CALIFORNIA WATER CRISIS EXAMINED

AFSCME Council 57 represents workers at East Bay Municipal Utilities District, Santa Clara Valley Water District, as well as collection and distribution workers who work for city systems. Additionally, AFSCME represents workers at the Metropolitan Water District which serves the greater Los Angeles area. For that reason, AFSCME is deeply involved with tracking legislation and lobbying on water policy matters.

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is conducting an ongoing statewide public education program, entitled "California's Water: A Crisis We Can't Ignore," www.calwatercrisis.org, to educate Californians about critical challenges now confronting the state's water supply and delivery system, including a deepening crisis in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta) and a recent court-ordered massive reduction in our statewide water supply.
Drawing on successful models for other key public policy issues, the multi-million dollar education program will reach the public directly through television, radio and print advertising, as well as through the Internet and community outreach. The effort will continue through 2007.

PERMANENT WEB SITE LAUNCHED

Today, ACWA launched a new permanent web site for the "California's Water: A Crisis We Can't Ignore" public education program, www.calwatercrisis.org. The new web site will be a resource of information on both the program and the crisis we are facing today. Right now, you can visit our web site to download information on the program, watch our TV ad, read recent news articles on the crisis and catch up on our weekly email updates. Visit www.calwatercrisis.org today and check back regularly for updates to the site.