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Identifying the Challenges March 15, 2018 Symposium on Making Safe, Clean, Affordable and Accessible Water a Reality Katie e Leo Porter, er, PE, ENV SP Staff Engineer, California Urban Water Agencies 1

California Urban Water Agencies (CUWA) Serve Over Two- thirds of California’s Population Ret etail/Wh Whole olesale sale Wholesale sale Ret etail Agencies es Agencies Agencies • Alameda County • Contra Costa • Metropolitan Water District Water District Water District (ACWD) (CCWD) (MWD) • City of Fresno • City of San Diego • Santa Clara Valley Water • East Bay • San Francisco District (SCVWD) Municipal Utility Public Utilities District (EBMUD) Commission • San Diego (SFPUC) County Water • Los Angeles Authority Department of (SDCWA) Water and Power (LADWP) • Zone 7 Water Agency 2

A ffordability Affects 21% of CUWA’s Population Income ome Tot otal al Tot otal al % Brack cket Populat ation on Populat ation on Less than $10,000 1,583,872 6.1% $10,000 to $14,999 1,364,161 5.3% $14,999 to $24,999 2,506,587 9.7% Tot otal al 5,454, 4,619 21. 1.0% Based on 2013 census 3

Various Strategies are Currently Being Utilized to Assist Low-income Customers Discounted Water Charges % Annual al Household ehold Income come Spent t on Water r Bills Base Tier Rates / Lifeline Populat ation on-Wei eight ghted ed Rates Income ome Brack cket et Average age Customer Conservation Less than $10,000 7.0% Assistance $10,000 to $14,999 4.7% Partnerships $14,999 to $24,999 2.8% Education Tot otal al 4.5% Payment Plans Based on 2013 census 4

Accelerate Progress Towards Accessibility Through Targeted Solutions Targeted Solutions Geographically clustered systems Contaminants Systems with pointing to similar persistent needs violations 5

Refine the Number of Affected Systems Needing Assistance 60% of the water quality issues in rural DACs may require intensive capital solutions Based on data from Jan 2013 – April 2016 6

Id Identi tify fy Persis istent tent Vi Violation ions s to to Focus s On Sy System tems s Mo Most in Need d of Assistance ance Based on data from Jan 2013 – April 2016 7

Prevent Growth of the Problem Many systems with repeat MCL violations are clustered in rural parts of the state, such as the Central Valley Prohibit commercial/ and Monterey Bay region. residential development in areas without access to sufficient water infrastructure or supplies of adequate quality Connect nearby water purveyors that are willing to extend sustainable resources to nearby DACs Based on data from Jan 2013 – April 2016 8

Pilot Scalable Solutions Groundtruth Root Focus on Targeted Pilot to Refine Causes / Barriers Solutions Effective Solutions to Sustainability • Geographically • Technical • Individual clustered Solutions • Managerial • Persistent • Consolidated • Financial Violations Solutions • Similar Needs • Mentoring Relationships 9

Katie Porter CUWA Staff Engineer kporter1@brwncald.com 213.271.2239 Cindy Paulson CUWA Executive Director cpaulson@brwncald.com 925.210.2477 www.cuwa.org 10