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0 A i E R = N E R D Y I_ i= 1 <br />RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />W& Board Memorandum <br />P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: February 11, 2018 <br />GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT <br />ITEM NO: <br />Summary of Riverside Public Utilities <br />Urban Water Production and Conservation Efforts / Groundwater Level <br />Update As of December 2018 <br />Conservation Efforts <br />RPU's urban water production in December 2018 was 3,770 AF. This is a decrease of 1,254 AF <br />or a conservation of 25% compared to December of 2017. Weather conditions showed that <br />December of 2018 was cooler by 6.6 degrees from December last year and experienced 1.02 <br />inches of rainfall compared to zero inches from December 2017. <br />For the 2018 calendar year RPU's urban water production was 65,582 Acre-feet. This increase <br />from last year by almost 1,428 Acre-feet or about 2.2%. Despite this year's increase in urban <br />water production, RPU's production is still within the historical production range from 2013 to 2017 <br />as shown in figure 1. Figure 1 also shows that RPU's urban water production is below the <br />compliance target specified in SB X7-7 (i.e. 20% reduction by 2020) and RPU's current potable <br />water rights. <br />Basin Groundwater Levels <br />Groundwater levels in the Bunker Hill, Rialto -Colton, and Riverside North basins are continuing <br />to show a long-term declining trend, while groundwater levels in the Riverside South Basin remain <br />relatively stable as shown in Figure 2. Water levels in Bunker Hill are approximately 8 feet lower <br />as compared to December of last year. Water levels in the Rialto -Colton and Riverside North <br />basins are 5 feet lower as compared to December of last year. Water levels in the Riverside <br />South Basin are the same as compared to December of last year. <br />