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ATTACHMENT2 Wa#~ r A cooperative e/fort of the City o(f ivermore, (he City of Flea~n Dublin San Harnon Se; vices District, and the Califon nia Wafer Service C omp COMMITTEE OF VALLEY WATER RETAILERS RESOLUTION N0.2009-01 WHEREAS, ~hc City of Livermore, the City of Pleasanton, the Dublin Sun Ramon Services District, and California Water Service Company-Livermore DisU'ict (collectively, the "Retailers") are signarories to the Tri-Valley Water Retailers Cooperation Agreement (Agreement); and WHEREAS, the Retailers purchase the major portion of potable water supplies from Zone 7 of the Alameda County Flood Conn~ol and Water Conservation District ("Lone 7); and WHEREAS, Zone 7 obtains the majority of the potahle water supply from the State Water Project operated by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR); and WHEREAS, California is experiencing a third year of below normal precipitation resulting in reduced deliveries of potable water by DWR to Zone 7; and WHEREAS, many water agencies lhmughout California anticipate voluntary or mandatory water conservation efforts rationing in 2009: and WHEREAS, Zonc 7 currently has adequate local and out-of-basin carry-over water, groundwater storage and other supplies ro meet the full demands of the Tri- Vallcy Wata~ Retailers even with reduced potable water deliveries fi~om DWR for several years; and WHEREAS, a number of environmental issues affecting the Delta threaten the viability of DWR to make adeyuate deliveries of potable water to Zonc 7 in future years; and WHEREAS, significant use of groundwater storage reduces the number of years Zone 7 am meet the full demands of the Relailers with a long term curtailment of potable water deliveries from DWR due to environmental issues; and WHEREAS, consideration of implementing water use reductions for ?009 to rellcct the statewide drought situation and to preserve Zonc 7 groundwater resources is good public policy; and