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Beaumont Basin Watermaster Memorandum No. 17-03 Page 3 of 4

RESOLUTION NO. 17-01

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 SGPWA’s Application for Groundwater Storage Agreement;

WHEREAS, SGPWA 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. SGPWA’s service
area includes the Beaumont Basin;

WHEREAS, SGPWA 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 a 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 in advance of the
October 5, 2016, Beaumont Basin Watermaster meeting; and,

WHEREAS, on October 5, 2016 and December 7, 2016, the Beaumont Basin
Watermaster met to discuss SGPWA’s Groundwater Storage Application agreeing to support
such under the following draft conditions that:

1. SGPWA’s Groundwater Storage Account shall not negatively impact, impede, reduce
or obstruct the purchase and delivery of supplemental imported water from SGPWA
to any water retailer of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster Committee, at any location
or time;
2. when the quantity of supplemental imported water available on an annual basis
exceeds the demands and/or requests for supplemental water by the Watermaster
Committee members, SGPWA may recharge the excess supplemental imported
water in the Beaumont Avenue Recharge Facility, or any other location approved by
the Beaumont Basin Watermaster;
3. supplemental imported water stored by the SGPWA pursuant to the conditions
herein and the approved SGPWA Groundwater Storage Application, will be made
available, at any time, to the members of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster without
restrictions;
4. any member of members of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster shall maintain the
right of first refusal to purchase the supplemental imported water placed in storage
by the SGPWA on a pro rata purchase sharing basis. All Beaumont Basin
Watermaster members shall be notified in writing a minimum of sixty-(60) calendar
days prior to any sale, transfer, distribution, or exchange of any supplemental
imported water in the storage account of the SGPWA. The Beaumont Basin