Water Planning Publications

Water Vision Santa Barbara Draft Technical Memos:

• 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.

Additional Water Supply Planning Documents:

• 2020 City of Santa Barbara Water Conservation Strategic Plan
• 2015 City of Santa Barbara Urban Water Management Plan
• 2011 City of Santa Barbara Long Term Water Supply Plan