WSP07842

• File Number: 8054.100
• Description: Water Salvage - Water Salvage Study - HB 91-1154
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 6/6/1991
• Author: Timothy H Quinn
• Title: Background Documents and Information 1991 - Shifting Water to Urban Uses - Activities of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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SHIFTING WATER TO URBAN USES: ACTIVITIES OF THE
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

I. INTRODUCTION.

A. Summarv.

Today, California is experiencing a drought of
historic proportions. Combined with policies that for a
quarter century have inhibited the development of
reliable water supplies to meet growing demands, the
drought promises to make the 1990s a decade of enormous
challenge for water agencies. To restore and maintain
adequate reliability in the water supply system,
innovative approaches to water management are necessary
which emphasize action on several fronts to get more out
of the existing system. Water Management activities
being emphasized by the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California include: (1) demand management
through aggressive implementation of water conservation
programs and innovative pricing strategies; (2)
increased water reclamation and reuse; (3) water
transfers to conserve and better manage water in
agricultural areas and make additional water available
for growing urban areas in ways that benefit both; and
(4) infrastructure improvements to protect water
quality, improve the environment, and enhance water
transfer efforts.

B. References.

Quinn, T.H., "The Economic and Political Evolution of
Water Markets in California", Water Resources Update,
The Universities Council on Water Resources, Issue No.
79, Spring 1989.

Holburt, M.B., Atwater, R.A., and Quinn, T.H., "Water
Marketing in Southern California", American Water Works
Association Journal, March 1988, pp 38-45. (Coauthored)

Quinn, T.H., "Emerging Institutional Issues in
Groundwater Conjunctive Use", Proceedinll:s of the 16th
Biennial Conference on Groundwater, Water Resources
Center, University of California, Riverside, September
1987.

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Quinn, T.H., "Water Exchanges and Transfers to Meet
Future Demands in Southern California", Water Marketin..:
Opportunities and Challen..es of a New Era. Collected
Essays on the Marketing and Transfer of Western Water
Rill:hts, University of Denver College of Law, September
1986, pp 5-34 to 5-38.

Metropolitan Water District, Groundwater Qualitv and Its
Impact on Water Supplv in the Metropolitan Water

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