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INFORMATIONAL
ITESM/STAFF REPORTS |
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17. |
WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM
REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER |
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Meeting
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November 15, 2004 |
Budgeted: |
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From: |
David A.
Berger, |
Program/ |
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General
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Prepared
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Gabriela
Ayala |
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General Counsel Approval: |
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Committee Recommendation: |
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CEQA Compliance: |
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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 107 WCC forms between
September 1 and September 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 September, 106 inspections were
scheduled in response to requests from agents and property
owners. The District completed 50
inspections of properties changing ownership and 44 (88%) were in
compliance. Two 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
nine 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 195 property transfers
that occurred between September 1 and September 30, 2004 was entered into the
database.
D.
Savings Estimate
Water savings from retrofits (triggered by changes in
ownership) verified in September are estimated at 0.552 acre-feet. This number represents verification of
approximately 00% of the properties transferring ownership in the
District during September (e.g. 24 toilets were replaced). Year-to-date total estimated savings is 9.315
acre-feet.
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 85 water
permits in the month of September.
Of the permits issued, one involved Paralta & Pre-Paralta allocation
deductions totaling 0.107 acre-feet.
No Permits were issued to other entitlements (Macomber, Pebble Beach
Company, Griffin Estates, Quail Meadows, etc).
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 148 water permits issued in September
2004, 71 were issued under the provisions of Ordinance No. 98.
B.
Permit Compliance
District staff completed 40 water permit final
inspections in September. Eleven 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 29 properties that were in compliance, 25 passed on the
first visit. In addition, 16 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 September, the District prepared and recorded 48 documents. Of the 85 permits that were issued in
the month of September 2004, 33 (57%) required deed restrictions. District staff provided deed restriction
Notary services for 43 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:
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REBATE PROGRAM SUMMARY |
Sept-2004 |
2004 YTD Total |
Total-to-Date (January 1997
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Application Summary |
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A. |
Applications Received |
36 |
209 |
4145 |
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B. |
Applications Approved |
24 |
155 |
3394 |
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C. |
Single Family Applications |
21 |
109 |
3949 |
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E. |
Multi-Family Applications |
34 |
27 |
343 |
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G. |
Commercial Applications |
0 |
1 |
111 |
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II |
Types of Fixtures Rebated |
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A. |
Single Family Toilet |
23 |
110 |
4337 |
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B. |
Multi-Family Toilet |
3 |
35 |
1758 |
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C. |
Commercial Toilet |
0 |
1 |
686 |
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D. |
ULF Dishwasher |
0 |
19 |
21 |
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ULF Washing Machine |
3 |
25 |
26 |
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F. |
Hot Water Demand Pumping Systems |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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G. |
Cisterns |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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III |
Total Dollars Rebated |
$3,325.00 |
$18,803.63 |
$659,550.20 |
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IV |
Estimated Water Savings in Acre-Feet
Annually* |
0.640 |
3.790 |
156.416 |
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·
Retrofit savings are estimated at 0.023 AF/toilet, 0.003
AF/dishwasher, 0.015 AF washer ·
Documentation for retrofit
savings on Dishwashers and Washing Machines began 12/2003 |
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