Drought planning: resiliency measures.
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Overview
This bill modifies requirements for small water suppliers and nontransient noncommunity water systems, such as schools, to implement drought resiliency measures. Currently, these systems are required to meter service connections and monitor for water loss by January 1, 2032. However, the bill creates an exemption for water districts with fewer than 500 service connections if they are pursuing state funding, have been denied funding, or cannot secure funding due to program limitations, and if raising local rates is not feasible.
Key provisions
- Exempts water districts with fewer than 500 service connections from metering service connections and monitoring water loss.
- Applies this exemption if the water district is seeking state funding, ineligible for funding, or cannot obtain funding.
- Requires a finding that increasing rates is not a feasible option for the exemption to apply.
- Requires monitoring of production well groundwater levels by January 1, 2023.
- Requires membership in the California Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (CalWARN) or a similar mutual aid organization starting January 1, 2023.
- Requires a backup electrical supply for continuous operations by January 1, 2023.
- Requires a backup water supply or water system intertie by January 1, 2027.
- Requires sufficient capacity for fire flow requirements by January 1, 2032.
Who is affected
- Small water suppliers (serving 15-2,999 connections)
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