COSTA AND RADANOVICH ANNOUNCE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT LANGUAGE THAT WILL BENEFIT VALLEY
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman JimCosta (CA-20) and Congressman George Radanovich (CA-19) praised the inclusionof a provision that will benefit the Valley within the bipartisan WaterResources Development Act (WRDA) of 2005 (HR 2864). The House passed its version and it will bereconciled by the Conference Committee in the near future. Costa and Radanovich issued the followingstatements in response to this action:
Costa
"TheValley Regional Water Plan will help ensure we have the water needed to sustainthe Valley lifestyle, support regional economic growth and retain a world-classagricultural community. In addition, we will work to achieve a reliablehigh-quality urban water supply and protect and enhance our localenvironment.
"The effort will includelong-term planning for water supply, water quality, flood control andenvironmental restoration. By coming together and working together, theWater Plan will help the Valley confront and overcome future waterchallenges. Congressman Radanovich and I look forward to working with ourcolleagues Congressmen Cardoza and Nunes and state and local-elected officialsto develop this program from the bottom up."
Radanovich
"Specifically,the report language authorizes an Army Corps of Engineers study for thedevelopment of the Valley Regional Water Plan. This is big news for theValley and our quest to create a Regional Water Plan. With my colleagueRepresentative Jim Costa, we will be hard at work on this crucialeffort. Our people depend on their water for not only agriculture,the environment and daily use, but for jobs and economic growth as well. This authorization will help us develop a plan to secure water for futuregenerations.
"The language in theWRDA bill states that the study will include an assessment of water supplyissues, Jim and I will be working to also include the issues of water quality,environmental restoration and flood control. In addition, we will seek toexpand the number of counties to comprise Madera,Tulare, Merced,Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. This is in addition to Fresno, Kings and Kern Counties,which are already included in the WRDA language creating the study."
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