WHEREAS:

1. The Lost Hills Water District (LHWD) has requested a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan of $1,875,000 for the Seepage Control Project (Project).

2. The Project will reduce the volume of irrigation water leaching salts, selenium, and boron into the shallow ground water table in western Kern County by 708 acre-feet a year.

3. The Project will also conserve water and reduce the use of weed control chemicals.

4. The LHWD completed a Categorical Exemption to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board approves an SRF loan for $1,875,000 to the LHWD for the Project.

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