ITEM: INFORMATION ITEMS/STAFF REPORTS
28. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT
Meeting Date: January 29, 2004 Budgeted:
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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:
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The following water
conservation activities took place during December 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).
CERTIFICATION
The District received
108 Water Conservation Certification forms between
December 1 and December 31, 2003. 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, 136 inspections were scheduled in response to requests from
agents and property owners. The District completed 90 inspections of
properties changing ownership and 72 (80%) were in compliance. One 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 28-A.
DATA MANAGEMENT
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 208 property transfers
that occurred between December 1 and December 31, 2003 was entered into the
database.
WATER SAVINGS
ESTIMATE
Water savings from
retrofits (triggered by changes in ownership) verified in December are
estimated at 4.186 acre-feet. Details on water savings from retrofits are
presented in Exhibit 28-B.
WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT
PERMITS
District staff
processed and issued 83 water permits in the month of December. The
Paralta & Pre-Paralta allocation deductions totaled 0.201 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 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 December, 13 were issued under
Ordinance No. 98.
PERMIT COMPLIANCE
District staff completed 27 water permit final inspections in December. Nine of the final inspections failed for added fixtures or not having low-flow fixtures in place as stated in the permit. Of the 18 properties that were in compliance, 18 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 28-A.