Draft Review of the Urban Water Management Plan

The Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD) announces the release of the Draft Urban Water Management Plan (Plan) for 2015 for public review.

Urban Water Management Plan’s emphasize how agencies will address water demand management in order to achieve a 20 percent reduction in urban per capita water use by 31 December 2020 as required by the State of California.

The Plan is designed to be viewed as a long-term, general planning document, rather than as an exact blueprint for supply and demand management. For purposes of this Plan, it is the stated goal of TUD to provide a sufficient and dependable water supply for its existing and future customers in a safe, efficient, and cost effective manner.

Based on conservative water supply and demand assumptions over the next 25 years, in combination with the implementation of exceptional conservation during certain dry years, the

Plan is projected to successfully achieve this goal.

Urban water suppliers having more than 3,000 service connections or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) for retail or wholesale uses are required to submit a UWMP every five years to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). In 2015 TUD served over 11,000 AF of potable and raw water, however only about 600 AF was delivered to wholesale customers. Therefore TUD is considered an urban retail water supplier only. This

2015 Plan is an update to the 2010 plan prepared by TUD.

In order for water agencies like TUD to qualify for most grant funding, they are required to maintain a Plan that has been deemed complete by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) every five years.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants of Rancho Cordova was hired in November 2015 to help prepare the TUD’s 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.

The public is encouraged to review the Draft Plan and Appendices at the TUD website, www.tudwater.com. There will be a hard copy available for inspection at the TUD office. If you would like to receive a hard copy of the Plan a Public Records Request form will need to be completed.

The deadline for comments to the Plan is Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The District Board will hold a Public Hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 in the District Board room to consider the adoption of the Plan.