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<br />'00.09'37 <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Despite rapidly growing water demands, available <br />reliable supplies have declined over the past quarter <br />century. Each of Southern California's water supply <br />sources is threatened to some degree. <br />1. Colorado River. Under the decree of the <br />United States Supreme Court in Arizona vs. California <br />(1963), Metropolitan's reliable supply of Colorado River <br />water declined by more than half from over 1.2 MAF to <br />0.55 MAF annually. <br />2. State Water Pro1ect. <br />a. Facilities of the SWP remain <br />incomplete, notably in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River <br />Delta (Delta). The absence of adequate Delta facilities <br />results in large'volumes of "carriage water". losses, <br />degrades source water quality, threatens Delta <br />fisheries, constrains water transfer activities, and <br />makes water supplies for more than half of California's <br />citizens vulnerable to catastrophic failure during a <br />major flood or earthquake. (See Section IX) <br />b. The state remains unable to fulfill <br />contracts entered into in 1960 with the State Water <br />Contractors. Metropolitan's contract calls for the <br />delivery of 2.0115 MAF of SWP entitlement water <br />annually, but ~~~ state is unable to deliver full <br />contract amounts even under favorable water supply <br />conditions. <br /> <br />(. <br /> <br />c. The current reliable yield of the <br />SWP, about 2.4 MAF annually, is barely half of the <br /> <br />-7- <br />