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<br />000956 <br /> <br />b. By April, 1986, Metropolitan had <br /> <br />accumulated a storage account of 552,000 AF. During the <br /> <br />r <br />, <br /> <br />ongoing drought, Metropolitan has stopped delivery of <br /> <br />water to the exchange and drawn down its storage account <br /> <br />to about 420,000 AF. <br /> <br />5. Palo Verde Water Utilization A~reement. <br /> <br />a. Beginning in 1986, Metropolitan <br /> <br />conducted negotiations with Palo Verde Valley landowners <br /> <br />and the Palo Verde Irrigation District (PVID), which has <br /> <br />the most senior rights to Colorado River water. <br /> <br />b. The purpose of the negotiations was <br /> <br />to reduce the amount of irrigated land in the Palo Verde <br /> <br />Valley in order to make an additional 100,000 AF of <br /> <br />water available to Metropolitan. <br /> <br />c. Discussions with PVID have recently <br /> <br />resumed, following the finalization of negotiations on <br /> <br />the Imperial Conservation Program. <br /> <br />6. DWR Activities. <br /> <br />In addition to the <br /> <br />short-term water purchases from the Yuba County Water <br /> <br />Authority and from La Hacienda, Inc. in Kern County, DWR <br /> <br />continues to explore water transfers as a means of <br /> <br />increasing the long-term yield of the SWP. These <br /> <br />activities include: <br /> <br />a. Negotiations with YCWA for a <br /> <br />long-term water transfer supply. <br /> <br />b. DWR is also exploring possible <br /> <br />conjunctive use programs with other Central Valley <br /> <br />agencies to increase available supplies to SWP <br /> <br />-26- <br />