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INFORMATIONAL ITEM/STAFF
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WATER
CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT FOR JANUARY 2025
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Meeting Date: |
February 24, 2025
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From: |
David J. Stoldt, |
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General Manager |
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Prepared By: |
Kyle Smith |
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General
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Committee Recommendation: N/A |
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CEQA
Compliance: This
action does not constitute a project as defined by the California
Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378. |
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The following information
reflects activities undertaken by the Water Demand Division during the month of
January
2025.
I. MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION RETROFIT PROGRAM
District Regulation XIV requires
the retrofit of water fixtures upon Change of Ownership or Use with High
Efficiency Toilets (HET) (1.28 gallons-per-flush), 2.0 gallons-per-minute (gpm) Showerheads, 1.2 gpm
Washbasin faucets, 1.8 gpm Kitchen, Utility, and Bar Sink
faucets, and Rain Sensors on all automatic Irrigation Systems. Property owners must certify the Site meets
the District’s water efficiency standards by
submitting a Water Conservation Certification Form (WCC), and a Site inspection
is occasionally conducted to verify compliance. Properties that do not require
an inspection are issued a Conservation Certification document.
Information is obtained monthly from Realquest.com on properties transferring ownership within the District. The information is compared against the properties that have submitted WCCs. Details on 82 property transfers that occurred were added to the database.
The District received 46 Water Conservation Certification Forms. Data on ownership, transfer date, and status of water efficiency standard compliance were entered into the database.
15 properties were verified compliant with Rule 144 (Retrofit Upon Change of Ownership or Use). Of the 15 verifications, 2 properties verified compliance by submitting certification forms and/or receipts. District staff completed 27 Site inspections. Of the 27 properties visited, 13 (48%) passed.
D. Non-Residential
Compliance with Water Efficiency Standards
By January 1, 2014, all Non-Residential properties were required to meet Rule 143, Water Efficiency Standards for Existing Non-Residential Uses. District inspectors performed nine verification inspections.
As part of the Non-Residential compliance effort, MPWMD notifies California American Water (Cal-Am) of properties with landscaping. Cal-Am staff then schedules an outdoor audit to verify compliance with the Rate Best Management Practices (BMPs). (Compliance with MPWMD’s Rule 143 achieves Rate BMP compliance for indoor water uses.) Properties with landscaping must comply with Cal-Am’s outdoor Rate BMPs to avoid rates in Division 4 (customers that are not in compliance with Rate BMPs). Rate BMPs are used to determine the appropriate Non-Residential rate division for each customer (there are four different rates based on the amount of irrigated area and compliance/noncompliance with the Rate BMPs).
MPWMD referred no property to Cal-Am for verification
of outdoor Rate BMPs.
E. Water
Waste Enforcement
The District has a Water Waste Hotline 831-658-5653 or an online form to report Water Waste occurrences at www.mpwmd.net or www.montereywaterinfo.org. There were two Water Waste responses during the past month. There were no repeated incidents that resulted in a fine.
II. WATER
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
District Rule 23 requires a Water Permit application for all properties that propose to expand or modify water use on a Site, including New Construction and Remodels. District staff processed and issued 69 Water Permits. Nine permits were issued using Water Entitlements (Pebble Beach Company, Malpaso Water, Sand City, etc.). No permits involved a debit to a Public Water Credit account. Nine Meter Split Permits and 11 Hydrant Meter Permits were issued.
District Rule 24-3-A allows the addition of a second Bathroom in an existing Dwelling Unit that has only one Bathroom. Of the 69 Water Permits issued, six were issued under this provision.
B. Permit Compliance
Staff completed 21 site inspections during January. 17 properties passed the interior inspection, and no properties failed due to unpermitted fixtures. Five properties were inspected to complete a Landscape Water Permit: none failed.
C. Close the Open Permits Project
Staff sent out 288 open permit letters during January. One hundred twenty-three properties were inspected to close open permits. One hundred one of the 123 inspected passed and 22 failed. In January 13 permits were amended using the District Reserve.
District staff provided Notary services for 55 customers.
E. Rebates
The District processes
rebate applications to ensure that only voluntary replacement of higher
efficiency devices receive rebates. The comprehensive list of available rebates
can be found in Rule 141. Rebates
for January and February will be shown in the March staff report.
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