SB 1036, as introduced, 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, estimates of the amount of energy used to extract or divert water supplies.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 10631.2 is added to the Water Code, to
2read:
In addition to the requirements of Section 10631, an
4urban water management plan may, but is not required to, include
5any of the following information:
P2 1(a) An estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert
2water supplies.
3(b) An estimate of the amount of energy used to convey water
4supplies to the water treatment plants or distribution systems.
5(c) An estimate of the amount of energy used to treat water
6supplies.
7(d) An estimate of the amount of energy used to distribute water
8supplies to their customers.
9(e) The amount of energy used for treated water supplies in
10comparison to the amount used for nontreated water supplies.
11(f) The amount of energy used to place water into or withdraw
12from storage.
13(g) Any other energy-related information the urban water
14supplier deems appropriate.
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