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Section 6 2025 Urban Water Management Plan <br />Water Supply Characterization City of Pleasanton <br /> Public Draft | May 2026 <br /> 6-34 EKI Environment & Water, Inc. <br />6.11 Energy Intensity <br /> <br />This section presents the City’s energy intensity related to the extent that the information is available, in <br />accordance with CWC §10631.2(a). Energy intensity is the amount of energy used on a systemwide basis <br />over a one-year period to take water from the location where a supplier acquires the water to its point of <br />delivery. For Pleasanton, this metric includes energy used to treat groundwater (when local wells are in <br />use), pump, and distribute the City’s water supply within the system it owns and operates. This metric <br />does not include the energy used by Zone 7 to convey and treat raw water and/or to deliver treated <br />potable water to the City. <br />Assessing energy intensity can help to inform water supply management and system operation strategies, <br />such as: <br />• Identifying opportunities to reduce operational costs of water delivery by reducing energy <br />use; <br />• Calculating energy savings and greenhouse gas emissions reductions associated with water <br />conservation programs; <br />• Identifying potential opportunities for receiving energy efficiency funding for water <br />conservation programs; <br />• Informing climate change mitigation strategies; and <br />• Benchmarking energy use at each water acquisition and delivery step and comparing energy <br />use among similar agencies. <br />Energy intensity is reported as kilowatt-hours (kWh) per unit of water delivered. Table 6-12 shows <br />Pleasanton’s emergency intensity for potable water in 2025. <br /> <br /> CWC §10631.2 <br />(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 10631, an urban water management plan shall include any of the <br />following information that the urban water supplier can readily obtain: <br />(1) An estimate of the amount of energy used to extract or divert water supplies. <br />(2) An estimate of the amount of energy used to convey water supplies to the water treatment plants or <br />distribution systems. <br />(3) An estimate of the amount of energy used to treat water supplies. <br />(4) An estimate of the amount of energy used to distribute water supplies through its distribution systems. <br />(5) An estimate of the amount of energy used for treated water supplies in comparison to the amount used for <br />nontreated water supplies. <br />(6) An estimate of the amount of energy used to place water into or withdraw from storage. <br />(7) Any other energy-related information the urban water supplier deems appropriate. <br />(b) The department shall include in its guidance for the preparation of urban water management plans a <br />methodology for the voluntary calculation or estimation of the energy intensity of urban water systems. The <br />department may consider studies and calculations conducted by the Public Utilities Commission in <br />developing the methodology. <br />(c) The Legislature finds and declares that energy use is only one factor in water supply planning and shall not <br />be considered independently of other factors.