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202S WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN <br /> MAY 2026/FINAL DRAFT/CAROLLO <br /> funds to cover the cost of operations and critical maintenance, adjust the work force, implement a <br /> drought surcharge, and/or make adjustments to its water rate structure. <br /> 3.9 Monitoring and Reporting <br /> Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(9), the City is required to provide a description of the monitoring and <br /> reporting requirements and procedures that have been implemented to ensure appropriate data is <br /> collected, tracked, and analyzed for purposes of monitoring customer compliance and to meet state <br /> reporting requirements. <br /> Monitoring and reporting key water use metrics is fundamental to water supply planning and <br /> management. Monitoring is also essential in times of water shortage to ensure that the response actions <br /> are achieving their intended water use reduction purposes, or if improvements or new actions need to be <br /> considered (see Section 3.10). Monitoring for customer compliance tracking is also useful in enforcement <br /> actions. <br /> Under normal water supply conditions, potable water production figures are recorded daily. Weekly and <br /> monthly reports are prepared and monitored. In addition, once the Advanced Meter Infrastructure project <br /> is complete, the City will be able to monitor the consumption of various customer classes.This data will be <br /> used to measure the effectiveness of any water shortage contingency level that may be implemented. As <br /> levels of water shortage are declared by MET, the City will follow implementation of those levels as <br /> appropriate based on the City's risk profile provided in UWMP Chapter 6 and continue to monitor water <br /> demand levels.When MET calls for extraordinary conservation, MET's Drought Program Officer will <br /> coordinate public information activities with the City and monitor the effectiveness of ongoing <br /> conservation programs. <br /> The City will participate in monthly member agency manager meetings with both MET and OCWD to <br /> monitor and discuss monthly water allocation charts.This will enable the City to be aware of imported and <br /> groundwater use on a timely basis as a result of specific actions taken responding to the City's WSCP. <br /> 3.10 WSCP Refinement Procedures <br /> Per Water Code Section 10632 (a)(10), the City must provide reevaluation and improvement procedures <br /> for systematically monitoring and evaluating the functionality of the water shortage contingency plan in <br /> order to ensure shortage risk tolerance is adequate and appropriate water shortage mitigation strategies <br /> are implemented as needed. <br /> The City's WSCP is prepared and implemented as an adaptive management plan.The City will use the <br /> monitoring and reporting process defined in Section 3.9 to refine the WSCP. In addition, if certain <br /> procedural refinements or new actions are identified by City staff, or suggested by customers or other <br /> interested parties, the City will evaluate their effectiveness, incorporate them into the WSCP, and <br /> implement them quickly at the appropriate water shortage level. <br /> It is envisioned that the WSCP will be periodically re-evaluated to ensure that its shortage risk tolerance is <br /> adequate and the shortage response actions are effective and up to date based on lessons learned from <br /> implementing the WSCP.The WSCP will be revised and updated during the UWMP update cycle to <br /> incorporate updated and new information. For example, new supply augmentation actions will be added, <br /> and actions that are no longer applicable for reasons such as program expiration will be removed. <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />