BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Water Supply Master Plan Update. (Continued from April 10, 2018)
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Receive and discuss information on alternative water supply strategies;
B. Receive and discuss stakeholder input on water supply projects and alternative water supply strategies; and
C. Receive and discuss preliminary cost of shortage analysis as it pertains to the District's water supply reliability level of service goal.
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SUMMARY:
The Water Supply Master Plan (Master Plan) is the District's strategy for providing a reliable and sustainable water supply in a cost-effective manner. It describes the new water supply investments the District is planning to make, the anticipated schedule, and the associated costs and benefits. The Board last received information on the Master Plan update process at its September 19, 2017 meeting. This memorandum provides information on how staff has incorporated recent Board actions into its Master Plan analysis, summarizes alternative water supply strategies, presents stakeholder input on water supply projects and alternative water supply strategies, and describes the results of staff's preliminary cost of shortage analysis.
A key finding of staff's analysis is that the projects the Board recently approved to proceed to the planning stage (i.e. Water Supply Master Plan No Regrets Package, California Water Fix, and up to 24,000 acre-feet per year of potable reuse at Los Gatos Ponds) appear to be sufficient to meet the water supply reliability level of service goal. Staff used an interim level of service goal of meeting 85 percent of demands during droughts for the analysis presented in this memorandum.
Updated Water Supply Outlook with Recent Board Actions
The Board approved beginning planning for the "No Regrets" package of water conservation and stormwater projects on September 19, 2017. These projects are designed to reduce water demands by about 10,000 acre-fee...
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