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REPORT - AMENDED 2020 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
BACKGROUND: In conformance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act), the City of Santa Rosa prepared its 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and its 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Shortage Plan). Both documents were adopted by City Council on June 8, 2021 and submitted to the State Department of Water Resources on June 30, 2021. State law allows each water supplier to amend its Shortage Plan independent of the UWMP. The City wishes to amend the 2020 Shortage Plan to revise the Excess Use Penalty structure that applies in severe stages of shortage and change the water demand offset requirements that apply to new construction when water is being allocated for existing customers. The Board will be considering a recommendation to Council to adopt the Amended 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Santa Rosa Water that the Board of Public Utilities, by resolution, recommend tha...
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