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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Although there would be lots of caveats to
the indicator, I would like to see it included. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However, the section should be written <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>after</span></i> the Water Use Indicator section is
written, and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>after </span></i>the imported
water use metric for water independence indicator section is written. And,
from my understanding of our discussion last week, it is a lower priority than
completing water budgets for the two watersheds (<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Lisa & Caitlin – do you disagree?</span></b>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One potentially defendable way to score
the indicator would be to: 1) scores higher than 66% of communities on list are
good, 2) scores lower than 33% of communities are bad (below average). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Gill Sans MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT";color:navy'>Frances Knapczyk</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Gill Sans MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT";color:navy'>Education
Coordinator</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Gill Sans MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT";color:navy'>Napa County
Resource Conservation District</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:navy'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94559</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Gill Sans MT"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT";color:navy'>707/252-4188 x
120</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="mailto:frances@naparcd.org">frances@naparcd.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Peter Vorster
[mailto:vorster@bay.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 09, 2008
5:44 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Frances Knapczyk;
scorecard@sonomacreek.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Feedback appreciated on
sustainability indicator metric</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=1 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The BMP compliance scorecard that I
mentioned is at : <a href="http://www.cawaterpolicy.us/scorecard.php">http://www.cawaterpolicy.us/scorecard.php</a>
The information could be used for the having a quantifiable metric for
the sustainable policy indicator.<br>
The member agencies self-report to the California Urban Water Conservation
Council (Council) on their compliance with the coverage requirements of the
Council’s BMP’s. The coverage data for 2005/06 was
extracted by the POWER group and put into the scorecard. POWER is an organization
of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>
water agencies and officials dedicated to promoting public accountability and
environmentally sustainable water policies and practices.<br>
<br>
I quickly calculated a percentage compliance for the 5 agencies in the <st1:City
w:st="on">Napa</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sonoma</st1:place></st1:City>
watersheds that are members of the Council. I gave one point for each BMP that
was noted as “performing” , 1/2 point for “partial”,
1/4 point for “not on track”, and 0 points for not reporting
although only Calistoga did not report. I would call them to find out why
they did not report before condemning them to the bottom of the class.
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Napa</st1:place></st1:City>
had one exemption which is why their denominator is 13 and not 14. The
point assignment was quick and arbitrary to see how they would
“score”. POWER tried to assign grades but it was too
controversial. <br>
<br>
City of American Canyon- 8/14= 57%<br>
City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Napa- 11.5/13</st1:place></st1:City>-
88%<br>
City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sonoma- 13/14</st1:place></st1:City>-
93%<br>
Valley of the Moon- 12.5/14- 89%<br>
<br>
City of Calistoga- either 2.5/14 = 18% or 2.5/3= 83% depending on how a
“not reporting” designation is scored.<br>
<br>
Their “score” depends on how these percentages would be classified
in a 3-part good, OK, bad or getting better, fair, getting worse or a 5
part score. Either set the bar high (>90 %) for the top score or set
the break point at > 80% for good, > 50% for OK. Without doing a
lot more ruminating to justify any scoring system, I would say the scoring
classes will be somewhat arbitrary.<br>
<br>
What do you think – is this worth incorporating and reporting so that the
sustainability indicator can be scored with one metric that is measuring
program performance? It would be the only quantified metric for the
sustainability metric so it may be misleading having the indicator rely on this
one metric, when many other metrics are also proposed. The following is from
the POWER scorecard under “challenges and solutions”.<br>
<br>
The POWER Scorecard demonstrates the difficulty in using Best Management
Practices (BMPs) to measure performance. Half of the BMPs are not directly
quantifiable, like public outreach, school education, having a conservation
coordinator, etc.; many new technologies and approaches are not covered by the
ten-year-old existing BMPs; and only one BMP currently has a performance option
in it (BMP 9).<br>
<br>
While the Best Management Practice approach is valuable, it should be
complemented with a verifiable performance-based approach that can provide
clear measurable standards toward clearly outlined water efficiency goals and
allow more flexibility for water providers in meeting those goals. Several
steps need to be taken:<br>
<br>
Water efficiency potential needs to be studied by each agency, and by each
region engaged in integrated regional planning.<br>
Efficiency targets need to be established both within each agency, for planning
regions, and for the State as a whole. Targets may need to be appropriate for <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State>'s unique
biomes. The Governor's letter of February 28, 2008 offers a statewide goal of
20% reduction in per capita consumption by 2020, and invites legislation to
incorporate the goal into statute.<br>
Agencies need to have a "Conservation Plan" on the demand side, just
as agencies have a capital improvement plan on the supply side. Those plans
should be fully integrated into the agency's Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
Agency IRPs should be consistent with the Integrated Regional Water Management
Plans.<br>
Methods of measurement, analysis protocols, and evaluation frameworks need to
be standardized across the industry and throughout the State for both public
and private water utilities.<br>
Reporting should be done annually, so performance can be tracked and indexed
for weather variations, and provide a basis for continual improvement.<br>
A process for independent verification of annual reports should be established.<br>
Accurate and timely measurement and reporting are the basis for a
performance-based approach which can produce continual improvement in water
conservation within and among water agencies. The POWER Scorecard lists three
clear performance measures that are candidates for such a metric (listed in the
last three Scorecard columns):<br>
<br>
Residential sector gallons per capita per day (gpcd)<br>
Combined residential-commercial-industrial-institutional gallons per capita per
day<br>
Residential gallons per connection per day<br>
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</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>-- <br>
Peter Vorster<br>
Hydrologist<br>
The Bay Institute<br>
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