CC - Item 3A - Presentation by the Upper San Gabriel Valley MWDUPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MWD
WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION UPDATE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD
1/11/21
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UPPER DISTRICT BACKGROUND
▪Special district formed in 1960 to provide
supplemental water to San Gabriel Valley
communities
▪Metropolitan Water District member agency
▪Service Area:144 square miles & 18 cities
▪Population Served: 950,000
▪Water Retailers:26
▪Imported Water Delivery: 30,000 acre feet/yr.
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WHERE DOES YOUR WATER SUPPLY COME FROM?
START OF THE RAIN SEASON
Imported Water –State Water Project
•Snowpack Peak: 138% of normal
•Runoff Forecast:162% of normal
Local Water –SGV Watershed
•Rainfall: 7.83 inches, 43% of normal
“This snowfall is good news but doesn’t
change our need to prepare and
continue to be vigilant about our water
use and investments for the future,”
Metropolitan Water District General
Manager Adel Hagekhalil said.
Peak
Snowpack
WY Runoff
DROUGHT REMAINS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR CALIFORNIA
•Extreme cycles of wet and dry conditions due to
climate change. Although December was
extremely wet, most of the state remains in
“severe drought.”
•Newsom declared entire state in drought and
called for voluntary 15% water use reduction.
•Upper District Board activated Level 2 of the
Water Shortage Contingency Plan (August 2021).
•MWD Board declared a Drought Emergency
(November 2021).
REGULATIONS ADOPTED TO PREVENT WATER WASTING
•State Water Resources Control Board adopted regulations
prohibiting water wasting on January 4th. Rules take effect
for one year once the Administrative Review is complete.
•Prohibited:
•Watering lawn during the 48 hours after rainstorm
•Watering sidewalk and excessive runoff
•Washing cars with hoses that lack shut off nozzles
•Using potable water to wash driveways, sidewalks etc
•Exception:
•Trees in street medians can be watered but not turf
•Violations:
•Potential fines up to $500/daily
•Violators will be directed to local water agency
Photo credit: AP
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BALDWIN PARK KEY WELL
Historic High: 295.3 ft. (July 20, 1983)
Historic Low: 169.4 ft. (Nov. 21,2018)
Current Elevation: 182.0 ft
(as of December 24, 2021)
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BUILDING SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLIES
Storage Reserves
•Local groundwater storage –100,000 AF
•MWD storage –2.5 M AF
MWD’s Regional Recycled Water Project
•Up to 150 million gallons per day
•Enough water for over 500,000 homes
Delta Conveyance Project
•Modernize, repair, and protect
California’s aging water delivery system
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Conservation
in Action!
Investing in conservation along with other measures allows us to preserve our local
supplies for future dry years.
WATER USAGE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
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SGV Water Smart Home Program
•Direct install program for a variety of
water efficient devices for the home,
targeting DACs
Drought Webpage
•Drought Fact Sheets & Conservation
Collateral
•www.upperdistrict.org/drought/
Additional Water Saving Resources
•www.bewaterwise.com
•www.saveourwater.com
•Water Smart Videos –available online
(in Mandarin/Spanish)
HOW TO CONSERVE?
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QUESTIONS
Upper San Gabriel Valley MWD
Director Anthony Fellow and Director Charles Trevino
Tom Love
General Manager
tom@usgvmwd.org
www.upperdistrict.org
BACK UP SLIDES
CURRENT WATER SUPPLY CONDITIONS
Imported Water
Colorado River
•Snowpack Peak:127% of normal
•Runoff Forecast:130% of normal
•Shortage Allocation:2022
State Water Project -Imported Water
•Snowpack Peak: 138% of normal
•Runoff Forecast:30.9 inches, 162% of normal
•SWP Allocation:0%
Local Water -SGV Watershed
•Rainfall: 7.83 inches, 43% of normal
(Normal = 18.09 inches)
•Over 95% of stormwater captured in the SGV
every year
•As of 12/31/21
Peak
Snowpack
WY Runoff
Data as of 1/3/22
Period of “normal” is changing to 1991-2020.
STORAGE RESERVES
As of 12/27/21
MWD Storage Reserves Local Reserves