2025 Urban Water Management Plan

Section 1 2025 Urban Water Management Plan Plan Introduction City of Pleasanton Public Draft | May 2026 1-2 EKI Environment & Water, Inc. following the Governor’s call for a statewide reduction in urban water use, referred to as the Water Conservation Act of 2009 or Senate Bill (SB) X7-7. This amendment required urban retail water suppliers to establish water use targets for 2015 and 2020 that would result in statewide water savings of 20% by 2020. To be eligible for state grants or loans, urban retail water suppliers were required to comply with SB X7-7 through reporting progress toward meeting SB X7-7 water use targets in 2015 and 2020 UWMPs. Section 5 of this Plan addresses this requirement. In 2016, Governor Brown signed Executive Order (EO) B-37-16 Making Conservation a California Way of Life (MCCWL). Subsequently, the Legislature passed SB 606 and Assembly Bill (AB) 1668, which added new drought planning requirements, including: 1) Additional Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) requirements (CWC §10640), 2) Drought risk assessments (DRAs) to assess water supply reliability in UWMPs for a drought period lasting five consecutive water years (CWC §10635(b)), and 3) Annual water supply and demand assessments to determine water supply reliability for the current year and one subsequent dry year (CWC §10632(a)). These elements are included in Section 7 and Section 8 of this Plan. Additionally, SB 606/AB 1688 set new requirements for urban water suppliers to further increase water use efficiency beyond SB X7-7. Beginning in 2024, agencies were required to report an annual Urban Water Use Objective (UWUO). Because compliance with the UWUO requirements falls under the authority of the SWRCB, it is not included in this Plan. Section 4.9 of this Plan documents Pleasanton’s continued compliance with the UWUOs. The UWMP Act contains numerous other requirements that a UWMP must satisfy. Appendix A lists each of these requirements and where in the Plan they are addressed. 1.3 UWMP Relationship with Other Efforts This Plan provides information specific to water management and planning within Pleasanton’s service area. However, water management does not happen in isolation; there are other planning processes that integrate with the UWMP to accomplish urban planning. Some of these relevant planning documents include: • Plan Bay Area. Jointly developed by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Plan Bay Area guides transit-oriented investments related to public transit, housing, land use, and sustainability across the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. While Plan Bay Area 2050 is the most recent update, which involves a planning horizon through the year 2050, Plan Bay Area 2040 is referenced within this UWMP, as further explained in Section 3.3. • Pleasanton General Plan 2005-2025: Land Use Element. The General Plan summarizes the City’s historical and existing land uses and describes areas of special interest for ongoing development. The General Plan also provides policies and guidance for future development, including specific plans for individual projects and general guidance for encouraging sustainable growth while preserving Pleasanton’s residential neighborhoods and open space. • Pleasanton 2023-2031 Housing Element. The City’s 2023-2031 Housing Element evaluates existing housing stock and inventories sites suitable for potential housing development. The 2023-2031 Housing Element compares the City’s available housing supply to its assigned share of the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and outlines a rezoning program to accommodate anticipated future housing needs in the City.