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<br />,:-.,,....,...,.# <br />'" \.i ,:;; .l. <br /> <br />EAST MESA RECHARGE AND'. RECOVERY <br />TEST PROGRAM <br /> <br />. In 1988 and 1989, about 17,000 acre-feet of water <br />was recharged using the unlined portion of the old <br />Coachella Branch of the All American Canal <br /> <br />. A test program should now be undertaken to test <br />the feasibility of recovering the recharged water <br /> <br />. The test program includes: <br />- Drilling 4 recovery wells <br />- A short pipeline to the lined Coachella Branch <br />of the All American Canal <br />- Obtaining an electric power supply for the pumps <br /> <br />. The Bureau of Reclamation, Coachella Valley <br />Water District, and The Metropolitan Water District of <br />Southern California reached agreement in July, 1992 <br />on the terms and conditions of such a test <br /> <br />. Water would be pumped from the groundwater <br />basin into the Coachella Canal and in exchange, <br />Metropolitan would divert a like amount through <br />its Colorado River Aqueduct <br /> <br />. Efforts are being made to implement this program <br />