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| Exhibit 1: BMP Definitions, Schedules,
and Requirements This Exhibit contains Best Management Practices (BMPs) that signatory water suppliers commit to implementing. Suppliers’ water needs estimates will be adjusted to reflect estimates of reliable savings from this category of BMPs. For some BMPs, no estimate of savings is made. It is recognized by all parties that a single implementation method for a BMP would not be appropriate for all water suppliers. In fact, it is likely that as the process moves forward, water suppliers will find new implementation methods even more effective than those described. Any implementation method used should be at least as effective as the methods described below. Best Management Practices will be implemented by signatory water suppliers according to the schedule set forth in Section B of each BMP’s definition. These schedules set forth the latest dates by which implementation of BMPs will be underway. It is recognized that some signatories are already implementing some BMPs, and that these schedules do not prohibit signatories from implementing BMPs sooner than required. “Implementation” means achieving and maintaining the staffing, funding, and in general, the priority levels necessary to achieve the level of activity called for in Section A of each BMP’s definition, and to satisfy the commitment by the signatories to use good faith efforts to optimize savings from implementing BMPs as described in Section 4.4 of the MOU. BMPs will be implemented at a level of effort projected to achieve at least the coverages specified in Section C of each BMP’s definition, and in accordance with each BMP’s implementation schedule. Section D of each BMP definition contains the minimum record keeping and reporting requirements for agencies to document BMP implementation levels and efforts, and will be used to guide Council development of BMP implementation report forms and database. The evaluation criteria presented in Section E of each BMP definition shall be used to evaluate compliance with the implementation definitions, schedules, and coverage requirements specified in Sections A, B, and C of each BMP definition. Section F of each BMP definition contains the assumptions of reliable savings to be used in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the MOU. |
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