Key Actions for Water Reliability

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Key Actions for Water Reliability
Presented by Adán Ortega, Jr. Vice President,
External Affairs Metropolitan Water District of
Southern CA Water and the New West Economics,
Politics and Nature Western Knight Center for
Specialized Journalism USC Annenberg School for
Communication June 26, 2002
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Presentation Outline

• Southern California Water Sources
• The Four Driving Realities
• Present Challenges
• Summary

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Metropolitan Water Districtof Southern California

• 6 counties 5,200 square miles
• 17 million people
• Regional economy 600 billion
• Projected growth 220,000 people/year
• MWD provides about half of Southern Californias
  supply

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LAKE SHASTA
Where Southern CaliforniaGets its Water
LAKE OROVILLE
LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCTS 300,000 AF
Bay-Delta
STATE WATER PROJECT800,000 AF
COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT 1.2 MAF
METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SERVICE AREA
LOCAL 2.1 MAF (Includes Conservation, Recycling
and Groundwater Recovery)
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The Four Driving Realities

• Natural Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts
• Public Investment

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Present Challenges

• Keeping What We Have
• CALFED Bay-Delta Program
• Implement the California Colorado River Water Use
  Plan
• Getting What Well Need
• Water Bond
• Conservation/Recycling/Desalination

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Summary

• Metropolitan is reliable
• More flexible resources arenecessary to manage
  uncertainty
• Specific actions must be taken toprotect future
  reliability