County Drought Advisory Group Meeting - June 27, 2019

The fourth County Drought Advisory Group (CDAG) meeting will take place on June 27, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bonderson Hearing Room located at 901 P Street in Sacramento. The purpose of the fourth CDAG meeting is to:

• Present a draft methodology for assessing drought vulnerability and identifying communities at risk of drought and water shortage.
• Present and discuss a draft recommendation for components to be included in an umbrella drought and water shortage contingency plan to cover rural communities (less than 15 service connections and self-supplied households).
• Present and discuss a draft recommendation for components to be included in a drought and water shortage contingency plan for small water suppliers (3,000 to 15 service connections).
  

To improve water conservation and water shortage planning, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 606 (Hertzberg) and Assembly Bill 1668 (Friedman) which then-Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law in May of 2018. Changes to existing law related to small water suppliers and rural community drought planning resulting from this legislation are in Section 8, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 10609.40) and added to Part 2.55 of Division 6 of the California Water Code).

These changes include directing DWR to:

• Identify small suppliers and rural communities at risk of drought and water shortage vulnerability
• Develop recommendations to the Governor and Legislature for improving drought contingency planning for those areas

The CDAG meetings are open to CDAG members, other interested parties, and the public. To help us plan appropriately for this meeting, RSVP to James Campagna. 

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The agenda items for this meeting are as listed below:

10:00 -- Welcome & Participant Introductions (Maria West - Facilitator, Public Affairs Office, DWR)

                Opening remarks (Arthur Hinojosa, Chief, Integrated Regional Water Management Program, DWR)

10:20 -- Agenda & Timeline (Nirmala Benin, Senior Engineer, Drought Contingency Planning and Special Projects, DWR)

10:30 -- Umbrella WSCP (Fethi BenJemaa, Section Chief, Drought Contingency Planning and Special Projects, DWR)

10:45 -- Panel: Umbrella WSCP viewpoints Tulare County (Denise England), Napa County (Christopher Silke),
                Stanford University (Newsha Ajami), Debbie Franco (Governor’s Office of Planning & Research)  (Nirmala, Maria)

11:15 -- Panel Q&A: General Discussion

Noon -- Lunch (on your own)

1:00  --  Small Water Supplier WSCP Presentation & Group Discussion (Nirmala, Michelle Frederick- Senior Engineer,
                Division of Drinking Water, Water Board)

1:20  --  Q&A (All)

2:00  --  Update on Development of Vulnerability Factors and Risk Indicators (Julie Ekstrom, Senior Environmental
                Scientist, Climate Change Program, DWR)

2:20  --  Q&A (All)

3:00  --  Next Steps & Group Discussion (Nirmala, All)

4:00  --  Adjourn