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Article: Metropolitan Water District Praises Federal Action to Help Assure Colorado River Supplies.
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- January 16, 2001
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001
Officials of the Metropolitan Water District said today that urban Southern California's 17 million people and $600 billion economy will benefit from action taken today by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to help assure a dependable supply of Colorado River water for the region.
In a Coronado ceremony, Babbitt signed documents establishing interim criteria for determining when the Colorado River system will have surplus water available for California, Nevada and Arizona. The interim criteria will be in effect for 15 years.
Phillip J. Pace, chairman of ...