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~A 3~ repairs have been pen`ormed on it. However, the sewer system needs certain amount of flow to make it drain properly, so sustained drought may cause some localized problems. f) The formula for cutback allocations in regional water is based on one- third of three years usage. This is unfair to cities that have been conserving water. The "Interim Water Supply Allocation Plan" is based on two fixed and one changing metric, and it can be seen as having built-in disincentives for conserving water now with the consequence of higher relative cut-backs in times of drought. When the IWSAP expires in 2010, there will be an opportunity to try to renegotiate the basis of cutback allocations with the SFPUC. Fortunately, at the retail customer level, Redwood City will base its cutbacks on the amount of water needed, vs. the historic amount used. g) In the past, people who had used a lot of water didn't suffer as much during a drought as people who were already conserving. Under the current formula the entire community will suffer. See response to item 1) above. h) RWC residents who do not have access to recycled water will be penalized under the current system. While no recycled water will be served to individual homes and gardens, to the degree that existing large landscapes are converted to recycled water from drinking water, there will be more water for all customers to share in a shortage. i) City should be more concerned about development and water supply. The 2005 update of the UWMP has been coordinated with the schedule for the City's General Plan update process, with the UWMP preceding the General Plan. Given the Planning Commission's active interest in the UWMP and the nexus to future land use decisions, it maybe fair to say that the community is much more concerned about -and engaged in -the issues associated with water supply. Group # 3: Suggestions for improving this draft: a) Policy goals and implementations should be color-coded and comments from the community should be added in the margins. This would make it a lot easier for community to see the value of their input. This was a good suggestion, which ultimately lead staff to conclude that the difficult of interpreting community comments, questions and concerns and attempting to assign them to specific areas of the Draft UWMP was unlikely to meet the need. Instead, the UWMP team devised the "response" format along with the recommended changes table, supported by the new Executive Summary and companion staff report. b) North County has been filling up an aquifer for 4 - 5 years. RWC should look into something similar. RWC will receive indirect benefit from this project because it becomes an indirect, regional emergency back-up supply. RWC has no plans to do something similar, as the local groundwater is unreliable and there is no aquifer storage capacity. c) Figure out a way to expand recycled water to more of RWC. See UWMP Chapter 7 for a discussion of opportunities to expand the recycled water system. As designed, the storage, pumping and distribution system are highly flexible for meeting future and unanticipated needs and opportunities. d) Encourage the City to do more citizen education on the merits and safety of recycled water. See response to Item 3(b) for Group #2. 5 of 6