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�51 i The projected average daily water demand for the proposed Project at buildout, calculated based on City standards, is 0.209 mgd (234 AFN), per the revised July 3, 2003 study which adjusts and updates the initial estimates shown in the DEIR and WSA, absent mitigation measures. The projected average demand, absent mitigation measures, is about 3 times the current average demand, which is .0665 mgd (74.58 AFN). The Project - related increase in water demand, absent mitigation measures, would be approximately 0.143 mgd (159.7 AFN). The projected demand is based on a study of water demand at comparable facilities. The results of the study are summarized in the Addendum to a City of Redwood City Final Environmental Impact Report for the Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center Master Plan dated June 18, 2003. Redwood City currently exceeds its allotment for water supply by approximately 927 AFN. Because Redwood City already exceeds its allotment for water supply, any increase in water demand would exacerbate the existing shortfall. In conjunction with the South Bayside System Authority, the City has adopted plans for a recycled water treatment, storage, pumping and distribution system that would be used for landscape irrigation and other industrial uses. If implemented, this system will provide a means of meeting water demands that would otherwise be met from potable water sources. The system would, at full utilization, deliver up to 1,995 AFN, thereby reducing existing and future demands on City's potable water supply. Mitigation Measure UT -1.1 requires Kaiser to contribute its fair share to the cost of implementation of the recycled water system and to comply with all applicable current and future City water demand performance standards, including standards in the City of Redwood City Urban Water Management Plan, the City's recycled water project, and the City's water conservation program. If the recycled water program is not implemented, Kaiser would be responsible for obtaining water supply from a third -party water supplier, if feasible. Mitigation Measure UT -1.2 requires Kaiser to include methods of water conservation in Medical Center buildings and landscaping. The Precise Plan incorporates Mitigation Measures UT -1.1 and UT -1.2 by requiring necessary infrastructure to allow the use of recycled water for irrigation and make a financial contribution to the implementation of a recycled water program, if implemented; dual plumbing for recycled water for internal uses, such as toilets, to the extent approved by DHS, if necessary; recycled water project infrastructure for all landscaped areas and for internal uses. These mitigation measures will substantially reduce the Project's demand for potable water supply. If the adopted recycled water program is fully implemented the water supply demand could be reduced to a less -than- significant level. If not, the demand would be reduced but would remain significant. Overriding Considerations: The environmental, economic, social and other benefits of the Project override the significant impact described above, as more fully stated in the Statement of Overriding Considerations in Section 3 of the Resolution. 13