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H. The SARCCUP includes four water banking sites. Three of the sites are located <br />within Metropolitan's service area. More specifically, the three aforementioned sites are in the <br />Metropolitan member agency service areas of Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), <br />Western Municipal Water District (WMWD), and MWDOC. The water banking facilities within <br />MWDOC's service area are located within, owned, and operated, exclusively by OCWD. The <br />fourth water banking site is within San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (Valley <br />District)'s service area in the San Bernardino Basin Area (SBBA), which is located outside of <br />Metropolitan's service area. The SARCCUP includes water delivery interconnections between <br />SBBA and SARCCUP facilities in the Metropolitan service area. <br />I. OCWD undertakes all responsibilities associated with actively managing the <br />SARCCUP banking program in the Orange County Groundwater Basin. A portion of MWDOC's <br />service area overlies the Orange County Groundwater Basin and MWDOC's member agencies in <br />this portion of its service area along with Anaheim, Fullerton, and Santa Ana pump groundwater <br />from the Orange County Groundwater Basin in accordance with the Orange County Water <br />District Act. <br />J. On June 15, 2021, Valley District and Metropolitan entered into a Coordinated <br />Operating and Surplus Water Agreement whereby Valley District may offer to sell to <br />Metropolitan, and Metropolitan may purchase from Valley District, surplus SWP water. <br />K. On November 9, 2021, Metropolitan, EMWD, WMWD, MWDOC, Inland <br />Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), and OCWD entered into an agreement (hereinafter "November <br />2021 SARCCUP Agreement") regarding SARCCUP. Under the November 2021 SARCCUP <br />Agreement, Metropolitan agreed to "equally offer to WMWD, EMWD, and MWDOC for <br />purchase an amount of water equivalent to 50% of the amount that Metropolitan purchases from <br />AO-5296 3 <br />