26. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT
Meeting Date: December 15, 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 November 2003:
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
145 Water Conservation Certification forms between
November 1 and November 30, 2003. Data
on property ownership, transfer date and status of conservation requirements
from those forms were entered into the conservation database.
In the month of
November, 126 inspections were scheduled in response to requests from
agents and property owners. The District completed 68 inspections of
properties changing ownership and 56 (82%) were in compliance. None 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
26-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 170 property transfers
that occurred between November 1 and November 30, 2003 was entered into the
database.
WATER SAVINGS
ESTIMATE
Water savings from
retrofits (triggered by changes in ownership) verified in November are estimated
at 0.644 acre-feet. Details on water savings from retrofits are
presented in Exhibit 26-B.
District staff
processed and issued 121 water permits in the month of November. The
Paralta & Pre-Paralta allocation deductions totaled 0.398 acre-feet for the Cal-Am system in November. 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 May 16, 2001, allows the addition of a second bathroom to an existing
single family dwelling on a single-family residential site. Of the 105-water
connection permits issued in the month of November, 14 were issued under
Ordinance No. 98.
District staff completed 48 water permit final inspections in November. Eleven of the final inspections failed for added fixtures or not having low-flow fixtures in place as stated in the permit. Of the 37 properties that were in compliance, 33 passed on the first visit. In addition, ten properties required pre-inspections in response to Water Permit Applications received by the District. Detailed information about permit inspections is provided in Exhibit 26-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. In the month of November, the District
prepared and recorded 59 documents on property titles. Of the 121 permits that were issued in the
month of November, 41 (33.9%) required deed restrictions.
District staff
provided notary services for 32 water permit applicants.
The District
continued to promote and administer the Toilet Replacement Refund Program. Seventeen applications were received during
November. 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 November 1 through November 30, 2003:
|
TOILET REPLACEMENT REFUND - November 2003 |
||||
|
|
November
2003 |
Last
Year |
Total
for 2003 |
Total-to-Date |
|
Applications
Received |
16 |
25 |
184 |
3918 |
|
Pre-Approved (# of Toilets) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
128 |
|
Applications
Approved |
12 |
15 |
131 |
3227 |
|
A: Single Family (# of Toilets) |
7 (11) |
7 (8) |
95 (122) |
3834 (4221) |
|
B: Multi-Family (# of Toilets) |
4 (4) |
8 (17) |
27 (41) |
315 (1722) |
|
C: Hotels (# of Toilets) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
38 (592) |
|
D: Commercial (# of Toilets) |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
3 (3) |
34 (93) |
|
Denied |
4 |
10 |
53 |
563 |
|
Total $ Issued (# of Toilets) |
$1,600.00 (16) |
$2,500.00 (25) |
$16,459.19 (166) |
$639,550.27 (6628) |
|
Estimated Water Savings (in AFY*) |
0.368 |
0.575 |
3.818 |
152.444 |
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