Senator Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto), who also serves as vice chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, today issued the following statement after the Legislature approved a comprehensive agreement to improve the state’s water supply and reliability. The package of bills approved today included Senate Bill X7 2, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010, authored by Senator Cogdill. This legislation builds upon measures that Senator Cogdill has carried for more than three years to implement reforms to California’s water supply and delivery systems.
“Today’s historic agreement is the most significant step that the state has taken in decades to invest in its crumbling water infrastructure. Nothing is more important to the state’s economic prosperity than ensuring that we have water to meet California’s needs now and into the future. With this plan, we can improve the state’s water supply and protect the environment, without destroying our economy.
“This water agreement is especially critical for the Valley. In my district, agriculture is the number one job creator and the unemployment rate is higher than the state’s average largely due to this crisis. This comprehensive water plan will help reverse the tide that has forced farmers to fallow crops which has caused out-of-work laborers who once fed the world to stand in food lines.
“This agreement also delivers on the expectation that California taxpayers have for lawmakers to put aside partisan differences to achieve common sense solutions that benefit the entire state.”
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