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Section 1
Background

ƒ Water production, water level, and water quality information from the Appropriator
Parties.

ƒ Water production and water level information from the Overlying Parties.
ƒ Water level and water quality data collected by local agencies as part of their Maximum
Benefit and Monitoring Program for the Beaumont Management Zone.
ƒ Ground surface elevations from periodic surveys conducted to determine whether
ground subsidence may be occurring as a result of over pumping from the basin.

5.- Maintain and Improve Water Quality. Watermaster coordinates and participates in local
efforts to preserve and/or enhance the quality of groundwater in the Basin. It assists and
encourages regulatory agencies to enforce water quality regulations that may have an effect on
the Basin groundwater sources and its surrounding resources. One of these programs is the
Maximum Benefit Monitoring Program of the Beaumont Management Zone.

6.- Develop and Administer a Well Policy. Watermaster is responsible for developing a policy
on the proper construction and abandonment of wells in the Basin. Through the adoption of
Resolution 2004-04, the Watermaster adopted minimum standards for the construction, repair,
abandonment and destruction of groundwater extraction wells in the Beaumont Basin. As part of
this resolution, Watermaster adopted Riverside County Ordinance No. 682.3 and expanded it to
require the installation of a sounding tube in order to facilitate the measurement of water levels
on all future wells.

7.- Develop Contracts for Beneficial Programs and Services. Watermaster is responsible for
developing and entering into contracts for programs and services that are beneficial to the Basin
on behalf of the Parties to the Judgment. This includes programs for conjunctively utilizing the
Basin for the storage of supplemental water with other agencies and programs to implement
and expand the direct or indirect use of recycled water.

8.- Provide Cooperative Leadership. Watermaster may act jointly or cooperate with other
local, state, and/or federal agencies to develop and implement regional scale programs for the
management of the Basin and its surrounding resources.

1.4 Watermaster Address

For the purposes of conducting Watermaster business and maintaining records, Watermaster’s
official address remains as follows:

Office of the Watermaster Secretary
C/O Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District
560 Magnolia Avenue
Beaumont, CA 92223

1.5 Watermaster Website
Watermaster website address is www.beaumontbasinwatermaster.org. This website is
maintained by the YVWD and it is used by the Watermaster to communicate its activities to the
Parties and the public. The website contains copies of the Judgment, the Rules and

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