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City of Morgan Hill
2015 Urban Water Management Plan
Chapter 5 – Baseline and Targets.
The UWMPA requires that retail agencies provide a
description of methods used for calculating their baseline consumption as well as target water
consumption. For the 2015 UWMP, the agencies are required to show if the 2015 interim water
use target was achieved and if the agency is on track to achieve the 2020 water use target set
forth in the 2015 UWMP
Chapter 6 – System Supplies.
The UWMPA requires that the agency provide a description and
quantification of the current and projected sources of water available to the agency. If applicable
to the agency, UWMPA also requires potential uses and availability of the recycled water.
Chapter 7 – Water Supply Reliability.
Water supply reliability addresses the capability of the
water supply during emergency events in normal existing conditions, single dry years and multiple
dry years. The reliability also must be projected out for 20 years.
Chapter 8 – Water Shortage Contingency Planning.
In the event of an emergency where water
supply reliability is lost, the water supplier should have an adopted Water Shortage Contingency
Plan to institute staged emergency water conservation efforts to mitigate potential catastrophic
overdraft or catastrophic interruption to the agency’s water supply.
Chapter 9 – Demand Management Measures.
The UWMPA originally outlined best
management practices (BMPs) to help mitigate water waste. These BMPs have since evolved into
fourteen Demand Management Measures (DMM) that should be addressed by urban water
suppliers.
Chapter 10 – Plan Adoption, Submittal and Implementation.
This section includes the process
undertaken for adoption and submittal of the UWMP as well as the plan required to implement the
UWMP. Ways in which the public can access the UWMP is also described in this section.
1.5 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND PLAN ADOPTION
The UWMPA requires that the adopted UWMP demonstrate the water agency solicited public
participation.
Law
In accordance with the stated law, the City held a public hearing for members of the community to
provide comments, learn about existing and future water supplies of the city, and raise concerns
towards the plan being adopted. A notice of the public hearing was published in the local
newspaper July 8, 2016, notifying interested parties that the draft 2015 UWMP was available at
10642. Each urban water supplier shall encourage the active involvement of diverse social, cultural,
and economic elements of the population within the service area prior to and during the
preparation of the plan. Prior to adopting a plan, the urban water supplier shall make the
plan available for public inspection and shall hold a public hearing thereon. Prior to the
hearing, notice of the time and place of hearing shall be published ... After the hearing, the
plan shall be adopted as prepared or as modified after the hearing.