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THE WARNER PRCLECT <br />WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT <br />AUGUST 21 , 2020 <br />5. CONCLUSION <br />The City of Santa Ana depends on local and regional water supplies from Metropolitan to satisfy <br />growing demands. OCWD has managed the OC Basin for over 75 years and has plans to <br />sustainably manage the groundwater system through 2040 under the new California SGMA <br />policies and guidelines. Metropolitan has stated in its 2015 UWMP that its water supply <br />portfolio will be able to satisfy regional growth and water demands through 2040. The some <br />findings were concluded in the City of Santa Ana 2015 UWMP as both Metropolitan and <br />groundwater supplies are projected to meet future water demands. <br />The 2015 City UWMP projected that water demands would grow from 37,008 AF in 2015 to <br />40,036 AF in 2040. Over the past several years, actual demand has substantially decreased <br />due to local conservation and regional drought management regulations. Therefore, like most <br />UWMPs, the 2015 City UWMP is conservative with projections of water supplies needed to <br />satisfy demands through 2040. <br />2015 UWMP incorporates regional growth projections from CDR in order to determine future <br />water demands. Projects like the Warner are included in these regional projections of future <br />population growth and are tracked by the City. The proposed Project will demand <br />approximately 269 AF per year (an increase of approximately 254 AF per year as compared to <br />existing water demands which is well within the planned water supplies needed in the future in <br />the City of Santa Ana. Therefore, this WSA is able to conclude adequate supplies are available <br />to provide for the demands of the proposed Project as well as other service area demands within <br />the City of Santa Ana. <br />FUs OE ENGINEERING, INC. 27 <br />