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�.A -I I DRAFT URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN Introduction and Summary of Key Issues Introduction The State of California requires all urban water suppliers serving more than 3,000 customers or providing more than 3,000 acre -feet of water annually to develop an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP or Plan). The minimum contents of the UWMP are set forth in the Urban Water Management Planning Act (California Water Code, Division 6, Part 2.6, Section 10610). The City of Redwood City (City) developed its first UWMP in 1985. The City has updated its Plan periodically; this revision updates the last UWMP generated July 2002. This UWMP will be updated over time as issues warrant, and at least once every five years according to the Act. The City coordinates its UWMP with its wholesale water agency and its wastewater treatment provider. The City Council is required to hold a public hearing to review and subsequently adopt a final plan (see Appendix A). This UWMP provides a summary of a variety of water resource policy and planning issues -- covering water demands, supplies, reliability, distribution, metering, and rates. The City Council has established the goals of providing its water customers with high quality water, at a high degree of reliability, at the lowest possible cost. The UWMP is intended to help the City achieve these goals. The UWMP also serves as a key document in complying with two new state laws enacted in 2001, SB 610 (Costa) and SB 221 (Kuehl), regarding the nexus between water suppliers and local land use agencies when considering certain large -scale development projects. The major management issues currently facing the City are summarized in the next section. Summary of Key Issues The City faces two key and interrelated water resource issues. The first is decreasing water reliability and the second is increasing wholesale water costs. Water Reliability The City has a relatively low level of water supply reliability. The City currently purchases all of its potable water supplies from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ( SFPUC) via the Hetch Hetchy regional water system. When the SFPUC next declares a water shortage, Redwood City will be required to make relatively large water use cutbacks as specified in the Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan adopted in 2001, pursuant to section 7.03(a) of the Master Water Sales Contract. If San Francisco declares a 10% system shortage, for example, A complete copy of Act can be found at www.waterxa.gov. The scope of the City's UWMP goes beyond the minimum requirements prescribed by the Act in several areas (e.g., distribution system and rates).