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<br />,[::'~iok Inside <br /> <br /> <br />On the Cover <br /> <br />Ow(CWf~"'"""..J.Jr<~_/lyolfflJlBn.ltlDl#,.dlU <br />1lI.."...I.........,....ll-'....;lX"rl1ll'><~pos!r:<<~'......I't' <br />A.'~""~ UIIl<m"'''' C~'" Co&f/'t <If Ar:,.wd er.!." au <br />Wld~t/wI1..<IOI/ItE.wa.f/ll"fl1C,poJlI-.r..Lft!M <br />..n.:lt>por1>Ol'<uwpc.jnm'llt".III><(oik)/f <br /> <br />CREDITS <br /> <br />"""' <br />R&5<I'Ifrud,~""", <br />'.:llID <br />)wIntOllll<.IIl <br />Edllonal^""Wt<f <br />'im<y1.m11l <br />Utrl(rnWT <br />SPECW.ASSISTA.'<<:E <br />B,JloIl!ltt~Con"-ll1""t <br />DtSIGN(QNSL'l;.t..", <br />"","" <br />'"""" <br />W<<'apoIAan'liI'..,Dtl.t......,dSotrt''''''CMIc>=a <br />USIlor...uo/.<<la_ <br />tllllSi'T<A!10N<> <br />IN,""" <br /> <br />m....'.,..,.E.:I'...,A~"f..~n;'~. "un.",... <br />,".~I"""""'"'..rot'l\....,...."'IWo:~~'" <br />'llITrnlUlfb".......'t',I'WIIr.1'.........~'!.Iai;.ond"""""ldr <br />........n""imm.lIoY.m::lt~.......... "'...._..~~nJ <br />"""""".,.,..,. <br /> <br />;IBID.' lI-:~.1.. ~;><J~ e-,-!/'o' "''''.., E.1~tA'" hVlJ,t <br />Tnl1prSr.<t! Mdl~ So..l''''''''''' Oi6!lj4 ,~;~ 4# <br />1';"'~ ,~"n....r""t...".....'n '" &.$ e.rn.."l!."</j' ".jJ;~ ~ l;S <br />JMb.WnLtd'.....l~'...aIr.:na"-..'""'r<<\':""'..,,., <br />~>lJl'l"MtJM.''''''''h~''".,:1.I........4'Tl<'<mIs ",.'tIdl".:u <br />.i<JiXbtit Or....,. F:1<IlW""'" r<:N/;.._..... "-~;;n'~I:um, ~ <br />l!>t~lI-JI"'\LIr !.rf~.Wut"'M'''1loo/ptr <br />i'.m.e>d..........."....';w<'i<....u. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Editor's Desk <br /> <br />Water Awart'ness Week is a jOinf venture of the Wafer Education Foundation, the CalIfornia <br />Department of Waren Resources and L~e Association or California Water AgenCIes During <br />Waler A~'areness W.....k. Odoocr 19-24. local water agencies and communities are jOining <br />together WIth these sponsonng agenCIes to mform the public about the sources of theIr <br />water supply through local programs. education kits and radio and N public service com- <br />mercials The theme of the week is 'Water is Life. " as you can see from the cover of this <br />month's Wesrern Water miJgazine <br /> <br />To anSV.'l"f the question of where your waIn comes from. Western Water enhsted the help <br />of ~rkeley consultmg enginl"er. B J Miller. a former member of the Stale Water Resources <br />Control Board. who has been researching waler sources throughoul the slate for several <br />years We also got help from OUf graphk anisr, Bnan Duffy. who dl"signed our nev.' California <br />Wale: Map. 10 present all this mformation graphically_ Educational consultants Judy Wheatley <br />and Karen Saunders checleed and rechecleed onginal source matenal and made hundreds of <br />phone calls to venfy mformatlon <br />""estern Water sent questionnalres to water distncts allover the stale asking about their <br />waler sources We recerved excellent cooperation from nearly all the distnCls contacted This <br />issue is our first effort 10 consolidate all the information from many separate places to show <br />water sourct's for Cahfomia's cities and farms <br />Valuable help and finanda] asslstanct' for thls project were contributed by the California <br />Department of Water Resources. the U.s Bureau of Redamallon. Metropolitan Water OistnCl <br />of Southern Califomm. and Easl Bay Murucipal Utility Distnct. AdditlOnal data most helpful <br />for this summary was obtained from publications of the Associahon of California Waler <br />Agenclt's <br />Compiling and checkmg this informatIon and presenung it was entirely the responsibility <br />of tht' Waler Educatlon foundallon This was an ambJtious project. and it is one we plan to <br />further ft'fine and update penodIcally Because of Ihe voluminous data and bffilled 11m.., <br />there may be inadvertent t'frors or on1lSsions. If errors come 10 your attentIon. please con. <br />tact the Foundation and lel us lenaw so thal we can correct them and develop a more ac. <br />curatl' summary of wrwre cih1l?ns 111 various pans of the state obtain their water <br />This summary indudt's mans to show walt'r sources for cilles with populations of 10,000 <br />or over. and for lrrigatlon districts which dt'Ii\"..r 50.000 acrd..et or more of water per y..ar <br />Because smaller agencies receive water from larger agenCles. which in lurn are supplied by <br />major local. stale and federal proJects. we have also included chans 10 show the "water <br />hierilrchy" l!1lhe San FranCISCO Bay Area. i1nd In the Southern California Coastal Area These <br />charts show the dIstnbution of urban Walt'r for munlCipal and industrial uses in the respec- <br />lrveareas, <br /> <br />~r, <br /> <br />101, 'N /be 111 d..l10fl Wr b.,p< tbisu{orm~' <br />)IT J:l_ tC 1r'" 'rr'lC' J. ~jr ..~ter ilnd tbis bo.,/edlt <br />~, :/qlljd aut <br /> <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br />F1 <br /> <br />~l <br /> <br />I <br />~~ <br /> <br />