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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1036
Author: Pavley (D)
Amended: 5/27/14
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/29/14
AYES: Pavley, Cannella, Evans, Fuller, Hueso, Jackson, Lara,
Monning, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SUBJECT : Urban water management plans
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes an urban water management plan
(UWMP) to include specific information regarding the amount of
energy used to divert, convey, treat, and distribute water.
ANALYSIS : Existing law, the Urban Water Management Planning
Act (Act), requires every public and private urban water
supplier that directly or indirectly provides water for
municipal purposes to prepare and adopt a UWMP. The Act
requires each urban water supplier to update its plan at least
once every five years on or before December 31, in years ending
in five 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 (DWR).
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This bill:
1.Authorizes a UWMP to include specific information regarding
the amount of energy used to divert, convey, treat, and
distribute water.
2.Requires the DWR to include in its guidance for the
preparation of UWMPs, a methodology for the voluntary
calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of urban
water systems. Authorizes the DWR to consider studies and
calculations conducted by the Public Utilities Commission in
developing the methodology.
Background
Under the Act, all urban water suppliers are required to prepare
and adopt a UWMP. Updated every five years, the plans include,
among other things, a description of the service area of the
supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and
water use projections. The UWMPs help inform the public about
the water challenges faced by their local water supplier, the
suppliers' plans for addressing those challenges, and are the
basis for making water availability determinations under the
"show us the water" statutes (SB 610, Costa, Chapter 643,
Statutes of 2001 and SB 221, Kuehl, Chapter 642, Statutes of
2001). Compliance with the Act is a requirement to receive
state funding.
AB 1420 (Laird, Chapter 628, Statutes of 2007), among other
things, required the DWR to convene an independent technical
panel (ITP) to provide information and recommendations to the
DWR and the Legislature on new demand management measures,
technologies, and approaches. The panel was to be convened by
January 1, 2009, and is required to report to the Legislature no
later than January 1, 2010, and every five years thereafter.
In February 2014, the ITP issued its Report to the Legislature
on Urban Water Management Plan Demand Management Measures
Reporting and Requirements. The Report made five
recommendations for improving UWMPs. The fifth recommendation
was Voluntary Inclusion of Energy Intensity in Urban Water
Management Plans.
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Related Legislation
AB 2067 (Weber) changes the reporting requirements for demand
management measures in UWMPs as recommended by the ITP.
AB 2725 (Brown) requires the description of the water demand
management measure in UWMPs to include a description of an urban
waterway restoration program.
SB 1420 (Wolk) implements changes the non-energy related changes
to the Act recommended by the ITP.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, one-time costs
of $50,000 from the General Fund to the DWR for the development
of the methodology.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/27/14)
Association of California Water Agencies
California Coastkeeper Alliance
California Municipal Utilities Association
City of Pasadena
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Natural Resources Defense Council
Office of Ratepayer Advocates, California Public Utilities
Commission
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, "The Urban
Water Management Planning Act requires all urban water suppliers
to prepare and adopt an urban water management plan containing,
among other information, a description of the service area of
the supplier, the identity and quantity of water resources, and
water use projections.
"Unfortunately, urban water suppliers currently do not have
clear statutory authority to report energy use associated with
water extraction or diversion in the urban water management
plan. Such information could be employed to promote conservation
efforts and raise funds for urban water suppliers.
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"SB 1036 resolves this problem by making it clear in statute
that urban water suppliers may include, at their discretion,
information about their energy use in their urban water
management plans."
RM:nl 5/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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