That the City Council:
A. Conduct a public hearing as required by State law to solicit input on the City of La Habra's 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) Update, Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and an addendum to the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan;

B. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. _______ ENTITLED:  A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING, DIRECTING, FILING AND IMPLEMENTING THE 2020 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE;

C. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED:  A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA ADOPTING THE 2020 CITY OF LA HABRA WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN;

D. APPROVE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. ______ ENTITLED:  A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA HABRA FILING AN ADDENDUM TO THE 2015 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN; and,

E. Direct staff to file the UWMP Updates with the California Department of Water Resources in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act of 1983.

2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP)
The Urban Water Management Planning Act (Act) of 1983 requires that every water purveyor that supplies more than 3,000 acre-feet of water per year, or has 3,000 or more customers, adopt an UWMP every five years. UWMPs are comprehensive documents that present an evaluation of a water supplier's reliability over a long-term (20-25 year) horizon.  The proposed 2020 UWMP provides an assessment of the present and future water supply sources as well as water demands within the City's service area.  The 2020 UWMP presents an update to the 2015 UWMP regarding the City's water resource needs, water use efficiency programs, water reliability assessment, and strategies to mitigate potential water shortage conditions. 

The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has placed an emphasis on the achievement of water system improvements that better ensure long-term reliability, as well as resilience to drought and climate change in California.  Legislation related to water supply planning in California has evolved over time to address these issues.  The "Making Conservation a Way of Life" legislation (AB 1668 and SB 606) and "Water Loss Performance Standard" legislation (SB 555) are two examples of this effort and new UWMP requirements for 2020 are direct results of these prior water regulations. 

Two complimentary components have been added to the 2020 UWMP.  The first component is a mandate that requires the Water Shortage Contingency Plan to assess the City's near-term, 5-year Drought Risk Assessment (DRA) and provide a structured guide for the City's planned response to potential water shortages.  The second component is the Annual Water Supply Demand Assessment that is intended to assess the current year plus one dry year to determine short-term demand/supply outlook.

Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP)
The WSCP is a strategic planning document designed to prepare for and respond to water shortages.  La Habra's proposed WSCP complies with California Water Code (CWC) Section 10632, which requires that every urban water supplier shall prepare and adopt a WSCP as part of its 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. The proposed WSCP will serve as La Habra's "water operating manual" and will be used to prevent catastrophic service disruptions through proactive, rather than reactive, water management.  A water shortage, which is defined as a situation in which available water supply is insufficient to meet the normal and expected customer water use at a given point in time, may occur as the result of a variety of reasons, such as population and land use growth, climate change, drought, and/or catastrophic natural disasters.  The WSCP provides a structured guide for the City to deal with potential water shortages, incorporating prescriptive information and standardized action levels with six levels of shortage ranging from ten percent to fifty percent, along with corresponding actions for each level in the event of a catastrophic supply interruption.  If shortage conditions actually occur, the City Council, staff, and the public can better identify and implement predetermined steps to manage a water shortage.  

The proposed WSCP describes the City's procedures for conducting an Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (Annual Assessment) that is required by CWC Section 10632.1, and is to be submitted to the DWR on or before July 1 of each year beginning in 2022.  La Habra's proposed WSCP is included as an appendix to the City's 2020 UWMP which will be submitted to DWR on July 1, 2021.  The proposed WSCP is created separately from the City's 2020 UWMP and can be amended, as needed, without amending the UWMP.  Furthermore, the CWC does not prohibit the City from taking actions not specified in the WSCP, if needed, with the need to formally amend the UWMP or WSCP.

Addendum to 2015 Urban Water Management Plan
The City receives water supplies from the California Delta via transmission by the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), and distribution by the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC).  Approximately ten years ago, the City purchased as much as thirty percent of its annual water supplies from MWDOC, which is currently the most costly water available to the City. Due to investments made by the City over the past decade that have resulted in more local water production from the La Habra Basin, as well as the rights to more water deliveries through the CalDomestic Water Company from the Main San Gabriel Basin, MWDOC water now only represents about five percent of the City's annual purchases.

In 2013, the Delta Stewardship Council adopted the Delta Plan (Plan) which is comprised of fourteen regulatory policies.  Delta Plan Policy WR P1 (Reduce Reliance on the Delta Through Improved Regional Water Self-Reliance) requires that, beginning in 2015, those suppliers that are required to adopt UWMPs include expected outcomes for measurable reduction in water conveyed from the Delta and improved regional self-reliance.  The City is required to adopt an UWMP, and has adopted updates every five years since 1985 in compliance with the Act.  The City also implements the efficiency measures noted in the UWMP, and can demonstrate measurable reduction in regional self-reliance to the Delta.  Therefore, to show consistency with Delta Plan Policy WR P1, the DWR 2020 UWMP Guidebook (Appendix C) recommends that water suppliers prepare, and submit data supporting the City's efforts to improve regional self-reliance as an addendum to the 2015 UWMP.  The addendum will be incorporated into the 2015 UWMP as Appendix J.

There are no impacts to the General Fund for this project.  The update to the UWMP was prepared by staff and the City's consultant, Arcadis U.S., Inc., at a cost of $44,240, and was funded by the Water Enterprise Fund.