supply planning '92-'95
In late 1992, the West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority began investigating new water supply options and developed a Resource Development Plan (RDP). The RDP was based on a comprehensive analysis of current and future demand, demand management and conservation, supply sources and facility capacities and provided specific recommendations for developing new water supplies as an integrated water resource plan.
The RDP yielded a number of potential water supply options that were evaluated and ranked utilizing 10 criteria. The supply elements were combined to create alternative plans to meet the identified facilities need. The alternative plans had to meet five objectives established by West Coast’s Board of Directors:
- Aggressive conservation and reserve/rotational capacity
- Diversified supply sources
- Limited additional groundwater beyond built and exchanged capacity
- Increased drought-proof and drought-resistant components
- Least cost consistent with previous objectives