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Camarillo adopts 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and keeps Stage 1 water shortage status
Summary
Council adopted the city’s 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and updated Water Shortage Contingency Plan, concluding supplies meet current and projected demands and recommending continuation of Stage 1 conservation measures (maximum four days per week irrigation). Staff also proposed moving stage details out of the municipal code into a referenced plan for faster updates.
The Camarillo City Council on June 24 adopted the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and the updated Water Shortage Contingency Plan and approved related municipal code amendments to make the contingency plan the operative document for drought-stage details.
Water Resources Manager Eric Maple summarized the report required by the state. Staff and the consulting engineer found Camarillo’s water supply mix, including reduced reliance on imported water after the desalter project, meets current and projected demands across a range of scenarios. The staff recommendation was to remain in Stage 1 water shortage—which limits residential irrigation to four days per week—and to keep the stage definitions in the standalone contingency plan rather than hard-coding detailed stages into the municipal code so staff can update conservation levels more responsively.
Council asked whether adopting the ordinance would keep the city in compliance with state law; staff answered yes. No public comments were received on the item. Council adopted the plan and the associated municipal code changes by unanimous vote.
