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<br />Horne mid ACWA members in May.
<br />"But now we're being asked to shoot
<br />ourselves in the hip. We need solutions
<br />now or failure is a distinct possibility,"
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<br />Threatened Cut Spurs
<br />Legislative Interest
<br />With federal officials thre2tcning to
<br />withhold surplus water from Califor.
<br />oia if the QSA is not executed by year's
<br />end, state lawmakers cntC'red the fray
<br />with their own deadlines wd ultima.
<br />tums.
<br />Hernberg con~ned a series of
<br />negotiating sessions in recent weeks
<br />aimed at resolving uansfer issues. He
<br />set a deadline ofOctobcr 15 for parties
<br />(0 come [0 agreement. or risk the
<br />direct intervention of thc: Legislature
<br />to ensure California's continued acc~
<br />to a reliable water supply.
<br />Lawmakers and water officials fear
<br />an immed.i.ue cutback on the Colo-
<br />rado would stnd urban Southern
<br />California water suppliers scrambling
<br />for replacement water, m0.511ikdy
<br />from Nonhern California. Such a
<br />move! would funher main the alre:ldy
<br />suesscd B.1y-Ddta system.
<br />Governor Davis Ian month signed
<br />twO bills rela[e!d to the Salton Sea and
<br />the proposed tr:msfer. The! first, 5B
<br />482 by Senator 5he!i1a Kuehl. D-5ant:l
<br />Monica, provides $50 million ro hdp
<br />mitigate impacts of the! transfer on the
<br />Sahon Sea. The monC!)' would come
<br />from Proposition 50, the $3.4 billion
<br />bond measure! that will go before
<br />VOte!r5 in November.
<br />5B 482 also conditionally waives
<br />the! requiremenrs of the su[e!'s Fully
<br />Protected Species Act to allow the
<br />transfer to occur. Proponents said the
<br />act's rigid provisions were an impedi-
<br />ment to conservation and transfer
<br />programs vital [Q the 4.4 plan.
<br />The othe!r measure signed into Law
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<br />US Filter Proposes Novel Approach to.Sal~on Sea
<br />t: Wi'ili'ihe deadli~e'IOomtng,to h:mmer Dui a pr~~scd ~e~ tt~sfer ~!,I
<br />"lm~i':'rlrri,gatlon_gist~c1(~ID) andSan 9.~~Y;S'-Fi~er_Corr. haS"'pit~~'ed OJ,
<br />$I~ to addrF t.h~ ~Mr~,.~~!~p ~et~~i,d Pfodu~ uP. to ?9.0!OO~t'~fe~,t r,cl "
<br />.r;ear o~ ~!w frel>h water,' Joc CO~5~P!ual pla~, ca11~fo~nstruCtln~ a. .shaU~:,.; r1
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<br />..,at~r dike,tO cr.eat~ anBO-2l,le f1n~~..:~/.:fo....und me pc;-'mete:r,p.~h~aJto",
<br />tf'L:The ~iver would f1~v_ ~uth t~ norf;_ and pr?~. "4~ratd~ s~~t'~tc).,P
<br />or treatment at ~.~eSab~t1on pbm thar,,"ou'4 be ~U11t a[th~~onJi cne of die J;
<br />-.' '~e pbne \\J.J111~sc,~~~os-~os.i~echriology [~~I9(ju~~ [~?P?!9:~? ,..~
<br />c5;fs.n.~r year;_soni~~o.r ~ of,,;;:,hl~h could then.?~Z'~ tn[Q..th~ Col~~d~.
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<br />e....apor.ltIon and bC'Ccif!l~ a hyrCt.1:t~ lake tha~ wo~ld su~~rt-littp;.1tn~p ,~J
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<br />gJd A~A .Nf,u"i ~uP~P'!~~ ~~c pl~. ~q~~~r ~iiS"b~ ~e. ;~~D}._
<br />p~n~~~,a5 bfl:~ 5?,:q~1,.~!~~'an~ f~;~;!. .1g~ncli!~ .~,~plan_ so fa:~ .mdc~l~
<br />~nunue to rea,diQ~t to loc~.~~nc,~~nvu~mmcnpl ~r.o~rt':ld otpe,rs ~n th~ 1
<br />'m2~~ wee~'; .b~.~.~,i9. '~r~is i_s t;he.~i~ co~pr;!:'e~:tv;;...u.~f\M)~uti~rr; J
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<br />c~~uonfd' hp:,~~;~h,!lther,,~pu"d p'3!' ,ho~,IJ ;;*d,~;:;r;..kV ~5c!:~n;j
<br />~'k"'Fom th$;:m~" c~,<i~:1 ia,k:' h,;:d. ._,s,cIimjl.'gtJ,;f>tni:o~ '~eW~
<br />f,an,l}leg? ~r~sfr~_~~L\\-~'C~n[ lc~ t~PI9...f'O~al takc.a,~ncs~tfthat"h.ul. .,
<br />~e u;d'S"nc-zak"iJ l.>S:XiI", i,.rib. ;ni'ff",J;n own;ng~ of 'hc'W:~:''''''''1
<br />~h~t WO~~?,~:~,~:ld~~~.~d.c~th~. P'f~~S,~'_!P.~ ~~~anY1ces :~~,~J~r';i~tclr .
<br />~nl}', v.}~cre 1~: el'_llenl~e 1~.SUltcd~~,es~~~II.~~ buT1d'~~ all(rnp_:,~ln~1-h~ ~.,,:_c~~(
<br />o~mo-,mtech.'!~w!'-h~.J~::,:.:..;_.:. ~~. _,:~__ .', ~ ~';"__
<br />,{~~on.liri!(t~6!:~,.F!lt~fofl-l~i.~h.,lh~a]iF~~~n w~t~ 5oc':i~~d w,i.di"'~c' '.-;
<br />Ian arc lower than,those idcfnified with seawater desalin;!t1on,..dcshi"fC' the fact
<br />hat lhe SaltOli-,,~~- trij~r)s jl~dl,~aJ!ier than thc"P-:cifit:Oc:a.n..;:r~hf!~:eF e.os
<br />~ ~l9ssii,l,I;:~*~the W3t,t~.lt(:iing.'h.<d~3Jj!l.:!,ioo pl~l1t k~m_~he,.,!~I~ .
<br />r~[N riv_e!.'wQuld have it ,~aIr Co,n~;e!.l~f.l(jo'n of2.5 In 3 pans pef 1~lOlls"'an~~-
<br />~~ij;u~~ wit.h tbcS:d~o,:,5ta\ curreflt.s~i.nhy level oftj 'part.~ p;r!lJQ~fS3nd:
<br />~c~Pacift{5k~rr; sa(i~ity' i~'ab(~li~~5' P~'.~l)~! '~h9~~~~' .I.l}~~r_'sall~i,i/n~9Ils
<br />,9is energy is neeJed to:forc.tth~ '-'0t~i .throut;h me_mbi:~n~"'S that rClll,Qve- ~h<: s;!.h.
<br />dwcring the overa1l5;st to' .about $350 per at~e""foO[. <Zurrcllt estirriarcsfor
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