“This marks the culmination of more than eight years of hard work to secure a substantial and highly reliable water supply for San Diego County,” said Maureen Stapleton, Water Authority general manager. “This first transfer of water from Imperial Valley begins a new era of greater water reliability for those who live and work here.”
In a letter to the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation confirmed that 10,000 acre-feet of water had been delivered to Lake Havasu and gave approval for the water to be moved to San Diego. The MWD ex-changed the water during December as agreed to in its water exchange agreement with the Water Authority.