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BEAUMONT BASIN WATERMASTER

                                          MEMORANDUM NO. 19-06

               Date:                    March 6, 2019

               From:                    Hannibal Blandon, ALDA Inc.

               Subject:                 Discussion Regarding the 2018 Draft Annual Report and Review
                                        of Comments Received by the Consultant

               Recommendation:          Pending


               The purpose of this Technical Memorandum is to summarize the comments received on
               the Draft of the 2018 Consolidated Annual Report and Engineering Report presented to
               the  Beaumont  Basin  Watermaster  Committee  during  the  February  6,  2019  regular
               meeting.

               A copy of the draft report is available online at:
                http://documents.yvwd.dst.ca.us/bbwm/documents/2018draftAnnualReport190206.pdf

               Comments were provided by the Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District, the Yucaipa
               Valley Water District, and the  City  of Banning.    South  Mesa Water Company  did not
               provide comments.  Comments were concentrated around three main issues:

               Comment No. 1 – Groundwater Production by BCVWD and the City of Banning

               Between October and December 2018, the BCVWD produced 119.6 ac-ft of water that
               were delivered to the City of Banning.  This volume of water should be accounted against
               the City of Banning production rights.  This issue affects a number of tables in the report
               including  Table  3-1F  (Summary  of  Production  for  CY  2018),  Table  3-3B  (Production
               Summary  for  Appropriator  and  Overlying  Producers  2011-2018),  Table  3-8
               (Consolidation  of  Appropriator  Production  and  Storage  Accounts),  Figure  3-5
               (Groundwater Storage by Agency/User as of 2018) and the Storage Consolidation table
               presented  in  Page  3-11.    These  tables  and  figures  have  been  corrected  with  the
               appropriate production quantities by these agencies.

               Comment No. 2 – Consideration of the Following Recommendations

               Topics of future consideration should include the following:
                   •  Creation of a formal policy for the transfer of overlying water rights to appropriators
                   •  Creation of a formal policy for the accounting of groundwater losses
                   •  Creation of a formal policy to account for return flow credit
                   •  Amendment of storage agreements to reflect current storage limits






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