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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />r <br />I <br />r <br />r <br />I <br />t <br />J <br />I <br />J <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />04/03/98 <br /> <br />10:: 12 FAX 619 299 3450'O'frO'6':gS SDCWA GIl <br /> <br />1j!J002 <br /> <br />Ill&. San Diego County Water Authority_._. _ . <br />(W A Public Agency [F OFfiCiAL FiLE COP..... <br />3211 Fifth Avenue. San Diego, California 92103157;1;~.Efq:D <br />(619) 682.4100 FAX (619)297-0511 t~::~ :,,"-'T <br />April3 1998 ~t:!'L\ D,\.E I <br />' DATE I INITIALS I CODE <br /> <br /> <br />VIA FACSIMILE AND U. S. MAIL <br /> <br />.. I <br />tf/3 t..~ L- UiN-3 <br />. Ciassification <br />Projecl <br />Control No. <br />I Folder I.D, <br />//9YViOfd , <br />orado-Riverwater-- <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Administrative Record <br />ATTN: Mr. Robert W. Johnson, Regional Director <br />Lower Colorado Regional Office <br />P.O. Box 61470 <br />Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470 <br /> <br />Re: Comments on Proposed Rule for Offstream Storage of Co <br />and Interstate Redemption of Storage Credits in the Lower Division States <br /> <br />Dear Me Johnson; <br /> <br />Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed rule <br />referenced above. The San Diego County Water Authority (Authority) appreciates the <br />efforts of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation to identify and <br />implement means for voluntary transfers of Colorado River water. Through intrastate <br />and interstate voluntary transfers, we believe that much can be done within applicable <br />state and federal law and regulations to prevent the impending water shortages that <br />threaten Nevada and the California coastal plain. It is vitally important that we address <br />these issues now rather than in the near future when our failure to act would present us <br />with a crisis we could have avoided. <br /> <br />Beginning with the City of San Diego application for appropriative rights in 1926, <br />our region has far many decades looked to the Colorado River as a significant part of <br />its water supply strategy. While we were required to merge our rights under the Seven <br />Party Agreement with those of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) as a condition of <br />joining the MWD in 1946, the Authority continues to pursue cooperative programs with <br />Colorado River water rights holders to help satisfy our current and Mure needs. The <br />Authority has actively engaged with other California agencies to formulate a "4.4 Plan" <br />for presentation to the Secretary and the other basin states, and in partnership with the <br />Imperial Irrigation District has proposed a water transfer that would allocate additional <br />water for urban use with no loss of agricultural production. Use of the Arizona water <br />bank for interstate storage and the San Diego/Imperial transfer are key components of <br />the 4.4 Plan, and the Authority will continue to work with all interested parties to <br />implement these and other vital measures. <br /> <br />MEMBEll AGENCIES <br /> <br />em.. <br />OOdMaf-lscandlde-N.-"COty <br />. OCC'GnSlCJ.e. '...... s.. 0.... <br /> <br />WAllA DISJIJCTS <br />o Hd\c..0I.., <br />'SWi~ <br />-'~I<<,"'" <br /> <br />MUNIClf'A1. WAJR Dl5RICJt <br />+c...b'-I -__ <br />-OI"~ -___oI..m.w. <br />- ..."... 0.... - Y_I., C-- <br />-1eiNI_ ........ <br /> <br />'Un;.ATlO"'P~<<Tl;1"J <br />-$onIofco -SovlkJor <br />_v"ooIco <br /> <br />COUNf'I <br />-'-00.0- <br />(_.K'"~ <br /> <br />PUIUC UTIUll' DISTIJ'Cf <br />........... <br /> <br />FEODAl. AGENCY <br />. ......w-.......-,.---........ <br /> <br />ri:n.l't:U ON RECYCLED r;J't:R. <br />