2008-06-21 01:12:07 -

www.mwdh2o.com - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California issued the following statement by its Chairman, Timothy F. Brick, on Delta Vision's Draft Strategic Plan:

"Delta Vision's emerging strategy is the kind of innovative and dramatic blueprint that can lay the groundwork for historic change. The estuary deserves the kind of comprehensive approach to restoring the ecosystem and altering the

water system that Delta Vision is calling for. The co-equal objectives of protecting the Delta and providing reliable, safe water supplies for the state economy require the kind of balanced approach that Delta Vision has in mind. Delta Vision provides a valuable road map to success for legislators, water districts and the many Delta stakeholders. Environmental studies now under way must identify the specific balance of ecosystem and water system conveyance improvements. Deliberations in the Legislature must ultimately resolve the correct governing structures for restoration and other Delta activities. Metropolitan looks forward to engaging in all these discussions with the kind of balanced, yet bold, mindset that is emerging through Delta Vision."

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Rob Hallwachs, 213-217-6450
cell: 213-324-1255