Amended in Senate May 27, 2014

Amended in Senate April 7, 2014

Amended in Senate March 24, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1036

Introduced by Senator Pavley

February 18, 2014

An act to add Section 10631.2 to the Water Code, relating to urban water management.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1036, as amended, Pavley. Urban water management plans.

Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning Act, requires every public and private urban water supplier that directly or indirectly provides water for municipal purposes to prepare and adopt an urban water management plan. The act requires each urban water supplier to update its plan at least once every 5 years on or before December 31, in years ending in 5 and zero, and requires an urban water supplier to submit copies of its plan and copies of amendments or changes to the plan to certain entities, including the Department of Water Resources.

This bill would authorize an urban water supplier to include within an urban water management plan certain energy-related information, including, but not limited to, an estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert water supplies. This bill would require the department to begin delete develop a methodology for the voluntary reporting of energy intensity of urban water systems and include this methodology in the guidance for the preparation of urban water management plans end delete begin insert include in its guidance for the preparation of urban water management plans a methodology for the voluntary calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of urban water systems end insert .

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 10631.2 is added to the Water Code, to
read:

10631.2.  

(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10631,
an urban water management plan may, but is not required to,
include any of the following information:

(1) An estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert
water supplies.

(2) An estimate of the amount of energy used to convey water
supplies to the water treatment plants or distribution systems.

(3) An estimate of the amount of energy used to treat water
supplies.

(4) An estimate of the amount of energy used to distribute water
supplies through its distribution systems.

(5) An estimate of the amount of energy used for treated water
supplies in comparison to the amount used for nontreated water
supplies.

(6) An estimate of the amount of energy used to place water
into or withdraw from storage.

(7) Any other energy-related information the urban water
supplier deems appropriate.

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(b) The department shall develop a methodology for the
voluntary reporting of energy intensity of urban water systems and
include this methodology in the guidance for the preparation of
urban water management plans.

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(b) The department shall include in its guidance for the
preparation of urban water management plans a methodology for
the voluntary calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of
urban water systems. The department may consider studies and
calculations conducted by the Public Utilities Commission in
developing the methodology.

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