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Urban Water Management Plan
City of Banning and surrounding area
City of Banning
The City of Banning is located in the San Gorgonio Pass area of Riverside County, approximately 30 miles east of the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside. The western-most part of the City of Banning's planning area is at the summit of the San Gorgonio Pass, which divides two major watersheds; the Santa Ana River Watershed to the west and the Salton Sea Watershed to the east.
WEI was contracted by the City of Banning to update their 1998 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). All urban water suppliers within the state of California are required to prepare urban water management plans (UWMP) pursuant to the California Water Code Division 6, Part 2.6. — Urban Water Management Planning. Recent amendments to the Urban Water Management Planning Act require greater analysis of management tools and options that will maximize resources and minimize the need to import water from other regions. An analysis of total projected water use compared to water supply sources over the next 20 years, in five-year increments is now required. Water quality, as it affects water management strategies and supply reliability must be addressed in the same time increments. Information must also be shown for a single dry year and multiple dry years. Additional amendments to the Act now require detailed descriptions of groundwater basins and groundwater production if groundwater is an existing or planned source of water.
The preparation of 2005 UWMP involved updating the water source and use information, describing water resource reliability including supply and demand comparisons, developing a water shortage contingency plan, describing water demand management measures, describing implementation alternatives, and developing a long term urban water management plan. Special attention was given to the use of recycled water and cooperative agreements with the City of Beaumont and San Timoteo Water Management Authority (STWMA).
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