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<br />implementalion shall be included in the plan.
<br />10616. "Public agency" means any board, commission, county.
<br />city and county, city, regiunal agency. district, or other public entity.
<br />111617. "Urban water supplier" means a snpplier, either pnb[icly
<br />or privately oWllcd. providing water for municipal purposes either
<br />directly or indirectly to morc tha1l3JK.:MJ cuslOlll.ers or supplying Inorc
<br />than 3,000 acre. feet of water annually, An urhan water supplier
<br />includes a supplier ur contractor for water, regardless of the basis of
<br />right, which distributes or sells for ultimate resale to customers. This
<br />part applies only to water supplied fCOIIl public waler systems subject
<br />to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 4ll1(1) of Part [ of Division
<br />5 of the lIeahh and Safety COlle,
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<br />Artidc 2. Contents of Plans
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<br />Article 1. General Provisions
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<br />J06.10, It is the intention of the Legis[ature, in enacting this part,
<br />to permit levels of waler management p~anning commensurate with
<br />the numbers of customers served and the volUlue of water supplied.
<br />[0631. A plan shall include all of the following elements:
<br />(u) Contain an estimate of past, current, and projected water use
<br />and, to the extent records are available, licgregate those uses
<br />between residential, industrial, commercial, and governmental uses.
<br />(b) Identify conservatiou measures currently adopted and being
<br />practiced,
<br />(c) Dcseribe altemativl' conservation measures, if any, which
<br />would inlprove the efficiency df water use with an evaluation of their
<br />costs and their environmental and other significant inlpacts.
<br />(d) Provide a schedule of implcmentation for proposed actions as
<br />indicated by the plan.
<br />(e) Describe the frequency and magnitude of supply deficiencies,
<br />including conditions of drought and emergency, and the ability to
<br />meet short-term deficiencies.
<br />10632. [n addition to the elements required pursuant to Section
<br />10631, a plan projeeting a future use which indicates a need for
<br />expanded or additional water supplies shall contain an evaluation of
<br />the following:
<br />(a) Waste water reclamation.
<br />(b) Exehangcs or transfer of water on a short.term or [ong.term
<br />basis.
<br />(e) Managemcnt of water system pressures and peak dcmands.
<br />(d) Incentives to alter water usC practices, includmg fixtnre and
<br />appliance retrofit programs.
<br />(c) Public information and edupational programs to promote wise
<br />use and elirninate waste.
<br />(f) Changes in pricing, rate structures, and regulations,
<br />[(1633, The plan shall contain an evaluation of the alternative
<br />water management practices identified in Sections 10631 and [0632,
<br />taking into account economic and noneconOlnic factors, including
<br />environmental, social, health, custOluer impact, and technological
<br />faetors,
<br />Evaluation of the elemcnts in Section [0632 shall include a
<br />cornparison of the c!itimated cost of alternative water manageInent
<br />practices with the incremental costs of expanded or additional water
<br />supplies, and ill the course of the evaluation first consideration shall
<br />he given to watt'r llumagcI11cnt practices. or combination of
<br />practices, which offer lower incremental costs than cxpanded or
<br />additional water supplies, considering all the preceding evaluation
<br />factors,
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<br />CIIAI'TEIl 3. lhlllAN WATEII MANAGEMENT PLANS
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<br />W620, (a) Every urban water supplier serving water directly to
<br />customers shall, nollater than Deeemher 3[, [9&5, prepare and adopt
<br />an urban water nlanagemenl plan in.the manner set forth in Article
<br />3 (commencing with Section t0640).
<br />(h) Every person that becomes an urban water supplier after
<br />December 3[, 1984, shall adopt an urban water management plan
<br />within one year after it has become an urban water supplier.
<br />(e) Ali urban water supplier indirectly providing water to
<br />customers may adopt an urban water management plan or
<br />participate in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide urban
<br />water Inanagcment planning; provided, however, an urban w~t'cr
<br />supplier indirectly providing water shall not' include planning
<br />elements ill its water management plan as provided in Article 2
<br />(commencing with Section [(Ki30) tl,at would be applicable to urban
<br />water suppliers or public agencies directly providing water, or to
<br />their customers, without the consent of those suppliers or public
<br />agencies.
<br />(d) An urban water supplier may satisfy the requirements of this
<br />part by participation in areawide, regional, watershed, or basinwide
<br />urhan water management planning where those plans will reduce
<br />preparation costs and contribute to the achievemcnt of eonservation
<br />and efficient water lIse.
<br />(e) The urban water supplier lllay prepare the plan with its own
<br />staff, by contract, or in coopcration with other governmental
<br />agencies.
<br />10621. Eaeh urban water supplier shall periodically review its
<br />plan at least once every five years, After the revicw, it shall make any
<br />amendments or changes to its plan which are indicated by the
<br />review. Amendments or changes in its plan shall be adopted and filed
<br />in the manner set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section
<br />[06-10) ,
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