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More Business Groups Support Cadiz Water Project

California business and agricultural organizations know the health of the regional economy is pinned to a reliable water supply in wet and dry years alike, so it’s little wonder that they are big supporters of the Cadiz Water Project.

In the last couple of months, three additional Southern California business organizations, plus the San Bernardino County Farm Bureau and the California Chamber of Commerce, which advocates for more than 14,000 businesses statewide, have reviewed the Cadiz Water Project and voted to support it as a shovel-ready, drought-proof supply of water for Southern California.  Here they are, along with excerpts from their support letters:

  • San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership: “We believe that Cadiz represents good water policy for Southern California. If the current drought should continue for the foreseeable future, and if water supplies from the Colorado River and Northern California continue to decline, it is important to explore additional water sources for the region, especially a source like Cadiz that could easily be delivered, with verified environmental sensitivity.”
  • South Bay Association of  Chambers: “We applaud the significant investments the Project has made in field work and science to ensure the sustainability of the project, as well as your significant victories in California’s Courts, which have resoundingly upheld the findings of the project’s environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) – widely known to be an arduous environmental framework.”
  • Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce: “The Project offers a real solution for conserving groundwater in California’s Mojave Desert, which is currently being lost to evaporation and salt contamination. It further creates a new, reliable water supply for 400,000 people in Southern California.” (Emphasis in original)
  • San Bernardino County Farm Bureau: “Cadiz, Inc. has been a member of the San Bernardino agricultural community for decades, using best agricultural practices and safely managing its groundwater resources. Implementation of the Cadiz Water Project will improve the management of the basin and also enable new groundwater banking opportunities.”

For its part, the California Chamber of Commerce said:

Southern California needs projects like Cadiz to diversify the region’s long-term water supply while reducing reliance on imported water and providing for more local groundwater storage.

In drought-stricken California, every means of providing more water supplies should be vigorously pursued. It is vitally important that all Californians have an adequate and reliable source of water while safeguarding the environment.

These endorsements were made only after many probing questions about the Project’s environmental sustainability were answered to the groups’ satisfaction. For example, the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership wrote in its letter:

The Partnership endorsed the project following the final dismissal of all CEQA litigation against it, favorably resolving all questions about the sustainability and environmental sensitivity of the project’s design.

Businesses and their employees have to live in the environment, too, so they are inclined to support projects and policies that protect the environment, as the Cadiz Water Project does.

How much does business support Cadiz? Here’s the complete list of business and business organizations – and labor, too – that have stated their support for the Project and its environmentally benign, drought-proof water supply:

  • Adelanto Chamber of Commerce
  • BIZFED – Los Angeles County Business Federation
  • Building Industry Association of Southern California
  • Building Industry Association of San Diego
  • California Chamber of Commerce
  • California Steel Industries, Inc.
  • Construction Industry Coalition on Water Quality
  • Engineering Contractors Association
  • Fontana Chamber of Commerce
  • Industry Manufacturer’s Council
  • Inland Empire Chamber Legislative Alliance
  • Inland Empire Economic Partnership
  • International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12
  • Laborers International Union of North America, Local 783
  • Layne Christensen Company
  • Morongo Basin Regional Economic Development Corporation
  • Needles Chamber of Commerce
  • Northwest Pipe Company
  • NOV Ameron, Inc.
  • Orange County Association of Realtors
  • Orange County Business Council
  • Orange County Taxpayers Association
  • Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce
  • Redlands Chamber of Commerce
  • Roscoe Moss Company
  • San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership
  • San Gabriel Valley Legislative Coalition of Chambers
  • South Bay Association of Chambers of Commerce
  • Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce

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