Resolution Number CVWD 88-3-1-1RESOLUTION NO. 88-3-1-1
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE CAPISTRANO VALLEY WATER DISTRICT
SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR
CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION TO LINE
PORTIONS OF THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL AND
THE COACHELLA BRANCH.
WHEREAS, the Capistrano Valley Water District relies on the Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California for approximately 80% of its water needs, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to contracts with the Secretary of the Interior, Metropolitan
has a right to beneficial consumptive use of 1,212,000 acre-feet of the Colorado River
water per year under normal water supply conditions; and
WHEREAS, it is projected that the Secretary will not be able to provide the full
amount allocated under Metropolitan's contracts; and
WHEREAS, it is possible that Metropolitan's existing Colorado River, State Water
Project, and regional supplies could be as much as 560,000 acre-feet short of meeting
demands on a reliable basis by the year 2000; and
WHEREAS, a significant amount of water is now lost in the process of delivering a
major portion of California's apportionment through the All American Canal and
Coachella Branch; and
WHEREAS, these canals were originally constructed as unlined earthen facilities,
and have remained unlined for over 40 years; and
WHEREAS, lining the canals will make better use of California's 4.4 million
acre-feet annual apportionment of Colorado River water; and
WHEREAS, The United States Bureau of Reclamation has estimated that it is cost
effective to line portions of the unlined sections of the All American Canal and Coachella
Branch; and
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Interior holds title to the All American Canal and
Coachella Branch.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the
Capistrano Valley Water District supports Congressional legislation authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to line the All American Canal between Pilot Knob and Drop 4,
and the Coachella Branch between Siphon 7 and Siphon 32.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 1st day of March 1988, by the following
vote, to -wit:
AYES: DIRECTORS: Bland,
NOES: DIRECTORS: None
ABSENT: DIRECTORS: None
/RO�SALEE
ST:
. M T, Clerk
Buchheim, Friess, Hausdorfer, Schwartze
ANTHONY LAND, Chairman