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Engineer Hannibal Blandon gave a brief report.

B. Report from Legal Counsel - Keith McCullough, Alvarado Smith

Legal Counsel Keith McCullough stated there has been follow up with the City of
Banning, the City of Beaumont and the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District
regarding appointment of representatives to this Committee. A motion will be
submitted to the Riverside Superior Court.

VII. Discussion Items

A. Nomination of the Beaumont Basin Watermaster Committee - Secretary

Recommendation: That the members of the Watermaster Committee
nominate an individual from the Watermaster Committee to be Secretary.

Member Zoba nominated Tony Lara of the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water
District as Secretary of the Watermaster Committee. The motion was
seconded by Member Warsinski.

AYES: Jorritsma, Lara, Vela, Warsinski, Zoba
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
STATUS: Motion Approved

B. Status Report on Water Level Monitoring throughout the Beaumont Basin through
September 25, 2017
Recommendation: No recommendation.
Engineer Hannibal Blandon drew attention to a map of well locations for
potential water level monitoring. He indicated new locations of Beaumont-
Cherry Valley Well 21 in the Chicken Ranch area, and in Desert Lawn. If
successful, there will be sixteen wells located throughout the basin.
Engineer Blandon continued with a status report of the water level monitoring
being done.

C. Potential Scenarios to be Evaluated using the Groundwater Model for Analyzing Basin
Losses
Recommendation: No recommendation.

Mr. Tom Harder, hydrogeologist for the Watermaster, presented three
scenarios and alternates to determine water losses. He reminded the group
that the losses must be accounted for in order to keep water balances whole
and to avoid trouble with the County in ten years.
He noted that in August, he presented scenarios to the committee and on
August 30 presented a Technical Memorandum with five scenarios for analysis
using a model to determine how storage losses change with different stresses
in the basin, including fault lines.

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