| 1.1 | Water System Classification
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| 1.2 | Related Regulating Agency:
Water Board’s Division of Drinking water systems are enforced by 25 districts supported by 28 County LPA representatives. Contact information for the assigned regulated agency may be found here. Districts: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/programs/documents/ddwem/ddw_districtofficesmap_wa_version.pdf LPA: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/documents/rtcr/lpa_contact_info.pdf |
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| 1.3 | Ownership Type:
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| 1.4 | Physical Location Water System Contact: Enter the Physical Location Address 1, Address 2, City, State, and Zip code for your operating location. If no address is available, please provide the nearest intersection available. Information received or updated are recorded into Safe Drinking Information Water System (SDWIS) database, and made publicly available |
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| 1.5 | General Office Phone: Enter the phone number for the main office. This phone number will beposted on the Drinking Water Watch for the general public. It can be accessed: https://sdwis.waterboards.ca.gov/PDWW
Example provided below:
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| 1.6 | Certification for Reduction of Annual Fees for Public Water Systems Serving Disadvantaged Community (DAC): §64310. Reduction of Fees for Public Water Systems Serving Disadvantaged Community. (a) A public water system must pay the full amount of the annual fee unless it requests and receives from the State Board a determination that its annual fees are reduced because it is a community water system that serves a disadvantaged community in which case the fee to be paid is the amount for a disadvantaged community as shown in Table 64305-A. (b) To qualify for the reduction provided for in subsection (a), a public water system must certify, and provide documentation to the State Board upon request, that it serves a disadvantaged community. |
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| 1.7 | Report Submitted By: The information included in this section is automatically filled based on the EAR user’s profile. If the information in this section is incorrect, the user must update their user profile on the MY PROFILE tab before the report is submitted. You must be logged in to change your user profile. Note: Your name and title, email address, and work phone number are disclosable report information that may be obtained through the Public Records Act. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1.8 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. This is the only "Private Comment" and it will only be used for internal processes review. Other comments will be available to the public. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2.a | Public Water System Contacts: This section of the report will be pre-filled with current water system contact information in the California Division of Drinking Water SDWIS database. NEW: By default, Existing Contacts are locked, and you must select “Edit Contact” to make changes. Any changes made will be updated into SDWIS by the reviewing regulating agency.
Note: First Name, Middle Initial, and Last Name may not be changed in Existing Contact subsection. Please record any name changes to existing contacts in the “Add Additional Contacts” subsection. To remove an existing contact, select “Remove Contact” checkbox for updates to the SDWIS database. To add a new individual and role type, please scroll down to “Add Additional Contacts” to find the details. |
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| 2.1 | Administrative Contact Phone Types and uses
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| 2.2 | Contact Type Definitions NOTE: A person may be assigned multiple contact types. For example, the owner may also be both the Administrative Contact and Financial Contact. |
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| 2.3 | Add Additional Contact. Up to four additional contacts may be added. Note: New water system personnel may have an existing SDWIS legal entity name. Please provide details in the comment box if your new staff have history working with other public water systems. |
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| 2.3.a | Phone Type
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| 2.4 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 3.1 | Total population in DDW records: The prefilled SDWIS value is not editable. If the water system is a state billed wholesaler, wholesale population type is displayed, if water system is a Community Water System, total Residential population type is displayed, otherwise, the sum of Residential, Transient, and Nontransient population types are displayed.
the date displayed adjacent to the total count reflects the last updated date in our SDWIS database.
Population: All population types should be reported regardless of the public water system classification. |
| 3.2 | Population Type: Residential: report the number of persons who reside within the water system service area for more than half of the year (excludes transient and non-transient populations) includes all people who reside within the water system service area on a year-round basis, or have the ability to use a dwelling unit for over 6 months of the year (includes number of persons that use second homes, cabins, or other housing units). Transient: report the number of persons who are at the water system on the 60th busiest day of the year (excludes residential and non-transient populations) the number of persons served on the 60th busiest day; counting only those persons that are not residential or persons onsite for over 6 months out of the year, such as day-use visitors, campers, attendees at events, customers to a business, etc. Non-Transient:report the number of the persons who are at the water system for over 6 months per year (excludes residential and transient populations) Wholesale Population: The total number of persons serviced by water system buyers of water. |
| 3.3 | Annual Operating Period: Provide season that each population is present at the water system. If year-round, the Begin Date would be 01/01 and the End Date would be 12/31. If present only during the typical summer season, example Begin Date and End Date would be 05/01 through 09/30. |
| 3.4 | Method Used to Determine Population: Article 2. General Requirements §64412. Determination of Persons Served. https://waternet.waterboards.ca.gov/ddw/law_books/docs/dw_regulations_2021_0701_effective.pdf. |
| 3.5 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 4.1 | Connection Type: Single Family Residential: Single family detached dwellings. If a Home Owner’s Association individually meters households, report those connections in this category. Multi-family Residential:: Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes, mobile home and trailer parks. If a Home Owner’s Association has a single master meter, report that connection in this category. Commercial/ Institutional: Commercial water users such as retail establishments, office buildings, laundries, campgrounds, gas stations; and institutional water users such as schools, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, nursing homes, hotels Industrial: All manufacturing establishments, such as factories, assembly plants, and other manufacturing industries Landscape Irrigation: Parks, play fields, cemeteries, median strips, golf courses Agricultural Irrigation: Irrigation of commercially-grown crops. |
| 4.2 | Urban Water Supplier questions Per Water Code section 10617: An urban water supplier is defined as "a supplier, either publicly or privately owned, providing water for municipal purposes either directly or indirectly to more than 3,000 customers or supplying more than 3,000 acre-feet of water annually." Please note that this definition applies to water SUPPLIERS, not water SYSTEMS; a water supplier may manage more than one water system and the Water Code definition applies to the sum of all systems. A single water system that is part of a qualifying multi-system urban water supplier will fall into the urban water supplier category even if it does not individually meet the Water Code definition. There are Urban Water Supplier questions in Sections 4C, 4D, 6B2, 17B, and 17C. (D) Does your water system keep records on outdoor irrigation meters or commercial, institutional, or industrial indoor submeters? If your system uses dedicated irrigation meters for tracking landscape irrigation, or submeters for CII, respond yes. Otherwise, respond no. Number of NON-residential customers with dedicated outdoor irrigation meters (excluding agricultural connections): A dedicated outdoor irrigation meter only measures outdoor water and does not meter any water used indoors. For example, some irrigation connections may also include buildings on the irrigated property, such as a crematorium in a cemetery, and those buildings may be lumped into the irrigation connection. If the cemetery has a dedicated irrigation meter to separate the graveyard use from the crematorium use, and those meter readings are tracked by the Public Water System, then the customer would be counted here. Number of Single-Family Residential customers with dedicated outdoor irrigation meters: For example, a residential household meter that specifically measures landscape irrigation or water features, and does not include any indoor water use. Number of Multi-Family Residential customers with dedicated outdoor irrigation meters: For example, apartments or condos with a meter that specifically measures landscape irrigation or water features, and does not include any indoor water use. Number of Commercial, Institutional and Industrial customers with indoor submeters: Commercial water users include but are not limited to retail establishments, office buildings, laundries, campgrounds, gas stations; and institutional water users include but are not limited to schools, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, nursing homes, hotels. This question specifically applies to the number of submeters that track indoor use for these customer classes |
| 4.3 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 5.a | Why do I see different displays for different water system EARs? Small Water Systems are provided prefilled values from SDWIS into two non-editable tables, with the options below each table to report sources not listed for each water system type, groundwater and surface water. Large Water Systems (Community Water Systems greater than 1,000 connections or 3,300 people) are provided a SDWIS Prefilledtable by source type in column one, with option to update status to source counts in column two through four. |
| 5.1 | Federally recognized Source Types DDW’s Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) recognizes certain water source facility types as federally coded sources including the following: Well (WL), Spring (SP), Intake (IN), Reservoir (RS), Infiltration Gallery (IG), Nonpurchased Nonpiped (NN), Nonpurchased Piped (NP), and Consecutive Connection (CC). Note: Water Source Facilities do not have exclusive water type associations, missing water types are displayed by default using the Water System’s general water type code. If no water type is selected, sources are displayed as Surface Water. |
| (A)Small Water System Source Type A1. Groundwater Sources: Any source of drinking water supply such as a well or alternative groundwater supply. A2. Surface Water Sources: Any source of drinking water supply such as a well, spring or surface water intake. Inactive sources: Inactive Sources are not approved as sources of supply and must be physically disconnected or otherwise isolated so that only an intentional act by an operator can place the source into service. To change the status of an Inactive source to ‘Active’, a permit amendment application must be submitted to the local DDW Office, and approval received prior to any use of the source. PSCode or Primary Station Code: The Water Source Facility (WSF) is recorded with a three digit number in SDWIS as a WSF identification code. Find your source on Public Drinking Water Watch using this reference, and/or the Source Name. |
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| (B)Large Water System Source Type: Note: If your standby source is not showing, contact your Regulating Agency to update SDWIS and sequentially reset the Source Section. | |
| B1. Active Groundwater Sources (Wells): Active Water Source Facilities (WSF) that are recorded in SDWIS with water type groundwater. Summation considers WSF Well (WL), Spring (SP), Intake (IN), Reservoir (RS), Infiltration Gallery (IG), and Nonpurchased Nonpiped (NN). | |
| B2. Active Surface Water Intakes (Raw):Active WSF that are recorded in SDWIS with water type surface water. Summation considers WSF Spring (SP), Intake (IN), Reservoir (RS), Infiltration Gallery (IG), Well (WL), and Nonpurchased Nonpiped (NN). | |
| B3. Active Purchased Water (GW) Connections: includes both raw and treated purchased groundwater connections. Includes Purchased Nonpiped (NP), and Consective Connections (CC). | |
| B4. Active Purchased Water (SW) Connections: includes both raw and treated purchased surface water connections. Includes Purchased Nonpiped (NP), and Consective Connections (CC). | |
| B5. Standby Sources: Sources actively operated as a standby source must be recorded in SDWIS currently for the prefilled list displayed in the table | |
| B6: Emergency Interconnections If a water system inter-tie or consecutive connection (CC) to another water system used only for emergencies, provide the following information. SDWIS records these sources types with the Availability Code “E” for Emergency. | |
| B7: Inactive Sources: : Inactive sources are not approved as sources of supply and must be physically disconnected or similarly isolated. SDWIS records these sources types with activity status “I” for inactive. | |
| B8: Pending Sources: Pending sources are transitioning to become fully permitted and active, or taking the source offline for official inactivation. SDWIS records these sources types with activity status “P” for pending. | |
| 5.2 | Backup Power: SB552 - 10609.62. - (c) No later than January 1, 2024, to ensure continuous operations during power failures, provide adequate backup electrical supply. Regulatory Text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB552 Metering Requirements: §64561. Source Flow Meters. Each water system shall: (a) Except for inactive sources, install a flow meter at a location between each water source and the entry point to the distribution system; (b) Meter the quantity of water flow from each source, and record the total monthly production each month. |
| 5.3 | Standby Sources: Sources actively operated as a standby source must be recorded in SDWIS currently for the prefilled list displayed in the table. If your standby source is not showing, contact your Regulating Agency to update SDWIS and sequentially reset the Source Section. An emergency source that is not approved to be used for more than 15 calendar days per year or for periods that exceed 5 consecutive days. The Regulating Agency must be notified within 3 days after any use of a standby source. |
| 5.4 | Source Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 6.1 | Units of Measure:
The units available for reporting volumes produced during the calendar year include gallons, million gallons, acre-feet, and 100 cubic feet. 1,000,000 gallons = 1 Million gallon 325,851 gallons = 1 Acre-feet 748 gallons = 100 cubic feet Table 6.A1, at the top of each column you may use the check box to indicate no supply during calendar year. For example- If your water system did not produce any groundwater for potable supply during calendar year, you can check box in column B. This will populate the rest of column B with zeros. (A) Month :Report monthly water supply totals based on metered or estimated volumes using the units of measure selected above the table. (B) Water Produced from Ground Water: Report all groundwater produced indicating percent treated in the row below calculated Annual Total. (C) Water Produced from Surface Water:Do not include raw water purchased; report only volume of water that was treated and supplied. Surface Water includes all surface water sources, such as rivers or aqueducts, as well as GWUDI (ground water sources under direct influence of surface water). (D)Finished Water Purchased or Received from another PWS:If water was Purchased/Received from another public water system, complete Table 6.A2. (E)Total Amount of Potable Water: Column (E) Total Amount of Potable Water = Sum of Columns (B), (C), and (D), automatically calculated. (F)Water Sold to Another PWS:If water was Sold/Delivered to another public water system, complete Table 6.A2. Column (F) must be less than or equal to Column (E), Water Sold must be included in Total water production. (G)Non-potable (exclude recycled) Water Volume :Non-potable water supply is water produced/received by your water system that does not enter the drinking water distribution system. This excludes any recycled water used for non-potable purposes. (H) Non-potable Water Volume Sold to Another PWS: Column (H) must be less than or equal to Column (G), Nonpotable Water Sold must be included in Total non-potable water produced. (I) Recycled Water Volume:Recycled water is domestic wastewater which is treated and is suitable for uses other than potable use such as irrigation or toilet flushing. The recycled water reported in this table should be non-potable recycled water which is used to substitute potable water or untreated surface and well water. Example, a landscape used to be irrigated using potable water but now using recycled water. Percent Groundwater Treated:This is the percentage of the total annual volume for Groundwater produced that was provided treatment to meet drinking water standards other than precautionary disinfection and fluoridation. Maximum Day Demand:Only report Maximum Day if it is actually measured or determined from production records. It should not be the average day demand during the maximum month of production. |
| 6.2 | Table 6.A2 Water Purchased or Sold or Transferred: Report the list of water supplier’s and indicate whether water was purchased, sold, or transferred. The water suppliers reported are recorded in SDWIS and prefilled in the future EAR. |
| 6.3 | Table 6.A3 Recycled Water Supplied: This question is asking about recycled water that a public water system distributes to its customers. Domestic wastewater is recycled at a facility that is separate from the drinking water system. List the name(s) of the facilities providing recycled water. If a water system recycles water and produces drinking water it would be listed as the recycled water facility, provide the recycle water is used within its water system service area. |
| 6.4 | Provide monthly summaries of metered water deliveries: Table 6.B Water Deliveries : How to enter data when delivered water is all metered, partially metered, or not metered: Case 1. Metered. If all water deliveries are metered, entered the metered values; Case 2. Most Water Deliveries are Metered. If some water deliveries are metered, but you would like to include estimated values in your reported totals, enter the metered values, along with the estimated values for each category and make a note in the comment box; Case 3. Water System sells metered water. If water deliveries are supplied by “Other PWS”, as reported in Table 6.A1 “Water Sold to Another PWS”, the values are prefilled into Table 6B Column J. If your water system does not record and maintain monthly water delivery data, check the box above the table. This will hide the table and rest of the questions in Section 6B. Make sure that the values entered in Table 6.A1 Water Produced, Purchased and Sold and Table 6.B Water Deliveries are consistent with each other and that they refer to the same population and connections reported in Section 3 and 4 respectively. Total volumes for water produced in Table 6A.1 should be higher than the volume of water delivered in Table 6.B. Check if no water is delivered or not applicable: Use the check boxes inside the table to indicate no delivery in 2020 for any of the columns and populate that column with zeros. (A) Month: Report monthly water supply totals based on metered or estimated volumes using the units of measure selected above the table. (B) Single-Family Residential: Single-family detached dwellings. If a Home Owner’s Association individually meters households, report those deliveries in this category. (C) Multi-Family Residential: Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes, mobile home and trailer parks. If a Home Owner’s Association has a single master meter, report those deliveries in this category. (D) Commercial/Institutional: Commercial water users such as retail establishments, office buildings, laundries, campgrounds, gas stations; and institutional water users such as schools, prisons, hospitals, dormitories, nursing homes, hotels (E) Industrial: All manufacturing establishments, such as factories, assembly plants, and other manufacturing industries (F) Landscape Irrigation: Parks, play fields, cemeteries, median strips, golf courses (G) Other: Fire suppression, street cleaning, line flushing, construction meters, temporary meters (H) Total Urban Retail. Sum of columns (B) thru (G), automatically calculated. (I) Agricultural: Irrigation of commercially-grown crops (J) Other PWS: Total water sold or transferred to another public water system. Automatically copied from Table 6.A1 column F. If any water delivery to a customer class includes non-potable recycled water, please enter a percentage recycled value in the last row. For example, if 10% of all water delivered to agricultural customers was recycled water, enter “10” in the last row of Column I. If no recycled water was delivered to a customer class, enter “0” in the last row of that column. NOTE: do not include indirect or direct potable reuse water. |
| 6.5 | Urban Water Supplier Questions: Question B.1 Indicate if the categories “Commercial/Institutional”, “Industrial”, or “landscape Irrigation” include residential water users. For example, a mixed-use building with a business on the first floor and residence above may be a commercial account, that includes residential customers. A local prison may be classified as an industrial water customer, but it also is a residential facility. Question B.2 To answer Question B.2, you should have an answer for Section 4 Connections, Question 4.C1 concerning the number of connections for dedicated outdoor irrigation meters. The information provided will assist the State Water Board and Department of Water Resources in adopting long-term standards for the efficient use of water, which specifically includes outdoor irrigation of landscape areas with dedicated irrigation meters in connection with CII water use. (See California Water Code 10609.2.(b)(2)) Comment Box after B.2 If you have some data on outdoor irrigation, but not in the categories asked for in B3, use this comment box to provide further explanation. Question B.3 “Parklands” include, but aren’t limited to, wilderness areas, historic sites, established bridle trails, municipal golf courses, hiking trails, lawn bowling greens, tennis courts, children’s playgrounds, picnic areas, baseball diamonds, lighted areas for basketball, soccer, and football, a band shell, community buildings, an outdoor gym, casting pool, and an archery range. |
| 6.6 | Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 7.1 | Recycled Water Use: This section applies to any water system that uses recycled water in its service area. This includes water systems that purchase and use recycled water from another entity or produce and use their own recycled water. Recycled Water Use Site- An area of recycled water use with defined boundaries. A use site may contain one or more facilities. |
| 7.2 | Dual Plumbed: "Dual Plumbed” means a system that utilizes separate piping
systems for recycled water and potable water within a facility and where the recycled water is used
for either of the following purposes: To serve plumbing outlets (excluding fire suppression systems) within a building, or Outdoor landscape irrigation at individual residences. |
| 7.3 | Comments:Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
This section of the EAR is not applicable for Non-Community and
Non-Transient Non-Community systems. All other water systems are
required to complete.
Questions regarding section 8a should be directed to
SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov
| A | Water Rates and Charges |
| A.1 | Mandatory; Does your water system charge customers for water (residential,commercial, industrial, or institutional water customers)?
If you select Yes you will move onto question A.2 If you select No you will be asked to answer question A.1.1 |
| A.1.1 | Mandatory if your water system does not charge customers for water (A.1 = No).
Explain Why: Please indicate why your water system does not charge for water. If none of the choices apply to your water system, select "Other" and use the text box to explain.
Once you complete this question you will navigate to question A.2. |
| A.2 | Mandatory;
Select applicable customer types (may only select
one).
If you select Residential only you will jump to Section A1 Residential Water Rates. If you select Non-Residential only you will jump to Section A3 Non-Residential Water Rates & Charges. If you select Both you will be prompted with the following questions in section A. |
| A.2.1 | Mandatory if your water system has both Residential and Non-Residential customer types (A.2 = Both). Is your billing frequency for your Residential and Non-Residential customers the same?
If you select Yes you will be prompted with the following question A.2.1a If you select No you will jump to question A.2.2 |
| A.2.1a | Mandatory if your billing frequency for Residential and Non-Residential customers is the same (A.2.1 = Yes). Please select your billing frequency* for Residential and Non-Residential customers (may only select one):
Please select your billing frequency* for Residential and Non-Residential customers
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| A.2.2 | Mandatory if your water system has both Residential and
Non-Residential customer types (A.2 = Both). Is your most common Residential water rates structure the same as your most common Non-Residential rate structure*? *Rate Structure: A rate structure is the set of parameters that a water system uses to calculate how much it charges its customers. Some water systems charge all customers the same fee regardless of the amount of volume of water they consumer. This is often described as a Single or Flat Rate. Other water systems have more complicated rate structures that have fixed or variable Base Rates and fixed or variable Usage Rates. Other systems may have an Allocation Based Rate Structure.
For example, if a water system uses a Base Rate (Fixed) + Usage Rate (Variable) for both Residential and Non-Residential customers, but the base rates and variable rates are different, and perhaps have different tiers as well, for Residential and Non-Residential customers, then the water system should select “Yes” for this question. For example, the water system uses a Fixed rate for Residential customers and Base Rate (Fixed) + Usage Rate (Variable) for Non-Residential customers. Then the water system should select “No” for this question. If you select Yes you will be prompted with the following question A.2.2a and A.2.2b If you select No you will jump to section A1 “Residential Water Rates and Charges” |
| A.2.2a | Mandatory;
Please select the most common rate structure used for both
Residential and Non-Residential customers
(may only select one): *If your water system does not have a base rate, please select an option that includes Base Rate (Fixed). Example Residential Rate Structures and How to Complete the Table (A1.8)
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| A.2.2b | Voluntary if your water system has both Residential and
Non-Residential customer types (A.2 = Both); In the text box you may
provide
comments on rate structure and explain an allocation rate, if
applicable. This information may help provide context to the State Water Board on your customer charges, especially if they do not closely align with the structures and definitions provided in the EAR survey. |
| A1 | Residential Water Rates and Charges This section is only visible to water systems that indicate in question A.2 that they have Residential customers (A.2 = Residential or Both). Questions regarding section 8a should be directed to SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov |
| A1.1 | Mandatory; This question duplicates question A.2.2a (visible only if the user indicated they charge both Residential and Non-Residential customer types [A.2 = Both]). If you already completed question A.2.2a then this question will not be visible. If you indicated that you only have Residential customers (A.2 = Residential), then you will be required to answer this question. Please select the most common rate structure used to charge Residential customers (may only select one): Example Residential Rate Structures and How to Complete the Table (A1.8)
*If your water system does not have a base rate, please select an option that includes Base Rate (Fixed). |
| A1.2 | Voluntary; In the text box you may provide Comments on most common rate structure. This information can help provide context to the State Water Board on your customer charges, especially if they do not closely align with the structures and definitions provided in the EAR survey. |
| A1.3 | Mandatory; This question duplicates question A.2.1a (visible only if the user
indicated they charge both Residential and Non-Residential customer types [A.2 = Both]). If
you already completed question A.2.1a then this question will not be visible. If you
indicated that you only have Residential customers (A.2 = Residential), then you will be
required to answer this question. Please select your billing frequency for Residential customers (may only select one):
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| A1.4 | Mandatory; Please select the metric or unit of measure (UOM) used in
Residential Water Rates (may only select one):
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| A1.5 | Mandatory for Urban Water Suppliers – optional for all other water systems. Please select any variances or factors used to determine or adjust residential water rates or allocations (may select multiple):
Required for urban water suppliers to help the Board understand indoor water usage and implement the 2018 water efficiency legislation (AB 1668 & SB 606). |
| A1.6 | Mandatory; Does your water system have multi-family AND single family
billing classes? (User may select one): Single-Family- Single family detached dwellings (houses). Multi-Family- Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes and mobile homes.
The answer to this question will determine how other questions are displayed in EAR Sections 8a, 8b, and 8c. |
| A1.7 | Mandatory if you indicated you have one of the following rate structures: A1.1
= Base Rate (Fixed) + Usage Rate (Variable); Base Rate (Variable) + Usage Rate (Uniform); or
Base Rate (Variable) + Usage Rate (Variable). Do your rates change for different levels of consumption?
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| A1.7.1 | Mandatory if your rates change for different levels of consumption or other
factors; i.e. your rate structure has tiers (A1.7 = Yes). What is the number of tiers or levels of charges? Use the drop-down to select up to 7 tiers. If your water system has a Base Rate (fixed or variable) and Usage Rate (uniform or variable) and if either has more tiers than the other: i.e. Base Rate has 2 tiers and Usage Rate has 3 tiers; then select the largest tier in the drop down menu. For this example, the user should select 3. If you have more than 7 tiers, select 7 and in question A1.8, which asks for your rate structure, start with your lowest tier and move upwards. Provide a link to or upload a copy of your rate structure in A1.12 and/or A1.13 to provide the missing information on those tiers not reported in the EAR. |
| A1.8 | Mandatory; Residential Rates and Charges Table Mandatory; Residential Rates and Charges Table The following provides guidance on completing the table for the following rate structures from A.2.2 or A1.1:
For the following rate structures, the table displayed may have a maximum of four columns depending on the rate structure selected below: Top Unit of Measure for Top Unit of Measure for Base Rate, Base Rate, Top Unit of Measure for Usage Rate; and Cost per Unit of Measure. The rows displayed in the table are determined by the water system’s answers to questions A1.6 (if the system has sub residential customer classes of Single Facility and Multi-Family*) and A1.7.1 (the number of tiers the system’s rate structure has). Base Rate: this column is for the rate (in dollars) that is charged to customers for receiving drinking water services regardless of the volume of water consumed (not a rate charged by the exact volume of water consumed). Base rates may include charges like sourcewater protection fees, service fees, etc. If the water system has more than one base rate, then the rates should be entered into the column in ascending order, the first row has the lowest base rate, the second row has the second lowest base rate, etc. Base Rate Top Metric / Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is only visible for water systems that have base rates that change as the volume of water consumed increases (Variable Base Rate). Base rates that are associated with the volume of water consumed typically have a low and high range for each tier. For example, Tier 2 may charge customers a base rate of $10 for 30 – 50 gallons of water consumed. In this example, for Tier 2, the water system should enter 50 as the Top Metric / Unit of Measure. Please ensure the unit of measure is in the same units you selected for question A1.4. The Top Metric / Unit of Measure for each tier should be entered in ascending order from lowest to highest. If the water system has a Uniform Base Rate, this column does not need to be completed. Usage Rate Structure Top Metric / Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is for water systems that have usage rates that change as the volume of water consumed increases. Usage Rates are that associated with the volume of water consumed typically have a low and high range for each tier. For example, if Tier 1 charges customers a usage rate of $0.50 per gallon for the first 30 gallons consumed (0 – 30). In this example, for Tier 1, the water system should enter 30 as the Top Metric / Unit of Measure. Please ensure the unit of measure is in the same units you selected for question A1.4. The Top Metric / Unit of Measure for each tier should be entered in ascending order from lowest to highest. No value should be entered for the highest/last tier in the table. If the water system has a Uniform Usage Rate, this column does not need to be completed. Cost per Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is for the rate or cost (in dollars) associated with the top metric or unit of measure per tier displayed in the table. For example, if Tier 1 charges customers a usage rate of $0.50 per gallon for the first 30 gallons consumed (0 – 30). In this example, for Tier 1, the water system should enter 0.5 as the Cost per Unit of Measure.
* Multi-Family: For water systems that indicated they have Multi-Family account types and if there are multiple rate structures for Multi-Family accounts, provide data for the most common type of Multi-Family housing and explain this in the comment box for this section. For example, if multi-family rates vary by the number of apartments or family-units, enter data for the most common type of multi-family structure and explain this in the comments, (e.g., “Rates are for X-family units, our most common type of multi-family structure”). The data collected in this table will be used to auto-calculate approximate user charges for 6, 9, 12, 14 HCF for question B1.9. This information is required for the State Water Board’s Needs Assessment – required by SB 200 (Health and Safety Code [HSC] §116769). |
| A1.9 | Mandatory; Did your rates change in the reporting year?
(May select multiple)
No Change Yes, inflation adjustment Yes, increment of multi-year approved increase Yes, imposition of new or increased fees Yes, other: |
| A1.10 | Voluntary; Date of most recent update to the rate
structure (this does not include regularly scheduled rate changes, rather actual changes
to your rate structure).
Changes to your rate structure may include: Recent Board approved rate increases, modification of base rates or usage rates, addition or modification of tiers, etc. |
| A1.11 | Voluntary; If you recently updated your rate
structure, please briefly describe the changes that were made:
If there is any particular information you would like to provide regarding the most recent changes made to your rate structure use the text box provided. |
| A1.12 | Mandatory for Urban Water Suppliers, optional for all
others.
Provide a direct link to a webpage that explains water rates and fees, if available. You may use the text box to provide a live weblink. If you do not have your water rates and/or fees posted online, please select the check box labeled “Not Available Online” |
| A1.13 | Mandatory; Upload rate structure documentation.
Examples of appropriate documentation include: a rate or tariff sheet; fee schedule; Financial or Fiscal Plan that outlines customer charges; Board or City Council documentation approving customer charges; etc. If your water system does not have any of the above, you may provide a copy of an individual customer bill. |
| A1.14 | Voluntary; In the text box you may provide comments on the allocation of your Residential rate structure. This information can help provide context to the State Water Board on your Residential customer charges, especially if they do not closely align with the structures and definitions provided in the EAR survey. |
| A1.15 | Mandatory; Does your residential customer bills
include any non-drinking water charges (i.e. wastewater, stormwater, electricity,
telecommunications, property tax etc.)?
If Yes is selected, questions A1.15.1 and A1.15.2 will become visible. If No is selected, you will be navigated to question A2.1. |
| A1.15.1 | Mandatory if your residential customer bill includes
any non-drinking water charges (A1.15 = Yes).
What are those non-drinking water charges (may select multiple). Select the additional services and charges included with the drinking water bill. If there are other charges that are not listed, then select the box Other and type in the charges included with the bill (i.e., User Utility Tax, Backflow Charge, etc.)
The State Water Board is charged with achieving the state’s Human Right to Water goals (safe, accessible, and affordable water). Addressing water affordability requires understanding all the services and charges that customers must pay on their water bill. |
| A1.15.2 | Mandatory if your residential customer bill includes
any non-drinking water charges (A1.15 = Yes).
What are the average monthly charges per customer (calculated on an annual basis) for the non-drinking water charges you selected for question A1.15.1? A table will display in the survey that only lists the choices you selected in A1.15.1. For each non-drinking water charge please approximate the average monthly charge for Residential customer types. (Please report the most common average monthly Non-Drinking water charges per customer.) . If your billing frequency is not monthly, please total the annual charges and divide by 12 to approximate the average monthly charge per non-drinking water charge. If “Other” is selected in the previous question (A1.15.1), then add up all the other changes and include that amount in the row Other (i.e., User Utility Tax + Backflow Charge = amount of combined Other charges on the monthly bill). |
| A2 | Residential Service Connections This section is only visible to water systems that indicate in question A.2 that they have Residential customers (A.2 = Residential or Both). Water systems that indicate in question A1 that they do not charge customers for water are not required to answer questions in this section. Questions regarding section 8a should be directed to SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov |
| A2.1 | Voluntary; What is the average service charge for a brand-new Residential connection (based on the most common meter size)? Please report the installation fee for a brand-new water service (e.g., connection, line, and/or meter). This is usually the fee for a new connection. Service charges may also be known as: Connection Fees; Advances in Construction, or Contributions in Aid for Construction. A water system that does not charge for water consumption (recurring water bill) may have a one-time service charge for a brand-new customer. This is the average charge amount this question is asking for. If you do not have a service charge for brand new connections, please select the check box provided. |
| A2.2 | Voluntary if the water system charges for brand new connection. This question will be hidden if the system does not have a service charge for brand new connections. Last update made to the service chargefor a brand-newResidentialconnection (based on the most common meter size reported above)? Service charges may also be known as: Connection Fees; Advances in Construction, or Contributions in Aid for Construction. |
| A2.3 | Voluntary if the water system charges for brand new connection. This question will be hidden if the system does not have a service charge for brand-new connections. What is the one-time fee or deposit needed to create a new water service account for an existing Residential home (based on the most common meter size reported above)? Include the full deposit or one-time fee that a residential customer is charged when establishing a new water account. This is usually a charge to the account at the beginning of starting service. If no charges or deposits are required in your policy, then select the check box provided. |
| A2.4 | Voluntary if the water system charges for brand new connection. This question will be hidden if the system does not have a service charge for brand new connections (visible only if user indicated they have multi-family AND single-family billing classes in question A1.6). What is the average chargefor a brand-new Multi-Family connection (based on the most common meter size)? Multi-Family- Apartments, condominiums, town houses, duplexes and mobile homes. Service charges may also be known as: Connection Fees; Advances in Construction, or Contributions in Aid for Construction. |
| A2.5 | Voluntary if the water system charges for brand new connection. This question will be hidden if the system does not have a service charge for brand new connections.
SB 610 (2002), which requires water supplies to demonstrate how they will accommodate demand from developments of over 500 units. |
| A2.6 | Voluntary if the water system charges for brand new connection. This comments box will be hidden if the system does not have a service charge for brand new connections. Please use the text box to provide comments on Residential connections. These comments will be publicly available. |
| A3 | Non-Residential Water Rates & Charges This section is only visible to water systems that indicate in question A.2 that they have Non-Residential customers (A.2 = Non-Residential or Both). Questions regarding section 8a should be directed to SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov |
| A3.1 | Mandatory; Please select the metric or unit of measure (UOM) used for Non-Residential water rates(may only select one):
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| A3.2 | Mandatory and only visible if the water system indicated their billing frequency for Residential and Non-Residential customers are NOT the same (A.2.1 = No). Please select your billing frequency for Non-Residential customers(may only select one):
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| A3.3 | Mandatory; This question duplicates question A.2.2a (visible only if the user indicated they charge both Residential and Non-Residential customer types [A.2 = Both]). If you already completed question A.2.2a then this question will not be visible. If you indicated that you only have Non-Residential customers (A.2 = Non-Residential), then you will be required to answer this question. Please select the most common rate structure used to charge Non-Residential customers(may only select one):
*If your water system does not have a base rate, please select an option that includes Base Rate (Fixed). |
| A3.4 | Voluntary; In the text box you may provide Comments on Non-Residential rate structure. This information can help provide context to the State Water Board on your Non-Residential customer charges, especially if they do not closely align with the structures and definitions provided in the EAR survey. |
| A3.5 | Mandatory; Select all applicable Non-Residential connection types* (may select multiple):
*The examples provided for the connection types above do not necessarily need to align with how your water system groups certain non-residential customers. Please group and respond to the following questions based on how you currently structure your non-residential water charges. For example, if your water system considers golf courses to be commercial connection types rather than landscape irrigation, please select commercial. |
| A3.6 | Mandatory if you indicated you have one of the following rate structures: A3.3 = Base Rate (Fixed) + Usage Rate (Variable); Base Rate (Variable) + Usage Rate (Uniform); or Base Rate (Variable) + Usage Rate (Variable). Do your rates change for different levels of consumption or features?
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| A3.6.1 | Mandatory if your rates change for different levels of consumption or other factors (A3.6 = Yes). What is the number of tiers or levels of charges? Use the drop-down to select up to 7 tiers. If you have more than 7 tiers, select 7 and, in question A3.7, which asks for your rate structure, start with your lowest tier and move upwards. |
| A3.7 | Mandatory; Non-Residential Rates & Charges Table The table displayed to each user is determined by your answers to questions: A3.3 or A1.1; A3.5; and A3.6/A3.6.1. Please complete the table based on the Billing Frequency selected in question A3.2; if you selected Flat Rate in question A3.3 and your flat rate varies over the year, use the average flat rate amount; and provide data for the most common rate for the majority of your Non-Residential customers. The following provides guidance on completing the table for the following rate structures from A3.3/A1.1:
For the following rate structures, the table displayed may have a maximum of four columns depending on the rate structure selected below: Top Unit of Measure for Top Unit of Measure for Base Rate, Base Rate, Top Unit of Measure for Usage Rate; and Cost per Unit of Measure. The rows displayed in the table are determined by the water system’s answers to questions A3.3/A1.1 (rate structure); A3.5 (non-residential connection types); and A3.6/A3.6.1 (number of tiers per connection type). Base Rate: this column is for the rate (in dollars) that is charged to customers for receiving drinking water services regardless of the volume of water consumed (not a rate charged by the exact volume of water consumed). Base rates may include charges like sourcewater protection fees, service fees, etc. If the water system has more than one base rate, then the rates should be entered into the column in ascending order, the first row has the lowest base rate, the second row has the second lowest base rate, etc. Base RateTop Metric / Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is only visible for water systems that have base rates that change as the volume of water consumed increases (Variable Base Rate). Base rates that are associated with the volume of water consumed typically have a low and high range for each tier. For example, tier 2 may charge customers a base rate of $10 for 30 – 50 gallons of water consumed. In this example, for tier 2, the water system should enter 50 as the Top Metric / Unit of Measure. Please ensure the unit of measure is in the same units you selected for question A3.1. The Top Metric / Unit of Measure for each tier should be entered in ascending order from lowest to highest. If the water system has a Uniform Base Rate, this column does not need to be completed. Usage Rate Structure Top Metric / Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is for water systems that have usage rates that change as the volume of water consumed increases. Usage Rates are that associated with the volume of water consumed typically have a low and high range for each tier. For example, if Tier 1 charges customers a usage rate of $0.50 per gallon for the first 30 gallons consumed (0 – 30). In this example, for Tier 1, the water system should enter 30 as the Top Metric / Unit of Measure. Please ensure the unit of measure is in the same units you selected for question A3.1. The Top Metric / Unit of Measure for each tier should be entered in ascending order from lowest to highest. No value should be entered for the highest/last tier in the table. If the water system has a Uniform Usage Rate, this column does not need to be completed. Cost per Unit of Measure (UOM): this column is for the rate or cost (in dollars) associated with the top metric or unit of measure per tier displayed in the table. For example, if Tier 1 charges customers a usage rate of $0.50 per gallon for the first 30 gallons consumed (0 – 30). In this example, for Tier 1, the water system should enter 0.5 as the Cost per Unit of Measure.
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| B1 | Total Revenue Generated from Different Sources Purpose of this section is to calculate total annual revenue generated. No revenue should be double counted. Questions regarding section 8b should be directed to SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov |
| B1.1 | Mandatory if your water system charge customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and has either Residential or both Residential/ Non-Residential customer types (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both). Total revenue generated exclusivity from water rates and charges* from all Residential customer types during the reporting year (includes single-family and multi-family).This would be for all revenue received from Residential customer types. *Include: Meter fees *Do not include: any other charges (i.e. connection fees, service fees, etc.) associated with your water rates. Other Residential charges will be recorded in B1.3 |
| B1.2 | Mandatory if your water system charge customers for water
(Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and has either Non-Residential or both Residential/
Non-Residential customer types (Customer Charges A.2 = Non-Residential or Both).
Total revenue generated exclusivity from water rates and charges* from all Non-Residential customer types during the reporting year.This would be for all revenue received from Non-Residential customer types. *Include: Meter fees *Do not include : Any other charges (i.e. connection fees, service fees, etc.) associated with your water rates.Other Non-Residential charges will be recorded in B1.4. |
| B1.3 | Mandatory and only visible to the water systems that
indicated they have either Residential or both Residential/ Non-Residential customer
types (Question is revealed when A.2 = Residential or Both).
Total revenue generated exclusivity from other fees and charges* from all Residential customer types during the reporting year (includes single-family and multi-family customers). *Other fees and charges:
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| B1.4 | Mandatory and only visible to the water systems that
indicated they have either Residential or both Residential/ Non-Residential customer
types (Customer Charges A.2 = Non-Residential or Both).
Total revenue generated exclusivity from other fees and charges* from all Non-Residential customer types during the reporting year. *Other fees and charges:
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| B1.5 | Mandatory; Did you collect/receive revenue from interfund
(from wastewater or stormwater utility) or governmental transfers (i.e. property
taxes or fees, sales taxes or fees, etc. – typically from City/County General
Fund)?
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| B1.5.1 | Mandatory if the water system indicated they collect/receive
revenue from interfund or governmental transfers (B1.5 = Yes).
This question is asking systems to categorize what types of revenue they received from interfund or governmental transfers. The total amount will be recorded in question B1.5.2. Please select all that apply (may select multiple)
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| B1.5.2 | Mandatory if the water system indicated that they collect/receive revenue from interfund
or governmental transfers (B1.5 = Yes)
Total revenue generated from interfund or governmental transfers. This question is asking for the total amount of interfund or governmental transfers into the system’s enterprise fund. Please provide total dollar amounts of revenue gained from interfund or governmental transfers. |
| B1.6 | Mandatory; Total revenue lost from interfund or
governmental transfers (if $0, enter $0)
This question is asking for the total amount of interfund or governmental transfers out of your system’s enterprise fund. If revenue collected by the drinking water system are transferred away from the water system, typically to the City or County general fund to support non-drinking water related services. Please provide total dollar amounts of revenue lost from interfund or governmental transfers. |
| B1.7 | Mandatory; Total revenue generated from non-customer
sources that have not already been accounted for (i.e. cell towers, lawsuits and
settlements, energy generation, land leases, rent, other service fees, etc.).
Please provide total dollar amounts of revenue generated from non-customer sources. Please use the text box to provide clarity on what revenues are included in the figure provided. If the water system has no other annual revenues, please enter zero “0” into the field provided. |
| B1.8 | Auto-Calculated; Total Annual Revenue for the Reporting
Year.
This field will auto-calculate using the values provided in the previous questions. Total Annual Revenue for the Reporting Year = Residential Water Rate Revenue (B1.1) + Non-Residential Water Rate Revenue (B1.2) + Residential Fees and Charges Revenue (B1.3) + Non-Residential Fees and Charges Revenue (B1.4) + Interfund or Governmental Revenue (B1.5.2) – Interfund or Government Revenue Lost (B1.6) + Other Revenue (B1.7) |
| B1.9 | Auto-Calculated for water systems that charge for water
(Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 =
Residential or Both).
The table displayed will auto-calculate total average drinking water customer charges for different volumes of water consumption (6, 9, 12, and 24 HCF) using information provided by the water system in previous questions. Drinking Water Charge: From Water Bill: Calculated from A1.8 Residential Water Rate Table and converted to dollars/month. If your water system uses a Unit of Measure other than HCF (Hundred Cubic Feet), this table will convert to HCF.
Other Charges from Interfund Transfers: Taxes / Fees*: This is an approximation of how much customers may be paying for drinking water services beyond their water bill (property taxes, sales taxes etc.). This field is auto-calculated using:
Total Drinking Water Cost to Customer: dollars/month: This column auto-calculates by adding Drinking Water Charge to Other Charges from Interfund Transfer for each consumption volume (6, 9, 12, and 24 HCF). Please note that you’re required to report the most common rate structure among your Residential customer base (as an example, if your base rate is varied based on meter size, rate for the most common meter size should be reported). If the Total Drinking Water Cost to Customer does not align with your water system’s customer charges data, please following the steps below. Step 1: Revisit and confirm your answers to questions in the Customer Charges section: A.1 through A.2.2a; and A1.1 through A1.8, Depending on how you answered certain questions in the Customer Charges section, there may be some questions you do not see. If the information you provided is incorrect, please fix and the figures in this table will refresh. If the figures provided for these previous questions are correct and the Total Drinking Water Cost to Customer displayed in the table does not align with your data, please move to Step 2. Step 2: If the Total Drinking Water cost to Customer is not accurate, please select the check-boxes in the column titled “Provide Alternative Amount.” New columns should appear in the table where you can provide alternative Total Drinking Water Cost to Customer per consumption level. Please provide a brief description of how you calculated the figure you provided using the comment box. |
| B1.10 | Mandatory; Days of cash-on-hand at the end of the
reporting year.
Days Cash-on-Hand: How much cash your system has saved up and available at the end of the reporting year. This may include reserve funds, that isn’t earmarked for anything else (unrestricted cash) and estimates the number of days your system can pay its daily operation and maintenances costs before running out of this cash. |
| B1.11 | Voluntary; Comments on water system revenues.
Please use the text box to provide any additional context on your water system’s annual revenues. |
| B2 | Total Expenses
Purpose of this section is to calculate total annual expenses. No expense should be double counted. This section is mandatory for community water systems. TNC and NTNC water systems are not required to provide this information and will not see this section. Questions regarding section 8b should be directed to SAFER-NAU@waterboards.ca.gov |
| B2.1 | Mandatory; Total annual operations and maintenance
expenses.
Operations and Maintenance Expenses: expenses incurred during the system’s normal operation during the reporting year. It may include salaries, benefits for employees, utility bills, system repair and maintenance, supplies (e.g., treatment chemicals), insurance, water purchased for resale etc. All water systems should have incurred some cost for maintaining their water system throughout the year. A figure greater than zero “0” should be provided. |
| B2.2 | Mandatory; Total annual expenses from investing or capital
expenditures.
Investing and Capital Expenditures: expenses incurred from purchase of property and equipment; construction of new assets (i.e. treatment, distribution etc.) and any other expenditures related towards expanding and/or improving the water system. If the water system has no investing or capital expenses, please enter zero “0” into the field provided. |
| B2.3 | Mandatory; Total annual expenses from financing
activities.
Finance-related Expenses: Expenses incurred from retirement of long-term debt, purchase of securities, interest expenses etc. If the water system has no financing-related expenses, please enter zero “0” into the field provided. |
| B2.4 | Mandatory; Total Other annual expenses.
Other Expenses: Any other annual expenses that the water system does not feel aligns with the definitions provided for the other expense categories. Please use the text box to provide clarity on what expenses are included in the figure provided. If the water system has no other annual expenses, please enter zero “0” into the field provided. |
| B2.5 | Auto-Calculated: Total annual expenses.
This field will auto-calculate using the values provided in the previous questions. Total annual expenses = Operations and Maintenance Expenses (B2.1) + Investing or Capital Expenditures (B2.2) + Finance Expenditures (B2.3) + Other Expenses (B2.4) |
| B2.6 | Voluntary; Comments on Total Expenses.
Please use the text box to provide any additional context on your water system’s annual expenses. |
| C1 | Shut-Offs This section has mandatory questions for community water systems with greater than 200 service connections and charge customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes). If a water system does not charge customer for water (Customer Charges A.1 = No) then this section is not required and is voluntary. Questions regarding section 8c should be directed to: ORPP-WaterConservation@Waterboards.ca.gov |
| C1.1 | Mandatory if the water system charges for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and has Residential customers. How many accounts for Residential* service connections had their water shut-off once during the year due to failure to pay?
The table displayed asks for the number of service connections that had their water shut-off once during the year due to failure to pay by the following categories:
Single Accounts with Multiple Shut-Offs: Include multiple shut-offs for the same account as independent shut-offs in the calculation of the average duration (count each shut-off incident as a separate event). This information is required for the State Water Board’s Needs Assessment – required by SB 200 (HSC §116769). |
| C1.1.1 | Voluntary and only visible if the water system indicates that at least one customer account was shut-off during the reporting year due to non-payment (C1.1 > 0).
Please provide the average amount owed at the time of shut-off per account for all of the accounts that were shut-off due to non-payment. |
| C1.2 | Mandatory for water systems that charge customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both).
How many accounts for Residential* service connections had their water shut-off more than once during the year due to failure to pay?
The table displayed asks for the number of accounts that had their water shut-off more than once during the year due to failure to pay:
Single Accounts with Multiple Shut-Offs: Include multiple shut-offs for the same account as independent shut-offs in the calculation of the average duration (count each shut-off incident as a separate event). |
| C1.3 | Mandatory for water systems that charge customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and indicate that at least one customer account was shut-off during the reporting year due to non-payment (C1.1 > 0).
What is the average duration of the shut-offs (in days) for continuously occupied Residential* service accounts?
The table displayed will ask for the summation of the number of occupied, unoccupied, or unknown accounts that experienced shut-offs for the following durations:
Shut-Offs that are less than 24 hours: should be counted as 1 Day. Shut-Offs that span multiple days: should be rounded up. For example, an account that is shut-off for 3.5 days should be counted in the “4-7 Days” row. Single Accounts with Multiple Shut-Offs: Include multiple shut-offs for the same account as independent shut-offs in the calculation of the average duration (count each shut-off incident as a separate event). Reconnections for Shut-offs from previous reporting years: If the account was shut off in a prior reporting year and not reconnected until the current reporting year, count the duration of the shutoff from the first day of disconnection until the day it was reconnected in current reporting year. If the account was shut off and remains shut off until now, tally the number of days from the 1st day of disconnection to December 31st of the reporting year. The table displayed asks for the average duration for the following accounts by Residential customer type:
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| C1.4 | Voluntary and only visible if the water system charges customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes) and indicates that at least one customer account was shut-off during the reporting year due to non-payment (C1.1 > 0).
How many of these shut-offs are returned to service within one-day (or 24 hours)? Please provide the number of shut-offs that returned to service within one-day or 24 hours. |
| C1.4.1 | Voluntary if the water system indicates that at least one shut-off was returned to service (visible only if user indicated they have multi-family AND single-family billing classes in Customer Charges question A1.6).
This answer covers: Please select one from drop down menus provided:
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| C1.5 | Mandatory if your water system charges customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes). This section is only visible to water systems that indicate that they have Residential customers (A.2 = Residential or Both).
What is the Residential* fee, including all administrative and processing fees, to restore drinking water service due to failure to pay during operating hours?
Please provide dollar amounts for the fee, including all administrative and processing fees, to restore drinking water service due to failure to pay during operating hours (normal business hours). |
| C1.6 | Mandatory if your water system charges customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes). This section is only visible to water systems that indicate that they have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both).
What is the Residential* fee, including all administrative and processing fees, to restore drinking water service due to failure to pay during non-operating hours?
Please provide dollar amounts for the fee, including all administrative and processing fees, to restore drinking water service due to failure to pay during non-operating hours (after-business hours, e.g., evenings, weekends, holidays). |
| C1.7 | Mandatory if your water system charges customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes). This section is only visible to water systems that indicate that they have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both).
Do you offer an extended repayment or other customer payment assistance plan? |
| C1.7.1 | Voluntary and only visible if the water system indicates that they offer an extended repayment or other customer payment assistance plan (C1.7 = Yes).
How many occupied Residential* customer accounts participated in your extended payment of other customer payment assistance plan?
Please provide the number of occupied customer accounts participated in your extended payment of other customer payment assistance plan. |
| C1.7.2 | Voluntary and only visible if the water system indicates that they offer an extended repayment or other customer payment assistance plan (C1.7 = Yes).
How many of the continuously occupied Residential* customer accounts were shut off at least once during the year and were enrolled in an extended assistance plan at the time of the service disconnection?
Please provide the number of continuously occupied customer accounts that were enrolled in an extended assistance plan at the time of the service disconnection among those that were shut-off at least once during the year. |
| C1.8 | Voluntary for the water systems that charge customers for water (Customer Charges A.1 = Yes). This section is only visible to water systems that indicate that they have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both).
What is the number residential accounts (single-family, multi-family, and mixed use that include residential) that were missing one or more required bill payments at the end of your most recent year? For the last billing cycle of the year, what was the number of remaining accounts that were still missing one or more requested payments? |
| C1.8.1 | Voluntary and only visible if the water system indicates that they have residential accounts that were missing one or more required bill payments at the end of the most recent year (C1.8 > 0).
What is the sum of outstanding uncollected residential (single-family, multi-family, and mixed use that include residential) bills at the end of your most recent year? For the last billing cycle of the year, what was the total amount of all water bill debt that was uncollected (I.e., drinking water debt, late fees, notice fees, disconnection fees, etc.). Add the account balances from all residential customers and report the total amount of uncollected debt that was remaining after the last billing cycle of the year. You may have to refer to the deadline of the last billing cycle that was closest to December 2020, which may be in early 2021 reports. |
| C1.9 | Voluntary; Comments on Shut-offs (publicly available): Please provide comments on shut-offs. The comments are publicly available. |
| C2 | Residential Customer Assistance This section is only visible to water systems that indicate in Customer Charges question A.2 that they have Residential customers (Customer Charges A.2 = Residential or Both). Questions regarding section 8c should be directed to: ORPP-WaterConservation@Waterboards.ca.gov H & S Code 116530. (a) A public water system shall submit a technical report to the state board as part of the permit application or when otherwise required by the state board. This report may include, but not be limited to, detailed plans and specifications, water quality information, physical descriptions of the existing or proposed system, information related to technical, managerial, and financial capacity and sustainability, and information related to achieving the goals of Section 106.3 of the Water Code, including affordability and accessibility. WAT 106.3. (a) It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water adequate for human consumption, cooking, and sanitary purposes. |
| C2.1 | Mandatory; In the reporting year, did you offer any of the following types of bill assistance to customers? (May select multiple).
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| C2.2 | Voluntary; Please provide the following about each type of bill assistance offered selected in C2.1.
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| C2.3 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system offers low-income water rate assistance (C2.1 = Low-income water rate assistance).
How is your low-income water rate assistance program funded? Provide the source of funding for the low-income water rate assistance program. Some examples of funding sources include transfers from a gender fund, other internal revenue, cellular tower leases, donations, and fees. |
| C2.4 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system offers low-income water rate assistance (C2.1 = Low-income water rate assistance).
How much funding was allocated to your low-income water rate assistance program in the reporting year? Provide the total amount that was allocated towards supporting the assistance program in the reporting year. This figure should be the full amount of funding that was available to support the program, even if some of this funding was not utilized in the reporting year. |
| C2.5 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system has Single-Family and Multi-Family customer types (Customer Charges A1.6 = Yes)
Does your program provide benefits to Single-Family only, or Single-Family and Multi-Family? (May only select one).
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| C2.6 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system has Single-Family and Multi-Family customer types (Customer Charges A1.6 = Yes)
Does your program provide benefits to Single-Family only, or Single-Family and Multi-Family? (May only select one).
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| C2.7 | Voluntary; Does your system partner with an outside entity (e.g. United Way) to provide assistance to low-income households?
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| C2.7.1 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system partners with an outside entity to provide assistance to low-income households.
Using the text box provided, list the name of the organization(s) you partnered with. Organization names can be separated using a semicolon. |
| C2.7.2 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system partners with an outside entity to provide assistance to low-income households.
How much benefit (in dollars) was provided through your partner organization(s)? Please provide the total amount of funding distributed to households within the reporting year. |
| C2.8 | Voluntary; Do you offer bill forgiveness under certain circumstances?
Please use the comment box to provide additional details if your water system offers bill forgiveness. |
| C2.8.1 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system offers bill forgiveness under certain circumstances (C2.8 = Yes).
Please provide the Number of Accounts that received bill forgiveness within the reporting year. If your water system does not collect this information please select the check-box provided. |
| C2.8.2 | Voluntary and only visible if your water system offers bill forgiveness under certain circumstances (C2.8 = Yes).
Please provide the Average Amount that was forgiven within the reporting year. If your water system does not collect this information please select the check-box provided. |
| C2.9 | Voluntary; Please use the text box to provide any additional Comments on Affordable Drinking Water Assistance. These comments will be publicly available. |
| 9.1 | Select here to view your water system's last Provide detail of upload process, resetting the date with a more current upload using "Clear & Reset" | ||||||||||
| 9.2 | (A) Bacteriological Sample Siting Plan (BSSP): Pursuant to , Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 64422 (a) By October 1, 2021, an existing public water system shall develop and submit to the State Board a bacteriological sample siting plan that identifies sampling sites and a sample collection schedule for the collection of bacteriological samples for total coliform analysis, subject to (a)(1) thru (a)(5). | ||||||||||
| 9.3 | (B) Water Quality Emergency Notification Plan (WQENP):
§116460. Emergency notification plan requirement.
No person shall operate a public water system without an emergency notification plan that has
been submitted to and approved by the department. The emergency notification plan shall
provide for immediate notice to the customers of the public water system of any significant rise
in the bacterial count of water or other failure to comply with any primary drinking water
standard that represents an imminent danger to the health of the water users. No permit, variance, or exemption may be issued or amended under this chapter until an emergency notification plan has been approved by the department. The department shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section. The regulations may provide for the exclusion of public water systems from the requirements of this section when, in the judgment of the department, the exclusion will best serve the public interest. |
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| 9.4 | (C) Direct Additives Certification NSF/ANSI Standard 60: Pursuant to Section 64700, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, (effective January 1, 1994), all chemicals or products, including chlorine, added directly to the drinking water as part of a treatment process must meet the ANSI/NSF Standard 60. If you are not sure whether a chemical you are using meets this standard, contact the manufacturer or distributor of the chemical. | ||||||||||
| 9.5 | Chemical Use Initiated:
Indicate if you began using the chemical listed during calendar year. Specify in the COMMENTS whether this is an additional chemical used in the treatment process or whether this chemical replaced one you are no longer using.
*Click here to upload an Excel spreadsheet of your water system's direct chemical additives.* (1) Download the Current Data Excel File to view last reported values to EAR. (2) Edit the rows as necessary, and maintain valid values permitted for each column. (3) Excel column names for Water Quality Direct Additives
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| 9.6 | (E) Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) & CCR Certification:
Article 20. Consumer Confidence Report §64480. Applicability and Distribution. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each community and nontransient-noncommunity (NTNC) water system shall prepare and deliver the first Consumer Confidence Report by July 1, 2001, and subsequent reports by July 1 annually thereafter. The first Consumer Confidence Report shall contain data collected during, or prior to, calendar year 2000, as prescribed by section 64481(d)(1). Each Consumer Confidence Report thereafter shall contain data collected during, or prior to, the previous calendar year. (b) A new community or NTNC water system shall deliver its first Consumer Confidence Report by July 1 of the year after its first full calendar year in operation and subsequent reports by July 1 annually thereafter. (c) A community or NTNC water system that sells water to another community or NTNC water system shall deliver the applicable information required in section 64481 to the purchasing system by no later than April 1 of each year or on a date mutually agreed upon by the seller and the purchaser, and specifically included in a contract between the parties. §64483. Consumer Confidence Report Delivery and Recordkeeping.(c) No later than the date the water system is required to distribute the Consumer Confidence Report to its customers, each water system shall mail a copy of the report to the State Board, followed within 3 months by a certification that the report has been distributed to customers, and that the information is correct and consistent with the compliance monitoring data previously submitted to the State Board. |
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| 9.7 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 10.1 | Backflow Prevention Assemblies include double check valve assemblies (Fig. 1) and reduced pressure principle backflow prevention assemblies (Fig, 2) that operate to prevent water from flowing from a user’s piping back into the domestic water supply system. Each backflow prevention assembly must be tested annually by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester.
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| 10.2 | Backflow Assemblies On-site: This includes backflow assemblies installed within the premises of the user, which protect the internal water distribution system from cross-connections to the satisfaction of the water supplier and health agency, such that backflow protection is not required at the user’s connection to the public water system. This also includes backflow assemblies installed within a non-community water system to protect its distribution system. Examples include backflow assemblies on the water supply to boilers, RV dump stations, commercial dishwashers, fire protection systems, etc. |
| 10.3 | Air-Gap Separation: is a physical break between the water supply line and a receiving vessel, and must provide a separation of at least double the diameter of the supply pipe, measured vertically from the flood rim of the receiving vessel to the supply pipe, but in no case shall this separation be less than one inch. |
| 10.4 | Inactive Backflow Prevention Assemblies: A backflow prevention assembly that is installed on a pipeline or connection that is no longer in use, as counted at the end of the calendar year 2020. |
| 10.5 | Cross-Connection Incidents: is an unprotected actual or potential connection between a potable water system used to supply water for drinking purposes and any source or system containing unapproved water or a substance that is not or cannot be approved as safe, wholesome and potable. By-pass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover devices, or other devices through which backflow could occur, shall be considered to be cross-connections. |
| 10.6 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 11.1 | Your Distribution System Classification This shows the classification of your distribution system (D1, D2, D3, D4, or D5). However, you may see the following instead:
Chief Operator: The person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a water treatment facility or the person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a distribution system. *Click here to download, update, and/or upload an Excel spreadsheet of your water system's certified distribution operators.* (1) Download the Current Data Excel File to view last reported values to EAR. (2) Edit the rows as necessary, and maintain valid values permitted for each column. (3) Excel column names for Distribution Shift Operators
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| 11.2 | Your Highest Treatment Plant Classification. This shows the classification of your treatment plant (T1, T2, T3, T4, or T5). However, you may see the following instead:
Chief Operator: The person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a water treatment facility or the person who has overall responsibility for the day-to-day, hands-on, operation of a distribution system. *Click here to download, update, and/or upload an Excel spreadsheet of your water system's certified distribution operators.* (1) Download the Current Data Excel File to view last reported values to EAR. (2) Edit the rows as necessary, and maintain valid values permitted for each column. (3) Excel column names for Treatment Shift Operators
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| 11.3 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 12.1 | California Waterworks Standards (Section 64556) – when a permit is required for improvement or modification California Waterworks Standards (see Sections 64570 through 64578) – when using alternative modification to requirements for extension or modification to existing distribution system. |
| 12.2 | Comments: comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 13.1 | Pursuant to Record, Reporting and Recordkeeping. Section 64470 (a) Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations - all water supplier shall maintain records on all water quality and system outage complaints received, both verbal and written, and corrective action taken. These records shall be maintained for a period of five years for State Board review. |
| 13.2 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 14.1 | (A) GW Operations Plan A supplier shall operate each groundwater treatment plant in accordance with an operations plan that has been approved by the State Board. The operations plan shall be designed to produce the optimal water quality from the treatment process. The operations plan shall consist of a description of the utility's treatment plant performance monitoring program, unit process equipment maintenance program, operating personnel, including numbers of staff, certification levels and responsibilities; how and when each unit process is operated; laboratory procedures; procedures used to determine chemical dose rates; records; response to plant emergencies; and reliability features. |
| 14.2 | (B) Surface Water Treatment Pursuant to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Section 64661, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations: - A supplier shall operate each surface water treatment plant in accordance with an operations plan that has been approved by the State Board. The operations plan shall be designed to produce the optimal water quality from the treatment process. - The operations plan shall consist of a description of the utility's treatment plant performance monitoring program, unit process equipment maintenance program, filter media inspection program, operating personnel, including numbers of staff, certification levels and responsibilities; how and when each unit process is operated; laboratory procedures; procedures used to determine chemical dose rates; records; response to plant and watershed emergencies; and reliability features. |
| 14.3 | (C) Emergency Disinfection Plan *As required under Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 64660(c)(2). The EDP may be included in your water system’s Emergency Response Plan or Operations Plan. If so, provide the Name and Date of those plans below: An emergency plan shall be developed prior to initiating operation of the disinfection facilities. The plan shall be implemented in the event of disinfection failure to prevent delivery to the distribution system of any undisinfected or inadequately disinfected water. The plan shall be posted in the treatment plant or other place readily accessible to the plant operator. |
| 14.4 | (D) Watershed Sanitary Survey Report Pursuant to the Surface Water Treatment Rule, Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations,Section 64665: - All suppliers shall have a sanitary survey of their watershed(s) completed at least every five years. The first survey shall be completed by January 1, 1996. - A report of the survey shall be submitted to the Department not later than 60 days following completion of the survey. - The survey and report shall include physical and hydrogeological description of the watershed, a summary of source water quality monitoring data, a description of activities and sources of contamination, a description of any significant changes that have occurred since the last survey which could affect the quality of the source water, a description of watershed control and management practices, an evaluation of the system's ability to meet requirements of this chapter, and recommendations for corrective actions |
| 14.5 | Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 15.1 | (A) System Problems: Report the number of problems reported to the water system, organized by the Service Connection or Main Breaks/Leaks Main, Water outages, and Boil Water Orders. Indicate the number of problems investigated, and the number reported to DDW or County LPA representatives. An option to describe the cause or corrective action is available in the right column. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.1.a | Water Outages: Unplanned events in which the water system is depressurized and customers are out of water for any reason including water main breaks. Scheduled water outages during main replacement need not be reported. A system may be depressurized due to a well or pump failure or wildfire damage to a reservoir resulting in the reservoir being emptied. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.1.b | Boil Water Notices: The water supply has a microbiological contaminant that can be rendered safe by boiling the water or by using bottled water. The notice may provide detailed instructions for manual disinfection by the consumer, where appropriate. This is the most commonly used notice. Note that Boil Water Notices should not be issued where nitrate concentrations are elevated. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/Notices.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.2 | (B) Infrastructure & Pipeline Materials: Please provide the percentage (%) of distribution pipe system and the average number of years by pipeline materials including: plastic, steel, cast iron, galvalized iron, ductile iron, cement concrete, asbestos cement, or other. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.3 | (C) Flushing (Dead-end/All) program: Subsection C1 collect the number of deadends in your distribution system, prefilled from the prior year EAR. If the value is not zero, report the number of blowoffs, number of flushing occurences, and frequency of flushing. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.4 | (D) Valve-Exercise program: Records for the range of valve size, number in the system, and number exercised during the year is collected. Frequency of Valve exercising | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15.5 | (E) Storage Tanks, include instructions to upload Excel: Storage Tanks not including pressure tanks are reported and prefilled from prior year EAR. Fields collected include Tank name, Capacity, Capacity Units (NEW), Year installed, Date of Last Inspection, Date of Last Cleaning, Date of Relining or Coating, Corrosion Protection, and Material of Construction. Selecting the checkbox ensures storage tank data exist in the reportable table below. You may upload your list of storage tanks in an Excel spreadsheet by selecting “Click here to upload an Excel spreadsheet” and navigate the selection options to upload a list. (1) Download the Current Data Excel File to view last reported values to EAR. (2) Edit the rows as necessary, and maintain valid values permitted for each column. (3) Excel column names for Storage Tanks
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| 15.6 | Distribution System and Storage Tanks Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 16.1 | Auxiluary Power Supply: All water systems should report their backup power available for Sources, Pumping Stations, and Water Treatment Plants and the number of times they are exercised annually. Indicate the coverage of your system by all, some, or no pressure zones for the three tiers of hours, 24, 48, and 72. Finally provide whether your backup power is automatically or manually started. NEW A3 to A3.4
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| 16.2 | Emergency Response Plans: Public water systems with at least 3,300 or more persons should review and revise their emergency response plan (ERP) to ensure that the plans are sufficient to address possible disaster scenarios. Please report if you have an ERP addressing procedures for the restoration of water service, the date of the plan document, and the date your water system last exercised with a tabletop or other activity. Please indicate if you are registered in your local energy utility’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) notification plan. |
| 16.3 | Water Partnerships: Small Community Water Systems are presented the option to report their interest in Water Partnerships or Consolidation options. |
| 16.4 | Emergency Comments: Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 17A.1: The Water Board provides a template for the Drought Contingency Plan, available here: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/documents/drought/sample_drought_contin_plan.docx |
| 17A.1.1: Water Shortage Contingency Plans were due to DWR July 1, 2021. You can access the reports through WUEdata - Water Use Efficiency Data (ca.gov) |
| 17A.2: Shortage is defined in Water Code Section 10632(a)(3): Urban water suppliers shall define these shortage levels based on the suppliers’ water supply conditions, including percentage reductions in water supply, changes in groundwater levels, changes in surface elevation or level of subsidence, or other changes in hydrological or other local conditions indicative of the water supply available for use. Shortage levels shall also apply to catastrophic interruption of water supplies, including, but not limited to, a regional power outage, an earthquake, and other potential emergency events. |
| 17A.2.2: Shortage levels are defined in the Urban Water Management Plan Guidebook 2020 (ca.gov) in Section 8.3. |
| 17A.4, 17A.5: An urban water supplier shall conduct and submit to the Department of Water Resources an annual water supply and demand assessment (10632.1 of the Water Code). This supply and demand assessment includes information about anticipated shortage and associated restrictions. In your eAR response, please ensure consistency with your annual water supply and demand assessments. |
| 17A.6: SB 814 (Hill, 2016) requires each urban retail water supplier to establish a method to identify and discourage excessive water use. Please identify the methods being used to identify and discourage excessive water use. Bill Text - SB-814 Drought: excessive water use: urban retail water suppliers. (ca.gov) |
| 17B.1: Select all applicable components of your water conservation program. If your agency does not have a conservation program, select “Other” and provide the reason in the accompanying text box. |
| 17B.2: Your response should be based on staffing costs and the costs associated with implementing the program elements identified in 17B.1. |
| 17B.3.1: Internal labor refers to staffing costs (salary, wages, and other emoluments) associated with conservation work. |
| 17B.3.2: External consultant costs refer to costs associated with contracted work, such as a saturation study conducted by a private contractor. |
| 17B.3.3: Program implementation costs refer to hard expenses such as printing materials, running PSAs, purchasing efficient devices for giveaways, etc. |
| 17B.5: This question seeks information on the “saturation” of water efficient appliance and fixtures in your service area, which is the percentage of water customers that have already installed water efficient appliances. If few customers have water efficient appliances (low saturation), then the potential benefits of installing water efficient appliances is higher. For example, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power describes the approach used to estimate “baseline” water use for multiple sectors in their Water Conservation Potential Study. (direct link: https://www.ladwp.com/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=OPLADWPCCB620807&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased) |
| 17C.1: For urban water retail suppliers using recycled water, AB 1668 and SB 606 provide a bonus incentive, which will be based on the amount of potable reuse water an URWS used the previous year. More information is available at: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/conservation_portal/california_statutes.html (see Section 10609.20(d). |
| 17C.2: An existing facility is defined as one with a completed environmental review on or before January 1, 2019, that becomes operational on or before January 1, 2022, and that uses microfiltration and reverse osmosis technologies to produce the potable reuse water (CWC §10609.20(d). |
| 18.1 | Reason for asking The State Water Board passed a resolution on March 3, 2017 requiring a proactive approach to climate change in all Board actions, with the intent to embed climate change consideration into all programs and activities. For more information on climate change, please click https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/climate . Time horizon For this section, use up to or before year 2050 as an approximate time horizon to assess climate change threats, sensitivity levels, adaptation measures, and plans. |
| 18.2 | (A) Climate Threats, Sensitivity, and Magnitude of Impacts Definitions:
The first column lists general climate change threats, while the second column lists more specific threats related to the first column. Check each box that is a likely threat to facility(ies) and operations from the reporting year to 2050, no matter the magnitude of the threat. You may check more than one box. Where boxes are checked, dropdowns are required to be answered. If none, select the checkbox, and indicate whether you are actively monitoring water resource threats. Climate change assessment resources you may consider, include:
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| 18.3 | (B) Adaptation Measures: Identify measures to reduce current vulnerability, or make future modifications based on identified sensitivity of the water system. Indicate status for all projects that your organization has completed, or plan to implement to increase resiliency of the water system to climate change. USEPA’s Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities provides examples of adaptation. For each adaptation measure or row in this section, you may choose one response. |
| 18.4 | Climate Change Comments Comment boxes are provided throughout the EAR to allow the user to provide discussion or clarification on their responses provided in that section of the report. These comment boxes can accommodate up to 4000 characters. |
| 19.1 | Error – Questions needing an Answer Questions that require answers are highlighted yellow throughout the EAR. The questions conditionally requiring answers are highlighted salmon. If the answer was not provided, the finalize section generates an error listed with the question-answer longname hyperlinked back to the section for your convenience. Note: If you have difficulty completing any answer, use the option “Email for Help” located at the bottom of each section in the EAR. |
| 19.2 | Results are publicly posted and available for download atWaterboards website: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/eardata.html |
| 19.3 | EAR Reporter upon By selecting the submit button, the EAR Reporter contact information is recorded for the submission date. To update your EAR Reporter information, users may select “My Profile” from your homepage to verify and/or update your contact information on file. |