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facilities used to apply both imported and native water supplies to productive beneficial use, will
all be maintained and managed in a manner that will be sustainable over the long-term. The Parties
recognize that the key to success in this effort will be coordination of amounts and areas of
recharge in different parts of the Basin, by acting in conjunction with other groundwater
management entities active in portions of the Basin.

WHEREAS, the purpose of ensuring water supply reliability and long-term effectiveness
and viability of recharge facilities has become even more important as a result of recently
experienced low groundwater storage levels and the reduction of imported water supplies, due to
environmental and other restrictions. One purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate the
cooperation of the Parties to ensure a reliable and conjunctively utilized water supply of
replenishment water that can prevent overdraft or other negative impacts from occurring during an
extended drought, and for the foreseeable future.

WHEREAS, the Parties, individually and collectively, have the goal of cost effective
cooperative groundwater management that considers the interests and concerns of all of the
communities and parties that rely upon the Basin for their water supply.

WHEREAS, the Parties hereby enter into this Agreement to establish the San Bernardino
Basin Groundwater Council (“GC”) to undertake the preliminary steps necessary to prepare for
and coordinate the management of groundwater supply resources throughout the Basin, and to
coordinate maintenance of conveyance and recharge facilities to expedite such management. The
GC will coordinate with existing groundwater management agencies in the Basin as well as the
individual Ex Oficio participants, as defined below, and will be responsible for ensuring overall
coordination and sustainable management of the Basin.

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that the preliminary steps of GC formation will
include preparation of formation documents and procedures, the possible hiring of needed experts,
and the development of a budget for this GC as memorialized in this Agreement.

AGREEMENT

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the matters recited and the mutual promises,
covenants, and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms that may be defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, the following terms when used in this Agreement shall be defined as follows:

1.1.1 “Agreement” means this Groundwater Council Agreement.

1.1.2 “Plaintiff” means any of the following entities: City of Riverside,
Riverside Highlands Water Company, Meeks and Daley Water Company, Regents of University
of California, or Western Municipal Water District as named in the 1969 Judgment in Case
Number 78426, Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County et al. vs. East San
Bernardino County Water District et al.“

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