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Dreier Votes to Approve Water Clean-up Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman David Dreier (R-San Dimas) voted today to approve $3.5 million in federal funding for ongoing water clean-up efforts in the San Gabriel Valley. The funds were included in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Conference Report for Fiscal Year 2010, H.R. 3183. The bill, which was approved with broad bipartisan support, 308-114, will now be sent to the President for his signature. The funds approved today will be put toward the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund, which is administered cooperatively by the San Gabriel Water Quality Authority (WQA) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
“Maintaining a safe, reliable water supply for the Foothills has always been a top priority,” Dreier said. “The funds approved today will help continue the excellent work of the WQA, which has been a nationwide leader in innovative and cost-effective water management. The federal-local partnership of this effort has contributed to its effectiveness and I am proud to help provide ongoing federal support.”
To date, Congress has provided over $81 million to the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. This program was created by legislation sponsored by Dreier in 1999. Federal and non-federal monies contributed to the Fund are being used to design, construct, operate and maintain water projects to contain and treat the groundwater contamination in the San Gabriel and Central Groundwater Basins. The San Gabriel Groundwater Basin covers more than 160 square miles in Los Angeles County and is the primary source of drinking water for over 1.2 million people.