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<br />~ pavis offers new pact on Colorado River water / Feds will weigh restoring cuts made after mi... Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br />Resources <br />~ Search & Archives <br />~ Feedback/Contacts <br />~ Corrections <br />~ Newsletters <br />~ Promotions <br />~ Site Index <br /> <br />Chronicle Services <br />~ Missed Delivery <br />~ Vacation Hold <br />~ Subscribe <br />~ Contact <br /> <br />Advertising <br />~Advertise Online <br />~ Place Print Ad <br />~ Media Kit <br /> <br />serves 6,000 customers, most of them farms; <br />Metropolitan Water District, which serves 17 million <br />people in Southern California; San Diego County <br />Water Authority; and Coach ell a Valley Water <br />District. All have approved the proposal, officials <br />said. <br /> <br />At the heart of the plan is the annual transfer of <br />200,000 acre-feet from the Imperial Valley - by far <br />California's biggest user of Colorado River water -- <br />to SanDiego for 75 years. <br /> <br />That transfer was the centerpiece of the plan that <br />collapsed in December amid concerns that shifting <br />so much water could harm the Salton Sea and <br />leave the Imperial Irrigation District liable. <br /> <br />The plan unveiled Wednesday requires San Diego <br />and Metropolitan Water to place $200 million in an <br />interest-bearing account to finance any <br />environmental mitigations. Local entities would <br />provide another $43 million. <br /> <br />"We got the protections we felt were essential," said <br />Sue Giller, a spokeswoman for the Imperial <br />Irrigation District. <br /> <br />The Legislature must allocate $50 million from Prop. <br />50, a water quality bond measure, for environmental <br />mitigations. Another $200 million would be taken <br />from the bond measure to finance unspecified water <br />management projects by San Diego and <br />Metropolitan Water. <br /> <br />To ease Interior Department concerns that the <br />earl ier proposal made it too easy for the water <br />districts to back out, the latest plan tightens the <br />guidelines on when, and why, the districts can <br />nullify the agreement. . <br /> <br />E-mail Chuck Squatriglia <br />csquatriglia@sfchronic/e.com. <br /> <br />Commercial Lines CSR <br />Acordia Is recr <br /> <br />~ MARKETING <br />Product <br />DevelopmentManager <br /> <br />~ HEALTHCARE <br />EnhanCing lives. One <br />patient at a.. <br /> <br />St. Luke's Hospital <br /> <br />~ HEALTH CARE <br />A Tradition of Excellence <br /> <br />Stanford Hospital <br /> <br />~ HEALTHCARE <br />Rapidly Growing Facility <br /> <br />Fremont S~ Ctr <br /> <br />~ ENERGY <br />Powerful Opportunities <br />~!v1..LJg <br /> <br />~ DENTAL <br />FIT RDA - Ortho Join our <br />team! ORTHO <br /> <br />~ LEGAL <br />PARALEGAL Dept of <br />Justice <br /> <br />!!"~--,_Ic~tee <br /> <br />~ ENGINEERING <br />CRB Consulting <br />Engineers, Inc. is a <br /> <br />~ RESTAURANT <br />Line Cooks Meadowood <br />Resorts <br /> <br />Meadowood Resorts <br /> <br />~INSURANCE <br />FIELD AUTO DAMAGE <br />APPRAISER <br />TRAVELERS INSURANCE <br /> <br />~ GENERAL <br />The German Consulate <br />General, SF, no <br /> <br />~ PUBLIC RELATIONS <br />Pu blic Outreach <br />Coordinator <br /> <br />Juvenile Diabetes <br /> <br />~ ENGINEER <br />PRODUCTION Reqs <br />knowledge of hydr / <br /> <br />http://sfgate.com/cgi -bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03113/MN251597 .DTL <br /> <br />3/13/2003 <br />