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1.1.3 “Annual Basin Groundwater Report” shall mean the annual report
prepared by the Groundwater Council, to cover topics including but not limited to the following:
annual production, recharge, environmental issues, exchanges, and all other actions and topics
material to groundwater conditions in the Basin. In preparing such report, the Groundwater
Council may consult with, and draw from, data and information provided by the Watermaster and
Conservation District and other reliable sources regarding annual groundwater conditions. The
Annual Basin Groundwater Report is not intended to supplement or supplant the annual reports of
the various Watermasters operating within the Basin that are filed with the Superior Court or any
Watermasters’ required reporting under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).

1.1.4 “Basin” shall mean the Upper Santa Ana Valley Bunker Hill
Groundwater Basin, Sub-basin 8-002.06, as designated in DWR’s Bulletin No. 118, and as its
boundaries may be modified from time to time through the procedures described in California
Water Code § 10722.2.

1.1.5 “Groundwater Council” or “GC” or shall mean the Upper Santa
Ana Valley Bunker Hill Basin Groundwater Council, the oversight body coordinating the
management, replenishment, and preservation of groundwater supply and quality of the Basin.
The GC shall be composed of representatives of each Party and should they decide to participate,
a representative of any other groundwater management authority over any portion of the Basin, as
further provided herein. The GC’s duties shall include the integration and coordination of the use
of imported water supplies for replenishment of the Basin, facilitation of implementation of GC
policies and initiatives through the legal authorities of its members, management of budgeting and
funding for the maintenance, development, and management of regional groundwater
infrastructure, and dispute resolution that may occur within or between the Parties or Ex Oficio
members of the GC.

1.1.6 “BTAC” shall mean the Basin Technical Advisory Committee, as
originally created under the auspices of the Upper Santa Ana River Watershed Integrated Regional
Water Management Plan, as such Committee may be modified from time to allow for the additional
participation of one or more Parties to this Agreement. The BTAC may be tasked to undertake
specified actions in support of the GC.

1.1.7 “Effective Date” shall mean the date that a majority of the Parties
approve of and enter into the Agreement.

1.1.8 “Equitable Allocation” shall mean the manner of determining the
facilities’ operations and maintenance (“O&M”) costs, and supplemental water cost, for each
Party based on the annual approved budget. This allocation will be performed pursuant to the
formulas and procedures described in Exhibit B of this Agreement. The allocation shall determine
the portion of equitable O&M cost, and the portion of equitable water cost, to be apportioned to
each Party or other participant for the applicable GC budget year. These allocations shall also be
used to determine the voting weight afforded to each voting member of the GC, under this
Agreement and further procedural processes as may be developed by the GC.

1.1.9 “Ex Oficio participant” shall mean those entities that participate in
the GC by virtue of their status as plaintiffs or successors in interest to plaintiffs in Western

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