In Searth of a Solution

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Creating Critical Infrastructure for Long Term
Water Stability
Riverside County Water Symposium May 28,
2009 Charles Wilson Chairman, Southern
California Water Committee
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Current Headlines
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The Water Supply DilemmaCalifornia Faces Water
Crisis

• Californias complicated, overtaxed, and aging
  water system
• The water disparity is growing
• California is not ready for drought

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Southern California Water Committee

• Broad based coalition
• Equal representation of diverse interests
• Collaboration maximizes results

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Managing Water is Managing Change
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The Water Buffalo
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Where California Water Policy is Being Made Today
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Bandaids Wont Solve the Problem
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From Extraction to Sustainability

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The XYZ Power Company
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The Water Power Partnership

• Water represents nearly 20 of the electricity
  consumed in the state
• Energy costs are a significant portion of most
  water agency budgets
• AB 32 impacts

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3-Legged Stool
Supply Reliability
Environmental Restoration
Delta As A Place
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INVESTING IN EFFICIENCY
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USING WATER OVER AND OVER AGAINRECYCLING
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DESALINATION
Brackish Water Desalination
Ocean Desalination
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Additional Storage for Sustainability
Improved conveyance serves little purpose
without places both north and south of the Delta
to store water. DVTF 4th Draft, p. 22
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Call to Action

• Get our Legislature to act
• Focus on the Solution, not the Problem
• Opportunities with the Bay Delta
• Lay groundwork to sustain water supplies to
  Southern California

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Are you up for the challenge?