1. Kelley Gage Sr. Director, Water Resources Planning April 7, 2016
SARCCUP Update
Kelley Gage
Sr. Director, Water Resources Planning
April 7, 2016

2. SARCCUP Background
Santa Ana River Conservation and Conjunctive Use Program:
SARCCUP is the watershed-scale program that will bank imported water to enhance water supply reliability and increase available dry year supplies in the Santa Ana River Watershed
SARCCUP is a $100 million program developed by the five regional water agencies in a collaborative effort to target Proposition 84 funding
SARCCUP successfully received over $55 million in grant funding in the last round of Proposition 84 funding

3. SARCCUP Background
EMWD
IEUA
OCWD
SBVMWD
WMWD
SARCCUP Agencies

4. SARCCUP Background SARCCUP includes the following elements:
Water Use Efficiency: Assistance for agencies to develop conservation-based rates
Habitat Creation for the Santa Ana Sucker fish and water-consuming non-native arundo donax removal along the Santa Ana River
Watershed-Scale Cooperative Water Banking Program that includes water banking to store water in wet years and provides a new supply during droughts and emergencies resulting in new Dry-Year Yield (DYY) for the watershed

5. SARCCUP Water Banking Facilities
San Bernardino Basin
60,000 AF Storage
20,000 AFY DYY
Chino Basin
96,000 AF Storage
32,000 AFY DYY
San Jacinto Basin
19,500 AF Storage
6,500 AFY DYY
Elsinore Basin
4,500 AF Storage
1,500 AFY DYY

6. EMWD’s Water Banking Facilities
San Jacinto Basin
Mountain Ave West Recharge Facilities
3 Production Wells (sites being investigated)
Est. Construction Cost:
$22,280,000
Grant Funds Awarded:
$13,280,000
EMWD’s Contribution:
$9,000,000

7. SARCCUP Agreements Framework

8. SARCCUP Agreements Framework
Program Funding
Program Operations
Grant & Construction
Coordinated Operating, Storage, Exchange and Management Agreement
SARCCUP Agencies
EMWD
IEUA
OCWD
SBVMWD
WMWD
Operating Committee
Funding Agreement
SARCCUP Agencies
PA-23 Agreement
(Grant Administration & Construction Management)
SARCCUP Agencies
SAWPA
Other Agreements
MWD Demonstration Project Agreement
HSJ Watermaster Storage Agreement

9. SARCCUP: Next Steps

10. Next Steps
Develop an MOU for Board approval that defines the Framework for the pending Agreements (May 2016)
SAWPA enters into a grant funding agreement with DWR (July 2016)
SARCCUP Agencies develop agreements that facilitate construction, implementation, funding, and operations of the facilities and water purchases (late 2016)
SAWPA has indicated that at least the Framework of an Agreement is needed from each of the agencies for the grant agreement between SAWPA & DWR.

11. Contact Information
Kelley Gage
Senior Director of Water Resources Planning
Phone Number (951) Ext. 4561