State Comprehensive Water Program Will Be April 7 Forum Topic in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA, Apr 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
All the many aspects of the recently enacted California Comprehensive
Water Package will be explained and discussed Wednesday morning, April 7,
in San Diego during a special informational and educational water forum.
The program is the fourth in a statewide series. It is free of charge to
the public and will take place in the Balboa Park Club from 8:30 a.m. to
noon. The clubhouse is located in San Diego's Balboa Park near the end of
Presidents Lane.

Forum hosts include the California Latino Water Coalition (CLWC),
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) and State of California.
Local event sponsors are the San Diego County Water Authority and City of
San Diego.

The informational forum will explain the comprehensive water package's
four policy bills that were enacted along with an $11.14 billion general
obligation bond proposal that voters will consider on the November 2010
ballot.

Speaking on various aspects of the potentially far-reaching plan will be
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Association of California Water Agencies
Executive Director Timothy Quinn, California Latino Water Coalition
Chairman Paul Rodriguez, and Sue Sims, Chief Deputy Director of the
California Department of Water Resources.

Also speaking will be Marsi Steirer, Deputy Director, City of San Diego
Public Utilities; Meena Westford, Water Policy Manager, San Diego County
Water Authority; and Eric Larsen, San Diego County Farm Bureau Executive
Director.

A question and answer period will follow the presentations.

CLWC Chairman Rodriguez said, "This program in San Diego is the fourth in
a statewide series of water forums intended to provide information and to
educate the public on the recently enacted California Comprehensive Water
Package. These issues are complicated for the experts, let alone people
like me who are trying to understand them. We need all the help and
information we can get!"

"The forums were conceived as a means of helping educate Californians
about the package's legislative measures on the state's water quality,
supply and reliability," said ACWA Vice President Randy Record of San
Jacinto in Riverside County, a director of the Eastern Municipal Water
District and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. "There
is no question that the issues addressed in the comprehensive program and
which are going to be discussed in San Diego are profoundly important to
the future of San Diego County and all of Southern California."

For more information, please call (916) 503-1411.

To RSVP, please call (916) 503-1411 or e-mail Brenda Quintana
bquintana@latinowater.com or Jennifer Persike at jenniferp@acwa.com. You
may also visit our Web sites, www.latinowater.com or www.acwa.com.

Your advance coverage and day-of-event coverage are welcomed. At the
forum, there will be opportunities to interview each of the speakers
following the presentations.

TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE CONTACT:

John Liarakos, San Diego County Water Authority, (858) 522-6703
Brenda Quintana, California Latino Water Coalition, (916) 503-1411
Jennifer Persike, Association of California Water Agencies, (916) 441-4545

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