SLOCFCWCD Master Water Report

Since the last update in 2012, there have been critical developments such as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), adoption of the Water Management Tools Amendment, increased allocations from the Nacimiento Water Project, and the formation of the Countywide Water Action Team. These advancements, along with progress in potable reuse projects, drought conditions, and regional desalination, underscore the need for a "living document" approach to the MWR to ensure its consistency with evolving water resources and planning documents. ConfluenceES has been working to update the scoring system for ranking water system vulnerability to drought. The update involves comparing the SLOCFCWCD’s Regional Water Infrastructure Resiliency Plan (RWIRP) scoring metrics to the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) 2023 Water Shortage Vulnerability Tool metrics and developing a new scoring system. This scoring will be applied to Water Planning Area 2 in the near-term and implemented in additional areas in the future. It will be a key metric in the updated MWR.