Urban Water Management Plan
Soquel Creek Water District Final 2010 Urban Water Management Plan
Release of Final 2010 UWMP
Soquel Creek Water District’s Final 2010 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) is now available for download by clicking on the link below. A hard copy of the 2010 UWMP is also available for viewing during normal business hours at the District office located at 5180 Soquel Drive, Soquel. The 2010 UWMP was approved by the District’s Board of Directors on September 20, 2011 after a public review period and hearing.
The 2010 UWMP is a long-range planning document that assesses current water demand, projects future demand over a 20-year planning horizon, and identifies a mix of water resources and conservation efforts to meet future demand. The 2010 UWMP also contains details on SqCWD’s water shortage contingency planning and drought response actions.
The California Water Code (Division 6, Part 2.6) requires all water providers that have 3,000 or more service connections, or annually supply more than 3,000 acre-feet of water (approximately 1 billion gallons), to prepare and adopt an UWMP every five years. General information about UWMPs is provided by the California Department of Water Resources at: http://www.water.ca.gov/urbanwatermanagement/
If you have questions about the 2010 UWMP, please contact Shelley Flock at shelleyf@soquelcreekwater.org or by phone at (831) 475-8501 ext. 156.
Soquel Creek Water District 2010 Urban Water Management Plan (link)
Urban Water Management Planning Act
The California Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) (California Water Code, Division 6, Part 2.6) requires all water providers that have 3,000 or more service connections, or annually supply more than 3,000 acre-feet of water (approximately 1 billion gallons), to prepare and adopt an UWMP every five years.
The main purpose of the Act is to require water suppliers to achieve proper water supply planning to ensure adequate supplies are available to meet existing and future demands. Suppliers are required to assess current demands and supplies over a 20-year planning horizon and consider various drought scenarios. The Act also requires suppliers to conduct water shortage contingency planning and to report on water demand management measures that the supplier has implemented to increase water conservation
The Act became part of the California Water Code in 1983 with the passage of Assembly Bill 797. The Act has been amended and expanded since its inception, including recent amendments resulting from the 2009 passage of Senate Bill X7-7 (SBX7-7). SqCWD has produced an UWMP every five years since the first Plan was required in 1985. The last UWMP SqCWD produced was in 2005.
