21. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT
Meeting Date: July 19, 2004 Budgeted: N/A
Staff Contact: Shawn Novack Cost Estimate: N/A
Committee
Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A
I. MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION 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 159 WCC forms between June 1 and June 30, 2004. Data on property ownership, transfer date and status of conservation requirements from those forms were entered into the conservation database.
In the month of June, 164 inspections were scheduled in response to requests from agents and property owners. The District completed 102 inspections of properties changing ownership and 97 (95.0%) were in compliance. Four of the properties that passed inspection required more than one visit to verify compliance with all conservation requirements. The District also verified the replacement of 16 toilets resulting from water permit conditions of approval.
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 241 property transfers that occurred between June 1 and June 31, 2004 was entered into the database.
D. Savings Estimate
Water savings from retrofits (triggered by changes in ownership) verified in June are estimated at 0.552 acre-feet. This number represents verification of approximately 64% of the properties transferring ownership in the District during June (e.g. 24 toilets were replaced).
E.
Water Waste Response
Staff responded to six water waste complaints reported by the public and made several verbal warnings while in the field on observed water waste activities. Letters were written to the water waste perpetrators who were in violation of Ordinance 92, Section 6,”Water Waste” Paragraph 4.
II.
WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT
District staff processed and issued 119 water permits in the month of June. Of the permits issued, two involved Paralta & Pre-Paralta allocation deductions totaling 0.239 acre-feet. Permits resulting in deductions to other entitlements (Macomber, Pebble Beach Company, Griffin Estates, Quail Meadows, etc) were issued to three projects resulting in credit of 0.119 acre-feet. The remainder of the permits issued did not involve a debit to a jurisdiction’s allocation or were debited from a public water allocation. 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 106 water permits issued in June 2004, 14 were issued under the provisions of Ordinance No. 98.
B.
Permit Compliance
District staff completed 39 water permit final inspections in June. Fourteen of the final inspections failed due to unpermitted fixtures or for not having low-flow fixtures in place as required by the permit. Of the 25 properties that were in compliance, 22 passed on the first visit. In addition, 23 properties required pre-inspections in response to Water Permit Applications received by the District.
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. In January 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 June, the District prepared and recorded 49 documents. Of the 119 permits that were issued in the month of June 2004, 38 (31.9%) required deed restrictions. District staff provided deed restriction Notary services for 19 water permit applicants.
In
January 1997, the District enacted a program that offered refunds of up to $100
for every older residential toilet replaced with an ultra-low flow model. The program was expanded in 1998 to provide
rebates for voluntary non-residential toilet retrofits. It was expanded again in 2003 to provide
rebates for ultra-low consumption appliances and cisterns. Water saved through this program is set
aside to reduce community water use.
Participation
in the rebate program is detailed in the following chart:
|
|
REBATE PROGRAM SUMMARY |
June-2004 |
2004 YTD Total |
Total-to-Date (January 1997 - Present) |
I |
Application Summary |
|
|
|
|
|
A. |
Applications Received |
30 |
128 |
4064 |
|
B. |
Applications Approved |
24 |
100 |
3339 |
|
C. |
Single Family Applications |
15 |
69 |
3909 |
|
E. |
Multi-Family Applications |
4 |
18 |
334 |
|
G. |
Commercial Applications |
0 |
1 |
111 |
II |
Types of Fixtures Rebated |
|
|
|
|
|
A. |
Single Family Toilet |
19 |
67 |
4294 |
|
B. |
Multi-Family Toilet |
4 |
21 |
1744 |
|
C. |
Commercial Toilet |
0 |
1 |
686 |
|
D. |
ULF Dishwasher |
1 |
13 |
15 |
|
E |
ULF Washing Machine |
4 |
16 |
17 |
|
F. |
Hot Water Demand Pumping Systems |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
G. |
Cisterns |
0 |
0 |
0 |
III |
Total Dollars Rebated |
$2,100.00 |
$11,178.63 |
$651,925.20 |
|
IV |
Estimated Water Savings in Acre-Feet
Annually* |
0.59 |
2.33 |
154.952 |
|
|
|
* Retrofit savings are estimated at 0.023
AF/toilet, 0.003 AF/dishwasher, 0.015 AF washer |
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