TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Brian D. Bordona - Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Jamison Crosby - Natural Resources Conservation Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt the Napa County Drought Resilience Plan (DRP) and a Resolution Revising the Bylaws of the Drought and Water Shortage Task Force
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt the Napa County Drought Resilience Plan (DRP) for domestic wells and state small water systems; and adopt a Resolution revising the bylaws of the Napa County Drought and Water Shortage Task Force (DWSTF). (No Fiscal Impact; Mandatory)
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BACKGROUND
Senate Bill 552 (Hertzberg), as codified in California Water Code Section 10609.50 et seq., requires all counties to establish a standing county drought and water shortage task force to facilitate drought and water shortage preparedness for state small water systems and domestic wells within the county's jurisdiction. State small water systems serve at least five and up to 14 service connections.
On December 13, 2021 the Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopted Resolution 2021-147 forming the DWSTF and approving staff's recommendation that the DWSTF consist of the Napa Watershed Information and Conservation Council (WICC), supplemented by six members to include state agencies, local water suppliers, and residents who rely on individual domestic wells for drinking water. The DWSTF was later expanded to include one staff person from Napa County Division of Environmental Health. Due to the large size of the task force, one of its first actions was to create Ad Hoc Subcommittee to develop the DRP on May 20, 2022.
The objective of the task force is to develop a plan that includes potential drought and water shortage risk and proposed interim and long-term solutions for state small water systems and domestic wells within the county's jurisdiction. State law requires the plan to consider all of the following:
a. Consolidations for existing water systems and domestic wells.
b. Domestic...
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