Title
Approval of the Long Range Water Supply Plan
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the revised Long Range Water Supply Plan as presented.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
DPU contracted with Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc. (DBS&A) to revise the Long-Range Water Supply Plan. Using the original format and data from the Council-adopted 2006 Long-Range Water Supply Plan as a starting point, DBS&A updated the Plan to:
- Reflect current population and water demand projections,
- Evaluate potential climate change impacts, and
- Assess various water supply options, including the timing for development of the County’s San Juan-Chama water rights.
The revised Long-Range Water Supply Plan was presented in a series of meetings with the public, Utility Board and Council in 2017. The current version of the plan incorporates input received from public comment, Council recommendations and inclusion of 2015 and 2016 water use data. This plan revision was presented to the community in a public meeting held on November 13, 2017. No public input was received during the public meeting.
The recommendations made by Council are described in the following motion from the March 21, 2017 meeting; "correct the wording concerning LACWU which should be Incorporated County of Los Alamos and to revise the wording regarding use of San Juan Chama water rights to make clear that is a last contingency and where the actual well to be drilled is at a location to be determined in the future." These recommendations have been incorporated as follows:
- The use of the acronyn LACWU (Los Alamos County Water Utility) has been replaced with Department of Public Utilities (DPU) or Incorporated County of Los Alamos (County) as appr...
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