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2015 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN Organized Community Events The City participates in many organized community events including the farmer's market, neighborhood association meetings and various cultural and holiday celebrations such as the Cinco de Mayo and Independence Day festivals. The City promotes water quality and conservation efforts via the City's Water Conservation Booth. Staff from the City's water resources division interacts with community members and provides educational and promotional materials that both promote the high quality of the City's drinking water and conservation measures. .5 Programs to Assess and Manage Distribution System Real Lass Senate Bill 1420 signed into law in September 2014 requires urban water suppliers that submit UWMPs to calculate annual system water losses using the water audit methodology developed by the AWWA. SB 1420 requires the water loss audit be submitted to DWR every five years as part of the urban water supplier's UWMP. Water auditing is the basis for effective water loss control. DWR's UWMP Guidebook include a water audit manual intended to help water utilities complete the AWWA Water Audit on an annual basis. A Water Loss Audit was completed for the City which identified areas for improvement and quantified total loss. Based on the data presented, the three priority areas identified were water imported, billed metered, and unauthorized consumption. Multiple criteria area part of each validity score and a system wide approach will need to be implemented for the City's improvement. Quantified water loss for the FY 2014 -15 was 677 AF which is a significant volume and presents opportunities for improvement. The City completes a system water audit to calculate water losses on an annual basis. The City's leak prevention and repair program includes an annual commitment to replace aging water main infrastructure. Leak detection will be a part of the AMI project. 4.6 Water Conservation Program Coordination and Staffing Support The City's Water Service Quality Coordinator, a position created in 1991, acts as the water conservation coordinator. The conservation coordinator is responsible for conservation program activities and acts as a liaison with MWDOC, Metropolitan, California Urban Water Conservation Council, and others. The City's conservation coordinator's duties include the following: • Administer the contracts that the City has with Metropolitan and MWDOC regarding rebate programs. • Conduct surveys at the request of residential and business customers (or designate a staff member to do so). • Coordinate with other agencies and public groups' displays on conservation information and provide free water conservation materials to the public. • Monitor the recycled water program for the City. • Administer the City's education program using contractors or staff to educate children of City schools or other locations. The City's water conservation programs are funded by the water ratepayers. The conservation program efforts are factored into the City's existing and future water rates as currently adopted. arcadis.ccm 75E -61 4 -5