Bureau of Reclamation
Reimbursement of California's Central Valley Project Capital Construction Costs by San Luis Unit Irrigation Water Districts Gao ID: GAO-08-307R December 18, 2007In 1960, Congress authorized the construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. The CVP is a network of dams, canals, pumps, and other facilities providing water for multiple uses. Located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the San Luis Unit is a component of the CVP and was built jointly by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of California. The San Luis Unit stores and delivers water that is used for various purposes, including agriculture, municipal and industrial uses, and fish and wildlife needs. Four irrigation water districts in the San Luis Unit currently receive water from the CVP. Westlands is the largest of these districts, covering about three-quarters of the land in the San Luis Unit. The three smaller districts are Pacheco, Panoche, and San Luis. Reclamation has a water service contract with each irrigation water district to deliver CVP water to the district's farmers and other water users at a set rate per acre-foot. Existing water service contracts may be renewed for a period of no more than 25 years. The San Luis Unit includes water storage and delivery facilities, such as dams, canals, and pumps, as well as the San Luis Drain. This drain was designed to return used irrigation water to the delta, but it was never completed. Reclamation is considering two options to provide drainage for the San Luis Unit. The first option, which would be implemented by Reclamation, would include land retirement, evaporation ponds, and treatment methods to remove salt and selenium from the water. The second option would transfer responsibility for providing a drainage solution to the four San Luis Unit irrigation water districts. To assist Congress in evaluating the proposed drainage solutions, Congress asked us to determine how much the federal government has spent to construct the CVP, including the San Luis Unit irrigation and drainage facilities, and what amount is reimbursable by water users, and how much of the reimbursable CVP construction cost has been allocated to San Luis Unit irrigation water districts and how much they have repaid.
Reclamation's total capital cost to construct the CVP as of September 30, 2006, is about $3.4 billion. Construction of the San Luis Unit portion of the CVP, including land, land rights, and buildings, cost $778 million--about $722.5 million for construction of 28 storage, conveyance, and pumping facilities and $55.5 million for the San Luis Drain. Reclamation has determined that about $2.9 billion of the total CVP capital construction cost, or 84 percent, is reimbursable. The reimbursable amount is distributed to various water users, including irrigation water districts, which benefit from one or more of the project's purposes, such as water supply and power generation. Reclamation has determined that, according to the various benefits they receive from the CVP, irrigation water districts are responsible for repaying about $1.6 billion, or 55 percent, of the reimbursable CVP construction costs. Reimbursement of the remaining $1.3 billion is provided by other users, such as municipal and industrial water users. Of the $1.6 billion CVP-wide capital construction costs reimbursable by irrigation water districts, as of September 30, 2005, $523 million had been allocated to five San Luis Unit districts: Broadview, Pacheco, Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands, for repayment based on the terms of their water service contracts.3 As of that date, the San Luis Unit irrigation water districts had paid about $74 million of their portion of CVP-wide capital construction costs, leaving about $449 million to be repaid by 2030. In general, CVP water users are not responsible for reimbursing the capital costs of constructing specific facilities within their unit. Instead, water users are responsible for reimbursing a portion of total CVP costs. Most of the San Luis Unit capital construction costs--with certain exceptions--are pooled for reimbursement with the costs of constructing the rest of the CVP. In addition to their share of the CVP capital costs that are pooled, irrigation water districts reimburse the federal government for certain specific project costs they benefit from. For example, the cost of the San Luis Drain is being reimbursed solely by the Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands irrigation water districts; the costs of specific pumps are also paid solely by the irrigation water districts that benefit from them. In addition, according to Reclamation, Westlands alone is responsible for repaying the cost of the district's water distribution system--about $179 million--under a separate repayment contract. As of September 30, 2006, Westlands had paid $131 million, leaving $48 million to be repaid. Thus, the combined total CVP capital construction costs remaining to be repaid by San Luis Unit irrigation water districts under water service contracts and repayment contracts amount to about $497 million.
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United States Government Accountability Office:
Washington, DC 20548:
December 18, 2007:
The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II:
Chairman:
Committee on Natural Resources:
House of Representatives:
The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano:
Chairwoman:
Subcommittee on Water and Power:
Committee on Natural Resources:
House of Representatives:
The Honorable George Miller:
House of Representatives:
Subject: Bureau of Reclamation: Reimbursement of California's Central
Valley Project Capital Construction Costs by San Luis Unit Irrigation
Water Districts:
In 1960, Congress authorized the construction of the San Luis Unit of
the Central Valley Project (CVP) in California. The CVP is a network of
dams, canals, pumps, and other facilities providing water for multiple
uses. Located south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the San Luis
Unit is a component of the CVP and was built jointly by the Department
of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of
California. The San Luis Unit stores and delivers water that is used
for various purposes, including agriculture, municipal and industrial
uses, and fish and wildlife needs. Four irrigation water districts in
the San Luis Unit currently receive water from the CVP. Westlands is
the largest of these districts, covering about three-quarters of the
land in the San Luis Unit. The three smaller districts are Pacheco,
Panoche, and San Luis. Reclamation has a water service contract with
each irrigation water district to deliver CVP water to the district's
farmers and other water users at a set rate per acre-foot. Existing
water service contracts may be renewed for a period of no more than 25
years.
The San Luis Unit includes water storage and delivery facilities, such
as dams, canals, and pumps, as well as the San Luis Drain. This drain
was designed to return used irrigation water to the delta, but it was
never completed. Drainage is needed for about 400,000 acres of the San
Luis Unit's approximately 700,000 acres because a layer of clay
prevents natural drainage, trapping salt and water in the root zone of
crops and reducing the land's agricultural productivity. Construction
of the San Luis Drain was halted in the mid-1970s, in part because of
environmental concerns, including harmful effects on wildlife, caused
by the drainage water. It was later determined that selenium was being
leached out of the soil by the drainage water and accumulating in the
Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge, where it was linked to deaths and
deformities in waterfowl. In response to litigation by Westlands
farmers, a federal court held in 2000 that Reclamation, while not
necessarily required to complete the San Luis Drain, must provide a
drainage solution for the San Luis Unit.
Reclamation is considering two options to provide drainage for the San
Luis Unit. The first option, which would be implemented by Reclamation,
would include land retirement, evaporation ponds, and treatment methods
to remove salt and selenium from the water. Reclamation has completed
its preliminary planning for this option, including an environmental
impact statement and a record of decision.[Footnote 1] Reclamation's
preliminary estimate of the cost of implementing this option is
$2.7 billion. The second option would transfer responsibility for
providing a drainage solution to the four San Luis Unit irrigation
water districts. In exchange for assuming this responsibility, the
irrigation water districts have proposed that they receive, among other
things, (1) forgiveness of their obligation to repay their portion of
total CVP capital construction costs (2) transfer of title to certain
federally owned irrigation facilities in the San Luis Unit to the
irrigation water districts, and (3) approval of 60-year water service
contracts.[Footnote 2]
To assist you in evaluating the proposed drainage solutions, you asked
us to determine (1) how much the federal government has spent to
construct the CVP, including the San Luis Unit irrigation and drainage
facilities, and what amount is reimbursable by water users, and (2) how
much of the reimbursable CVP construction cost has been allocated to
San Luis Unit irrigation water districts and how much they have repaid.
On November 7, 2007, we briefed your staff on the results of our work.
This report summarizes the information presented in that briefing and
officially transmits the slides used during the briefing. This report
also provides additional information that your staff requested during
the briefing on (1) the extent to which the San Luis Unit irrigation
water districts have received "ability-to-pay" financial assistance,
(2) the extent to which the districts have repaid the cost of the
Kesterson Cleanup Program, and (3) how the districts are paying for
drainage service and how Reclamation is handling the payments.
Summary:
Reclamation's total capital cost to construct the CVP as of September
30, 2006, is about $3.4 billion. Construction of the San Luis Unit
portion of the CVP, including land, land rights, and buildings, cost
$778 million--about $722.5 million for construction of 28 storage,
conveyance, and pumping facilities and $55.5 million for the San Luis
Drain. Reclamation has determined that about $2.9 billion of the total
CVP capital construction cost, or 84 percent, is reimbursable. The
reimbursable amount is distributed to various water users, including
irrigation water districts, which benefit from one or more of the
project's purposes, such as water supply and power generation.
Reclamation has determined that, according to the various benefits they
receive from the CVP, irrigation water districts are responsible for
repaying about $1.6 billion, or 55 percent, of the reimbursable CVP
construction costs. Reimbursement of the remaining $1.3 billion is
provided by other users, such as municipal and industrial water users.
Of the $1.6 billion CVP-wide capital construction costs reimbursable by
irrigation water districts, as of September 30, 2005, $523 million had
been allocated to five San Luis Unit districts: Broadview, Pacheco,
Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands, for repayment based on the terms of
their water service contracts.[Footnote 3] As of that date, the San
Luis Unit irrigation water districts had paid about $74 million of
their portion of CVP-wide capital construction costs, leaving about
$449 million to be repaid by 2030. (See enclosure, briefing slide 13,
for a detailed breakout of the amounts owed, repaid, and remaining for
each irrigation water district.) In general, CVP water users are not
responsible for reimbursing the capital costs of constructing specific
facilities within their unit. Instead, water users are responsible for
reimbursing a portion of total CVP costs. Most of the San Luis Unit
capital construction costs--with certain exceptions--are pooled for
reimbursement with the costs of constructing the rest of the CVP. In
addition to their share of the CVP capital costs that are pooled,
irrigation water districts reimburse the federal government for certain
specific project costs they benefit from. For example, the cost of the
San Luis Drain is being reimbursed solely by the Panoche, San Luis, and
Westlands irrigation water districts; the costs of specific pumps are
also paid solely by the irrigation water districts that benefit from
them. In addition, according to Reclamation, Westlands alone is
responsible for repaying the cost of the district's water distribution
system--about $179 million--under a separate repayment contract. As of
September 30, 2006, Westlands had paid $131 million, leaving
$48 million to be repaid. Thus, the combined total CVP capital
construction costs remaining to be repaid by San Luis Unit irrigation
water districts under water service contracts and repayment contracts
amount to about $497 million.
In addition, we determined that:
* According to Reclamation officials, San Luis Unit irrigation water
districts have never received ability-to-pay irrigation assistance to
reduce their capital repayment obligations. Such assistance can be
provided to irrigation water districts when Reclamation determines that
they do not have the ability to repay their share of capital costs.
* The total capital cost of the Kesterson Cleanup Program was about
$26.6
million, according to Reclamation. The reimbursable capital cost of
about $19.8 million was allocated entirely to the Westlands water
district and is included in the total CVP capital costs of about $437.6
million allocated to Westlands for reimbursement.
* A specific amount of the water rates paid by the Panoche, San Luis,
and Westlands irrigation water districts--depending on the terms of
their water service contracts--is for drainage. According to
Reclamation officials, the original water service contracts for all
three districts required a fixed rate of 50 cents per acre-foot for
drainage. These contracts have been amended over the years so that the
districts pay either (1) an annually adjusted rate for all of their
water, which in 2007 included a rate of $1.30 per acre-foot for
drainage, or (2) the fixed rate for part of their water and the
adjustable rate for the remainder. Although the water rates paid by the
three irrigation water districts include an amount for drainage,
Reclamation does not credit these payments specifically toward paying
back the capital costs of the San Luis Drain. Rather, as mentioned
above, Reclamation applies the payments to the portion of the total CVP
costs that each irrigation water district is responsible for.
Agency Comments:
We obtained comments from Reclamation on our draft briefing slides and
on the additional information provided in this report. Reclamation
officials concurred with our findings and provided us with technical
comments, which we have incorporated as appropriate.
Scope and Methodology:
To determine the CVP capital construction costs and the amount
allocated to and reimbursed by irrigation water districts in the San
Luis Unit, we analyzed Reclamation's CVP financial statements and cost
allocation tables. We relied on the independent audit report issued by
the public accounting firm KPMG for Reclamation's fiscal year 2006
financial statements for assurance of data reliability. We interviewed
and collected documentation from management and financial staff in
Reclamation's Mid-Pacific region and Fresno area offices, and we
visited the San Luis Unit facilities. To obtain stakeholder views on
Reclamation's cost and allocation information, we interviewed and, when
applicable, collected documentation from entities such as the
California Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control
Board, Westlands Water District, and the Natural Resources Defense
Council. The dollar amounts provided are the actual costs of
construction, unadjusted for inflation. We conducted our audit work
from June through October 2007, in accordance with generally accepted
government auditing standards.
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Signed by:
Anu K. Mittal:
Director, Natural Resources and Environment:
Enclosure:
[End of correspondence]
Enclosure:
California‘s Central Valley Project:
Reimbursement of Capital Construction Costs for the San Luis Unit:
November 7, 2007:
Background:
The Central Valley Project (CVP) in California is a network of dams,
canals, pumps, and other facilities providing water for agriculture and
other uses.
The CVP includes the San Luis Unit, a primarily agricultural area
approximately 700,000 acres in size south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin
Delta (see attachment 1 for map).
Authorized by Congress in 1960, the San Luis Unit was constructed by
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the state of California to
include water storage, conveyance, and pumping facilities, as well as
the San Luis Drain, which was designed to return used irrigation water
to the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta.
Drainage of used irrigation water is needed for about 400,000 acres in
the San Luis Unit because a layer of clay prevents natural drainage,
trapping salt and water in the root zone of crops and making these
lands less productive.
Begun in 1968, construction of the San Luis Drain was halted in the mid-
1970s before completion, in part because of environmental concerns,
including harmful effects on wildlife, caused by the drainage water.
In 2000, a federal court held that Reclamation was not necessarily
required to construct a drain”i.e., to complete the San Luis Drain”but
was obligated to provide a solution for draining the irrigated lands in
the San Luis Unit.
Four irrigation water districts in the San Luis Unit currently receive
water from the CVP. Westlands is the largest, covering over three-
quarters of the land in the San Luis Unit. The three smaller districts
are Pacheco, Panoche, and San Luis.
Each irrigation water district contracts with Reclamation to deliver
CVP water to the district‘s farmers at a district-specific cost per
acre-foot. Contracts are generally for a 25-year term. Farmers who
receive CVP water pay their water district.
In addition to irrigation water districts, CVP water is also used by
others such as municipal and industrial entities, commercial power
generators, and the state of California.
Reclamation is considering two options to provide drainage for the San
Luis Unit:
* an option to be implemented by Reclamation, which includes land
retirement, evaporation ponds, and other methods; and;
* an option that would transfer drainage responsibility to the four San
Luis Unit irrigation water districts, which would provide drainage in
exchange for Reclamation‘s:
- forgiving the irrigation water districts‘ obligations to repay their
portion of total CVP capital construction costs;
- transferring title to certain facilities in the San Luis Unit to the
irrigation water districts, and;
- approving 60-year water supply contracts.
Objectives:
1. How much has the federal government spent to construct the CVP,
including the San Luis Unit irrigation and drainage facilities, and
what amount is reimbursable by water users?
2. How much of the reimbursable CVP construction cost has been
allocated to San Luis Unit irrigation water districts, and how much
have they repaid?
Scope and Methodology:
To determine the CVP capital construction costs and the amount
allocated to and reimbursed by irrigation water districts in the San
Luis Unit, we analyzed Reclamation‘s CVP financial statements and cost
allocation tables.
We visited the San Luis Unit, met with Reclamation‘s Mid-Pacific region
and Fresno area office management and financial staff, and we
interviewed state and local stakeholders.
We relied on the independent audit report issued by the public
accounting firm KPMG for Reclamation‘s fiscal year 2006 financial
statements for assurance of data reliability.
The dollar amounts provided are the actual costs of construction,
unadjusted for inflation.
Objective 1: CVP Capital Construction Costs and Reimbursable Amounts:
The total capital cost to construct the CVP as of September 30, 2006,
is about $3.4 billion.
Reclamation calculates how much of the capital construction cost is
reimbursable under law. The costs assigned to the purposes of flood
control, navigation, and water quality, and the majority of those
assigned to fish and wildlife needs and recreation are not considered
reimbursable.
Reclamation then divides the total reimbursable construction costs
among the various purposes of the CVP, such as supplying water to
agriculture and cities and generating power.
Overall, Reclamation has determined that about $2.9 billion, or 84
percent of the $3.4 billion total CVP capital construction cost, is
reimbursable.
The reimbursable amount is distributed to various water users, such as
irrigation water districts, which benefit from one or more of the
purposes of the project. For example, irrigation water districts
benefit primarily from water supply and power generation.
Reclamation has determined that, according to the various benefits they
receive from CVP, irrigation water districts are responsible for
repaying about $1.6 billion, or 55 percent, of the reimbursable
construction costs. Reimbursement of the remaining $1.3 billion is
provided by others, such as municipal and industrial water users.
Objective 1: San Luis Unit Capital Construction Costs:
The total capital cost of constructing the San Luis Unit portion of the
CVP, including land, land rights, and buildings, is $778 million, of
which $722.5 million is for the unit‘s 28 storage, conveyance, and
pumping facilities, and $55.5 million is for the San Luis Drain.
Attachment 2 lists the San Luis Unit facilities and their individual
costs.
Objective 2: San Luis Unit Construction Costs Are Pooled With CVP
Construction Costs:
CVP water users are not specifically responsible for reimbursing the
costs of constructing the facilities in their unit. Instead, water
users are responsible for reimbursing a portion of the overall CVP
costs through the water rates they pay.
Therefore, most of the San Luis Unit construction costs”with certain
exceptions”are pooled for reimbursement with the costs of constructing
the rest of the CVP.
Certain construction costs are not pooled, such as the cost of the San
Luis Drain, which is reimbursed solely by the Panoche, San Luis, and
Westlands irrigation water districts; the costs of certain pumps are
also paid solely by the districts they benefit.
Objective 2: CVP Capital Construction Costs Allocated to San Luis Unit
Irrigators:
Of the $1.6 billion CVP-wide construction costs reimbursable by all CVP
irrigation water districts, as of September 30, 2005, $523 million had
been allocated to five San Luis Unit irrigation water districts:
Broadview, Pacheco, Panoche, San Luis, and Westlands.
As of September 30, 2005, the San Luis Unit irrigation water districts
had paid about $74 million for their portion of CVP-wide capital
construction costs, leaving about $449 million to be repaid by 2030.
In addition, Westlands is solely responsible for repaying the cost of
the district‘s water distribution system”$179 million of the $1.6
billion CVP-wide costs. As of September 30, 2006, Westlands had paid
$131 million, leaving $48 million to be repaid.
Objective 2: Allocated Costs Repaid and Remaining for San Luis Unit
Water Districts:
Water districts: Broadview[A];
Total CVP cost allocated: $6,320,674;
Amount repaid: $1,383,979;
Remaining reimbursement: $4,936,695.
Water districts: Pacheco;
Total CVP cost allocated: $2,705,562;
Amount repaid: $1,298,282;
Remaining reimbursement: $1,407,280.
Water districts: Panoche;
Total CVP cost allocated: $27,876,409;
Amount repaid: $4,065,084;
Remaining reimbursement: $23,811,325.
Water districts: San Luis;
Total CVP cost allocated: $48,792,775;
Amount repaid: $2,212,196;
Remaining reimbursement: $46,580,579.
Water districts: Westlands;
Total CVP cost allocated: $437,589,835;
Amount repaid: $65,512,869;
Remaining reimbursement: $372,076,966.
Water districts: Total;
Total CVP cost allocated: $523, 285,255;
Amount repaid: $74,472,410;
Remaining reimbursement: $448,812,845.
Source: GAO analysis of Reclamation information.
Note: Data in the table are as of September 30, 2005, which is the most
current available data from Reclamation.
[A] Effective March 1, 2007, Broadview was annexed by Westlands and has
assigned all of its CVP water to Westlands.
[End of table]
Drainage Option Costs:
Drainage option to be implemented by Reclamation:
* According to Reclamation‘s preliminary estimate, the cost of
providing drainage would total approximately $2.7 billion.
Drainage option to be implemented by the San Luis Unit water
districts”costs to the federal government may include:
* forgiveness of the irrigation water districts‘ responsibilities to
repay their share of CVP capital construction costs: about $449
million;
* forgiveness of certain loan, interest, and operations and maintenance
obligations: $48 million for Westlands‘ distribution system, and other
costs unknown; and;
* transferring title to certain facilities: value unknown.
Attachment 1: Map of the San Luis Unit and Drainage-Impaired Lands:
[See PDF for image]
This figure is a map of the San Luis Unit and drainage-impaired lands.
Included is an inset map of the central California coastal region. The
map of the San Luis Unit and drainage-impaired lands includes the
following legend of depicted areas:
Wetlands Drainage-Impaired Lands;
Northerly Area Drainage-Impaired Lands;
Non-Impacted Lands;
San Luis Unit Boundary;
Grassland Drainage Area;
Existing San Luis Drain.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation.
[End of attachment]
Attachment 2: San Luis Unit Facility Plant, Land, and Building Costs as
of September 30, 2006:
Plant: Westlands Water District Distribution System;
Cost: $174,913,748.
Plant: San Luis Canal;
Cost: $174,240,391.
Plant: San Luis (Sisk) Dam and Reservoir;
Cost: $92,625,645
Plant: W.R. Gianelli Pump-Generating Plant;
Cost: $69,192,444.
Plant: San Luis Drain;
Cost: $55,522,650.
Plant: San Luis Relift Pumping Plant (Westlands Water District);
Cost: $36,813,152.
Plant: Dos Amigos Pumping Plant;
Cost: $28,401,287.
Plant: San Luis Canal Turnout;
Cost: $18,237,587.
Plant: O'Neill Dam, Forebay and Wasteway;
Cost: $17,229,108.
Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant;
Cost: $11,045,732.
Plant: Pleasant Valley Pumping Plant;
Cost: $9,605,828.
Plant: Permanent Operating Facilities;
Cost: $8,693,160.
Plant: Coalinga Canal;
Cost: $7,887,618.
Plant: Los Banos Creek Detention Dam and Reservoir;
Cost: $4,704,733.
Plant: O'Neill Forebay and Wasteway”Recreation;
Cost: $3,621,984.
Plant: San Luis Reservoir”Recreation;
Cost: $3,469,879.
Plant: Little Panoche Creek Detention Dam and Reservoir;
Cost: $3,279,302.
Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant Intake Channel;
Cost: $1,457,253.
Plant: San Luis Relift Pumping Plant (Pleasant Valley Water District);
Cost: $1,362,467.
Plant: Lemoore Naval Air Station”Municipal and Industrial;
Cost: $1,139,037.
Plant: San Luis Switchyard;
Cost: $1,056,316.
Plant: Dos Amigos Switchyard;
Cost: $594,700.
Plant: Los Banos Substation”70kv Breaker;
Cost: $447,408.
Plant: Permanent Operating Facilities”San Luis;
Cost: $230,708.
Plant: O'Neill Pumping Plant Switchyard;
Cost: $212,474.
Plant: City of Huron Distribution System”Municipal and Industrial;
Cost: $77,560.
Plant: Fish and Wildlife Facility;
Cost: $48,900.
Plant: Los Banos Reservoir”Recreation;
Cost: $17,074.
Plant: San Luis Canal”Recreation;
Cost: $561.
Total facility plant cost: $726,128,705.
Land and rights:
Cost: $51,567,636.
Buildings:
Costs: $337,365.
Total costs: $778,033,707.
Source: GAO analysis of Bureau of Reclamation data.
Notes: Construction in progress on the San Luis Canal and the O'Neill
Pumping Plant totals $1,052,745. The dollar amounts provided are the
actual costs of construction, unadjusted for inflation. Totals may not
add due to rounding. The facility plant costs presented do not include
the associated land and land rights costs. Therefore, the total cost of
Westlands' distribution system to be repaid by the district is $179
million; $175 million for plant, and $4 million for land and land
rights.
[End of attachment]
[End of enclosure]
Footnotes:
[1] San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evaluation: Final Environmental Impact
Statement, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, May
2006, and San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evaluation: Record of Decision,
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, March 2007. The
record of decision identifies the alternative plans considered by
Reclamation, the plan selected for implementation, and the basis for
the selection.
[2] Negotiations are ongoing, and this proposal may not represent the
water districts' final position.
[3] Data as of September 30, 2005, is the most current available from
Reclamation. Effective March 1, 2007, Broadview was annexed by
Westlands and has assigned all of its CVP water to Westlands.
[End of section]
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