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E5 . �3 9 ATTACffiK M 2 INTERIM WATER SHORTAGE ALLOCATION PLAN This Interim Water Shortage Allocation Plan ( "Plan ") describes the method for allocating water between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ( "SFPUC ") and the Suburban Purchasers collectively during shortages caused by drought. The Plan implements a method for allocating water among the individual Suburban Purchasers which has been adopted by the Suburban Purchasers. The Plan includes provisions for transfers, banking, and excess use charges. The Plan applies only when the SFPUC determines that a system -wide water shortage due to drought exists, and all references to "shortages" and "water shortages" are to be so understood. This Plan is adopted pursuant to Section 7.03(a) of the 1984 Settlement Agreement and Master Water Sales Contract ( "Master Contract'). SECTION 1. SHORTAGE CONDITIONS 1.1. Proiected Available SFPUC Water SUDDIV. The SFPUC shall make an annual determination as to whether or not a shortage condition exists. The determination of projected available water supply shall consider, among other things, stored water, projected runoff, water acquired by the SFPUC from non -SFPUC sources, inactive storage, reservoir losses, allowance for carryover storage, and water bank balances, if any, described in Section 3. 1.2 Proiected SFPUC Purchases. The SFPUC will utilize purchase data, including volumes of water purchased by the Suburban Purchasers and by Direct City Water Users (as those terms are used in the Master Contract) in the year immediately prior to the drought, along with other available relevant information, as a basis for determining projected system -wide water purchases from the SFPUC for the upcoming year. 1.3. ShortaLye Conditions. The SFPUC will compare the available water supply (Section 1.1) with projected system -wide water purchases (Section 1.2). A shortage condition exists if the SFPUC determines that the projected available water supply is less than projected system -wide water purchases in the upcoming Supply Year (defined as the period from July 1 through June 30). When a shortage condition exists, SFPUC will determine whether voluntary or mandatory actions will be required to reduce purchases of SFPUC water to required levels. 1.3.1 Voluntary Response. If the SFPUC determines that voluntary actions will be sufficient to accomplish the necessary reduction in water use throughout its service area, the SFPUC and the Suburban Purchasers will make good faith efforts to reduce their water purchases to stay within their annual shortage allocations and associated monthly water use budgets. The SFPUC will not impose excess use charges during periods of voluntary rationing, but may suspend the prospective accumulation of water bank credits, or impose a ceiling on further accumulation of bank credits, consistent with Section 3.2.1 of this Plan. 1.3.2 Mandatory Response. If the SFPUC determines that mandatory actions will be required to accomplish the necessary reduction in water use in the SFPUC service area, the SFPUC may implement excess use charges as set forth in Section 4 of this Plan. 1. low