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2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> MAY 2026/FINAL DRAFT/CAROLLO <br /> 6.8.2 Planned and Potential Exchanges and Transfers <br /> MET supports the City in developing both local and regional transfer and exchange opportunities that <br /> promote reliability within their systems. Examples of these future projects include: <br /> Santa Ana River Conservation and Conjunctive Use Project: SARCCUP is a joint project established by <br /> five regional water agencies within the Santa Ana River Watershed (Eastern Municipal Water District, <br /> Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Western Municipal Water District, Orange County Water District, and San <br /> Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District). In September 2021, the participating agencies, in <br /> coordination with MET, executed a regional agreement framework establishing SARCCUP as a <br /> watershed-scale groundwater banking program to improve drought reliability across Orange, Riverside, <br /> and San Bernardino counties. <br /> In 2016, SARCCUP received $55 million in Proposition 84 funding from DWR; however, implementation <br /> has since advanced with the 2021 agreements and subsequent program updates.The overall SARCCUP <br /> program consists of three main elements: (1) Watershed-Scale Cooperative Water Banking Program; <br /> (2)Water Use Efficiency—landscape design/irrigation improvements and water budget assistance; and <br /> (3) Habitat creation and Arundo donax removal within the Santa Ana River. <br /> The Watershed-Scale Cooperative Water Banking Program is the largest component of SARCCUP. Under <br /> MET's arrangement with San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, when SBVMWD declares surplus <br /> SWP water and offers it to MET, MET offers at least 50 percent of an equivalent amount to SARCCUP <br /> member agencies for storage and later use in the Santa Ana River watershed, consistent with MET policy. <br /> This structure formalizes the purchase and storage pathway that had been under development and aligns <br /> with MET's extraordinary supply policy during allocations. <br /> Program capacity planning identifies up to approximately 137,000 AF of storage across six basins, <br /> including up to 36,000 AF in the OC Basin for use in dry years. Stored SARCCUP supplies may be <br /> designated "extraordinary supplies" during a MET allocation if managed consistent with MET's Water <br /> Supply Allocation Plan, thereby enhancing participating agencies' drought reliability. <br /> Within Orange County, extraordinary supply assignment agreements among MET, MWDOC/OCWD, and <br /> certain retail agencies (e.g., Anaheim, Fullerton, Santa Ana) document how SARCCUP extraordinary supply <br /> is assigned and delivered locally. Program implementation and participation details continue to be refined <br /> among OCWD, retail agencies, and MWDOC. <br /> 6.9 Future Water Projects <br /> The City anticipates water demand in the City to remain relatively constant over the next 25 years. New <br /> water sources developed will primarily be to better manage the groundwater basin and replace or <br /> upgrade existing wells. The projects that have been identified by the City to improve the City's water <br /> supply reliability and enhance the operations of the City include major well rehabilitation and <br /> refurbishment, well casing rehabilitation, motor control center refurbishment, pump station rehabilitation, <br /> PFAS treatment,water main replacements, MET connection upgrades, emergency power projects, and <br /> miscellaneous improvements such as SCADA and communications improvements.A Water Enterprise <br /> Capital Improvement Project Plan identified projects to implement between FY 2025 and FY 2032. <br /> CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />