AVEK eyes use of excess irrigation as emergency supply

PALMDALE – Water supplies from the California Aqueduct will be scant in 2009: Everyone in the industry agrees. Water suppliers such as the staff at Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, a wholesaler, speculate that the allocation from the State Water Project could run as low as 10% or possibly less given existing climatic conditions, including the two-year drought. So the AVEK board reviewed a roughly sketched plan that would provide a local emergency water supply for the upcoming year. For the full story visit www.avpress.com/n/03/0903_s5.hts