SCH Number 2019088035

Project Info

Title

Transfer of l 00 Acre-Feet of Nickel Water to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Description

The Agency is a State Water Project ("SWP") Contractor . with long-term lease rights to a non-SWP water supply (referred to as the "Nickel Water") that originates in Kern County and is leased and delivered to the Agency by AVEK. The project includes a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") between the Agency and LADWP by which the Agency agrees to a one-time transfer of 100 acre-feet of the Nickel Water to LADWP. LADWP has already completed construction of a connection from its LA Aqueduct to the ! SWP at the California Aqueduct ("LADWP Connection"); under the MOU, 100 acre-feet of the Nickel Water would be transferred to the LADWP Connection on an agreed upon schedule in 2019. The project additionally includes an agreement ("Agreement") that allows the Agency to put the I 00 acre-feet of Nickel Water in the California Aqueduct at the Tupman turnout so that it may be delivered to the LADWP Connection. On August 5, 2019, the Agency's Board of Directors authorized the Agency's General Manager to finalize and sign the MOU and to undertake all steps necessary to implement the 100 acre-foot transfer with LAD WP (collectively, the "Project").

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