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<br />I) D2 G ? 1 <br />. ..., ,- <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />CALIFORNIA <br /> <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />March 1997 Vol.1 NO,4 <br />. <br /> <br />Contents Highlights <br /> <br />Salton Sea Water <br />Management . <br /> <br />The January 1997 II <br />Floods . <br /> <br />Environmental <br />Restoration Funding II <br /> <br />Cawelo Water District <br />-TexacoOil Co. Water .. <br />Conservation Project ~ <br /> <br />Cali}Jmia Water Plan News is a <br />publication of the Department of Water <br />,Resources' statewide planning program. <br />Que ofJhe program's major activities is <br />updating the California Water Plan <br />(Bulletin 1601 every five years. As part of <br />this work, bWR staff collect and analyze <br />datp.on land and water use, and forecast <br />future conditions affec4ng statewide <br />water, supplies arid demands. This <br />newsletter describes data and <br />forecasting techniques assocJatl!d with . <br />statewide water supply planning. It also <br />provides an overview of condJUons or <br />developments Influencing planning at <br />the state 'level. We welcome your <br />questions and comments on material <br />presented here. <br /> <br />California WaterYOlan News <br />Division oj Planning <br />P.O. Bw:: 942836 <br />Sacramento, CA <br />94236-0001 <br />http://rubiCOn. water.ca.gov <br /> <br />Jeo.nine Jones. ChieJ <br />Statewide Planning Branch <br />. Division oj Plo.nntng <br /> <br />Naru:y UUrey, Editor <br />(916) 653-8138 <br /> <br />p <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />w <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />'- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Preparing Bulletin 160-98 <br /> <br />We cover an array of topics in this issue of our newsletter, <br />reflecting the variety of information used to prepare the <br />,California Water Plan Update (Bulletin 160-98). Preliminary <br />hydrologic data about the January 1997 flood event are rep- <br />resented by charts and tables showing reservoir operations. <br />Agricultural water use information is'Contalned in the article <br />on a land use survey of Fresno County. Environmental man- <br />agement options are illustrated by a table offunding <br />sources for restoration-programs. A potential urban water <br />supply option for State Water Project contractors is de- <br />scribed in'the article'on conjunctive use in the Sacramento <br />Valley. <br /> <br />We are compiling information about these and other top- <br />ics as we begin producing the next bulle1:i11. Our schedule <br />calls for a public review draft to be' released by January <br />1998. fbllowed by public hearings in the spring. and release <br />of the fmal bulletin late in 1998. We are working with our <br />Advisory Committee as we prepare parts ofothe report's text <br />and begin assembling the' pieces into a whole. ~n contrast to' <br />the process envisioned by Nobel prize-winning author Jorge <br />Luis Borges, who noted that ''Time forks perpetually toward <br />innumerable futures. . .", we have before us the process of <br />distilling many trends into a unified picture of the future in <br />year 2020. II I <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />Jeanine Jones. ChieJ <br />Statewide Planning Branch <br />Division oj Planning <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />