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          Date of Hearing:   August 6, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    SB 1420 (Wolk) - As Amended:  April 21, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                             Water, Parks and  
          Wildlife     Vote:                            15-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill modifies provisions relating to urban water management  
          plans (UWMPs).  Specifically, this bill:

          1)Requires urban water suppliers to include the quantification  
            of water loss in the distribution system in UWMPS.

          2)Allows urban water suppliers to report on projected water  
            savings from codes, standards, ordinances and sustainability  
            plans. 

          3)Requires UWMPs and plan amendments to be submitted  
            electronically to DWR, including any standardized forms,  
            tables or displays specified by the DWR.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor, absorbable costs for DWR to include this methodology in  
          their Urban Water Management Planning Guidebook.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background and Purpose.   Urban water suppliers are required to  
            prepare and adopt an UWMP for submission to the Department of  
            Water Resources (DWR) every five years.  The plans must  
            provide a description of the service area of the supplier, the  
            identification and quantity of water resources, and water use  
            projections.     

             An urban water supplier will not be eligible for state water  
            management grants or loans after July 1, 2016 unless demand  








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            management measures and reduction targets comply with the  
            state mandated 20% reduction in water use by 2020.

            DWR convened a task force, the Independent Technical Panel  
            (ITP) to provide recommendations to the Legislature for  
            improving demand management measures technologies and  
            approaches.  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 recommendations for improving UWMPs including requiring  
            water loss reporting, estimating water savings, and filing  
            UWMPs in a standardized form.  This bill implements those  
            recommendations.  
           
           2)Related Legislation.   AB 2067 (Weber) revises the reporting  
            requirements for demand management measures in UWMPs.  This  
            bill is currently pending on the Senate Floor.  

            SB 1036 (Pavley) authorizes voluntary reporting on the energy  
            intensity of water systems in UWMPs.   This bill is currently  
            pending before this committee.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jennifer Galehouse / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081