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Agreement Between Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Santa Ana, and MWDOC for Fiscal Year 2017/2018 In -Lieu Treated Deliveries This Agreement is made as of 2017, by and among the METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ("Metropolitan"), a public agency of the State of California, the Municipal Water District of Orange County ("MWDOC"), a public agency of the State of California, and the City of Santa Ana ("City"), a charter city of the State of California (collectively, the "Parties"). Section 1. Purpose of Agreement. a. Metropolitan is a wholesale provider to its 26 member agencies, created under The Metropolitan Water District Act ("MWD Act"). Wat, Code appen., §§ 109-25, 109- 130. b. MWDOC is a member public agency of Metropolitan and a wholesale water provider with a service area overlying the Orange County Basin, a groundwater basin located in Orange County, MWDOC was created under Municipal Water District Act of 1911. c. City is a member public agency of Metropolitan and a retail water provider with a service area overlying the Orange County Basin, a groundwater basin located in Orange County. d. Metropolitan and MWDOC have entered into an agreement ("MWDOC-Metropolitan Cyclic Storage Agreement") which provides for the delivery of water by Metropolitan to MWDOC in advance of demand for the water by MWDOC through a cyclic storage account ("MWDOC-Metropolitan Cyclic Storage Account"). e, Through this Agreement, the Parties intend to provide for a means of delivering water from Metropolitan through City into the MWDOC-Metropolitan Cyclic Storage Account. Section 2. Designated In -Lieu Treated 'Deliveries. City represents and Metropolitan has confirmed that its ability to accept untreated Metropolitan water, originating or blended with State Water Project water, is impacted due to the detection of unconfirmed quagga mussels. Accordingly, City agrees to take up to 9,500 acre-feet of treated water from Metropolitan for delivery into the MWDOC-Metropolitan Cyclic Storage Account through in -lieu means ("In -Lieu Treated Deliveries"), The actual amount of In -Lieu Treated Deliveries may be higher or lower based on operational conditions and the In -Lieu Treated Deliveries Certification Procedures referenced in Section 8. In -Lieu Treated Deliveries will be made upon Metropolitan's written request and the City's written acceptance, in the City's sole discretion, of additional treated water deliveries.