Title
Salt River Valley Water Users' Association
Description
For $600,000.00 in additional payment authority for Contract 59580 for the Water Transportation Agreement to transfer water from the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association (Association) to the City and for Salt and Verde Rivers water delivery pursuant to water rights held by the City for Fiscal Year 2019-2020 for the Water Services Department (WSD). WSD treats and delivers water for lands within the Salt River Reservoir District which have rights to water stored and developed by the Association. Phoenix also has an agreement with the City of Avondale to store Colorado River water for future use by the City. The water is transferred through the Central Arizona Project Salt River Project Interconnection Facility to systems operated by the Association. The transportation of this water by the Association incurs a Canal Transportation Fee of $37.50 per Acre-foot (AF) and a Lateral Transportation Fee of $10 per AF. The fees are billed by the Association under Contract 59580. The fees were included in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Capital Improvement Budget but were not included in the original continuing payment ordinance. The fees will be included in the payment ordinance request for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.