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July 19, 1990
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'l'I!E HONORABLE CITY COVNCI L
Palo Alto, california
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Kembers of the Council.
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This informational report updates Council on palo Alto's water
use status and drought program management. These reports will
continue on .. monthly basla. No Council action is required.
eI" or ,IW aLTO PT" OOJrBtnfP'l'IQl(
Given the cooler weather and L~e way City of palo Alto customers
oomaltte~ to conservation, Palo ~to's water consumptIon by the
end of June billing: month was 19 percent ~ a.llocat.iona
Bowever, with much warmer weather so far during the July billing
month, Palo Altols water ~sumption has risen to just 3 percent
under allocatIon.
Aetual li11.4 copsumpt1oa
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As of Jul115, ,.90 , .. " End Allac.t'fml as of tlsa~ IS of Percent D-wer (+} gr
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fn"-rent errors If! t~ .'ectJ"Oflfc transfer of data fri:lll h'To Alto .. te,... to Dl.l.r rKord"i"!l c'"-'rts
_net .IoU_ted billing da.Ln. At .ant',". ~d. whe., III!-r-e bi ned by SFiIt. this ...-er can be
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Attachment A shews the t.otel SFWD system suburban use (lO
agencies) .a compared to both 19S7 usage and the 1990 allocation
through the June billing month. Correct into~ation on city of
San Francisco's own usaqe viII be available for next month's
report.
Progght Rata Schedule ImplementAtion
'The volume of calla with concerns or questions about the drought
rat. scbedules bas remained low (approximately 10-15 per veek).
Host customer actIvity relative t.o the drought rate scbed·ules bas
revolved around the bardship exemption process.
To dat.e, approxi.ately 105 applIcations for exemption have been
received and over 80 percent bave been fully processe~. Table
one which follows, table shows the nature of these applications
and the outcome of their review.. Three items of note:
l} SOme residential applicati~s vere denied because the
customer vas better 2ft under the drought rate schedule
than they would ~ undar regular water rates: this
situation is a result of the drought rates being
designed to reward lower consumptlon~
2) MOst chanqes in Baseline Consumption Allowances (BCA)
were of the type staff had expect.ed ... lr'bere the _mCM'ltbs
used to calculate the oriqinal BCA were not representa
tive of essential indoor use for that customer.
3] When requests are granted ... implementation actions
include recalculating a &CA... converting the customer to
A dIfferent drought rate schedule (e.9. puttinq a
resident on the commercial rate schedule) or converting
the customer to the regular (non-drought) ~ater rates.
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(~r. are p.rceat of total application. proc •••• 4' I',
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45t 51ngle-f .. ily
24t multi-family
AppIlp'lt Va. li.tory
• 22' commercial
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• 46' below 1987 levels • 34t did not have 1987
consumption for
comparIson
• 20t above 1987 levels
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Baseline ConsWIlption Allowance needs t.o be
recalculated due to vacancy on unusual billing:
in winter months used
Large l>ou5ehold or property
Increase in size of household since 1987
Business in home -needs to be on commercial
rate
Economic hardship under drouqht rates
• Miscellaneous other reasons
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• 6H granted • 33\ denied
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The following summariEes staff'. conservation assistance
activiti •• during the month since the previous status update to
Council (CMR,37Z:D).
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I •• ue~ two utilities bill fly&ra --one explaining drouqht
rates., the other offering home water aiJdits.
Adde~ .essaqe on drouqht rates to front of utilities' bill.
Handled over 250 telephone consultatIons.
Responded to over 210 requests for conservation literature
and bome water kits.
Perforaed 25 residential and business on-site oonsultations~
Hade three water conservation presentations and water kit
deliveries to local schools.
Held three award ceremonies at local schools for winners of
tbe Countywide poster contest: poster entries will be on
display in Civic center throughout the summer.
Ho.inated six local businesses for Santa Clara Valley Water
District conservation award. Roller, Bapqood and Tinney won
an achievement award: Syntex., Xerox, Varian., Hewlett-Packard
and WatkinS-Johnson recelve~ Certificates of Appreciation.
Xoainated twelve local businesses for Peninsula Conservation
center water conservation award contest to be decided later
thia aonth.
special aailing to all restaurants., including a conservation
qulde and table cards, discussing why water is served only
upon request.
Produced an employee water awareness exhibit for ICON
CorporatIon ..
Ran five ads in the Palo Alto Weekly.
Ran conservation messages and videos on local cable chan~el.
Reviewed 16 new commercial landscape plans for conformance
with Landscape Guidelines. (These draft qoidelines will be
presented to Council ~or adoption as offieial standards
after a period of ~rial evaluation.,
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• Help to other Cft"': Two ~ore have been able to make ~se
of PlIo Alto'. conservation material.. rhe City of San Jose
reprinted the commercIal Water Con~erv.tlon GuIde, and the
City of Millbrae reprlnte~ the Restaurant Water Conservation
Guide.
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There has generally ~en qood compliance with both the reqular
and emergency water use restrictions. ro date, approximately 40
realnders have been .ailed in response to reports of vater waste.
ArrO-ther 2(> first warning notices and 3 second warnings, have been
issued by Utilities staff who witnessed ordinance violations. As
yet. there has not been a need to levy fines or install flo~
. rest.rictions.
To more proactively monitor ordinance complIance, staff are being
bired as -GUsb BUster5-. These persGns will travel through the
clty on bicycle and by car to ofter conservation assIstance and,
as neceseary, issue warning cItations for ordinance vlolations~
The first -Gush Bus~er· bas already begun patrolling~ One or two
additional staff for this activity will ~ hired in the next
-.onth.
A .1nor chanqe in one water use restriction will be proposed for
Council approval in the next few weeks~ This change will be to
clarify the intent of the ordinance provision restricting
irrIgation between 10:00 a._. and 6:00 p.m~ Certain non-wasteful
irrigation practices, such as drip irrigation and band-watering,
need t.o be spelled out as exempt.
Respectfully submitt~d,
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Xanager, Ene~ Services
Chair, water Management CommIttee
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