ITEM:		ACTION ITEMS
25.	CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 2009-08 MODIFYING RULE 162 – REGULATORY WATER PRODUCTION TARGETS FOR CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER SYSTEMS
Meeting Date:			June 15, 2009	Budgeted:	N/A
From:			Darby Fuerst,	Program/	N/A
			General Manager	Line Item No.:
Prepared By:			Darby Fuerst	Cost Estimate:	N/A
General Counsel Approval: N/A
Committee Recommendation: N/A
CEQA Compliance: N/A

SUMMARY: District Rule 162 specifies the regulatory water production targets that are used in the District’s Expanded Water Conservation and Standby Rationing Plan to trigger higher stages of water conservation to ensure California American Water (CAW or Cal-Am) compliance with the production limits set by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Order 95-10 and the Seaside Groundwater Basin adjudication decision. Specifically, Table XV-1 specifies monthly and year-to-date at month-end targets for all CAW systems that derive their source of supply from the Monterey Peninsula Water Resource System (MPWRS). Similarly, Table XV-2 breaks out monthly and year-to-date at month-end targets for CAW systems that derive their source of supply from the Laguna Seca Subarea of the Seaside Groundwater Basin, which is part of the MPWRS.

Rule 162 authorizes modifications to Tables XV-1 and XV-2 to account for changes in the amount of water that CAW is allowed to divert from the Carmel River System under SWRCB Order 95-10 and the amount of water that CAW is allowed to produce from the Seaside Groundwater Basin under the Seaside Basin Decision, as administered by the Seaside Basin Watermaster. Any modifications to these tables must be made by Board resolution.

On May 6, 2009, the Seaside Basin Watermaster Board approved a 10% reduction in the operating yield of the Seaside Basin for the January 1 through September 30, 2009 period (Exhibit 25-A). This reduction had been ordered by the Court in the adjudication decision that was issued in March 2006 and will occur every three years until the operating yield is equivalent to the natural safe yield, or replenishment supplies are developed. The 10% reduction in the basin operating yield requires CAW to reduce its pumping from the Seaside Groundwater Basin by 387 acre-feet (AF) in Water Year (WY) 2009.

Resolution 2009-08 (Exhibit 25-B) modifies Table XV-1 and XV-2 of Rule 162 to account for the 10% reduction in the Seaside Basin operating yield that was approved by the Seaside Watermaster Board on May 7, 2009, for WY 2009.

RECOMMENDATION: The Board should receive public input and discuss the proposed resolution. District staff recommends adoption of Resolution 2009-08 modifying Rule 162.

EXHIBITS

25-A Item VIII.B, Declaration of No Replenishment Water Available for Water Year 2009, Seaside Groundwater Basin Watermaster Board packet dated May 6, 2009.

25-B Resolution 2009-08 Modifying Rule 162 – Regulatory Water Production Targets for California American Water Systems

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