- Your document (The Blueprint) brings together diverse interests within the water community. These actions help us get to a more resilient water supply for the state with the kind of flexibility we will need— California Department of Water Resources Director Lester Snow, speaking at ACWA’s May 2005 Conference.
- I applaud ACWA for the Blueprint. It is a bold statement of concurrence on major water issues by an organization representing many divergent interests— California State Senator Mike Machado, speaking at ACWA’s May 2005 Conference.
- After reading the Blueprint, I am very encouraged. I believe the answer is yes— California State Assembly Member Lois Wolk, speaking at ACWA’s May 2005 Conference.
- ACWA’s laudable call for a "blue ribbon" panel…—Sacramento Bee editorial on May 31, 2005.
- …The association's initiatives (contained in the Blueprint) deserve to be heard. — Modesto Bee editorial on June 5, 2005.
- Water is California's lifeline, and the ability to deliver water to a growing population is California's future. The ACWA has taken a good first step toward identifying the challenges of protecting the state's water supply and suggesting solutions. Gov. Schwarzenegger should now approve a nonpartisan commission of independent experts to take the next step—Ventura County Star editorial on June 11, 2005.
- I think the ACWA plan is a good focus. This is probably the first time in a long time where there has been a consensus from a major water (association) and its members to take a look and say “what do we do for California’s water?”— Senator Mike Machado, appearing on NPR’s Insight on July 25, 2005
- The ideas that are talked about in the ACWA plan are the kinds of things we need to move forward with…— Jerry Johns, deputy director, California Department of Water Resources, appearing on NPR’s Insight on July 25, 2005
- The stakeholders have embraced the fact that California must rethink how to maintain and deliver good-quality water to two-thirds of the state's population. Each group is cautiously starting to roll out proposals for a new water world that attempt to avoid the buzz saw of the old water politics and secure a sustainable future. The Association of California Water Agencies, a consortium representing 95 percent of the state's water authorities, has unveiled its blueprint for California water, "No Time to Waste"—San Francisco Chronicle editorial on July 17, 2005
- This plan (The Blueprint) correctly emphasizes the need to improve and expand our water supply infrastructure to meet California’s water needs in the future. If we expect to meet those needs, our elected leaders and policy makers need to make investments today in our infrastructure and continue to support local and regional efforts to improve water supplies and water management—California Infrastructure Coalition Chairman and California League of Cities Executive Director Chris McKenzie, endorsing the Blueprint July 18, 2005.
- The Association of California Water Agencies reported in a May 2005 report, "No Time To Waste,'' that "the "risks posed by levee instability, land subsidence, major flood events, rising sea levels and earthquakes ... could imperil the water supply for much of the state." —San Francisco Chronicle Editorial on September 1, 2005.
- Leaders of the Association of California Water Agencies said since former Gov. Pat Brown spearheaded building the massive State Water Project more than 30 years ago, the state has abandoned its responsibility to help find, pay for and deliver water ---- leaving it instead to water agencies, ratepayers and voters. —North County Times Article on September 11.
- Seeing the devastation wrought by overrun levees in New Orleans with their own eyes -- not just imagining theoretical possibilities -- politicians and their constituents are now heeding the warnings. There is no excuse not to act on them immediately, especially given the prescient recommendations of numerous individuals and groups, including the Association of California Water Agencies. Representatives...met with The Star Editorial Board…to discuss its report, "No Time to Waste -- A Blueprint for California Water… No time to waste, indeed.” —Ventura County Star editorial on September 12, 2005.
- If Feinstein and Pombo wish to exert some true leadership in the Delta, they should heed the advice of the Association of California Water Agencies and establish a blue-ribbon panel to assess all the Delta's problems, from the levees to the endangered fish to the pumping to climate change to earthquake risk to the future of farming. —Sacramento Bee Editorial on September 14, 2005.
- A groundswell of legislators is lining up behind a statewide water resources plan called “No Time to Waste, A Blueprint for California Water.” — Marysville Appeal-Democrat article, October 21, 2005.
- If we could implement that as soon as possible, that would be great. California needs it, and the incoming population needs it. — Assembly Member Doug LaMalfa, speaking at ACWA Region 2 membership meeting on October 21, 2005.
- The question is, how do we convert this into doing something that matters? The key is to push, and the time to do that is now. — Assembly Member Rick Keene, speaking at ACWA Region 2 membership meeting on October 21, 2005.
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