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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
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:
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