Your Water - SB60 Achievements in Conservation, Recycling and Groundwater Recharge

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Achievements in Conservation, Recycling and Groundwater Recharge

Since 2000, Metropolitan Water District has filed annual reports with the California Legislature detailing its achievements in conservation, recycling and groundwater recharge. Locally-developed water resources are important elements of a sustainable, environmentally sound and cost-effective water resource "mix" to maintain reliability in urban Southern California. This report summarizes Metropolitan’s achievements and progress in developing and managing our limited water resources.

Metropolitan Water District's Annual Progress Report 2012
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Archived Reports

CONSERVATION
Metropolitan and its member agencies have long been leaders in water conservation. Water-use efficiency is encouraged with financial incentives such as rebates and tiered pricing structure, outreach and education programs, and support for new plumbing and compliance codes that facilitate water savings. In fiscal year 2010/11, savings from Metropolitan’s active conservation programs was 156,000 acre-feet. In addition, the region saved about 760,000 acre-feet.

In 2009, the California Legislature mandated that retail water providers achieve a 20 percent per-capita reduction in water use by the year 2020. In 2011, Metropolitan’s board adopted a Long-Term Conservation Plan (LTCP), developed in collaboration with its member agencies, retailers, and other stakeholders. The plan provides a framework of goals and strategies to reduce per capita water use through conservation and water use efficiency. The goals of the LTCP are: 1) achieve the conservation target in the 2010 IRP Update 2) pursue innovation that will advance water use efficiency and conservation and 3) transform the public’s perception of the value of water within the region.

LOCAL RESOURCES
Water recycling and groundwater recovery and storage are important assets in the region’s diverse local resource portfolio and help bring greater water supply reliability to Southern California. These resources help offset imported water supplies. Local water agencies have largely led the development of water recycling and groundwater recovery projects with many new projects incentivized by Metropolitan’s Local Resources Program (LRP).

WATERSHED INITIATIVES
Metropolitan is active on planning boards and organizations formed to improve watershed management and restoration. Metropolitan works with stakeholders in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed and participates in the Greater Los Angeles County Integrated Regional Water Management Plan and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council.

ETHICS OFFICE
The Ethics Office works collaboratively with Metropolitan’s Board of Directors, general manager, general counsel and general auditor to promote the agency’s core values: integrity, stewardship, diversity, leadership, open communication and teamwork.

Archived Reports*
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2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

2005
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2003
2002
2001

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