City of Fairfield
Public Water System 4810003
Each water supplier in the state of California has been encouraged to provide a self-certification of water supply and demand. This analysis provides a framework in order to set a water conservation target to address water shortages should drought conditions persist.
As complicated as water supply and demand can be, the State Board set a few parameters that narrow the analysis to a few input values that produce an estimated shortfall that the conservation target should be based on.
Supply
The supply analysis allows for more flexibility than the demand side. Supplies may come from several different categories. However, the emergency regulations are clear that water supplies must be currently treatable to a potable standard with existing infrastructure.
In Fairfield’s case, our sources of water include surface water supplies from 1) the State Water Project, and 2) the Solano Project (a federal water facility that serves Solano County participants). Under each source, there is water that comes from a base allocation, carryover, and separate agreement.
State Water Project
Fairfield has a State Water Project Table A Allocation of 14,678 acre-feet. These allocations do not include North of Delta additional allocations which would be available under normal circumstances. Carryover and Settlement water are not shown as sources of primary supply under this analysis, although we expect that these resources could be utilized as we manage the demand needs of other sources of water.
Solano Project
Fairfield has an Entitlement of the Federal Solano Project for 9,200 acre-feet annually, plus 18,018 acre-feet per year of additional Solano Project water through contracts with other local agencies (Agreement Water). In addition, Carryover Water from unused Entitlement is often available. The reliability of this local water source is much higher than the State Water Project.
Solano County Water Agency
All water in Fairfield’s portfolio is Wholesaled Raw Water from the Solano County Water Agency who holds the State and Federal Contracts.
Conservation Target
Fairfield will continue our conservation programs in a concerted fashion. We will continue to staff our Water Enforcement position to meet the state emergency regulations. Fairfield will also continue to monitor water use efficiency to meet our conservation targets.
We do not intend to have a conservation standard that is higher than the existing conservation standard.
The City of Fairfield provides a full range of water conservation programs to help people save water.
