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Article: Metropolitan Offers New Proposals to Break Impasse in Colorado River Negotiations.
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- August 20, 2003
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2003
With an extended drought draining Colorado River reservoirs and sapping the availability of surplus water, Metropolitan Water District's officials today proposed new terms that could break a long-standing impasse among the parties working to finalize a California plan for sharing river water.
In meetings in Sacramento, Metropolitan representatives presented a two-page resolution and motion adopted Tuesday by MWD's board of directors that direct the district to continue working toward a statewide agreement, but draw a line on the costs 18 million Southern Californians would shoulder to ...