§ 10620 Urban Water Management Plans

This law says that every company or agency that provides water to cities must make a plan to manage water wisely. They have to work with others and share ideas to save water and be ready for droughts.

Key Takeaways

•Water suppliers must create a plan to manage water well and prepare for shortages.
•New water suppliers have one year to make their plan after they start.
•Suppliers can work together with other agencies or cities to make bigger plans, but each must have its own backup plan for water shortages.
•The plan should include ways to save water and rely less on bringing water from far away.

Example

A city gets its water from a big river and a local lake. The company that supplies the water notices that the river is getting lower every year.

The water company must make a plan to use water more carefully, like fixing leaks, teaching people to use less water, and storing extra water for dry times. They can team up with nearby towns that use the same river to make a bigger, better plan together.

(a) Every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt an urban water management plan in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10640). (b) Every person that becomes an urban water supplier shall adopt an urban water management plan within one year after it has become an urban water supplier. (c) An urban water supplier indirectly providing water shall not include planning elements in its water management plan as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 10630) that would be applicable to urban water suppliers or public agencies directly providing water, or to their customers, without the consent of those suppliers or public agencies. (d) (1) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management planning where those plans will reduce preparation costs and contribute to the achievement of conservation, efficient water use, and improved local drought resilience. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), each urban water supplier shall develop its own water shortage contingency plan, but an urban water supplier may incorporate, collaborate, and otherwise share information with other urban water suppliers or other governing entities participating in an areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban water management plan, an agricultural management plan, or groundwater sustainability plan development. (3) Each urban water supplier shall coordinate the preparation of its plan with other appropriate agencies in the area, including other water suppliers that share a common source, water management agencies, and relevant public agencies, to the extent practicable. (e) The urban water supplier may prepare the plan with its own staff, by contract, or in cooperation with other governmental agencies. (f) An urban water supplier shall describe in the plan water management tools and options used by that entity that will maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions. (Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 14, Sec. 24. (SB 606) Effective January 1, 2019.)

Key Takeaways

•Water suppliers must create a plan to manage water well and prepare for shortages.
•New water suppliers have one year to make their plan after they start.
•Suppliers can work together with other agencies or cities to make bigger plans, but each must have its own backup plan for water shortages.
•The plan should include ways to save water and rely less on bringing water from far away.

Example

A city gets its water from a big river and a local lake. The company that supplies the water notices that the river is getting lower every year.

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