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accession: "0001213900-25-072849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDZI"
cik: "0000727273"
company_name: "CADIZ INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T18:38:05.521258+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadiz signs MOU with EPCOR to jointly develop Mojave Groundwater Bank; 25,000 AFY for Arizona

## Summary
- Cadiz grants EPCOR exclusive rights to market 25,000 acre-feet/year of conserved water to Arizona off-takers.
- EPCOR to design, build, and finance a portion of the Southern Pipeline to convey water to the Colorado River Aqueduct.
- Parties intend to negotiate a long-term Operation and Maintenance Agreement for EPCOR to run the Mojave Groundwater Bank.
- Exclusivity and confidentiality provisions are binding; project development terms are non-binding.
- MOU paves way for binding agreements; regulatory approvals and funding still required.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-072849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDZI
- cik: 0000727273
- company_name: CADIZ INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000121390025072849/0001213900-25-072849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000121390025072849/ea0252193-8k_cadizinc.htm

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