I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1190
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility study to 
design and construct a four reservoir intertie system for the purposes 
of improving the water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, 
and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland 
Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and coopera-
tion with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2005
Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 
study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie 
system for the purposes of improving the water storage 
opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield 
of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Res-
ervoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘San Diego Water Stor-
age and Efficiency Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. APPRAISAL INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 
consultation and cooperation with the City of San Diego 
and the Sweetwater Authority, public water agency, shall 
undertake, an appraisal investigation to identify and study 
opportunities for construction of a four reservoir intertie 
system to improve water storage opportunities, water sup-
ply reliability, and water yield of the existing non-Federal 
water storage system. The appraisal report shall include 
a determination of whether or not to recommend the initi-
ation of a feasibility study for the proposed intertie sys-
tem. 
(b) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 
cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au-
thorities during the performance of the appraisal inves-
tigation conducted pursuant to this section. 
(c) COSTS.—The Federal obligations for costs of the 
appraisal investigation conducted pursuant to this section 
shall conform with Reclamation policy (Reclamation Man-
ual number CMP–05–01).
SEC. 3. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 
COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweet-
water Authority, is authorized to undertake a study to de-
termine the feasibility of the reservoir and intertie system 
recommended for such study pursuant to section 2. The 
feasibility report shall document the Secretary’s engineer-
ing, environmental, and economic investigation of the pro-
posed reservoir and intertie project under section 2, taking 
into consideration the range of potential solutions and the 
circumstances and needs of the area to be served by the 
proposed reservoir and intertie project, the potential bene-
fits to the people of that service area, and improved oper-
ations of the proposed reservoir and intertie system. The 
Secretary shall indicate in the feasibility report required 
under subsection (c) whether the proposed reservoir and 
intertie project is recommended for implementation. 
(b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 
as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 
of such in-kind services by the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority that the Secretary determines will 
contribute toward the conduct and completion of the 
study.