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Facts <br />• Groundwater OCWD = $344/AF <br />• Purchased Tier 1 MWD = $923/AF <br />• Santa Ana Daily Residential Use = 78.1/gallons <br />• Lifeline Daily Residential Use = 55/gallons (California standard) <br />• State Average Daily Residential Use = 158.8/gallons (Raw average <br />from state database) <br />Existing SAMC Chapter 39 Water Conservation Ordinance <br />• First established in 1990 <br />• Last revised in 2009 <br />• First implemented in September 2014 <br />• Must be amended to comply with State Water Resources Control <br />Broad Emergency regulation relating to the 2015 Drought <br />• Paves the way to go to Phase 2 Water Supply Shortage Declaration <br />Major Ordinance Changes <br />• Defines Billing Unit, Base Year, Measurable Rainfall, newly <br />constructed homes. <br />• Allows for starting and ending the Water Shortage Phase declarations. <br />• Prohibits irrigation during and after rain. <br />• Prohibits irrigation of street medians. <br />• Requires drip irrigation at frontage of all new construction. <br />• Allows Council to set water allocation percentage. <br />• Allows Council to set surcharge on overuse. <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 22 MAY 19, 2015 <br />