ADVISORY/Water Shortage Threatens Rialto.

News Editors/Assignment Desks/Environment Writers

ADVISORY...Tuesday (July 15)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

The City of Rialto is losing more than 10,000 gallons of clean
water per minute to a rapidly spreading toxic plume of perchlorate
contamination, which is infecting the groundwater.

WHAT:    City of Rialto News Conference

WHEN:    Tuesday, July 15, 2003

TIME:    11 a.m.

WHERE:   The Home Depot
         1451 W. Foothill Blvd.
         Rialto, Calif.

WHY:     To announce the emergency steps the city is taking to address
         the crisis of toxic perchlorate contamination in the Rialto
         water supply.

VISUALS: Working low-flow showerheads, nozzles

         Photos of found warheads, which leaked contaminants

         Photo opportunities of the contamination sites

INVITED
GUESTS:  Assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense for the
         Environment

         Rialto Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and City Council

         Surrounding cities' mayors

         Rialto county, state and federal delegation

         Rialto Chamber of Commerce

         Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Board

         Rialto Unified School District