Estero Municipal Improvement District Updates Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan

For immediate release:  June 28, 2021

Contact: Public Works Department, (650) 286-3270, publicworks@fostercity.org

Foster City, CA; June 28, 2021 – The Estero Municipal Improvement District (EMID) is reviewing and updating its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and associated Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP) in compliance with state law. The State of California requires that the plans be updated every five years. The UWMP was last updated in 2016, and the associated WSCP was last updated in 2018. EMID must also make the draft documents available for public review and hold a public hearing before adopting its UWMP and associated WSCP.

EMID encourages its customers to participate in the review process. Proposed revisions to the UWMP and associated WSCP are available for public review at City Hall, 610 Foster City Boulevard and the Foster City Public Library, 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard, as well as on the City’s website at www.fostercity.org/publicworks/page/water. A public hearing is scheduled to be held on Monday, July 19, 2021.

EMID provides potable water to residents in Foster City and the Mariners Island area of San Mateo. The UWMP outlines EMID’s water supply projections, describes demand management measures and reports progress toward meeting a targeted 20% reduction of urban water consumption by 2020. As part of the process of preparing the UWMP, EMID is also updating its WSCP to mitigate future water supply shortages. 

For more information or questions, please contact Project Engineer Vivian Ma, at (650) 286-3270 or email vma@fostercity.org.

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