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<br />u <br /> <br />p.;:> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A-- 10 >>o.d I.-. 1-16 <br />JllIIIlaIY 6, 1999 <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />The CoIO%8do River system still bas surplus supplies in many years. <br />Neverth.eless, that system is IlJo snbjeet 10 constraim3. Competition for W8tIlr is <br />l.i.tnitcd not only to the seval Basin States tbst use the Colorado River, but also <br />within Cslifumia bctweell urban and agricultural ~~. New envixonmental <br />~gulatiOllS may also huposc Nrther~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In this conl.eXt, Metropolitan's SWioacb bas to be one ofpmgtioality aod bsIance. <br />UltlmlW:ly, IClISODlIble urban demands will Iequi1'c 1IIat both imported systems <br />are used efficiently by all users in aecotdaDce with sllltc and federal law. <br /> <br />C. Sipijktllli l~ by Urbtm So/llhml c.HftH'llUlffl' CtJIol'tltlo Rlvu <br />SUppIiu _ Lor.:tiI Wtrfn MfDIIIIIDIIIJl/. Urban ~ Ca1Wxnia's ratepeym <br />have eOl1Jribuuxl 100% ofClllifonUa's sha!e (and over 6S'Yo of the total) uflhe <br />capital costs oeces,BIy to COllSlnll:t Hoowr aDd Parker dams. These fiu:ilities <br />llave allowed for increased supply yield on tbc river for M.uopolrtm aDd <br />Califomia agriC1llturll agellCies along with tbe states of ArizaJJa lIDd Nevada. <br />MelrOpOl1W1 ha:. ebo iI1veoted $160 million to date for water consemWon in 1hc <br />lmpe:rjal Vallq that willave 107,000 acro-feet per year. Finally, Metropoliu <br />...cl its mtmber lliUlCics ~ commitled 10 wise W8ler "'tmqr"""Trt and <br />SllStaiDablo supplies. MetIopoIitm bas iDvestm IIWl10 lbN> $250 milliOll fhr <br />conservllliOll, water roeyeliD& IUd groundwater COIliUDelive use sturlgl:. Its <br />member 8&cocies bavc IlODIributllcl ~ 8ftlIler amounts for loeal mv""""""'tS. <br />These inveslments llIC curmit1y ~1'';'1g 1bc nCilcl for importild water supplies by <br />aboat 7oo,DOO acre-feet per year, an amount greater 1ban the water needs of the <br />City ofIm Angeles. COJlSelVa1ion and recycling are phumcd 10 \x: ~ by <br />128% over cunem levels by 2020. GroUDdWl!ter conjunetive use storage 111 the: <br />Central Valley, Soutbcn1 Ca1ifomia I>OUtal plain. and llloDg the CRA i1self. will <br />be used to store imported water during wet aDd 1lO1lIlIl ycen fot subsequent use <br />c1urU1g dl)' yeM!l. <br /> <br />'-" <br /> <br />m. APPROACHES TO IMl'LEMENTING THE PQUcY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. CDllt;",. to pllnlU tlt. nolit/ltU.1I to PIu1se 101 tJu CtIlIfOmiIJ l'tIm. The <br />Califomia Plan is still being developed. Under the last iteration of that Pllll:l, Phase I <br />is inlCDded to ensure that Metrupolita1l can 1ill the CRA tbrough at. Icost 201 S. <br />Metropolitan should COJrtiIme to partic:ipall: in the dons of the Califomia parties. the <br />other Basin States and the SCl31alY to wmk 01lt. a ~.blc IllClmJ to develop lIIld <br />imp1cmc:m Pbase I. Phase n of1hat Plan. while less d~fi1ll'rl at this time, also oifcrs <br />the opportuDity to meet Mt:tropoJitan's goal ofUeping the eRA aqueduct fUll, and <br />Metropolitan should continue to wor1 on the ~ to develop Phase n. <br /> <br />....... <br /> <br />2 <br />