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in terms of political areas. very liberal areas like santa monica to quite conservative to parts of orange county and several areas throughout our entire service area. it was never partisan but what we need to do as an issue. i find it interesting this is interesting but in utilities issues, its more how are you prepared. we tend to get our water - were lucky because we have a diversified water supply. four major sources in southern california and because their from distinct thigh droe...

will repeat that entire lunchtime presentation except hell talk really fast and do it in ten minutes. our third speaker barry nelson, codirector of national resources defense council and working on an interesting project water law and policy, and thats settlement and potential rest to raks of the san jaoquin river. thank you very much. brad? [applause] >> good afternoon, dan im from nebraska actually. actually, im not but colorado is close enough and will have to do in my point. those ...

water - were lucky because we have a diversified water supply. four major sources in southern california and because their from distinct thigh droe logical areas we tend to not have them dry at the same time its one of our primary areas or defenses, we get colorado okay okay, north california, and local in our south california region that supplies almost half the water we use and then through one of our member agencies city of los angeles the east si ras and this year is its becoming d...

as metropolitan and people in san francisco we like to say they see us, as the good guys. just a few minutes before i introduce the panels a couple of things i thought i would touch on briefly from this mornings presentation, and thats utility reaction verses global warming and were fairly pragmatic, we look upon them as challenges and things we have to man for and not apart san issue. we looked at climate changes in 1990 at met when we looked through the previous drought and we had bo...

just looking at one spot or grid or one pixel over north california and the models are run not only forward in time but also retrospectively. run back. they can replicate what weve seen and thats one of the tests of climate models and what we see is, without a doubt, every climate model is warming. this is the 0 line today is todays so we took the actual temperature out of it. well call that 0 the departure from todays level. and this is 2100, so we can see here are those numbers that ...

tests of climate models and what we see is, without a doubt, every climate model is warming. this is the 0 line today is todays so we took the actual temperature out of it. well call that 0 the departure from todays level. and this is 2100, so we can see here are those numbers that you heard earlier in the day rises the temperatures from 2 degrees celsius to more than 7 for california. this is the annual average temperature. precipitation is done in the same fashion down here. my colea...

>> were about to embark on our last panel of the afternoon entitled strategies and current state of knowledge but its also i believe, going to provide just some different perspectives and some different ideas which is always extremely helpful, and thats why were here today to get those exchange of ideas and debates going and to moderate our panel today is jeff. jeff is the general manager for the metropolitan water district of southern california as we refer to its a, the met. its the ...

helpful, and thats why were here today to get those exchange of ideas and debates going and to moderate our panel today is jeff. jeff is the general manager for the metropolitan water district of southern california as we refer to its a, the met. its the states largest provider of drinking water and cooperative of 16 cities and 18 million people in 6 counties. prior to his appointment is general manager, just a pointed. he was general council to the water district and prior to that, he...

>> were about to embark on our last panel of the afternoon entitled strategies and current state of knowledge but its also i believe, going to provide just some different perspectives and some different ideas which is always extremely helpful, and thats why were here today to get those exchange of ideas and debates going and to moderate our panel today is jeff. jeff is the general manager for the metropolitan water district of southern california as we refer to its a, the met. its the ...

>> were about to embark on our last panel of the afternoon entitled strategies and current state of knowledge but its also i believe, going to provide just some different perspectives and some different ideas which is always extremely helpful, and thats why were here today to get those exchange of ideas and debates going and to moderate our panel today is jeff. jeff is the general manager for the metropolitan water district of southern california as we refer to its a, the met. its the ...