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Galt council adopts 2025 Urban Water Management Plan; staff says supplies should meet demand through 2050
Summary
The City Council adopted the 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan after a presentation by EKI hydrogeologist Kristen Lindhardt projecting deliveries of about 4,529 acre-feet in 2025 and demand rising to roughly 6,646 acre-feet by 2050; staff said groundwater modeling indicates supplies should meet needs.
The Galt City Council voted unanimously to adopt the city's 2025 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan following a presentation from consultant Kristen Lindhardt of EKI Environment & Water. Lindhardt said the city has over 7,900 water service connections and delivered approximately 4,529 acre-feet of water in 2025; the plan projects demand increasing to about 6,646 acre-feet by 2050 and extends the planning horizon through 2050 to account for long-term supply and demand scenarios. "We forecast a steady increase in demand ... to approximately 6,646 acre feet by 2050," Lindhardt said.
The plan assesses reliability across available supplies, models drought and climate scenarios, and describes demand-management programs such as water waste prevention ordinances, advanced metering, public education and leak detection. Council members questioned line-item topics including 'nonrevenue water' (losses and hydrant flushing) and the population assumptions used for the 2050 projection; Lindhardt said the analysis used a 2025 population of 26,000 and a 1.5% annual growth rate to about 37,800 by 2050. The council adopted the plan by a 4–0 roll-call vote.
