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ES <br /> 10.For areas not covered by a Water Shortage Contingency Plan, the Department <br /> shall work with counties to facilitate improved drought planning for small water <br /> suppliers and rural communities. <br /> IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND DROUGHT PLANNING <br /> 11.The Department shall work with the California Department of Food and <br /> Agriculture to update existing requirements for Agricultural Water Management <br /> Plans to ensure that these plans identify and quantify measures to increase <br /> water efficiency in their service area and to adequately plan for periods of limited <br /> water supply. <br /> 12.The Department shall permanently require the completion of Agricultural Water <br /> Management Plans by water suppliers with over 10,000 irrigated acres of land. <br /> 13.The Department, together with the California Department of Food and <br /> Agriculture, shall consult with agricultural water suppliers, local governments, <br /> agricultural producers, environmental groups, and other partners to update <br /> requirements for Agricultural Water Management Plans. The updated draft <br /> requirements shall be publicly released by January 10, 2017. <br /> The Department, Water Board and California Public Utilities Commission shall <br /> develop methods to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Executive Order, <br /> including technical and financial assistance, agency oversight, and, if necessary, <br /> enforcement action by the Water Board to address non-compliant water suppliers. <br /> This Executive Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or <br /> benefits, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of <br /> California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other person. <br /> I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as hereafter possible, this order be filed in the <br /> Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and notice be given of this <br /> order. <br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have <br /> hereunto set my hand and caused the <br /> Great Seal of the State of California to <br /> be affixed this 9th day of May 2016. <br /> EDMUND G. BROWN JR. <br /> Governor of California <br /> ATTEST: <br /> ALEX PADILLA <br /> Secretary of State <br /> tifF,uf, <br /> � �3 <br />