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�� i City of Redwood Cify Draft 2005 Urban Water Management Plan 3) The UWMP reflects substantial coordination with the SFPUC's water supply planning and capital improvement program. 4) In addition, BAWSCA has replaced the Bay Area Water Users Association (BAWUA) by State statute, and the agency has provided significant input to its 28 member water agencies for the preparation of their UWMPs. Consistency among San Francisco's wholesale customers is deemed to be important as the SFPUC commences its comprehensive environmental review process for the regional system repair projects. 5) Projected development and population growth in Redwood City — with multi- family housing as the key driver — has been re-set and is tied primarily to recent discussions about the pending Downtown Specific Plan. The prior methodology of projecting future water demand utilizing specific development projects — whether anticipated or under way — has been replaced with an area- based projection, in close collaboration with Planning and Redevelopment staff. 6) The Recycled Water Task Force recommendations are now fully integrated in the UWMP and deliveries of recycled water have been further refined. 7) In addition, "active" conservation has been realigned over time and its focus adjusted to complement implementation of the recycled water project. 8) The UWMP now shows a positive "buffer" between supply assurance and demand projects, with water reliability improving, but still a concern. 9) Drought cutbacks are projected to be less onerous, and are now shown in ranges. 10) Finally, direct and indirect benefits to all Redwood City water customers are more apparent due to increased conservation and recycled water supply. City Council Policy In January 2002, the City Council set broad community priorities. The following three topped the Council's list: 1. Address Redwood City water supply assurance. Stated goal is to erase contractual supply assurance overdraft by 2010; 2. Fix the Hetch Hetchy regional water system, to secure the region's drinking water supply into the future; 3. Implement a water recycling project. Updated Projections Prior updates of the UWMP forecasted a growing gap between the City's single, limited source of water and its projected demand for water in the future. As this update is completed, what will Redwood City supply and demand be in 2010, 2020 and 2030? Table ES-1 summarizes projections from various chapters of this UWMP. Compared to the 2003 UWMP, the 2005 update indicates that the City Council's goal of erasing the City's overdraft of Hetch Hetchy drinking water is attainable. On Nov. 29, 2005 the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission adopted a revised Water System Improvement Program (WSIP), with an estimated cost of $4.3 billion over the next ten years. The projected effect on wholesale costs to Redwood City is a 300% rate increase by 2015. This cost increase will in turn be the single most significant driver of water bill increases to Redwood City customers. Except for prior drought reduction penalty charges, there has never been such a dramatic, permanent cost increase passed on to water customers within the Hetch Hetchy regional water system service area. ES-3