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<br />Calif., Nev. ask Ariz. for banked supplies <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br />E&E PUBLISHING E&E DAilY GREENWIRE LAND LETTER <br /> <br />Calif., Nev. ask Ariz. for banked supplies <br /> <br />WATER <br />Greenwire <br />03/10/2003 <br /> <br />Arizona is grappling to fulfill requests from California and Nevada to withdraw up to 29 billion <br />gallons of water from the state's water bank. <br /> <br />To make up for water lost when the Interior Department cut California and Nevada's take of the <br />Colorado River in January, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the <br />Southern Nevada Water Authority have asked Arizona in recent weeks to withdraw water they <br />had paid Arizona to store. Nevada wants about 10,000 acre-feet (about 3.3 billion gallons) from <br />the 50,000 acre-feet it deposited and California wants all the water it deposited -- about 26 billion <br />gallons. <br /> <br />But Arizona officials are questioning whether the state can accommodate the requests. "We told <br />Nevada it's highly unlikely we could accomplish the water they asked for," said Larry Dozier, <br />deputy general manager of the Central Arizona Project. "We told California it's highly unlikely we <br />could accomplish the full amount they want, but maybe some of it" (Shaun McKinnon, Arizona <br />Republic, March 10). -- LM <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY DAILY. GREENWIRE . LAND LETTER. E&E PUBLISHING, LLC <br /> <br />,.!E 1'[ BLISIII\I;, LLC <br /> <br />122 C. St. NW, Ste. 722 Washington, D.C. 20001 <br />E-mail: pubs@eenews.net . Phone: 202-628-6500 <br />All contents @ 2003 E&E Publishing, LLC. <br /> <br />http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/searcharchive/test_search-display.cgi?q=Colorado+ Riv... 3/13/2003 <br />