 2015 and calculated a
35% savings in water production when compared to September 2013. The Water Board is
seeking a cumulative 28% reduction between June 2015 and February 2016. The City's current
cumulative savings is 30%.
Below is the City of Tustin's required report for the month of September 2015, which was
submitted to the State on October 13, 2015.
State Report Questionnaire
1.
Which Stage of your Water Shortage Contingency Plan have you invoked?
Stage 2
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Does this Stage include mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation?
Yes
3.
How many days per week is watering allowed for outdoor irrigation?
2
Water Conservation Update—September 2015
November 3, 2015
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4. How many complaints of water waste or violation of conservation rules were 63
received during the reporting month?
5. How many contacts(written or verbal)were made with customers for actual or 208
alleged water waste or for a violation of water conservation rules?
6. How many formal warning actions(e.g.: written notifications,warning letter, door 108
hangers)were issued for water waste or for a violation of conservation rules?
7. How many penalties(fines)were issued for water waste or for a violation of 20
conservation rules?
8. Optional enforcement actions: $2900 in
fines
9. This year's total potable water production for the reporting month (including 782.6 AF
agricultural supply).
io. Your 2013 water production for the same reporting month. 1197.9 AF
11. The quantity of water delivered for all commercial, industrial, and institutional 155.7 AF
users for the reporting month.
12. The quantity of water used exclusively for commercial agriculture (this water will o
be subtracted from the total monthly potable water production for purposes of
determining compliance with conservation requirements).
13. The quantity of water used exclusively for commercial agriculture during the same o
month in 2013.
14. You may optionally report the total amount of water(e.g.: leakage)calculated for 46.9 AF
this past month for which you do not receive revenue.
15. Enter your estimate of the percentage going to residential use only for this 87%
reporting month's production (t00%assumed otherwise).
16. Please include any information the Board should be aware of when using this data. CII use is
estimate
17. Total Population Served. 67,700
18. Enter your estimate of the residential gallons-per-capita-day(R-GPCD). 109.2
19. You may optionally report any recycled water beneficially used during the None
reporting month.
Other Actions Taken
1. The City held a Water Conservation Expo at Peppertree Park on September 19, 2015.
Vendors were on hand to discuss water topics and provide information on products and
services to aid in residential and commercial water conservation.
Water Conservation Update—September 2015
November 3, 2015
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2. Code enforcement statistics for the month of September 2015 have been provided as an
attachment to this report.
3. A postcard was mailed to customers in October with a reminder that watering days will
be decreased to one day per week beginning November 1 and asking them to remain
• vigilant about indoor water use and the need to continue conservation efforts. Generally,
we use less water outdoors during the winter. Therefore, it may be difficult to sustain the
impressive conservation numbers that were achieved during the summer without looking
for ways to save water indoors.
4. Message boards have been placed throughout the service area letting customers know
that the watering schedule will change on November 1 and which days they will be
allowed to water their landscapes.
Dug IF Stack, P.E.
Direet• •f Public Works/City Engineer
Attachment: Water Waste Enforcement Statistics September 2015
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