Urban Water Management Plan, City of Menlo Park

EKI has worked with the City of Menlo Park on numerous water resources planning project over the last decade and is well aware of the water demand, water supply, and challenges that the City faces as a water supplier.

Urban water suppliers are required to prepare UWMPs to support their long-term water resource planning and to ensure that adequate water supplies are available to meet existing and future water demands pursuant to the requirements of the Urban Water Management Planning Act (California Water Code [CWC] § 10610–10656).

They are required to assess the reliability of its water sources over a 20-year planning horizon considering normal, dry, and multiple dry years, among other requirements (Division 6 Part 2.6 of CWC §10610 – 10656).

Our work for the City of Menlo Park includes the preparation of the following water supply and demand planning documents.

• Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP): EKI prepared the City’s 2015 and 2020 UWMPs and Water Shortage Conservation Plans (WSCPs) and developed an understanding of the District’s water supply and water demand projections.
• Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessments (AWSDAs): EKI prepared the City’s 2022 through 2025 AWSDAs.
• Water Supply Assessments (WSA) and Water Supply Evaluation (WSE): Concurrent with the 2015 UWMP process, EKI prepared the two major WSAs including one for the City’s 2016 General Plan Update.

Outcome

UWMPs prepared by EKI has ensured a reliable, sustainable water supply for current and future growth, even during droughts, by assessing resources, forecasting demand, managing infrastructure, implementing conservation, and outlining responses to shortages, making city’s supply more resilient. It is City’s strategic, long-term guide for managing water resources, promoting efficiency, and planning for climate impacts and population increases.