Drought Summit 2016: City of Ventura
Shana Epstein
Ventura Water General Manager
September 22, 2016
100 % Local Water Resources
• Casitas Municipal Water District
• Ventura River
• Santa Paula Basin
• Mound Basin
• Oxnard Plain Basin
• Recycled Water
Water Shortage Timeline
• 10 % voluntary reductions (Feb. 2014)
• Water Shortage Task Force (July 2014)
• Declared a Water Shortage Emergency (Sept. 2014)
• Water Shortage Event Contingency Plan (March 2015)
• Four tiered Water Shortage Event Rates approved (June 2015)
Drought Response
• Water Rates – Tiered Rate
Structure – Water Shortage
• Water Wise Incentive Programs
• Water Surveys • Gardening Classes • Communication
– Traditional – Social Media
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% Change(15 vs 13)
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2015
10%reduction
20%reduction
Outreach Strategy
• Website Information
• Social Media
• Media – Pipeline, News Print, Radio, TV
• Staff presentations at community organizations
• Community Special Events (25-30 annually)
• Summer Campaigns
• Water: Take 1 Short Film contest
Sustainable Water Future
• Demand Side Management – Net Zero
• Water Re-use – Potable – Tertiary
• Desalination
• Water Purchases – State Water – Ag Demand Side Management
VenturaWaterPure Demonstration Facility
• State-of-the-Art Purification Facility
• How Reuse Fits-In to Ventura’s Water portfolio
• Potable Reuse Technologies
• Demonstrate the Water Quality and Public Safety of the Supply
Recycled Water Fill Station • Started Training on June 21, 2016 • 54 individuals have attended
training • 31 entities have paid fee and are
collecting water
Water Wise Incentive Program Launched July 2015
• Reimbursed 330 participants • Water savings of approx. 50
acre ft/year • Approx. 357,000 sq. ft of turf
removed • 1,000 acre ft. of water savings
over a 20 year period
2016 Water Wise 2.0 Program Details
• Over $1.2 Million in grant funds
• Collaboration with City of Santa Paula and Casitas Municipal Water District
• $2 per sq. ft., capped at 1,600 sq.ft. for residential
• $2 per sq. ft., capped at 3,200 sq.ft. for commercial/multi-family
• freesprinklernozzles.com • WBICs
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Ventura’s Current Water Resources