870-2 Pump Station and 571-1 Roll Reservoir in Otay Mesa.
The Otay Water District released its draft 2020 Urban Water Management Plan for public comment and review. This document supports the District’s long-term planning efforts to ensure it has enough water supplies to meet existing and future water needs of its customers. The state legislature requires the document to contain a detailed evaluation of the supplies necessary to reliably meet demands over at least a 20-year period in both normal and dry years.
A public hearing will be held on June 2, 2021.
The draft 2020 plan was released with three other documents including the notice of public hearing and availability of the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, the draft Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and Appendix L addendum to the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan.
Water Code §10642 requires the District to hold a public hearing to solicit comments on the draft 2020 Urban Water Management Plan, draft Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and draft Appendix L addendum to the 2015 Urban Water Management Plan, and to make the documents available for public review in advance of the public hearing.
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Once completed, the District’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan will serve as the long-term guide to ensure a reliable water supply that sustains the District’s population of more than 226,000.
For more than five decades, the District has worked with the San Diego County Water Authority and neighboring water agencies to prepare for water shortages, including droughts. Thanks to investments in water supply reliability, the District and the rest of San Diego County have sufficient water supplies to meet demand, even through multiple dry years.
The Urban Water Management Plan process is a critical part of meeting the long-range water supply needs of the San Diego region for both normal and dry year weather conditions. As California and the Southwest face increasingly unpredictable climate patterns and other areas are facing significant water cutbacks, thanks to decades of planning, the San Diego region has sufficient supplies for dry years like this one.