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<br />000931 <br /> <br />1952, is to provide reliable and high quality water <br />supplies for the Southern California economy. The <br />policies of the district neither advocate nor oppose. <br />growth, but Metropolitan is committed to the development <br />of an adequate water supply infrastructure that can <br />accomodate whatever growth occurs under the growth <br />management policies established by the responsible <br />political agencies. <br /> <br />III. THE CURRENT SITUATION: CONTINUING DROUGHT. <br />A. Drou~ht Conditions. <br />Since the 1986-1987 water year, the last four years <br />of runoff in California's primary watersheds have been <br />classified as criticaL, critical, dry, and critical. <br />1988-1989 was classified as dry, rather than critical, <br />only because of late record storms in March, 1989. This <br />ranks among the worst water supply situations over a <br />consecutive four year period since the sixteenth <br />century. <br />B. Available Water Supplies. <br />The drought has.seriously affected all of Southern <br />California's water sources. <br />1. Colorado River. <br />a. Runoff is about 45 percent of normal <br />in 1989-1990, the third consecutive year of drought in <br />the Colorado River watershed. Storage in the Colorado <br />River system is down by about 15 million acre-feet <br />(AF) . <br /> <br />-3- <br />