DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ben Gorzell
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUMMARY: A briefing by SAWS on the draft 2017 Water Management Plan summarizing the refinements to the water supply and demand projections.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On January 10, 2017, SAWS kicked off the 2017 Water Management Plan (2017 WMP) process in a briefing to the SAWS Board of Trustees. Briefings during the WMP process were provided to The San Antonio City Council Transportation, Technology and Utilities Committee on two separate occasions, February 8 and April 12, 2017. Along with providing updates to the SAWS Board of Trustees and San Antonio City Council, SAWS has kept the community involved in the process through a more active outreach program throughout the development of the draft 2017 WMP, meeting with neighborhood and interest groups, business leaders and various individuals to gain their feedback on San Antonio's water future. The draft 2017 WMP is the latest iteration of SAWS long term planning process, formally updated every 5 years. The draft 2017 WMP continues two-pronged approach of implementing demand management and supply diversification, including revised population projections, progressive consumption goals, incorporation of recent drought information and its influence on water supply availability. After meeting with numerous groups and individuals, the draft 2017 WMP was publically released in late June, and is open for public comment through August 15. A final version will be presented to the SAWS Board of Trustees for consideration on September 12, 2017.
Additional focus was placed on information to fine tune the draft 2017 WMP including, among other things: demand by customer class, review of existing water supply agreements and the efficacy of continuing those agreements beyond existing terms, the potential of regulatory impacts and any long term implications to groundwater supplies, integration of new water supplies, climatic con...
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