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Santa Ana 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan <br />2-6 <br />Figure 2-3: Resource Stages, Anticipated Actions, and Supply Declarations <br />Source: MET, 1999. <br />MET’s Board of Directors adopted a Water Supply Condition Framework in June 2008 in order to <br />communicate the urgency of the region’s water supply situation and the need for further water <br />conservation practices. The framework has four conditions, each calling increasing levels of conservation. <br />Descriptions for each of the four conditions are listed below: <br /> Baseline Water Use Efficiency: Ongoing conservation, outreach, and recycling programs to achieve <br />permanent reductions in water use and build storage reserves. <br /> Condition 1 Water Supply Watch: Local agency voluntary dry-year conservation measures and use of <br />regional storage reserves. <br /> Condition 2 Water Supply Alert: Regional call for cities, counties, member agencies, and retail water <br />agencies to implement extraordinary conservation through drought ordinances and other measures to <br />mitigate use of storage reserves. <br /> Condition 3 Water Supply Allocation: Implement MET’s WSAP. <br />As noted in Condition 3, should supplies become limited to the point where imported water demands <br />cannot be met, MET will allocate water through the WSAP (MET, 2021a). <br />2.3.2 MET Water Supply Allocation Plan <br />MET’s imported supplies have been impacted by a number of water supply challenges as noted earlier. In <br />case of extreme water shortage within the MET service area is the implementation of its WSAP.