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$. MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The presentation to Kaleidoscope Hall of Fame Honorees was postponed until the June 20, 1995 meeting. Water COnversation Report and Presentation by Zone 7 - State and Delta Water Supply (IR95:32) Jim Dixon, Zone 7 General Manager, addressed the Council on state and local water supplies. The City obtains 75% of its water from Zone 7. Zone 7 obtains 80% of its water comes from the state water project. Since 1990 the cost of water has gone up 80%. Also, Zone 7 connection fees to develop capital projects to increase the supply of water have increased from $850 in 1994 to $3255. These increases, along with reports from the state about the dependability and adequacy of water supplies, raise concerns. Dennis Left, Chief of the Central District State Department of Water Resources, talked about State Bulletin//160-93. That Bulletin talks about the federal Reclamation Act that was enacted after World War II, when there was tremendous migration into California causing a movement to develop a state water project. There have been six projects to try and determine projected supply and demands. The primary purpose of the water plan update is to meet California's urban, agricultural, and environmental water demands. The primary conclusion was that during droughts, our present supplies are insufficient to meet urban, agricultural and environmental demands without additional management programs on a state-wide basis. In the demand management area, the implementation of urban best management practices could reduce the annual demand by one million acre feet of water and the implementation of agricultural efficient management practices could reduce the water usage by 300,000 acre feet. Mayor Tarvet stated that he has been told that the agricultural community uses a great deal of water and with some conservation efforts and better management, it wouldn't need as much as projected. He asked if this is accurate. Mr. Letl stated that between 1990 and the year 2020 State studies show that agriculture will reduce its use of water by approximately 200 million acre feet. Ms. Mohr asked if that is because agriculture is going to the drip method. She also asked if the 85% agriculture, 10% commercial/industrial and 5% residential use is correct. Mr. Letl stated that the drip method is pan of it, along with irrigation practices and also market forces that will take land out of production. He also stated that if facilities were built in the delta, then it could provide 200M acre feet of water in an average year and 400M acre feet in a drought year. Level 2 options could fill the gap between supply and demand. These options require extensive investigation and alternative analysis. He also stated that those figures were correct, but that it doesn't take in the environmental water which is in addition to the other 05/16/95 -5-