ACWA supports new water proposal

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today applauded Governor Schwarzenegger for proposing a new water bond package to improve the state's water supply and delivery system and address a deepening ecological crisis in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The new proposal will be considered alongside a water package introduced by Senator Don Perata in a special legislative session now under way on water issues...

Sept. 20, 2007

• Stage now set for important negotiations on package to address water crisis

SACRAMENTO, CA, Sept. 18, 2007 -- The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today applauded Governor Schwarzenegger for proposing a new water bond package to improve the state's water supply and delivery system and address a deepening ecological crisis in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The new proposal will be considered alongside a water package introduced by Senator Don Perata in a special legislative session now under way on water issues.

ACWA Executive Director Timothy Quinn issued the following statement:

"We commend the Governor for laying out a far-reaching proposal for a comprehensive water package. With these two proposals now on the table, the stage is set for a historic negotiation that can address urgent environmental problems and lead to improvements in California's water storage and conveyance system with bipartisan support.

"This package will be as important to California in 2050 as Governor Pat Brown's plan for the State Water Project was in 1960."

ACWA is a statewide association of public agencies whose 450 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California.

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