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06/22/2009 <br />WATER SUPPLY <br />How much water do the agencies outside San Francisco get under this <br />agreement? <br />r <br />San Francisco has made a perpetual commitment to provide the 25 permanent <br />Wholesale Customers collectively up to 184 million gallons per day (mgd), on an annual <br />average basis. The cities of San Jose and Santa Clara are not permanent customers <br />and are not included in this amount. The Agreement preserves the Wholesale <br />Customers' claim that San Francisco is obligated to provide water over and above this <br />amount, and San Francisco's denial of that obligation. <br />How much water would San Jose and Santa Clara receive? <br />The cities of San Jose and Santa Clara are currently temporary and interruptible <br />customers of the San Francisco regional water system. They are able to purchase <br />surplus water from San Francisco. These two cities currently purchase a combined total <br />of about 9 mgd. Under the new agreement, San Francisco would provide San Jose and <br />Santa Clara up to 9 mgd until the year 2018, but they would continue to be temporary <br />and interruptible customers. <br />Will the water a envies outside receive as much water as they are projecting to <br />need? <br />No. The agencies will be about 11 mgd short of their projections. In 2004 the 27 <br />Wholesale Customers projected they would need to purchase 195 mgd of water from <br />San Francisco in 2018. This amount of water supplements their use of other sources of <br />water and already includes their commitment to 11 mgd of new water conservation plus <br />9 mgd of recycled water. In October 2008, San Francisco imposed a limit on sales of <br />water to its Retail and Wholesale Customers of 265 mgd until at least 2018: a limit of 81 <br />mgd on sales to San Francisco Retail Customers, and a limit of 184 mgd on sales to <br />Wholesale Customers. This action leaves the 27 Wholesale Customers 11 mgd short of <br />their projected needs in 2018. For their communities to continue to prosper as planned, <br />they will now have to double the amount of new water conservation and recycled water <br />between now and 2018. <br />Who will provide reliable water supplies for the future of our communities? <br />BAWSCA and its member agencies are developing a plan to save a total of 22 mgd <br />before 2018 through additional conservation and water recycling and are planning to <br />take on the challenge of preparing a longer -term plan to establish reliable water <br />supplies past 2018. <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />14949 <br />Muff # 304 <br />