In a move to strengthen Southern California’s long-term water reliability, Metropolitan Water District’s Board of Directors this week approved a new framework that will allow local water agencies across the region to sell and purchase locally produced supplies among one another. Through the Local Supply Exchange Framework approved by the board on Tuesday (Aug. 19), Metropolitan will help facilitate an exchange of local supplies between its member agencies – providing potential new water sources for some communities, and an opportunity for other communities to financially benefit from investments in supplies and demand management programs they have already made.