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INFORMATIONAL
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34. |
WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM
REPORT |
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June 21, 2010 |
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I.
MANDATORY
WATER CONSERVATION RETROFIT PROGRAM
District Regulation
XIV requires the retrofit of water fixtures upon Change of Ownership to Ultra
Low Flush Toilets (ULF) (1.6 gallons-per-flush), 2.0 gallons-per-minute (gpm)
showerheads, and 2.2 gpm faucet aerators. Rain Sensors are also required for
all automatic irrigation systems.
Property owners must certify the property has the water efficient
fixtures by submitting a Water Conservation Certification Form (WCC).
The District
received 58 WCCs between May 1 and May 31, 2010.
Data on ownership, transfer date, and status of conservation
requirements were entered into the conservation database.
In May 2010, 146 inspections were performed to
verify compliance with Change of Ownership retrofit requirements. The District
completed 77 inspections of
properties changing ownership, and 56
(86%) 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 27
toilets resulting from water permit conditions of approval. Thirty-three
toilets verified by inspection were High Efficiency Toilets (HET).
Information
is obtained weekly from Realquest.com 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 Regulation XIV are identified. Details on 149 property transfers that occurred in May were entered into the
database.
Water savings
from retrofits (triggered by Changes in Ownership) verified in May is estimated
at 0.069 acre-feet annually (AFA).
Year-to-date estimated savings
from this program is 4.822 AFA.
There were seven Water Waste complaints reported
by the public, and staff made several verbal contacts in the field after
observing water waste conditions. Follow
up letters were sent as needed to follow up to the Water Waste.
II.
WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
District
staff processed and issued 52 Water Permits in May 2010. Two permits were issued using Water
Entitlements (Macomber, Pebble Beach Company, Griffin Estates, Quail Meadows,
Water West, etc). The remainder of the
permits issued did not involve a debit to a Jurisdiction’s allocation or
resulted in a debit to a Public Water Credit Account. District Rule 23 requires a Water Permit
application for all properties that propose to modify or expand water use on a
site, including New Construction and Remodels.
All Water
Permit Applicants have been provided with a disclaimer informing them of the
Cease and Desist Order against California American Water and the possibility
that MPWMD will be reporting Water Permits details to California American
Water. Disclaimers will continue to be
provided to all permit recipients with property supplied by a California
American Water Distribution system.
District Rule 24-3-A allows the addition of a second bathroom to an
existing Single Family Dwelling on a Single-Family Residential Site. Of the 52 water permits issued in May 2010, four were issued under this provision.
B.
Permit
Compliance
District
staff completed 63 Water Permit
final inspections in May 2010. Sixteen
of the final inspections failed due to unpermitted fixtures. Of the 47 properties that were in compliance, 39 passed on the first visit. In
addition, four pre-inspections were conducted in response to Water Permit
applications received by the District.
District
staff prepares deed restrictions that are recorded on the property title to
provide notice of District Rules and Regulations, enforce permit conditions,
and provide notice of public access to water records. In March 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 May, the District prepared 16 deed restrictions. Of the
52 Water Permits issued in May 2010,
13 (21%) required deed restrictions. District staff provided deed restriction
Notary services for 25 Water Permit
Applicants.
In January 1997 (Ordinance No. 85), the
District enacted a program that offers refunds for older Residential toilets
voluntarily replaced with ULF models.
The program was expanded in 1998 (Ordinance No. 88) to provide rebates
for voluntary Non-Residential toilet retrofits.
It was expanded again in December 2003 (Ordinance No. 110) to provide
Rebates for high efficiency dishwasher and washing machines, Dual Flush
Toilets, Instant-Access Hot Water Systems (IAHWS) and Cisterns. In March 2007 (Ordinance No. 127), HET and
Zero Water Consumption Urinals were added to the program. Ordinance No. 129 (September 2007) added
Rebates for Weather Based Irrigation Controllers, Rain and Soil Moisture
Sensors, and increased the Rebates for washing machines, hot water systems and
waterless urinals. Rebates for fixtures
that are also used as a Water Credit were disallowed in July 2009 by Ordinance
No. 139, and finally, the 2009 Rebate Program Amendment Ordinance (No. 140) added
Rebates for Lawn removal and replacement with drought tolerant or permeable
surfaces, Synthetic Turf, High Efficiency (0.5 gpf) and Pint Urinals, Rotating
Sprinkler Nozzles, Water Brooms, High Efficiency Commercial Clothes Washers,
Cooling Tower Conductivity Controllers, Water Efficient Ice Machines and X-ray
film processor recirculation systems.
Ordinance No. 140 also deleted the Rebate for ULF toilets and increased
some of the Rebate amounts.
Participation
in the rebate program is detailed in the following charts. Table 1 indicates the program summary for California
American Water Company; Table 2
indicates the program summary for Seaside Municipal and Non-California American
Water users.
Table
1 – Rebate Program Summary-California American Water Customers
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CAW - REBATE PROGRAM SUMMARY |
May-2010 |
2010 YTD |
1997 - Present |
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I |
Application Summary |
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A. |
Applications Received |
282 |
1091 |
10104 |
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B. |
Applications Approved |
240 |
870 |
7873 |
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C. |
Single Family Applications |
215 |
878 |
8992 |
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D. |
Multi-Family Applications |
16 |
42 |
516 |
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E. |
Non-Residential
Applications |
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Commercial |
6 |
17 |
173 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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II |
Types of Fixtures
Rebated |
Quantity |
Paid |
Estimated Savings |
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A. |
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0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
18 |
4953 |
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B. |
SFD HET |
93 |
18,340.75 |
2.790 |
359 |
1016 |
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C. |
SFD HE DW |
25 |
3,125.00 |
0.075 |
126 |
795 |
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D. |
SFD HEW 5.0 or less Water
Factor |
103 |
25,750.00 |
1.658 |
330 |
1705 |
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E. |
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0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
8 |
60 |
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F. |
Instant Access Hot Water
Systems |
2 |
400.00 |
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13 |
78 |
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G. |
On Demand Hot Water-Point
of Source |
1 |
100.00 |
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6 |
22 |
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H. |
Cisterns |
5 |
1,568.25 |
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24 |
53 |
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I. |
Residential Smart
Controllers |
3 |
360.00 |
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9 |
33 |
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J. |
Residential Zero Water
Using Urinals |
0 |
0.00 |
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0 |
2 |
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K. |
Residential Rain Sensors |
1 |
25.00 |
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9 |
11 |
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L. |
Residential Soil Sensors |
0 |
0.00 |
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1 |
2 |
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M. |
Lawn Removal &
Replacement |
5 |
7,553.48 |
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5 |
5 |
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N. |
Rotating Sprinkler Nozzles |
41 |
20.50 |
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41 |
41 |
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O. |
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0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
1 |
1902 |
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P. |
MFD HET |
10 |
2,000.00 |
0.300 |
299 |
328 |
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Q. |
MFD HE DW |
3 |
375.00 |
0.009 |
4 |
11 |
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R. |
MFD HEW 5.0 or less Water
Factor |
5 |
1,250.00 |
0.081 |
11 |
33 |
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S. |
MFS Rain Sensors |
1 |
25.00 |
0.000 |
1 |
1 |
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T. |
MFD Lawn Removal &
Replacement |
1 |
50.00 |
0.015 |
1 |
1 |
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T. |
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0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
2 |
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U. |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
715 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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V. |
Non-Residential - HET |
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Commercial |
74 |
13,612.00 |
3.089 |
141 |
289 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
0 |
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W. |
Non-Residential HEW 5.0 or
less Water Factor |
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Commercial |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
1 |
41 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
1 |
2 |
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CAW - REBATE PROGRAM SUMMARY Con’t |
May-2010 |
2010 YTD |
1997 - Present |
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II |
Types of Fixtures
Rebated |
Quantity |
Paid |
Estimated Savings |
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Types of Fixtures Rebated |
Quantity |
Paid |
Estimated Savings |
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X. |
Non-Residential HE
Dishwasher |
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Commercial |
1 |
125.00 |
0.003 |
1 |
1 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
0 |
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Y. |
Non-Residential Smart
Controllers |
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Commercial |
1 |
130.00 |
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1 |
2 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
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Z. |
Non-Residential Zero Water
Using Urinals |
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Commercial |
0 |
0.00 |
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0 |
114 |
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Industrial |
0 |
0.00 |
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0 |
0 |
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Institutional (public
authority) |
0 |
0.00 |
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0 |
0 |
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III |
Rebate Refund |
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Residential |
0 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
0 |
3 |
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Non-Residential |
0 |
0.00 |
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0 |
0 |
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IV |
Total Dollars Rebated |
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$74,809.98 |
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$269,946.58 |
$1,561,116.01 |
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Estimated Water
Savings in Acre-Feet Annually* |
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8.020 |
31.675 |
266.798 |
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* Retrofit savings are estimated
at 0.023 AF/toilet, 0.003 AF/dishwasher, 0.0161 AF/washer; 0.03 AF/HET |
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Strike
through items are no longer eligible for rebate |
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Table 2 –Rebate Program
Summary-Non-California American Water Customers
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NON-CAW SUPPLEMENTAL REBATE PROGRAM SUMMARY |
May-2010 |
2010 YTD Total |
7/1/2009 to Present |
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I |
Application Summary |
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A. |
SFD-Applications Received |
2 |
7 |
22 |
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B. |
Applications Approved |
2 |
7 |
22 |
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C. |
Applications Denied |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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II |
Types of Fixtures
Rebated |
MPWMD Amount Paid |
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Estimated Water Savings |
2010 YTD MPWMD Paid |
2010 YTD |
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A. |
SFD HET |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
900.00 |
500 |
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B. |
SFD HE DW |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.000 |
250.00 |
50 |
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C. |
SFD HEW 5.0 or less Water
Factor |
250.00 |
50.00 |
0.016 |
3150.00 |
750 |
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D. |
Instant Access Hot Water
Systems |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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0.00 |
0 |
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E. |
Cisterns |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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0.00 |
0 |
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F. |
Residential Smart
Controllers |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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0.00 |
0 |
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G. |
Non-Residential Zero Water
Using Urinals |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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0.00 |
0 |
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IV |
Total Dollars Rebated |
250.00 |
50.00 |
0.0161 |
4750.00 |
$1,750.00 |
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V. |
Estimated Water
Savings |
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0.442 |
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* Retrofit savings are
estimated at 0.023 AF/toilet, 0.003 AF/dishwasher, 0.0161 AF/washer; 0.03 AF/HET |
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