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2015 Urban Water Management Plan
various City facilities and on the City’s web page (www.morgan-hill.ca.gov) for review two
successive weeks prior to adoption. After public review, the plan was adopted on July 27, 2016.
Prior to the public review the City held an informational open house on June 16, 2016, to provide
information about the City’s 2015 UWMP, as well as to receive comments and input from
members of the community.
1.6 UWMPS AND GRANT OR LOAN ELIGIBILITY
Beginning in 2016 changes to California law require that urban retail water suppliers must comply
with water conservation requirements established by the Water Conservation Act of 2009 in order
to be eligible for State water grants or loans. For 2015 UWMPs, compliance with the Water
Conservation Act of 2009 means that a water agency must have met its 2015 Interim Urban Water
Use Target, discussed further in Chapter 5; this compliance must be reported in the 2015 UWMP.
1.7 PREVIOUS URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS
The City of Morgan Hill prepared a 2010 UWMP, which was adopted on June 7, 2011. This
UWMP documented the SBX7-7 baseline per capita was use, as well as the interim and 2020
water use targets. This UWMP documented the groundwater conditions, future water supply
projects, the water shortage contingency plan, and demand management measures implemented
to reduce water demands. The 2010 UWMP serves as a benchmark for the 2015 UWMP, as the
2015 UWMP will update the target projections consistent with the final Guidebook release from
the Department of Water Resources.