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Setting the vision for Santa Barbara’s water future

By June 2021, Water Vision Santa Barbara aims to develop the City’s water supply and management plan for the next 30 years. The City is using a rigorous technical process and inclusive stakeholder engagement approach to create an equitable, resilient, environmentally-friendly plan that reflects the community’s values.

The resulting Water Vision Santa Barbara plan will outline the City's proposed portfolio of water sources, and its approach to sustainably manage water long into the future.

We’re setting the vision for a water future that is:

RESILIENT to evolving risks and challenges.
DIVERSE to provide ample reliability in uncertain times.
AFFORDABLE to ensure equitable access to safe drinking water for our community.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY to protect our waterways, wildlife and ecosystems.
FORWARD-THINKING with cost-effective operations and adaptable technology.

Water Commission Meeting July 16 - Water Vision Santa Barbara

July 6, 2020

Water Vision Santa Barbara Team to Present at Next Water Commission Meeting

The Water Vision Santa Barbara project team is scheduled to present a project update at the next Water Commission meeting, scheduled for Thursday, July 16 from 9:00am-11:00am. This meeting will be held virtually.

The meeting agenda will be posted at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/WC the afternoon of July 9th and will contain the link to participate in the meeting electronically. This meeting will also be broadcast live online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV and on City TV-Channel 18.

Draft Technical Memo on Future Water Supply Portfolios The full analysis of nine different potential future water supply portfolios for the City.
Draft Communications and Engagement Summary Summarizes stakeholder engagement effort to date
Draft Demand Projections Analyzes multiple demand projections and discusses the variables that impact the projections the most
Draft Water Supply and Climate Change Analysis for Lake Cachuma and Gibraltar Reservoir Results of RiverWare modeling of Santa Ynez River system under multiple future conditions, including climate change and high sedimentation in Gibraltar Reservoir
Draft Groundwater Management Recommendations Reviews existing groundwater management assumptions and makes recommendations for future groundwater management actions.
Draft State Water Project Exchange and Storage Options Provides an overview of SWP exchange and storage options, including pros and cons and rough costs
Draft Cost Basis Technical Memo Details the cost assumptions for existing and new supplies, including potable reuse, desalination expansion, higher conservation, and SWP banking, that are used in the future portfolio analysis

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Last Updated: Mar 25, 2021

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