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WATER E N ERG Y LIFE <br />r, <br />CITY OF <br />RIVERSIDE <br />PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />Board Memorandum <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />GENERAL MANAGER'S REPORT <br />SUBJECT: MONTHLY WATER REPORT — JULY 31, 2023 <br />DATE: SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 <br />Total water production (potable and non -potable) was 8,181 acre-feet (AF), including 277 AF <br />produced and wheeled to Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) for the month of July. For <br />Fiscal Year 2023-24 to date, total water production and deliveries of 8,458 AF decreased by 289 <br />AF (3 %) from last fiscal year, as shown in Figure 1. Total production by calendar year is shown <br />in Figure 2. The annual rolling production totals by month are shown in Figure 3. In July, the <br />peak water usage on the potable water distribution system was 80.1 million gallons per day (MGD) <br />and occurred on July 10, 2023, as shown in Figure 4. <br />July potable water production totaled 7,114 AF, which decreased from last July by 241 AF (3%). <br />Under the Cooperative Surplus Water Sales and Emergency Water Agreements with WMWD and <br />the City of Norco, RPU delivered no water in July. <br />In July, RPU's Gallons Per -Capita per Day (GPCD) was 237, and its Residential Gallons Per - <br />Capita per Day (R-GPCD) was 140. RPU's annual rolling GPCD was 170, which is below the <br />compliance target specified in SB X7-7 (i.e., 20% reduction by 2020) of 213. RPU's annual rolling <br />R-GPCD was 98, as shown in Figure 5. The new performance standards related to water use <br />efficiency are being finalized and are set to be adopted in late 2023. <br />The weather conditions in the City of Riverside showed that July 2023 was warmer by 4.9 degrees <br />compared to July last year. <br />On a regional scale, the link below provides real-time updates on the progression and intensity of <br />the Drought within the State: <br />https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA <br />The figures below show the drought conditions throughout the State between July 2022 and July <br />2023, and an annual class change map for improvement or degradation in the drought conditions. <br />