Christina Henry

The Climate Adaptation Master Plan by Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) is a comprehensive roadmap integrating its 2025 Integrated Resources Plan and Climate Action Plan. This plan outlines strategies to ensure a reliable and resilient water supply by increasing local resources through potable reuse, groundwater treatment, and water banking, while aiming to reduce reliance on imported water supplies by 22% by 2050. Concurrently, it addresses climate change mitigation by targeting an 11% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 through initiatives like converting its fleet to zero-emission vehicles, implementing LED lighting conversions, and utilizing clean energy portfolios.

This Integrated Resources Plan outlines a long-term water resources strategy for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District. It aims to enhance water supply reliability and resiliency, provide safe and high-quality water, improve groundwater management, promote sustainability through water use efficiency and reuse, and seek alternative water supplies to reduce dependence on imported water over a 30-year planning horizon. The plan addresses key drivers such as service area growth, the reliability and cost of imported water, and emerging contaminants, evaluating a portfolio of water supply options and developing an adaptive implementation strategy.

This Climate Action Plan describes the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District's (EVMWD) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and its strategy to align with state GHG reduction objectives. The plan establishes a target to achieve a 40% reduction of emissions from the 2016 baseline by 2030, primarily focusing on Scope 1 and 2 emissions. Key components include detailing baseline GHG emissions, forecasting future emissions under business-as-usual and adjusted scenarios, and outlining options for achieving reduction targets, with a significant emphasis on renewable energy credits, on-site solar, virtual power purchase agreements, utility renewable energy programs, and energy efficiency improvements. It also describes a framework for program implementation and monitoring.

The 2025 Urban Water Management Plan for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District provides a roadmap for assessing water supply availability, reliability, and projected water use from 2025 through 2050. It focuses on managing the District's water system, characterizing customer water demands, and ensuring diverse supplies including imported, groundwater, local surface water, and recycled water. Key priorities include achieving water conservation targets, implementing sustainable groundwater management, expanding recycled water initiatives, and maintaining robust water service reliability under various conditions, including drought. The plan aims to ensure a long-term, reliable, and sustainable water supply for its service area.

This Local Hazard Mitigation Plan systematically identifies and assesses potential hazards, including dam/reservoir failure, drought, flood, geologic, human-caused incidents, landslide/mudflow, seismic events, severe weather, and wildfires, affecting the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District. The plan evaluates the vulnerability of the district's critical facilities to these identified hazards and outlines comprehensive mitigation goals and specific actions designed to reduce risk, enhance community resilience, and ensure the continuous provision and maintenance of essential water and wastewater services. It also details procedures for the plan's continuous long-term implementation and maintenance.