Urban Water Management Plan 2015

necessary to increase water rates. This is based on lower income because of lower total consumption and fixed revenue requirements. To counteract this, reduction in the form of reducing peak demands can delay the need to develop new costly water sources. The City has an emergency fund in place that could be used to provide funds in the event that expenditures significantly outweigh reduced revenue in water sales. If the emergency fund is used to offset reduced revenue during a water shortage it is expected that these funds would require replenishment through additional water sales. The City also has the authority to increase water rates during times of drought to offset reduced revenue. 8.7 RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE Law The UWMPA requires that water suppliers include an urban water shortage contingency analysis that includes the water shortage contingency resolution or ordinance. City Ordinance 2159, which amended the water supply shortage regulations for the City in September 2015, is included in Appendix C . 8.8 CATASTROPHIC SUPPLY INTERRUPTION Law 10632 (a)(3) Actions to be undertaken by the urban water supplier to prepare for, and implement during, a catastrophic interruption of water supplies including, but not limited to, a regional power outage, an earthquake, or other disaster. 10632 (a)(8) A draft water shortage contingency resolution or ordinance The City has an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) that provides a framework for the City to address a catastrophic supply interruption in the following areas: Regional Power Outage To mitigate the impacts of a local or regional power outage, the City plans to make backup generators easily accessible or transportable to well locations in order that water pumping can continue. The City has 22 backup generators available to be used to maintain continuous water pumping during a power outage. Earthquake Following a large-scale earthquake, the City has identified specific actions to be implemented, which are meant to address potential damage to the water distribution system. The actions, including facility inspections and repairs, are summarized as follows:

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City of Morgan Hill 2015 Urban Water Management Plan