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 118 STAT. 1693 PUBLIC LAW 108–361—OCT. 25, 2004 (C) developing recommendations through scientific panels and advisory council processes to meet the Calfed Bay Delta Program goal of continuous improvement in Delta water quality for all uses; (D) investing in treatment technology demonstration projects; (E) controlling runoff into the California aqueduct, the Delta Mendota Canal, and other similar conveyances; (F) addressing water quality problems at the North Bay Aqueduct; (G) supporting and participating in the development of projects to enable San Francisco Bay Area water dis tricts, and water entities in San Joaquin and Sacramento Counties, to work cooperatively to address their water quality and supply reliability issues, including— (i) connections between aqueducts, water transfers, water conservation measures, institutional arrange ments, and infrastructure improvements that encour age regional approaches; and (ii) investigations and studies of available capacity in a project to deliver water to the East Bay Municipal Utility District under its contract with the Bureau of Reclamation, dated July 20, 2001, in order to deter mine if such capacity can be utilized to meet the objec tives of this subparagraph; (H) development of water quality exchanges and other programs to make high quality water available for urban and other users; (I) development and implementation of a plan to meet all Delta water quality standards for which the Federal and State water projects have responsibility; (J) development of recommendations through science panels and advisory council processes to meet the Calfed Bay Delta Program goal of continuous improvement in water quality for all uses; and (K) projects that are consistent with the framework of the water quality component of the Calfed Bay Delta Program. (9) SCIENCE.—Activities under this paragraph consist of— (A) supporting establishment and maintenance of an independent science board, technical panels, and standing boards to provide oversight and peer review of the Program; (B) conducting expert evaluations and scientific assess ments of all Program elements; (C) coordinating existing monitoring and scientific research programs; (D) developing and implementing adaptive manage ment experiments to test, refine, and improve scientific understandings; (E) establishing performance measures, and monitoring and evaluating the performance of all Program elements; and (F) preparing an annual science report. (10) DIVERSIFICATION OF WATER SUPPLIES.—Activities under this paragraph consist of actions to diversify sources of level 2 refuge supplies and modes of delivery to refuges while maintaining the diversity of level 4 supplies pursuant to section Reports.

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