Item 27 - Water Supply Assessment for Cabrillo Town Center Project

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Cabrillo Town Center WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FEBRUARY 13, 2023 5 amount of water required by residential development that would represent an increase of 10 percent or more in number of the public water system’s existing service connections. After review of Water Code Section 10912, the 4th and Cabrillo Project is deemed a “Project” because it proposes a residential development of more than 500 dwelling units. In addition, it is also necessary to include the passing (September 24, 2016) of Senate Bill 1262 (Chapter 594) which acts to amend Section 66473.7 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 10910 of the Water Code, relating to land use1 and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) that was passed by California’s Governor on September 16, 2014. Pursuant to SB 1262, as January 1, 2017, WSAs are now required to include certain SGMA- related information if water supply for a proposed project includes groundwater. Specifically, if a water supply for a proposed project includes groundwater, the following additional information shall be included in the water supply assessment: A description of any groundwater basin or basins from which the proposed project will be supplied. For those basins for which a court or the board has adjudicated the rights to pump groundwater, a copy of the order or decree adopted by the court or the board and a description of the amount of groundwater the public water system, or the city or county if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to subdivision (b), has the legal right to pump under the order or decree. For a basin that has not been adjudicated that is a basin designated as high- or medium- priority pursuant to Section 10722.4, information regarding the following: o Whether the department has identified the basin as being subject to critical conditions of overdraft pursuant to Section 12924. o If a groundwater sustainability agency has adopted a groundwater sustainability plan or has an approved alternative, a copy of that alternative or plan. For a basin that has not been adjudicated that is a basin designated as low- or very low priority pursuant to Section 10722.4, information as to whether the department has identified the basin or basins as over drafted or has projected that the basin will become over drafted if present management conditions continue, in the most current bulletin of the department that characterizes the condition of the groundwater basin, and a detailed description by the public water system, or the city or county if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to subdivision (b), of the efforts being undertaken in the basin or basins to eliminate the long-term overdraft condition. As described in more detail throughout this WSA, the proposed Project will utilize water from the Orange County Groundwater Basin that is designated as a medium priority basin. Therefore, 1 Senate Bill No. 1262, CHAPTER 594, found here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1262