AGREEMENT REGARDING RESOLUTION OF PHASE 8 ISSUES, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES, AND A BINDING COMMITMENT TO PROCEED PURSUANT TO SPECIFIED TERMSAgreement • April 11th, 2001
Contract Type FiledApril 11th, 2001This Agreement is in furtherance of a resolution of Phase 8 of the State Water Resources Control Board’s (hereinafter “SWRCB”) current Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearings. The Parties will work together to settle issues related to obligations or potential obligations to meet existing Bay-Delta water quality and flow objectives by developing a cooperative water management partnership among (a) those south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta who possess water rights or are State Water Project (“SWP”) or Central Valley Project (“CVP”) water users; (b) the Contra Costa Water District and those who derive SWP water from the North Bay Aqueduct (hereinafter (a) and (b) for the purposes of this Agreement referred to collectively as “Export Water Users”); (c) those who possess water rights or are water users within the watershed of the Sacramento River and its tributaries (hereinafter “Upstream Water Users”); (d) the California Department of Water Resources (hereinafter “DWR”); and (e) the United S