Monthly Water Tracker

As of August 1, 2018

We began calendar year 2018 with groundwater storage well within Stage 1 (Normal) of the District’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan. This year’s (beginning September 1, 2017) precipitation was 60% of average at the San Jose Index Station and well below average for the Santa Cruz Mountains, South County, and the Diablo Range. The snow water equivalent for the Northern Sierra was considerably below normal.

Despite below normal local rainfall and below normal statewide snow pack, end of year groundwater storage for 2018 is projected to be well within Stage 1 (Normal) due to carryover supplies from a wet 2017.

Weather

• Rainfall in Santa Clara County
• Month of July, City of San Jose: 0.0 inches
• The average daily high temperature for July was 83.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures were above normal for the month

Local Reservoirs

Current local reservoir storage

• Total August 1 storage: 67,985 acre-feet

  • 71% of 20-year average for that date
  • 40% of total capacity
  • 60% of restricted capacity (169,009 acre-feet total storage capacity limited by seismic restrictions to 113,667 acre-feet)
• Approximately 1,280 acre-feet imported water was delivered into local reservoirs during July 2018
• Total estimated releases to streams (local and imported water) during July was 7,400 acre-feet

Groundwater

Groundwater Storage:  Total storage at the end of 2018 is predicted to fall within Stage 1 (Normal) of the district's Water Shortage Contingency Plan

Imported Water

• 2018 State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) allocations:
  • 2018 SWP allocation of 35%, providing 35,000 AF to the District
  • 2018 South-of-Delta CVP allocations:
    • The M&I allocation is currently 75% and the Agricultural allocation is 50%, which provides 114,050 AF to the District
• State-wide reservoir storage information, as of August 1, 2018:
  • Shasta Reservoir at 69% of capacity (97% of average for this date)
  • Oroville Reservoir at 55% of capacity (75% of average for this date)
  • San Luis Reservoir at 44% of capacity (91% of average for this date)
• District’s Semitropic groundwater bank reserves are 256,725 acre-feet as of June 30, 2018
• Estimated SFPUC deliveries to Santa Clara County:
  • Projected month of June = 4,336 acre-feet
  • 2018 Total to Date = 19,870 acre-feet
  • Five-year annual average is 48,700 acre-feet
• Board Governance Policy No. EL-5.3.3 includes keeping the Board informed of imported water management activities on an ongoing basis.  In FY 2018, three imported water management agreements were executed as of August 1, 2018

Treated Water

• Above average demands of 12,860 acre-feet delivered in July
• This total is 110% of the five-year average for the month of July
• Year-to-date deliveries = 59,300 acre-feet or 103% of the five-year average

Conserved Water

• Saved 72,000 acre-feet in FY17 from long-term program (baseline year is 1992)
• Long-term program goal is to save nearly 75,000 acre-feet in FY18
• The Board has called for a 20% reduction and a limit of three days per week for irrigation of ornamental landscape with potable water
• Achieved a 22% reduction in water use through the first six months of 2018, compared to 2013
• Monthly Water Use Report

Recycled Water

• Estimated July 2018 production = 2,700 acre-feet
• Estimated Year-to-Date through July = 10,000 acre-feet or 89% of the five-year average
• Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center produced an estimated 1.3 billion gallons (4,000 acre-feet) of purified water in 2017. Since the beginning of 2018, about 2,200 acre-feet of purified water has been blended with existing tertiary recycled water for South Bay Water Recycling Program’s customers