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6.1E Page 22 SB 610 Flowchart ATTACHMENT THREE START: Project appDcation to a city or county ("Lead Agency") Water Supplier must prepare assessment within 90 days of request (one 3O-day extension possible).3 If part of a larger project for which an assessment has already been completed see Water Code, ~ 10910{h) Q: Is there an urban water management plan rUWMP") that accounts for the demand associated with the project?4 Yes No S8610 not applicable --. Yes No Lead Agency must prepare S8 610 Assessment Water Supplier must prepare SB 610 Assessment No Yes Yes UWMP may be used in evidentiary record - in whole or In parl- for assessment.s Three areas must be addressed in reaching answer: Conduct assessment analysis (see below) and compile supportive record based on UWMP, other evidence, or COIl'bination of both. No Supply assessment must be prepared based on available evidentiary record if there is no public water system. Primary Issue for assessment Assessment must address whether the projected supply for the next 20 years - based on normal, single dry, and multiple dry years - will meet the demand projected for the project + existing and planned future use, including agricultural and manufacturing uses.6 First: Assessment shall include and quantify water received in prlor years from existing (1) water supply entitlements; (2) water rights; and (3) water service contracts held by Water Supplier. These must be demonstrated by (a) written contracts; (b) capital outlay/financing program for delivery adopted by Water Supplier; (c) Fed/State/Local permits for dellvery Infrastructure; (d) regulatory approvals required to conveyor deliver water. The Water Supplier shall provide the Lead Agency "its plans for acquiring additional water supplies, setting forth measures that are being undertaken to acquire and develop those water supplies.. Plans may include: (1) estimated total costs; (2) FedlStatellocal permits anticipated to be required; and (3) estimated tlmeframes to acquire additional supplies. The governing body of the Water Supplier or Lead Agency must approve the assessment at a regular or special meeting and deliver the assessment to the requesting Agency within 90 days of request. Second: If no water recelved in prior years by Water Supplier under ~ems identified per First inquiry, identify other water suppliers or water service contract holders that receive supply or have rights to the same source identified by the Water Supplier or Agency. Third: If the SOUfce for the project includes groundwater, factors and specifications related to groundwater source must be included.7 .- No Q: Does the assessment conclude that supply is 'sufficient"? Based on conslderation of these three areas, the Water Supplier or Agency must make a conclusion as to the Primary Issue for assessment (above). Yes ~ Lead Agency considering project shall include assessment and any additional supply information In CEQA. document for project. Lead Agency "shall determine, based on the entire record, whether projected water supplies WiD be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the project, in addition to existing and planned future uses." "If the [Lead Agency] determines that water supplies win not be sufficient, the (Lead Agency) shall include that determinafion in its findings for the project" The Lead Agency will approve or disapprove the project based on a number of factors. including, but not limited to, the water assessment. Chart Courtesy of the The Building Industry Legal Defense October 8. 2003 Page vi