HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-05-12 - Resolution No. 16-03 RESOLUTION NO. 16-03
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
REGARDING LONG-TERM WATER CONSERVATION
AND MANAGEMENT POLICY IN CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, local California water agencies have invested nearly $20 billion in the past
20 years to build and prudently manage diverse water supply portfolios to
meet their customers' needs and provide reliable supplies during times of
drought; and
WHEREAS, these local investments in everything from water recycling to local and
regional water storage to desalination of brackish groundwater and ocean
water were made with the public's support and are widely credited with
keeping California's economy largely intact throughout the current
multiyear drought; and
WHEREAS, the emergency drought regulation adopted in May 2015 and extended in
February 2016 by the State Water Resources Control Board largely
overlooked these investments and required local urban water suppliers to
impose mandatory reductions in water use on their customers, even
where hydrology and available local supply options did not warrant such
stringent reductions; and
WHEREAS, Californians responded heroically to the drought emergency and largely
met the statewide goal of reducing urban water use by 25% through
February 2016; and
WHEREAS, Yorba Linda Water District Customers met an even more stringent
conservation mandate of 36%; and
WHEREAS, as the state's focus transitions from the emergency regulation to a
potential long-term policy approach to conservation, local water agencies
believe it should be the state's policy to emphasize investments in
drought-resiliency and ongoing water-use efficiency and to leave
discretion with local water agencies to choose appropriate management
strategies; and
WHEREAS, California water agencies affirmatively support a long-term policy that
demands high levels of water use efficiency, promotes innovation in
developing water shortage contingency plans, requires high levels of
accountability at local water agencies, and preserves local control over
water management decisions;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Yorba Linda Water District supports a
long-term policy that will result in a highly efficient and resilient water future and will
allow local water agencies to continue planning for and investing in the water supply
reliability actions needed to meet California's 21 st century water needs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Yorba Linda Water District believes long-term water
management policy is most appropriately developed and administered by the California
Department of Water Resources, which already has the lead role in managing the
state's Urban Water Management Plan /Water Shortage Contingency Plan process.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of May 2016, by the following called vote:
AYES: Directors Beverage, Collett, Kiley and Melton
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Di.irddt.or Hawkins
Ric Collett, President
Yorba Linda Water District
ATTEST:
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Marc Marcantonio, Board Secretary
Yorba Linda Water District
Reviewed as to form by General Counsel:
Arthur G. Kidman Ksq, `
Kidman Law LLP
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