ACWA Urges Action on Water Bond Package.Comprehensive Plan Must Include Storage, Delta Conveyance The transfer of ownership or interest in real property from one person to another by a document, such as a deed, lease, or mortgage. conveyance n. Improvements SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA ACWA Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA Administrative Careers With America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ACWA American Civil War Association ACWA American Clean Water Association ) today urged lawmakers to approve a comprehensive water bond package to improve water conveyance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in northern California in the United States. It is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the , expand statewide water storage capacity and invest in conservation and other strategies. The package is currently contained in legislation introduced by Sen. Dave Cogdill Republican Dave Cogdill is the representative of the 14th District to the California State Senate. In November of 2006, Dave Cogdill was elected with 67% of the vote. The 14th Senate District is comprised of all or a portion of the following counties: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San (R-Modesto) and Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman (R-Irvine). ACWA Executive Director Timothy Quinn joined proponents of a comprehensive package at a Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. news conference and called on legislators to move forward with a bipartisan bill that will meet the needs of the environment and the economy. "There has never been a more urgent time to invest in our water future," Quinn said. "Our water system is in crisis, and that crisis will not end when it rains. The ecological and economic consequences of inaction in·ac·tion n. Lack or absence of action. inaction Noun lack of action; inertia Noun 1. are staggering, and they will only worsen wors·en tr. & intr.v. wors·ened, wors·en·ing, wors·ens To make or become worse. worsen Verb to make or become worse worsening adjn until something is done." Quinn noted that a recent ruling in U.S. District Court underscored the fact that California's water system is physically incapable of delivering water to the economy without harming the environment. A separate case now under way in the same court reinforces the fact that our system needs more surface water storage capacity to provide colder water and increased flows for salmon and other species. Climate change and the specter of multi-year droughts and more severe floods add to the urgency. "It's been a generation since we invested in our backbone water infrastructure on the scale needed," Quinn said. "Governor Schwarzenegger has wisely proposed a comprehensive package of investments to make sure our water system works for our environment and our economy for the next several generations. Given what's at stake, we can't afford to lose this opportunity." ACWA is a statewide association of public agencies whose 450 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwa.com. |
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