Urban Water Management Plan 2015

6.2.4

Historical Groundwater Pumping

Law

There are currently 16 existing municipal groundwater wells located throughout the City, as shown on Figure 6-2 . The combined supply capacity for these wells is approximately 21,600 afy. The firm capacity, designated as the total capacity less the largest unit out of service, of the City wells is approximately 19,200 afy. The volume of groundwater pumped by the City over the past five years is summarized in Table 6-1 . Table 6-1 Groundwater Volume Pumped 10631. (b) …if groundwater is identified as an existing or planned source of water available to the supplier, all of the following information shall be included in the plan: 10631 (iii) 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 reasonable available, including, but not limited to, historic use records.

Volume

Groundwater Type

Location or Basin Name

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

(AF)

(AF)

(AF)

(AF)

(AF)

Gilroy-Hollister Groundwater Basin, Llagas Subbasin Santa Clara Valley Groundwater Basin, Santa Clara Subbasin, Coyote Valley Subarea

6,076

6,203

7,454

6,195

4,741

Alluvial Basin

Alluvial Basin

1,381

1,374

1,484

1,300

1,105

Total

7,457

7,577

8,938

7,495

5,846

6.3 SURFACE WATER At the time of preparation of the 2015 UWMP, the City does not use surface water as part of its water supply. 6.4 STORMWATER At the time of preparation of the 2015 UWMP, the City does not use stormwater as part of its water supply. 6.5 WASTEWATER AND RECYCLED WATER This section discusses the use of recycled water and the characteristics of the wastewater collected by the City for treatment.

August 2016

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City of Morgan Hill 2015 Urban Water Management Plan