Urban Water Management Plan 2015

4.4 ESTIMATING FUTURE WATER SAVINGS Law

In the event of a water shortage event, the City has a Water Shortage Contingency Plan, discussed further in Chapter 8, which is intended to reduce water demands by set percentages. The percent demand reduction is based on the stage enacted. These measures would result in a short-term reduction in demand but would not remain in effect once the water shortage event concludes. Therefore, as a conservative assumption, the savings associated with these water reduction measures have not been included as part of the water demand projections ( Table 4-5 ). 10631 (e)(4)(A) If available and applicable to an urban water supplier, water use projections may 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 cods, 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.

Table 4-5 Inclusion in Water Use Projections

Are Future Water Savings Included in Projections? Are Lower Income Residential Demands Included In Projections?

No

Yes

August 2016

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City of Morgan Hill 2015 Urban Water Management Plan