UWM Plan - Municipal Water District of Orange County

Section 3
Water Sources and Supply Reliability
valuation. Each member of the Board shall be entitled to cast one vote for each ten
million dollars ($10,000,000) of assessed valuation of property taxable for district
purposes, in accordance with Section 55 of the Metropolitan Water District Act. As of
August 10, 2010, MWDOC has four directors on Metropolitan’s Board, which represents
16.94% percent of the vote entitlement.
Metropolitan is responsible for importing water into the region through its operation of
the CRA and its contract with the State of California for SWP supplies. Major imported
water aqueducts bringing water to Southern California are shown in Figure 3-3. Over the
past decade, supplies from the Colorado River have averaged 0.92 million acre-feet.
Supplies from the State Water Project over the same period have averaged 1.40 million
acre-feet of water. The future reliability of these supplies is increasingly uncertain;
however, Metropolitan has increased its ability to supply water, particularly in dry years,
through the implementation of storage and transfer programs.
Figure 3-3: Major Aqueducts Bringing Water to Southern California
Municipal Water District of Orange County
2010 Regional Urban Water Management Plan
Final
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