What if expected projects, planned for the future, but not formally proposed, were included in an Urban Water Management Plan?
If the development was included as part of the projected water demand of the current UWMP, the water demand for the proposed development does not need to be separately analyzed as long as water demand for the project has remained substantially the same. The law (Water Code § 10910(c)(2)) states that if the projected water demand associated with the proposed project was accounted for in the most recently adopted UWMP, the water supplier may incorporate the requested information from the UWMP in preparing the assessment. The Urban Water Management Planning Act (Water Code § 10631) specifies the data necessary to document the existing and projected future water demand during a twenty year projection. The code requires that the projected demands be presented in five-year increments for the twenty year projection. While expected projects can be included in the UWMP, this is not typical practice since projections are usually based on density, use and population, not specific projects.
