BOARD02131

• Board Meeting Date: 3/22/2005
• Description: OWCDP Section - HB 1365 Guidelines, Water Conservation Planning and Grant Application, Model Conservation Plan
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Water Reuse: Use of reclaimed water for a beneficial use constitutes water reuse. Direct water
reuse includes treating wastewater and piping it directly into a water system without intervening
dilution in natural water bodies. Indirect rcuse includes an intermediate stcp between the
generation of reclaimed water and reuse, which may bc through discharge, retention, and mixing
with another water supply.

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Water Supply Master Plan: A comprehensive plan in which a water management entity
addresses all technical and political issues related to providing sufficient quantity and quality of
water for entities' clients.

Water-saving measures and programs: includes any device, fixture, practice, hardware, or
equipment that reduces water dcmands and a program that uses a combination of measures and
incentives that provides for an increase in the productive use of a local water supply.

5. PLAN SUBMITTAL, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL PROCEDURE

Sa. Plan Submittal - Covered entities shall submit a Water Conservation Plan ("Plan"), or
updates of a previously submitted and approved Water Conservation Plan, to the Office for
review and approval, in accordance with g 37-60-126. All planning entities with retail water
delivcries of less than 2,000 acre-feet per ycar, may submit a Water Conservation Plan, or a
revised or updated Water Conservation Plan, to the Office for review and approval. Plan
submittals must include a cover letter that contains the name and contact information of the
submitting entity seeking Office approval, a listing of the organizations andlor individuals
including those hired or otherwise retained by the submitting entity that assisted in prcparation of
the Plan, the identification of retail water delivery by the submitting entity for each of the past
five years (in acre-feet or million gallons), the dates and information related to the public review
and comment process, the signature of an individual with the authority to commit the resources of
the submitting entity seeking approval, and a copy of the submitting entity's Water Conservation
Plan. Additional information characterizing past water use by sector (e.g., residcntial,
commercial, industrial) and source (e.g., groundwater vs. surface water, raw water, treated water,
etc.) is preferred, but not required. A checklist of the information that is required in the submittal
cover letter is provided in Tablc 1.

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st>. Timeframe for Review - Upon receipt of the plan submittal, the Office wili return within 10
working days acknowledgment of receipt of the Plan submittal to the submitting entity. Any
deficiencies in the information required in the Plan submittal cover letter, as per Section Sa and
summarized in Table I, will be made known to the entity by the Office in a letter that will
acknowledgement receipt of the plan and identifY any deficiencies in the cover letter content If
any deficiencies are identified by the Office, the identified deficiencies will need to be addressed
by the submitting entity before the Office can proceed with the plan review and approval process.
Once all Plan submittal cover letter information has been received as specified in Section Sa, the
Office will initiate Plan review and comment and return a written notice of approval, conditional
approval, or non-approval within 90 days of receipt of the Plan submittal from the submitting
entity.

5c. Approval Process -
(I) Upon completion of the review of the suhmitted Plan, the Office will provide a writtcn
notification to the submitting entity of the determination of the Office, as follows:

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