REP. CALVERT URGES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO HELP CALIFORNIA ACHIEVE CO-EQUAL GOALS FOR THE DELTA
March 30, 2009
Press Release
Today Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA), along with 14 other California Members of Congress, sent a bipartisan letter to Ms. Nancy Sutley, the new Chairwoman for the White House Council on Environmental Quality encouraging her to "take an active role in helping California achieve the co-equal goals for the Delta."
"I welcome the opportunity to work with Ms. Sutley and the Obama Administration to ensure the Delta can continue to be a reliable source of drinking water for the millions of Californians that depend on it," said Rep. Calvert, former Chairman of the House Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.
California continues to experience one of the worst droughts in its history. According to recent news articles:
"State officials issued dire warnings Thursday to conserve water following another survey of the Sierra snowpack that indicates California is headed for a third dry year. ‘We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history,' said Lester Snow, director of the state Department of Water Resources" (Source: The Press Enterprise 1/30/09).
"Eastern Municipal Water District, one of the Inland region's largest water agencies, next week could approve mandatory water-use restrictions limiting when customers water their lawns and how they wash their cars. The mandatory limits would be the agency's first. Western Municipal Water District could follow suit. The two districts cover most of western Riverside County" (Source: The Press Enterprise 1/29/09).
Full text of the letter is attached.
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"I welcome the opportunity to work with Ms. Sutley and the Obama Administration to ensure the Delta can continue to be a reliable source of drinking water for the millions of Californians that depend on it," said Rep. Calvert, former Chairman of the House Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power.
California continues to experience one of the worst droughts in its history. According to recent news articles:
"State officials issued dire warnings Thursday to conserve water following another survey of the Sierra snowpack that indicates California is headed for a third dry year. ‘We may be at the start of the worst California drought in modern history,' said Lester Snow, director of the state Department of Water Resources" (Source: The Press Enterprise 1/30/09).
"Eastern Municipal Water District, one of the Inland region's largest water agencies, next week could approve mandatory water-use restrictions limiting when customers water their lawns and how they wash their cars. The mandatory limits would be the agency's first. Western Municipal Water District could follow suit. The two districts cover most of western Riverside County" (Source: The Press Enterprise 1/29/09).
Full text of the letter is attached.
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