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Docusign Envelope ID:75DE1 COA-9ED13-46135-8348-98EEHE7136513 <br /> 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 /> L 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 />