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Negotiation Session for Proposed Contract with El Dorado County Water Agency

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmccracken@mp.usbr.gov

For Release: February 05, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a negotiation session with the El Dorado County Water Agency (Agency) on a proposed long-term water service contract for the delivery of up to 15,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project (CVP) water. 

Public Law 101-514, Section 206, authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term municipal and industrial water supply contract to help meet the water needs of El Dorado County.  The proposed contract will allow the Agency to use the CVP water directly or to subcontract the water to other agencies.

The negotiation session will be held:

In Folsom
Thursday, March 8, 2007
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Reclamation’s Central California Area Office
7794 Folsom Dam Road

The public is welcome to observe the negotiations.  For additional information, please contact

Mr. David White at 916-978-5257 (TDD 916-978-5608) or by e-mail at dtwhite@mp.usbr.gov.

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