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SAN BERNARDINO BASIN GROUNDWATER COUNCIL FRAMEWORK <br />AGREEMENT <br />This SAN BERNARDINO BASIN GROUNDWATER COUNCIL FRAMEWORK <br />AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into and effective this -23 day of 3--el9Wr , 2018 <br />by and among the City of Colton ("Colton"), the City of Redlands ("Redlands"), the City of Rialto <br />("Rialto"), the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department ("SBMWD"), City of Loma <br />Linda ("Loma Linda"), East Valley Water District ("East Valley"), San Bernardino Valley <br />Municipal Water District ("Valley District"), San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District <br />("Conservation District"), Fontana Water Company ("FWC"), West Valley Water District <br />("'WVWD"), Yucaipa Valley Water District ("Yucaipa"), Bear Valley Mutual Water Company <br />("BVMWC"), and Loma Linda University ("LLU") each of which is referred to as a "Party," for <br />the purpose of coordinating the development and implementation of groundwater management <br />activities that individually or cumulatively address groundwater management in the Bunker Hill <br />Sub -basin of the Upper Santa Ana Valley Basin ("Basin"), and achieving groundwater <br />sustainability throughout the Basin. <br />RECITALS <br />WHEREAS, the Parties to this Agreement all overlie, produce water from, or are <br />otherwise interested in the management and long-term sustainability of the groundwater basin <br />identified as the San Bernardino Basin Area; and <br />WHEREAS, California Department of Water Resources' ("DWR") Bulletin 118 defines <br />the Upper Santa Ana Valley Bunker Hill Sub -basin (No. 8-002.06), the boundaries of which, as <br />defined therein and as may be amended in the future, constitute the limits of the Basin covered <br />hereunder. A map depicting that Basin is attached hereto as Exhibit A. DWR Bulletin 118 <br />presently classifies the Bunker Hill Basin as high priority. <br />WHEREAS, surface water and groundwater supplies in large portions of the Basin are <br />governed by a number of judicial decrees and contracts, including but not limited to the Orange <br />County Water District v. City of Chino et al. (Orange County Superior Court, Case No. 117628, <br />April 17, 1969) Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County v. East San Bernardino <br />County Water District et al. (Riverside County Superior Court Case No. 78426, April 17, 1969); <br />Big Bear Municipal Water District v. North Fork Water Company, San Bernardino Superior Court <br />Case No. SCV 165493, and City of San Bernardino v. Fontana Water Company, San Bernardino <br />Superior Court Case No. 17030 (January 28, 1924). <br />WHEREAS, Water Code § 10720.8(a) identifies the San Bernardino Basin Area as an <br />adjudicated area. As such, this area is exempt from the Sustainable Groundwater Management <br />Act (SGMA) passed by the California Legislature in September 2014, other than providing certain <br />kinds of data to DWR per Water Code § 10720.8(rf). <br />WHEREAS, notwithstanding that the Basin is not required to comply with SGMA, the <br />Parties to this Agreement wish to collaborate their efforts to identify their respective access to and <br />application of imported water supplies, and to harmonize use of such supplies with available <br />groundwater in the Basin. The goal is to ensure that the water imported into the Basin, and the <br />SBVMWD LEGAL <br />119/015042-0001 DOCUMENT 262E <br />10094329.32 a01119/1 S -1- <br />