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up to 45 million gallons per day and the main source of supply to this plant is Calaveras River water. This water, which is stored in New Hogan Reservoir, is diverted from the Calaveras River at Bellota and transported through a 12-mile-long, 54-inch-diameter pipeline to the plant. After treatment, water is distributed under a water supply contract between the City, Cal Water, and the County in proportion to the total amount of water use that each agency comprises in the Stockton region. The City's current allocation accounts for approximately 42%of the SEWD Treatment Plant output. Cal Water's allocation accounts for 56% and 2% is delivered to County Maintenance Districts through the City of Stockton's distribution system. SEWD is currently allotted an average of 84,000 acre-feet of Calaveras River water per year from New Hogan Reservoir; however, 44% of this amount is an interim supply in accordance with a decision by the State Water Resources Control Board, which recognized the area of origin rights of Calaveras County to this supply. Stockton East Water District has entered into a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)for water from New Melones reservoir on an interim (but long-term) basis. SEWD has a maximum allotment of 75,000 acre-feet per year, and has reserved approximately 40,000 acre- eet per year Of this water for domestic use in the Stockton area. This water would be conveyed from the New Melones Reservoir to the SEWD plant via a conveyance system, referred to as the New Melones Conveyance System, completed in January 1994. The City of Stockton has instituted a surface water supply connection fee to finance the new development portion of the New Melones Conveyance System. Also, in anticipation of the New Melones water, SEWD increased the overall capacity of its water treatment plant to 60 million gallons per day (MGD) in March 1991. * Recent actions taken by the USBR to implement provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act(CVP1A), Bay-Delta Agreement, and Endangered Species Act have raised doubts about the USBR's ability to honor its contractual commitment to deliver the 75,000 acre-feet per year of water to the New Melones Project. As a result of these actions, a long-term projection supplied to SEWD by the USBR indicates that New Melones water would be available to SEWD only in the wettest years when New Hogan supplies are more than sufficient to meet SEWD's needs. In an attempt to recover some of the contracted water from the New Melones Project, SEWD and the City of Stockton have f led suit against the USBR. The outcome of the legal action regarding the New Melones Project is not known at this time. The City of Stockton is also exploring other alternatives to meet anticipated water supply requirements. These alternatives include an application with the State Water Resources Control Board to perfect the City's rights to water in the Delta, the extension of the Folsom South Canal to San Joaquin County, the raising of Farmington Dam, the construction of South Gulch and Duck Creek reservoirs, participation to obtain water from the proposed Auburn Dam and Middle Bar dams, negotiation of an agreement with Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District to obtain _ . a portion of its "firm" contracted CVP supply from USBR, negotiation of an agreement with South San Joaquin and Oakdale Irrigation Districts far the purchase of conserved water, and participation in a joint conjunctive use project involving north San Joaquin County water agencies, the County, and the East Bay Municipal Utility District. None of these alternatives, however, have yet been implemented. 1 F-3