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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 4.21.2 Regulatory Setting Relevant federal, state, and local laws and regulations pertaining to utilities and service systems are discussed below. 4.21.2.1 Federal There are no federal regulations addressing utility and service system issues related to the Project. 4.21.2.2 State California Department of Water Resources The DWR is responsible for the management and regulation of water usage, including the delivery of water to two-thirds of California's population through the nation's largest State-built water development and conveyance system, the State Water Project.Working with other agencies and the public, DWR develops strategic goals and near-term and long-term actions to conserve, manage, develop, and sustain California's watersheds, water resources, and water management systems. DWR also works to prevent and respond to floods, droughts, and catastrophic events that would threaten public safety, water resources and management systems, the environment, and property. Urban Water Management Planning Act In 1983, the California legislature enacted the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Water Code Section 10610-10656). The Act states that every urban water supplier that provides water to 3,000 or more customers, or that provides over 3,000 AFY, should make every effort to ensure the appropriate level of reliability in its water service to meet the needs of its various categories of customers during normal, dry, and multiple-dry years. The Act requires that urban water suppliers adopt an Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) at least once every five years and submit it to the DWR. Sustainable Groundwater Management Act(SGMA) The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) established a new structure for managing California's groundwater resources at the local level by local agencies. SGMA required Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to form in the State's high- and medium-priority basins and subbasins by June 30, 2017. The Water Code states that a GSA shall have five years from the date of reprioritization to be managed under a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP). The planning deadline for California's first round of GSPs was January 31, 2020, for basins subject to critical conditions of overdraft, and January 31, 2022, for all other high- and medium-priority basins. Statewide Water Conservation Act of 2009(Senate Bill X7-7) In November 2009, the California State legislature passed SB X7-7 requiring a 20 percent reduction in per capita urban water use by 2020, with an interim target of 10 percent in 2015. The legislation requires urban water users to develop consistent water use targets and to use those targets in their UWMPs. Utilities and Service Systems 4.21-5 October 2021