Santa Margarita Water District:

ASCE July Luncheon

June 26, 2015

We’re in this Together . . .

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March 2014 March 2015

CA Snowpack 24%

Rainfall

Annual Precipitation Trends 24%

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Plant Choices and Rainfall in OC * Data from CIMIS station #75, Irvine, CA

Average Annual

Rainfall: 13”

Drought?

Without wet years,

8” Average: What

we need to plan for

Competing Public Policy

Orange County is expected to grow by 313,000

people over the next 50 years

40,000 in SMWD over the next 20 years

State of California has to cut water demand by

25% between June 2015 and February 2016

24% in SMWD

Incongruent issues?

Conservation AND New Supplies

SMWD Conservation Plan:

Behavioral Science Approach

Change the way we think about water

WaterSmart

Recycle Conversion Projects

Recycle Distribution & Storage Expansion

Advanced Metering Infrastructure for Irrigation

Water Budget Billing Structure

SMWD Supply Plan

Cadiz Groundwater Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project

Underutilized resource

San Juan Basin Optimization

Impaired water quality and underutilized basin

Ocean Desalination

Poseidon Huntington Beach

Doheny Desalination

Recycled Water Expansion

Trampas Reservoir

Keys to the Future

We have to think differently

Focus on demand hardening

What is a reasonable amount of water to use, how do you

define it, how do you pay for it

Wastewater, urban runoff, stormwater are resources

MS-4 permits

Indirect and Direct reuse

Recharge

Interagency coordination

Flood control, cities and water districts

www.smwd.com/landscape

Thank You.

Questions?

7/23/15