Urban
CooperativePlanning
In order to provide cost-effective and
reliable service, Montecito regularly cooperates with many other
local, state and regional agencies.
For example, local water supplies from
Lake Cachuma are shared with neighboring coastal communities,
native fish, and downstream users.
During preparation of the 2001 update
to its Urban Water Manage- ment Plan, the District worked with
numerous organizations to obtain information, review the draft
plan, provide comments, and offer interested customers and
agencies an op- portunity to comment on the draft plan at a public
hearing. |
Water
Management Plan
Will Montecito
Have Enough Water?
Water
is one of our community’s most valuable resources. Our economy,
natural environment, and landscapes all rely on water. Montecito
Water District has devoted itself to providing a reliable and high
quality water supply. Montecito Water District’s 2001 Urban
Water Management Plan carries the District’s tradition of long
range planning into the future.
The District's Updated Urban Water Management
Plan peers 20 years into the future, making projection about water
supply and demand. It lays out a practical plan for
providing adequate water supplies to meet customer needs.
Santa Barbara County’s Comp-
rehensive Plan, Montecito and Summerland Community Plans
and the Local Coastal Plan strictly control development
in the Monte- cito-Summerland area. Water supply
forecasts are based on these community plans which
anticipate build-out by 2020. At the current rate of 39
new residential units a year, there will be a total of
6,646 residential units in Summer- land and Montecito at
build-out. The current population, estimated at 17,728
is projected to rise about 2,000 persons by 2020. |
The Urban Water Management Plan
demonstrates that the District will have adequate water
supplies to meet all customer needs through the first
three years of a severe drought. In the fourth and fifth
years of drought, customers could be asked to make
voluntary cutbacks of 10% to 15%.
If a drought were to exceed five years, it could
become necessary to declare a water shortage emergency.
The District is continuing to review measures to
decrease the likelihood of such emergencies. |
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