State Water Resources Control Board webinar walks suppliers through Urban Water Use Objective reporting, deadlines and form demo

Maria Rodero, a research data specialist in the Office of Research, Planning and Performance at the State Water Resources Control Board, led a webinar demonstrating how water suppliers should complete the Urban Water Use Objective reporting form and explaining the board’s review timeline and deadlines.

Rodero said the reporting framework stems from AB 1668 and SB 606, legislation enacted after California’s 2012–2017 drought that directed the Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt data‑driven, localized water budgets and corresponding annual reporting requirements. "The resulting regulation establishes efficient water use standards and the corresponding formulas to calculate efficient water use budgets," she said.

Staff prefill many form fields using existing state datasets. Rodero described the workflow: staff aggregate supply and demand data from the SAFER Clearinghouse and water loss volumes from the Department of Water Resources, post those tables to the board’s open data portal,…