31. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT
Meeting Date: January
30, 2003 Budgeted: N/A
Program/Line Item No: N/A
Staff Contact: Shawn Novack Cost Estimate: N/A
General Counsel Approval:
N/A
Committee Recommendation:
N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A
The following water
conservation activities took place during December 2002:
MANDATORY RETROFIT PROGRAM
The District continued to
carry out District Regulation XIV, which requires the retrofit of water
fixtures to ultra-low flow (ULF) 1.6 gallons-per-flush toilets and 2.5
gallons-per-minute showerheads when properties transfer ownership. Property owners are required to certify the
property has the ULF fixtures by submitting a Water Conservation Certification
form (WCC).
The District received 106
Water Conservation Certification forms between December 1 and December 31,
2002. Data on property ownership,
transfer date and status of conservation requirements from those forms were
entered into the conservation database.
VERIFICATION
In the month of December, 92
inspections were scheduled in response to requests from agents and property
owners. The District completed 54
inspections of properties changing ownership and 52 (96.3%) were in
compliance. Three of the properties that
passed inspection required more than one visit to verify compliance with all
conservation requirements. Detailed
information on conservation inspections is provided in Exhibit 31-A.
Information is obtained
weekly from the Abstract of Monterey County on properties transferring
ownership within the District. The
information is entered into the database and compared against the properties
that have submitted WCCs. Properties not
in compliance with District law are then identified. Information on 136 property transfers
that occurred between December 1 and December 31, 2002 was entered into the
database.
WATER SAVINGS ESTIMATE
Water savings from retrofits
(triggered by changes in ownership) verified in December are estimated at 1.564
acre-feet. Details
on water savings from retrofits are presented in Exhibit 31-B.
District staff processed and
issued 68 water permits in the month of December. The Paralta & Pre-Paralta allocation
deductions totaled 0.433 acre-feet for the
Cal-Am system in December. District Rule
23 requires a water permit application for all properties that propose to
expand water demand on a site, including new construction and remodels.
Ordinance No. 98, adopted June
16, 2001, allows the addition of a second bathroom to an existing single family
dwelling on a single family residential site or an existing single family
dwelling with less than two bathrooms to add the lacking fixture. Of the 68-water connection permits issued in
the month of December 15 were issued under Ordinance No. 98.
District staff completed 27
water permit final inspections in December. Of the 21 properties that were
in compliance, 18 (85.7%) passed on the first visit. Detailed information about permit inspections
is provided in Exhibit 31-A.
District staff prepares
documents that are recorded on the property title to enforce District Rules and
Regulations, enforce permit conditions and allow public access to water
records. On December 17, 2001, the
District Board of Directors adopted a policy regarding the processing of these
documents. Specifically, an extensive
quality control process was put into place and the District is now responsible
for thoroughly reviewing and recording these documents. Permit processing times have increased from
2-3 weeks to 4-6 weeks when a deed restriction is required. In the month of
December, the District prepared and recorded 50 documents on property
titles. Of the 68 permits that were
issued in the month of December 34 (50.0%) required deed restrictions.
TOILET REPLACEMENT REFUND PROGRAM
The District continued to
promote and administer the Toilet Replacement Refund Program. Approximately eight calls were received
during December. Both residential and
non-residential water users may apply for a rebate of up to $100 per
toilet. The District checks applications
for eligibility against District records of properties required to retrofit to
ultra-low flow toilets.
The following chart shows
the refund total from December 1 through December 31, 2002:
|
TOILET REPLACEMENT REFUND - December 2002 |
||||
|
|
December |
Last Year
(2001) |
Total for 2002 |
Total-to-Date |
|
Applications Received |
22 |
18 |
255 |
3734 |
|
Pre-Approved (# of Toilets) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
128 (1,022) |
|
Applications Approved |
16 |
15 |
189 |
3096 |
|
A: Single Family (# of Toilets) |
12 (15) |
11 (14) |
151 (191) |
3739 (4099) |
|
B: Multi-Family (# of Toilets) |
4 (4) |
4 (7) |
38 (60) |
288 (1681) |
|
C: Hotels (# of Toilets) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
38 (592) |
|
D: Commercial (# of Toilets) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
31 (90) |
|
Denied |
6 |
3 |
66 |
510 |
|
Total $ Issued (# of Toilets) |
$1,876.30 |
$2,073.30 (21) |
$24,261.27 (251) |
$623,091.08 (6,462) |
|
Estimated Water Savings (in AFY*) |
0.437 |
0.483 |
5.773 |
148.626 |
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