For Water Subcommittee Meeting October 23, 2024
TO: Honorable Water Subcommittee Members
APPROVAL: John Rossi, Interim Utilities Director
FROM: Toyasha Sebbag, Assistant to the City Manager
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Staff requests that the Water Subcommittee provide feedback on the Memorandum of Understanding with San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, San Bernardino County, and San Bernardino County Flood Control District regarding the Cactus Basin Recharge. (ACTION)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Water Subcommittee provide feedback on the Memorandum of Understanding with San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, San Bernardino County, and San Bernardino County Flood Control District regarding the Cactus Basin Recharge.
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BACKGROUND
Declining groundwater elevations in the Rialto-Colton Basin have resulted in reductions of allowable pumping in accordance with the court-ordered Rialto Decree.
On October 3, 2024, the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBV) board was presented with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with San Bernardino County (SB County) and San Bernardino County Flood Control District (Flood Control District) to use the State Water Project (SWP) for recharge activities in Cactus Basins. As proposed, this would help meet current and future water demands and sustain pumping rates from groundwater remediation systems in the Rialto-Colton Basin.
Subsequently, on October 8, 2024, SB County and the Flood Control District Board of Supervisors were presented with the MOU for approval.
SBV and the Board of Supervisors approved the MOU for a contract term of October 8, 2024, through October 7, 2025, with the option to extend for one additional year to use SWP to recharge at Cactus Basins (ATTACHMENT).
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The MOU outlines collaborative activities the parties to the MOU will engage in to share data and technical analyses, engage with Rialto-Colton Basin stakeholders, and develop an Adaptive Management Pl...
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