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Memorandum of Understanding

San Gorgonio Pass Regional Water Alliance

A Coordination of Regional Water Providers and Local Government

1. Background - The San Gorgonio Pass Area local governments and water
districts understand that regular coordination, collaboration, and
communication should result in improved management of water resources at
local and regional levels. On May 2013, County Supervisor Marion Ashley
appointed, with the approval of the entire County Board of Supervisors, a
Pass Water Policy Panel. The Panel is comprised of representatives in the San
Gorgonio Pass Area. The Panel, known as the San Gorgonio Pass Regional
Water Alliance (SGPRWA) is to identify challenges in water supply and water
quality for the region, to develop mutually beneficial solutions that include
coordinating plans and infrastructure development that ultimately obtains
and delivers clean, reliable, and affordable water supplies for the citizens of
the San Gorgonio Pass area for the foreseeable future.

2. Purpose - The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to
establish the mutual understandings of the San Gorgonio Regional Water
Alliance (SGPRWA) with respect to certain voluntary joint efforts toward
regional coordination, collaboration, and communication of water resource
projects and programs.

3. Goals - The goals of the SGPRWA are:

3.1 To improve coordination, collaboration, and communication among
local, state and federal governments and water purveyors and other
water resource stakeholders in the San Gorgonio region, to achieve
greater efficiency and effectiveness in delivering water supplies.
Services will remain under local control.

3.2 To develop and promote common water strategies that will, when
implemented, fulfill the water demands of the regional area for the
foreseeable future.

4. Definitions

4.1 San Gorgonio Regional Water Alliance. Participating county, local
governments, and water purveyors in the San Gorgonio Regional area.

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