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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSouthern California Water Tours - Water Education Foundation Letter a 615 Water Education FOUNDATION 717 K Street, Suite 517 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916)444-6240 FAX(916)448-7699 December 15, 1994 As promised, you are receiving an early notice of the March 8-10, 1995 Southern California Water Tour. To assure a place on the tour, please send your check and reservation form to me no later than January 9, 1995. No reservations will be accepted by fax or telephone. After January 9, the tour announcement will be sent to our general mailing list. You may register for the tour after January 9, but you will have lost your special "waiting list" status. We are looking forward to seeing you all on the tour. Please call me if you have any questions about the tour. Si erely, 411.1.44._, 4 Y COUNCIL ACTION: Valerie Holcomb APPROVED DENIED Special Projects Director RECEIVED OTHER ` � - Encl. MEETING DATE\\V \.c AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:F . VERIFIED E VERIFIEE D BY: Original on File wit City Clerk's Office The mission of the Water Education Foundation, on impartial, nonprofit organization, is to develop and implement education programs lending to a brooder understanding of water issues and to resolution of water problems. r Water Education FOUNDATION Water Education Foundation 717 K Street, Suite 517 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916)444-6240 Southern California/Lower Colorado River Water Tour FAX(916)448-7699 Wednesday, March 8 - Friday, March 10, 1995 When many people talk about southern California, they mean "Los Angeles" -- the big city, traffic, lush lawns, brimming swimming pools. But much of the southern part of the state is an arid desert, brought to life by the intricate California water system and the Colorado River. Southern California includes the vast agricultural lands of the Imperial Valley, home of the carrot capitol of the world, and the garden and orchard crops of San Diego County as well as expanding cities. The Water Education Foundation's Southern California Tour contrasts the urban and agricultural uses of water, and examines the needs and perspectives of the south state. We will compare the Colorado River system, beginning with the magnificent Hoover Dam, to the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project. The tour is sponsored by the Water Education Foundation in cooperation with Imperial Irrigation District, San Diego County Water Authority and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, with assistance from California Farm Bureau Federation, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the University of California Cooperative Extension. The tour begins at the Emerald Springs Holiday Inn in Las Vegas at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 8 and ends at the San Diego airport (Lindbergh Field) on Friday, March 10. Unlike other WEF tours, this tour will not begin nor will it end in Sacramento. Tour participants are responsible for their transportation to Las Vegas and home from San Diego. Seats will be on a "first available" basis. Travel will be on air-conditioned buses equipped with video monitors and restrooms. For those who wish to arrive in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 7 (the night before the tour begins), the Emerald Springs Holiday Inn is holding a limited number of rooms for our group at $89 a night. To reserve a room, call the hotel at 1-800-732-7889 before Feb. 10 to get the special $89 rate and mention that you are with the Water Education Foundation tour group. Tuesday night is not included in the cost of the tour. The registration fee includes meals and single or double-occupancy motel rooms on Wednesday and Thursday nights at the Holiday Inn in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and the Barbara Wdrth i9ou liLe#tp�F' ltslt len.ei ierprofit organization, is to develop and implement educo ion progr ms leo ing to brooder unberston ing o water issues and to resolution of water problems. You will learn about: * The Colorado River system, Central Arizona Project and California's Colorado River allotment; * Water marketing and future allocation of Colorado River water in the West; * Indian water rights and how they affect California's Colorado River water supply; * Agricultural usage, irrigation and drainage problems in the Palo Verde and Imperial valleys; * Urban encroachment on agriculture; * Ground water use, management and exchange programs; * Urban water use in southern California; * Water recycling and reuse; * Imperial Irrigation District/MWD canal-lining conservation project; * San Diego County Water Authority's innovative efforts to stretch urban water supplies; * Environmental concerns along the Colorado River; * How the cost of water is affecting agriculture in southern California; * Controversies over how the power industry is using and conserving water. Single room registration fee before Feb. 24 - $450; after Feb. 24 - $500. Double room registration fee before Feb. 24 - $800; after Feb. 24 - $900. Registration fees include all meals, lodging and transportation from Las Vegas to San Diego. No refunds possible after Feb. 27, 1995 due to hotel, meal and transportation bookings. WEF tours fill up quickly; you are advised to return your registration as soon as possible. Reservations can only be made by completing the attached form and returning it to the Water Education Foundation with your payment. No telephone or faxed reservations will be accepted. Water Education Foundation staff members Rita Schmidt Sudman and Valerie Holcomb will conduct the tour. Useful information, including publications of the Water Education Foundation, will be provided to the participants. r - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER TOUR MARCH 8-10, 1995 REGISTRATION FORM Name(s) Title Organization Address City, State, Zip Phone No. My $ fee is enclosed ($450 before Feb. 24, $500 after Feb. 24). Includes all transportation, meals and overnight lodging, based on single person occupancy per room. Our $ fee is enclosed ($800 before Feb. 24, $900 after Feb. 24) for two people sharing a room. We reserve as many non-smoking rooms as are available. If you do not want a non- smoking room, please check here: No refunds after Feb. 27 due to hotel, meal and transportation bookings. Specific information and tour agenda to follow registration. No telephoned or faxed reservations will be accepted. Please make checks payable to Water Education Foundation and send check with completed registration form to: WATER EDUCATION FOUNDATION 717 K St., Ste. 517 Sacramento, CA 95814 ** Please contact staff if you have any medical problems we need to know about to accom- modate you. NOTE: If you wish to arrive in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, the Emerald Springs Holiday Inn is holding a limited number of rooms for the Foundation tour group. To reserve a room, call the hotel at 1-800-732-7889 before Feb. 10 to get the special rate of $89 a night and mention the Water Education Foundation tour. This room is not included in the tour registration price.