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OJ1387 2002] THE lAST GREEN lAGOON 943 number of transfer agreements, including the MWD jIID transfer agreement and the SDCWAjIID agreement.263 OffiCials for the municipal water users were effusive in their praise of the gSA. MWD's chairman called the gSA "not only a good deal for Metropolitan and 16 million Southern California consumers, but for the entire state as well. "264 The chairman of SDCWA was even more exuberant, calling the settlement a "milestone," and a testament to the sheer determination and resolve of a community that experienced the severest impacts of droughts and had the courage and tenacity to take bold, visionmy steps - oftentimes in the face of great adversity - to ensure it never again faces the destruction of its economy and lifestyle. 265 ~c;;: k~ ~ ~ Their enthusiasm is easy to understand, as the agreement was a major victory for the cities. 266 Mter this latest exercise in 263. See Key Terms of the Quantification Settlement Among the State of California, lID, CVWD and MWD, available at http://www.cvwd.org/wateriss/Key_Terms.htm (Oct. 15, 1999) [hereinafter Key Terms of the Quantification Settlement). 264. Press Release, Metropolitan Water District, Metropolitan Board Approves Provisions of Complicated Colorado River Settlement (Oct. 18, 1999). 265. Press Release. San Diego County Water Authority, Quantification Settlement Key to Water li"ansfer. (Oct. 18. 1999). . 266. See Key Terms of Quantification Settlement, supra note 263. The Quantification Agreement is extremely dense, and relies on a number of transfer agreements and payments external to it. Assuming all of its conditions are fulfilled, it will have amended the priority structure of the Seven party Agreement to look roughly as follows: I. Allocation to Agriculture and MWD: 420.000 af. split into three priorities: 1) PVID - water sufficient to irrigate 104,500 acres; 2) Yuma Project - water sufficient to irrigate 25,000 acres; 3) (b) water sufficient to irrigate 16,000 acres served by PVID (priority lower than 3(a) following). -In the event that the sum of priorities 1, 2 and 3(b) is less than 420,000 acre-feet, MWD gets the remainder. In the event that it is greater, MWD must make up the difference. n. Allocation to Agricultural and MUnicipal Interests: 3.43 mal. split into two priorities: 3) (a) (i) Municipal interests: 317,000 - 397,000 af -MWD: 187.000 - 197,000 af (from transfers and canal lining in nD and CVWD) -SDCWA: 130,000 - 200,000 af (from a transfer from nD) (a)(ii) Agricultural interests: 3.04 - 3.12 maf -lID: 2.71 - 2.79 maf -CVWD: 330,000 af -Shortages shared 75% lID. 25% CVWD.