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April 28 2008
2. Supply –
Mayor urges united support of delta-repair bond measure
Bay Area News Group – 4/27/ 2008
By Stephen Baxter
Water authority leaders are praising
The San Jose City Council recently met with the Santa Clara Valley Water District board to discuss water supply and delivery challenges.
City and Santa Clara Valley Water District leaders at the meeting said they would start coordinating projects that could use possible state bond money, including desalinization and recycled water programs.
Reed said he met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's staff four weeks ago to discuss the delta, and they convinced him of the importance of repairing it.
Aging levees, salt issues and animal habitat concerns have focused controversy on the area in recent years. Natural disasters also could cripple its supply to the
"The thing that got me was that one 6.5 earthquake could knock out water there and put it under salt water," Reed said.
Reed said most state lawmakers agree that the delta is due for repair, but they disagree on details. Water district board member Tony Estremera was less optimistic that a ballot measure would appear in November, as
a similar effort in
"Water conservation is something we can do while those guys are dithering up there," Estremera said, referring to state lawmakers. The Santa Clara Valley Water District, a wholesale water supplier, is trying to build on its successful residential water conservation campaign by focusing on low water-use landscaping and recycled water in businesses and public buildings. It is also participating in a regional study on desalinization plants based in
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