CHINO BASIN WATERMASTER
8632 Archibald Avenue, Suite 109, Rancho Cucamonga, Ca 91730
Tel: 909.484.3888
Fax: 909.484.3890
www.cbwm.org
TRACI STEWART
Chief of Watermaster Services
JOHN V. ROSSI
Chief Executive Officer
STAFF REPORT
DATE:
December 11 & 12, 2002
TO:
Watermaster Committee Members
Watermaster Board Members
SUBJECT:
Agreement for Operation and Maintenance of Facilities to Implement the Chino Basin
Recharge Master Plan (“Recharge Operation Agreement”)
SUMMARY
Issue – Required approval and execution of the Recharge Operations Agreement.
Recommendation – It is recommended the Committees and the Board approve, authorize staff and
legal counsel to make minor non-substantive edits as necessary, and authorize the CEO to execute
the Recharge Operations Agreement.
Fiscal Impact – The execution of the agreement does not in and of itself cause financial impact. The
related operating budgets will be brought back to the Watermaster process for consideration and
approval as the facilities are completed and ready to be operated.
BACKGROUND
The Recharge Operations Agreement is intended to provide detail to the basic agreement reached by the San
Bernardino County Flood Control District, the Chino Basin Water Conservation District, the Inland Empire
Utilities Agency and the Chino Basin Watermaster in December of 2001. This agreement was memorialized in
a Memorandum of Agreement signed by all four of the parties and is included as Attachment 1 to the
Recharge Operations Agreement. Draft copies of the Recharge Operations Agreement were provided for
review and comment at the November 2002 Committee and Board meetings.
DISCUSSION
The basic premise of the Recharge Operations Agreement is that the Chino Basin Water Conservation District
(“CBWCD”) and the San Bernardino Flood Control District (“SBCFCD”) will allow Watermaster and the Inland
Empire Utilities Agency (“IEUA”) to construct improvements to basins owned by CBWCD and SBCFCD for the
purpose of using these basins to recharge imported water, recycled water and greater quantities of
stormwater. Watermaster and IEUA will pay for the improvements and will pay additional operations and
maintenance costs that result from the use of the basins for the additional recharge. For the sake of public
safety, the flood control purpose of the basins is retained as the highest priority.
The Recharge Operations Agreement creates a Groundwater Recharge Coordinating Committee to serve as a
forum in which the four parties to the Agreement can meet to coordinate operational issues and resolve
disagreements.
The Recharge Operations Agreement advances the goal of using the valuable resources of existing flood
control and water conservation basins for the greatest possible public benefit.