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City of Morgan Hill
2015 Urban Water Management Plan
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
).
Table 4-5 Inclusion in Water Use Projections
Are Future Water Savings
Included in Projections?
No
Are Lower Income Residential
Demands Included In
Projections?
Yes
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.