Al Austin

This Urban Water Management Plan for the Long Beach Utilities Department outlines the city's water management strategy, water supplies, and demand projections through 2050. It details efforts in water use and conservation, the reliability of groundwater, recycled water, and imported water, and includes a comprehensive water shortage contingency plan. The plan emphasizes ensuring long-term water reliability and sustainable use through various demand management measures, including waste prevention, metering, conservation pricing, public education, and infrastructure improvements.

The City of Long Beach Hazard Mitigation Plan is a formal document designed to minimize loss of life, injury, and property damage resulting from disasters. This plan outlines a strategic approach to reduce risks across the city's people, property, economy, and environment. Key objectives include protecting health and safety, investing in property protection, promoting mitigation policies, creating a healthy and equitable environment, and ensuring equitable and inclusive mitigation measures. Developed to comply with federal and state planning requirements, it establishes eligibility for FEMA grant programs and incorporates a comprehensive risk assessment, an action plan, and a maintenance strategy for ongoing success.

The City of Long Beach Water Department's Strategic Plan outlines a roadmap to ensure a reliable, sustainable, and resilient water and sewer utility for its customers. The plan is structured around six core guiding principles: maintaining water and sewer system integrity, managing resources for self-reliance, ensuring efficient financial stewardship, fostering a productive and customer-focused workforce, and engaging in collaborative government relations. The overall vision is to be a recognized leader in water conservation and innovation, contributing to a sustainable community, developing partnerships, and cultivating a quality workforce.

The Long Beach Water Department's 2020 Urban Water Management Plan outlines a comprehensive strategy for managing the City's water resources from 2020 to 2050. The plan forecasts future water demands, assesses supply reliability across diverse hydrologic conditions, and details actions for water supply reductions. It prioritizes increasing local supplies through groundwater production and recycled water use, reducing dependence on imported water, and implementing aggressive water conservation and efficiency programs to ensure a resilient and reliable water future for the City.

The resolution addresses fixing rates and charges for water, sewer, and gas services. It incorporates an 11% increase for water rates and an 8% increase for sewer rates. Additionally, it includes adjustments to natural gas rates and therm allowances to align with Southern California Gas Company rates. The resolution also establishes charges for water service, sewer service, and gas service, including daily service rates, volumetric sewer rates, and capacity charges. It outlines conditions for water shortage rate increases and defines terms related to billing and service types.