It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part, to do all of the following: (

a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of this essential resource. (

b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban water conservation identified in this part and called for by the Governor. (

c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per capita basis. (

d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by the year 2020, in accordance with the Governor’s goal of a 20-percent reduction. (

e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and implementation standards for urban water suppliers and agricultural water suppliers. (

f) Promote urban water conservation standards that are consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted best management practices and the requirements for demand management in

Section 10631. (

g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water suppliers that made substantial capital investments in urban water conservation since the drought of the early 1990s. (

h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail water suppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses. (

i) Require implementation of specified efficient water management practices for agricultural water suppliers. (

j) Support the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors. (

k) Advance regional water resources management.