BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 28, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE
Levine, Chair
AB
149 (Chávez) - As Proposed to Be Amended April 28, 2015
SUBJECT: Urban water management plans
SUMMARY: Changes the due date for the 2020 Urban Water
Management Plan (UWMP) from December 31, 2020 to July 1, 2021 in
order to allow agencies to incorporate information related to
the meeting the mandatory statewide 20% reduction in urban per
capita water use by December 31, 2020.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Requires all urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt UWMPs
and update them every five years. Among other requirements,
UWMPs must:
a) Provide a description of the service area of the
supplier;
b) Identify and quantify water resources; and,
c) Make water use projections.
2)Requires UWMPs to be adopted or updated in years ending in
"zero" and "five."
3)Specifies that compliance with the Urban Water Management
Planning Act is a prerequisite to receiving state funding for
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water projects and programs.
4)Requires that urban water users cumulatively achieve a 20%
reduction in per capita water use by December 31, 2020
(20x2020) as compared to November 2009.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown
COMMENTS: This bill would allow urban water suppliers to
accurately reflect their 20x2020 urban water use target
reporting data in 2020 UWMPs. Since both the 20x2020 report and
the UWMP are due on the same day, it is likely infeasible for
many districts to incorporate the 20x2020 data without an
extension of the UWMP deadline.
1)Author's statement: The author states that it would be a
great benefit to allow the UWMPs due December 31, 2020 to
incorporate the water use reporting data required by the
20x2020 water conservation statute.
2)Supporting arguments: Supporters state that this simple cycle
change advanced by this bill would make a significant
improvement in water supply planning data management and
access, benefitting water suppliers, cities, counties, and a
wide range of stakeholders engaged in California water
management issues.
3)Prior and related legislation:
AB 2067 (Weber), Chapter 463, Statutes of 2014, simplified UWMP
demand management measures and gave urban water agencies until
July 1, 2016, to submit the next update of their UWMPs.
Ordinarily, that update would have been due December 31, 2015.
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But AB 2067 provided a six month extension in response to a
number of agencies asserting that they needed more time to
gather and process data to more accurately reflect their
progress towards achieving the 20x2020 mandate
SB 7 (Steinberg), Chapter 4, Statutes of 2009-10 Seventh
Extraordinary Session (SB 7 X7). SB 7 X7 required a 20%
reduction in per capita water use by 2020 with an interim
deadline of a 10% per capita reduction by December 31, 2015.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
San Diego County Water Authority (sponsor)
Association of California Water Agencies
California Municipal Utilities Association
City of Pasadena
Desert Water Agency
East Bay Municipal Utility District
El Dorado Irrigation District
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared
by: Tina Cannon Leahy/W., P., & W./(916) 319-2096
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