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GENERAL MANAGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Friedl Joe Gibson, Chair Ed Jones, Vice Chair George Lange, Director Susan L. Holt, Director Chuck Huffer. Director GENERAL MANAGER EMERITUS Tex Ward DATE: March 6, 2014 TO: Board of Directors FROM: Jim Friedl, General ManagerksDis SUBJECT: Conejo Recreation and Prict's Water Conservation Policy and Practices RECOMMENDATION Receive and file report on the District's Water Conservation Policy and Practices. DISCUSSION Since the passage of the Water Conservation Act of 2009 by California's legislature, the District has been working to reduce its water consumption by 20% by the year 2020. Using water consumption data from FY 2007/2008 (first year comprehensive data is available) as a benchmark, and employing water usage units per developed acre as the measurement criteria, the District increased its water use by 4.97% at the end of FY 2012/2013. Although staff believes the 4.97% increase at the end of FY 2012/2013, as compared to the FY 2007/2008 benchmark', was due mainly to low rainfall (record low in Calendar Year 2013 and furthermore, of the warmest ten years on record for the area, nine have been since 2001) and low number of rain events, staff continues to make further efforts to aggressively undertake additional water saving actions. The attached Water Conservation Policy briefly describes the District's goals, current practices, objectives, and challenges that lay ahead in attempting to further reduce water consumption. The policy will be updated on an annual basis. 'For further comparison, as detailed in Table 1 of the Water Conservation Policy, comparing each FY to the FY 2007/2008 benchmark, water use had decreased 3.37% in FY 2008/2009, 17.31% in FY 2009/2010, and 15.39% in FY 2010/2011; increased 2.56% in 2011/2012. 403 West Hillcrest Drive I Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4223 (805) 495-6471 FAX: (805) 497-3199 Email: parks@crpd.org