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RESOLUTION NO. 2017-01

A RESOLUTION OF THE BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER TO CONFIRM AND
ADOPT SAN GORGONIO PASS WATER AGENCY'S ("SGPWA") APPLICATION
FOR GROUNDWATER STORAGE AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO STATED
CONDITIONS

WHEREAS, the Stipulated Judgment establishing the Beaumont Basin
Watermaster (Riverside Superior Court Case No. 389197) empowers the Beaumont
Basin Watermaster to adopt appropriate rules and regulations for the conduct of
Watermaster affairs; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to its authority, the Beaumont Basin Watermaster
established principles of groundwater storage in the Beaumont Basin via Resolution No.
2005-01, the foundation for San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency Application for
Groundwater Storage Agreement; and

WHEREAS, San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency is a state water contractor formed
in 1961 for the purpose of importing water from the State Water Project into the San
Gorgonio Pass area; and

WHEREAS, the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency service area includes the
Beaumont Basin; and

WHEREAS, the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency submitted to the Beaumont
Basin Watermaster a Groundwater Storage Application requesting, in pertinent part, to
store up to 10,000 acre-feet of water in the Beaumont Basin through artificial recharge of
water from the State Water Project, via proposed recharge facilities to be located in the
southwest corner of Brookside Avenue and Beaumont Avenue; and

WHEREAS, the Beaumont Basin Watermaster issued copies of SGPWA's
Groundwater Storage Application to members of its Watermaster Committee for review;
and,

WHEREAS, the Beaumont Basin Watermaster met on numerous occasions to
discuss SGPWA's Groundwater Storage Application agreeing to support such under the
following conditions:

1. The San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency shall add imported water to their
Groundwater Storage Account via spreading basins when the quantity of
imported water available to the Region exceeds the demands and/or requests
for imported water by the Watermaster Committee members as provided in the
SGPWA application.