Drought planning: resiliency measures.
- Exempts small water districts with fewer than 500 connections from water metering and leak monitoring requirements.
- Maintains existing drought resiliency measures for larger water suppliers serving up to 2,999 connections.
- Requires water suppliers to have backup power supplies and alternative water sources by 2027.
Senator Alvarado-Gil's proposed amendment to California's drought resiliency requirements would exempt smaller water districts from certain monitoring obligations, modifying regulations that currently apply to all community water systems serving between 15 and 2,999 connections.
Under existing law, small water suppliers and schools operating nontransient noncommunity water systems must implement several drought preparedness measures by specified deadlines. These include installing production well monitoring systems by 2023, maintaining mutual aid organization membership, ensuring backup power supplies by 2024, establishing backup water sources by 2027, and meeting fire flow capacity requirements by 2032. The law also requires these entities to meter all service connections and monitor water loss from leaks by 2032. The proposed amendment would remove this metering and leak monitoring requirement for water districts with fewer than 500 service connections while maintaining all other drought resiliency measures.
The bill retains the original funding availability clause, which conditions implementation of these requirements on resource accessibility. Water districts with 500 or more service connections would continue operating under the complete set of requirements, including the 2032 deadline for universal metering and leak detection protocols.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Shannon GroveR Senator | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Benjamin AllenD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Henry SternD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Monique LimonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Melissa HurtadoD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Exempts small water districts with fewer than 500 connections from water metering and leak monitoring requirements.
- Maintains existing drought resiliency measures for larger water suppliers serving up to 2,999 connections.
- Requires water suppliers to have backup power supplies and alternative water sources by 2027.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Senator Alvarado-Gil's proposed amendment to California's drought resiliency requirements would exempt smaller water districts from certain monitoring obligations, modifying regulations that currently apply to all community water systems serving between 15 and 2,999 connections.
Under existing law, small water suppliers and schools operating nontransient noncommunity water systems must implement several drought preparedness measures by specified deadlines. These include installing production well monitoring systems by 2023, maintaining mutual aid organization membership, ensuring backup power supplies by 2024, establishing backup water sources by 2027, and meeting fire flow capacity requirements by 2032. The law also requires these entities to meter all service connections and monitor water loss from leaks by 2032. The proposed amendment would remove this metering and leak monitoring requirement for water districts with fewer than 500 service connections while maintaining all other drought resiliency measures.
The bill retains the original funding availability clause, which conditions implementation of these requirements on resource accessibility. Water districts with 500 or more service connections would continue operating under the complete set of requirements, including the 2032 deadline for universal metering and leak detection protocols.
Latest Voting History
Shannon GroveR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Benjamin AllenD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Henry SternD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Monique LimonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Melissa HurtadoD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted |