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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: OCTOBER 24, 2022 SUBJECT: MONTHLY WATER REPORT AUGUST 31, 2022 In August 2022, RPU total water production was 8,714 acre-feet (AF) as shown in Figures 1 and 2. In August, the peak water usage on the potable water distribution system was 80.4 million gallons per day (MGD) and occurred on August 29, 2022, as shown in Figure 4. and the City of Norco totaled 7,231 AF, which decreased from last August by 84 AF. Under the Cooperative Agreement for Water Production and Conveyance with WMWD, 129 AF was wheeled to WMWD during August. During this 2022/23 fiscal year, a total of 547 AF of potable water has been delivered to WMWD. And under the Agreement for the Sale of Surplus Potable Water and Emergency Water, RPU delivered 12 AF to Norco in August 2022. In August, Gallons Per-Capita per Day (GPCD) was 242, and its Residential Gallons Per- Capita per Day (R-GPCD) was 142. GPCD was 192, which is below the compliance target specified in SB X7-7 (i.e., 20% reduction by 2020) of 213. R-GPCD was 112 as shown in Figure 5. The new performance standards related to water use efficiency are being finalized and will be implemented in 2023. Weather conditions within the City of Riverside showed that August of 2022 was warmer by 3.2 degrees from August last year. On a regional scale, the link below provides real-time updates on the progression and intensity of the Drought within the State: https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA The figures below show the drought conditions throughout the State between August 2021 and August 2022, and an annual class change map for improvement or degradation in the drought conditions.