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30 DRAFT URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />2.2.4 Actions to Encourage Use of Recycled Water <br />To encourage customers to convert to recycled water, the City of Redwood City will <br />consider the following incentives: <br />❑ The City could pay for the design of customer retrofits. <br />❑ . The City could establish a grant program to pay for the retrofit, based on the size <br />of the facility and the volume of recycled water to be used. <br />❑ The customer could pay for on -site retrofits, and the City could pay for the <br />distribution main, service connection, water meters, signage, and the labels at the <br />controllers. <br />❑ The City could consider offering new users discounted rates for three years. _ <br />❑ The City could consider providing on -going technical assistance to recycled water <br />customers for no charge. <br />❑ The City could "guarantee" recycled water supply reliability even during <br />shortages (excluding disaster conditions). <br />❑ The City and SBSA could continue to be proactive in public education regarding <br />the safety and reliability of recycled water. <br />2.2.5 Projected Use of Recycled Water <br />Currently, the City is delivering 74 AF/Y of recycled water. If the City were to <br />implement the recommended alternative described above, this volume could increase to <br />approximately 2,000 AF/Y by 2010. <br />2.3 Water Transfers and Exchanges <br />Securing water from willing sellers inside and outside of the Hetch Hetchy water system <br />is theoretically possible. <br />❑ Within the SFPUC system, it is possible to transfers water entitlements and/or <br />banked water from among agencies. The Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan <br />(IWSAP) adopted by all BAWUA agencies and SFPUC provides for voluntary <br />transfers of water among BAWUA agencies during periods when mandatory <br />rationing is in effect on the San Francisco regional water system. Some BAWUA <br />agencies have the capacity to draw more heavily on local groundwater during dry <br />years and thus may be willing to agree to transfer some portion of their San <br />Francisco entitlement to other BAWUA agencies willing to pay for this back up <br />supply. This is a possible source of relief from rationing at levels more severe <br />than those required in neighboring communities. Initial inquiries by the City of <br />[611: <br />