MOA Between Members of Fountain Valley Authority on Reoperation Storage

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• FVA REOPERATIONS MOA ... alternative, the Member Participants may, pursuant to their own Reoperation Contracts, store non - Project water in such space. G. The Reoperations component of the PSOP (as described in the PSOP Report) is designed to make up to 31,500 a.f. storage space for non - Project water available - to the FVA Participants. The availability of Reoperation Storage space to the FVA Participants ultimately will depend on the United States' execution of (i) a Reoperation Contract with the FVA or (ii) Reoperation Contracts with the • Member Participants. The FVA Participants' .non- Project water stored in Reoperation Storage will remain subject to spill as- provided in the District's • Contract with the United States, Contract No. 5- 07- 70- W0086, Article 13, i.e., to spill after spilling of any Winter Storage Water in excess of 70,000 acre -feet, but . prior to spill of Winter Storage Water not in excess of 70,000 acre -feet, and prior • to any spill of East Slope Project Water. (A copy of said Article 13 is attached hereto as Exhibit A.) Non - Project water in Reoperation Storage is included within the maximum of 163,000 acre -feet of non-Project municipal contract water storage pursuant to the fourth spill priority. All water stored pursuant to in- . District municipal contracts within the fourth spill priority, including water in Reoperation Storage, shall be spilled on a pro -rata basis when a spill of such water is necessary. H. The Fryingpan- Arkansas Project ( "Project ") Operating Principles and Allocation Principles shall •govern the use of Reoperation Storage to assure that the contracting, use and operations of Reoperation Storage shall not impair or otherwise interfere with: 1. the Project's authorized purposes; • • • • ?. the ability of the Project contractors (including the District) to meet existing repayment obligations; 3. the storage allocations and limitationspursuant to Contract No. 5-07-70 - W0086, as amended, between the District and the United States, and the District's Allocation Principles; 4. . the yield of the Project from its West Slope and East Slope water rights; or 5. the capacity in Project facilities, including the south outlet works capacity, for•the Arkansas Valley Pipeline, which is needed to satisfy Project purposes and contractual obligations with a term exceeding one year- - existing at the time of the execution of any Reoperation Contract pursuant to this MOA. IV. Responsibilities. --r