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The San Diego County Water Authority has finalized two long-term water supply agreements with neighboring water districts, securing a potential revenue stream of $660 million and, it says, establishing a new model for regional water cooperation in Southern California.

The SDCWA, a wholesale water provider with no direct retail customers, sells water to 22 member agencies, including cities, special districts and the 125,000-acre Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base, primarily located in northern San Diego County.

With the Colorado River in crisis, Arizona and Nevada are turning to an unconventional lifeline: the ocean water off California’s golden beaches.

Both desert states are pursuing a deal with the San Diego County Water Authority to tap millions of gallons of fresh water produced by a Carlsbad ocean-desalination plant—the largest in North America—to help offset their reliance on the collapsing Colorado River.

Less than a month after cutting a deal with a Riverside County water district, the San Diego County Water Authority’s board on will Thursday consider another agreement with a different water agency from the county to the north.

The board will consider supplying an annual quantity of 10,000 acre- feet to the Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California for 21 years at a rate in year one of around $1,350 per acre-foot. Additionally, if approved, Eastern will pre-purchase an additional 30,000 acre-feet for $19 million. All told, in the first five years of the agreement, the water authority would generate $74 million in new revenue.

Less than a month after cutting a deal with a Riverside County water district, the San Diego County Water Authority’s board Thursday approved another agreement with a different water agency from the county to the north.

The water authority will supply an annual quantity of 10,000 acre-feet to the Eastern Municipal Water District of Southern California for 21 years at a rate in Year 1 of around $1,350 per acre-foot. Additionally, Eastern will pre-purchase an additional 30,000 acre-feet for $19 million. All told, in the first five years of the agreement, the water authority would generate $74 million in new revenue.

San Diego County’s long stretch of unseasonably warm, dry weather will last until Friday, when a modest storm is expected to begin dropping about a quarter-inch of precipitation in many areas, possibly triggering lightning on Saturday, the National Weather Service says.

The daytime high at San Diego International Airport is forecast to reach 73 on Tuesday, 75 on Wednesday, 73 on Thursday, 72 on Friday and 68 on Saturday. The seasonal average is 68.