Statement by Southern California Water Committee Chairman Charles Wilson Regarding DWR’s Announcement of Initial 2010 State Water Project Allocation

December 1, 2009

Rancho Cucamonga, CA - “Today’s announcement that public water agencies have only been initially allocated 5% of their requested water deliveries from the State Water Project, the state’s primary water supply hub, for 2010 clearly demonstrates the depth of California’s water crisis. While this is a conservative, preliminary estimate, it is the lowest in California history.

Increasing conservation and pursuing projects to expand local water supplies are critical efforts that Southern California businesses, agricultural interests, municipalities and water agencies are diligently advancing. However, even if California received massive levels of snow and rain this year, our broken delivery system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta would prohibit us from delivering that water to our region. Fixing the Delta delivery system, including new conveyance infrastructure, is of the utmost priority in 2010 for all California interests.“

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