WHEREAS:

1. The Del Puerto Water District (District) has requested an SRF loan of $4 million for the Irrigation System Improvement Project (Project).

2. The Project will (a) reduce the sediment problem in the West Stanislaus Hydrologic Unit Area, (b) conserve water, and (c) minimize potential impacts to the drainage problem in lower lands.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board approves an SRF loan of $4 million to the District for the Project. This approval is contingent upon the District complying with the California Environmental Quality Act.

The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water Resources Control Board held on October 23, 1997.
/s/

Maureen Marché

Administrative Assistant to the Board