BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Water Supply Master Plan Monitoring and Assessment Program Update 2021.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Receive and discuss information on the annual Water Supply Master Plan Monitoring and Assessment Program evaluation.
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SUMMARY:
The Water Supply Master Plan 2040 (Master Plan) Monitoring and Assessment Program (MAP) provides Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) a mechanism to evaluate and report to the Board how new water supply and demand data, modeling, and project information may influence Valley Water's future water supply reliability. The goal of MAP is to ensure the Board has the necessary information to make investment and policy decisions.
The MAP 2020 report provided updated demands that consider the 2012-2016 drought rebound and new growth and development information. Forecasted demands are lower than had been modeled in the Master Plan and are not expected to exceed historic water use, even when considering the potential impacts of climate change. However, Valley Water is still considering investing in new water supplies to mitigate potential impacts of climate change and future regulations on existing supplies. This MAP 2021 memorandum expands upon the MAP 2020 analysis by summarizing Valley Water's evaluation of how different projects may help ensure Valley Water maintains a reliable water supply into the future considering future climate, regulations, and updated project design and operation information. In addition, this memorandum provides updated project cost information and findings from an updated project risk assessment.
Water Supply Project and Portfolio Evaluation
Valley Water collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to maintain an accurate understanding of the existing system and forecasted demands, and to support the development of new water supply projects. Updated system and project information is then included in Valley Water's planning model to evaluate...
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