HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE - AUGUST 2016AGENDA REPOR
MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2016
TO: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER
Agenda Item 7
Reviewed: hz
City Manager 171
Finance Director 4/a
FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS/CITY ENGINEER
SUBJECT: WATER CONSERVATION UPDATE — AUGUST 2016
SUMMARY
As a result of the drought, the City of Tustin is required to provide the State Water Resources
Control Board with a monthly report regarding water consumption and restrictions. This report
summarizes the information provided to the State for the month of August 2016 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 August 2016 and calculated a 19%
savings in water production when compared to August 2013. The City's current cumulative
savings is 25%.
Below is the City of Tustin's required report for the month of August 2016, which was submitted
to the State on September 15, 2016.
State Report Questionnaire
1.
Which Stage of your Water Shortage Contingency Plan have you invoked?
Stage i
i.
Does this Stage include mandatory restrictions on outdoor irrigation?
Yes
3.
How many days per week is watering allowed for outdoor irrigation?
i
4.
How many complaints of water waste or violation of conservation rules were
received during the reporting month?
18
5.
How many contacts (written or verbal) were made with customers for actual or
alleged water waste or for a violation of water conservation rules?
174
Water Conservation Update — August 2016
October 4, 2016
Page 2
6.
How many formal warning actions (e.g.: written notifications, warning letter, door
93
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
21
conservation rules?
8.
Optional enforcement actions:
$2100 in
fines
9.
This year's total potable water production for the reporting month (including
1021.9 AF
agricultural supply).
1o.
Your 2013 water production for the same reporting month.
1262.6 AF
11.
The quantity of water delivered for all commercial, industrial, and institutional
102.2 AF
users for the reporting month.
12.
The quantity of water used exclusively for commercial agriculture (this water will
0
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
3o.6 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
90%
reporting month's production (l00% 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).
143
19.
You may optionally report any recycled water beneficially used during the
None
reporting month.
The three charts below have been included to provide a comprehensive overview of the
conservation that has been achieved since June 2015 and the citation and penalty data for the
same time period.
Continued on next page...
Water Conservation Update — August 2016
October
4, 2016
Page 3
City of Tustin Water Production
1400
1200
1000
800
-.-2013
917.7
- 762.2
—Ih-2014
a 600_..2015
as
WA 27
95
2016
400
200
0
Ian
Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov
Dec
Residential Water Use - Per Person Per Day
zso
100
A
a150
_
�"�""—�'..'�-` "'�-_';
y
143
138
a
ll4 -.; 130 118
�94
100
115 109 113
109 112101
s
�
87 83 87
50
0
Jun15ILII-15 Aug -15 Sep -15 Oct -15 Nov 15 Dec -15 tan 16 Feb -16 Mar16Apr-16 May -16 Jun -16 Jud
-16 Aug 16
-+-2013—411--Target Actual
Monthly Citation and Fine Data
40
$3,800 $3,700
$4,000
35
$ 2,900
30
800
$2,600 52,6
$3,000
25
u
$2 ,900
,00 $1
$ 100
m
c
$1,800$1,800
20
$1, 0
$2,000
s
a 15
E
$70
a
Z 10
$1,00 0
5
0
$-
�� Citations -f-Fines
Water Conservation Update — August 2016
October 4, 2016
Page 4
Other Items
During August, the City reduced water usage by 64% and Tustin Unified decreased
water usage by 53% compared to August 2013. Since June 1, 2015, TUSD has
conserved 44% and the City has conserved 65%.
2. Code enforcement statistics for the months of June 2016, July 2016, and August 2016
have been provided as an attachment to this report.
3. The City's website has a page dedicated to water conservation and information on the
drought. The page provides the public with a brief statement regarding the upcoming
weather forecast, a summary of the City's monthly conservation results, and information
on the City's Water Management Plan. Staff reviews the content weekly and updates
the information as appropriate.
This webpage is located at http://www.tustinca.org/depts/pw/water/drought.asp.
'Doug IAs/S�tack, P.E.
Direg ort. ublic Works/City Engineer
Attachment:
Enforcement Statistics — June 2016, July 2016, and August 2016
SACity Council Items12016 Council Items110-04-20161August Water Conservation UpdatelConservahon Update August 2016.dxx
V
'F-
V
LLI
F—
Q
W
Q
Z
F—
F—
LL.
—
F—
L.
O
F-
0
N
V_
I-
r�
V 1
W
Q
W
a
Z
r�
V 1
D
F—
Ll.
O
F—
u
LO
0
N
t
C
O
0
m
IW
0
O Ln 10 '� ~
F... m
�8
LLB
�0
�0 0
0
�0
0
m
r ®N m r m 0 0 O
" m
a o
n rn O o a o
�Ba u m 0 0 0 0
F- m
o
0
n
r
UO to 0 0 0 0
a O
3 0 10 0- 0 0 0
®� oo O o 0 0
c
0 O O O O O O O O
c
in
N
F i11 ti O O O O
v
0 0 0 0
.� 0 0 0 O O O O O
0
N
V /
V
N
W
Q
W
Q
Z
F—
V)
D
F—
LL
O
F-
0
9.0
N
0
CO
� N
0
Zi