The California Chamber of Commerce, a founding member of the Californians for Water Security Coalition, is urging businesses to support Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.’s plan to upgrade California’s aging water distribution system. A short comment period on the plan to upgrade the system—which provides water to two-thirds of California’s homes, farms and businesses—has just begun. Letters of support are needed for this critical infrastructure project, the California Water Fix, to secure California’s limited water supplies and increase reliability. The comment period follows a major milestone to move the project forward—the July 9 release by the administration and Department of Water Resources of a revised environmental impact report (EIR) on the plan. Immediate Need “California’s historic drought is a stark reminder that we need to address the state’s severe water infrastructure problems immediately,” said CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg. “It is time to support the Governor’s California Water Fix to secure our water system into the future. This plan will help ensure we have the ability to move water during wet years in order to increase water supplies during future droughts.” The California Water Fix (Alternative 4A), represents a thoroughly vetted, viable plan to fix California’s aging water distribution [...]
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