Opinion ID: 207966
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Contract Performance1993-2004

Text: The first year the Districts requested water under the contracts was 1993, the fifth year after the initial delivery date announced by Reclamation, and the year immediately following enactment of the CVPIA. The following chart from the trial court's opinion, referred to by the trial court as the Build-Up Schedule, [16] shows the annual minimum quantities of water in acre-feet that Reclamation was obligated under the contracts to make available to Stockton East and Central from 1993 through 2004, the last year at issue in this case: Annual Minimum Obligations ------------------------------------------- Year Stockton East Central ------------------------------------------- 1993 500 0 ------------------------------------------- 1994 23,350 28,000 ------------------------------------------- 1995 23,450 28,000 ------------------------------------------- 1996 23,550 28,000 ------------------------------------------- 1997 46,400 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 1998 46,500 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 1999 66,700 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 2000 67,400 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 2001 68,100 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 2002 68,800 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 2003 69,500 56,000 ------------------------------------------- 2004 70,200 56,000 ------------------------------------------- Under Article 4 of the contracts, the Districts were required to submit annual schedules indicating their monthly water requirements. Initially the Districts submitted such schedules, but it soon became apparent that Reclamation did not intend to provide the requested water, so according to the Districts they eventually stopped submitting schedules, or else requested less water than they actually desired. The trial court found that failure by the Districts to submit schedules did not excuse any breach of contract by Reclamation; [17] that finding is not disputed. Following is a synopsis of the Districts' requests for water and the amount of water delivered by Reclamation under the 1983 contracts during the years 1993-2004. As will be seen, for most of the years at issue the water received by the Districts fell far short of the amounts requested and the minimum amounts required by Article 3 of the contracts.