Metropolitan to Host Media Availability Tuesday (Oct. 10) Following Board of Directors Vote on California WaterFix

October 9, 2017

Agency’s board of directors to consider historic investment decision
regarding $17 billion state-federal twin tunnels project in
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:

WHAT:

Metropolitan Water District will host a media availability after
the district’s board of directors considers approving the
district’s 26 percent share of financing California WaterFix as
well as moving forward on a governance structure to build and
finance the project.

The board’s consideration has been called the region’s biggest
water decision of this generation.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 10, immediately following the noon meeting of
Metropolitan’s Board of Directors. PLEASE NOTE: This briefing is
for credentialed news media members only.
WHERE: Conference Room 1-102, Metropolitan Water District headquarters, 700
N. Alameda St., adjacent to historic Union Station, downtown Los
Angeles (Board meeting is being held in nearby Board Room.)
VISUALS: B-roll video footage of Delta will be accessible through
Metropolitan FTP site.

BACKGROUND:

Following more than a decade of review, planning and analysis
involved in the development of California WaterFix, Metropolitan’s
board over the past several months has deliberated a series of
policy white papers examining the project’s construction,
operations, benefits and cost. During this open, transparent
dialogue, Metropolitan has received hundreds of public comments
and letters on the project.

About 30 percent of the water that flows out of taps in Southern
California comes from Northern California via the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta. But the Delta's delivery system is badly outdated,
a problem compounded both by a declining ecosystem and a
1,100-mile levee system that are increasingly vulnerable.

California WaterFix is a comprehensive solution proposed by state
and federal agencies to ensure the state has a reliable water
supply for many years to come. It would modernize the decades-old
delivery system through the building of three new intakes in the
northern Delta along with two tunnels to carry water to the
existing aqueduct system in the southern Delta.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a
state-established cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving
nearly 19 million people in six counties. The
district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California
to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased
water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management
programs.

Contacts

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Bob Muir, (213)
217-6930; (213) 324-5213, mobile
Armando Acuña, (213) 217-6853;
(530) 574-3111, mobile