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OC Business Council Support for Cadiz Project

The Orange County business community stands firmly behind the Cadiz Water Project.

In a letter dated Dec. 1, 2014, the Orange County Business Council’s Senior VP of Government Affairs, Bryan Starr, wrote:

OCBC supports the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project, which would provide 2.5 million acre-feet of water to Southern California over its 50-year life, serving the needs of 100,000 families each year. A significant portion of this water will come to Orange County, helping to ensure greater water supply reliability. Santa Margarita Water District, which serves 155,000 South Orange County residents, has contracted to purchase 5,000 acre-feet of water from the Project annually. Golden State Water Company, which serves the Orange County communities of Buena Park, Cowan Heights, Cypress, Garden Grove, La Palma, Lemon Heights, Los Alamitos, Orange, Placentia, Rossmor, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton and Yorba Lina, has a current option to acquire 5,000 acre-feet of the water as well.

The letter, which is addressed to the Board Chair of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Board President of the Municipal Water District of Orange County, concludes:

For Orange County and Southern California to protect the sustainability of its economy, we need a diversified portfolio of water resources. It makes sense to include the Project in this portfolio, along with aggressive conservation, groundwater replenishment systems, desalination and new storage facilities. We therefore encourage the Boards of Directors of the Municipal Water District of Orange County and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to give the Cadiz Valley Water Project a favorable review when it comes before you and ask that you do all you can to expedite its construction. (emphasis in original)

For a complete list of the Project’s growing list of supporters, click here.  Besides OCBC, the list includes Member of Congress Paul Cook, representing Cadiz’s home district, newly elected Member of Congress Mimi Walters and former Member John Campbell, representing SMWD’s home district, and Members of Congress Darrell Issa, Jim Costa, Gloria Negrette McLeod and Gary Miller.

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