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<br />Fax:3G38563558 <br /> <br />AJg 5 '99 13:23 <br /> <br />P.04 <br /> <br />. . <br />\ - .. <br />Sii;"On San Dicgo' Sa.tc<The ReSio:l. - Water d~ boost tlo",' to S.D. <br /> <br />http:.'_uniontrib.COm!~_siSr&tei99080S-00 10_ SnSwatcf,ntr.:! <br /> <br />l\.1etropolitan. San Diego's main supplier. <br /> <br />But San Diego officials were not yet ready to declare victory. <br /> <br />"There's still work to be done to put this on paper, I' said Dennis <br />Cushman, the authority's spokesman. "We have not had an opponunity to <br />(lea.-n) what it means and how it may affect or facilitate the transfer." <br /> <br />The Colorado River dispute has stalled the San Diego water transfer. The <br />new water supply would serve 3.6 million new residents projected by the <br />year 2015 and protect the county against future droughts_ <br /> <br />Upon final approval. the Imperial district would begin delivering water in <br />increments of 10,000 acre-feet a year, up to a maximum 200,000 <br />acre.feet annually. <br /> <br />As pan of the deal announced yesterday, Imperial agreed to permanently <br />cap its river use at 3_1 million acre.feet. down from the 3.7 million <br />acre-feet consumed last year. The savings would be allocated to <br />!v1etropolitan and the Coachella Valley Water District. <br /> <br />Also included in the accord are provisions to set prices for the water and <br />require conservation measures that should free more water for <br />Metropolitan,accordi.."1g to those familiar with the talks. <br /> <br />f <br />lilt's been a long, hard time to even get to this point," said Owen <br />McCook, assistant general ma."lager of!he Coachella disu-ict: <br /> <br />Once the Metropolitan-Coachella-Imperial agreement is finalized, Babbitt <br />and state officials v:.illlaunch new talks to detenrJne how to put <br />California on a diet ofless Colorado River water. <br /> <br />"Beca~se of this agreement, the goal of bringing California's take of <br />Colorado River water under control is now more clearly in sight," <br />Babbitt said in a prepared statement. <br /> <br />Phillip Pace, chairma.."1 of the Metropolitan board, signaled there will be <br />even more pressure or.. farmers to conserve and sell their water. <br /> <br />"This new era compels California to live within its allocation of Colorado <br />River water and to deal with gro'\Jt1h through voluntary transfers of water <br />gained through conservation from agriculture to urban areas," Pace said. <br /> <br />Taday's News <br /> <br />Sports Marketplace Entertainment Visitor Info <br />o Copyright 1999 Union-Tribune PUDlIsning Co. <br /> <br /> <br />30f3 <br />