REMINDER/Conservation Command Center to Be Launched by Eastern Los Angeles County/Western Inland Empire Water Agencies for Pipeline Repair

Business Wire, June 3, 2004

News Editors

REMINDER...for Thursday (June 3)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:         Media briefing announcing the launch of a Conservation
              Command Center by eastern Los Angeles County/western
              Inland Empire water agencies for planned week-long
              pipeline outage. Briefings on the upcoming seven-day
              shutdown of Metropolitan Water District's Rialto Feeder
              pipeline, local water supplies, water conservation tips.

WHEN:         11 a.m. Thursday, June 3

WHERE:        Three Valleys Municipal Water District headquarters,
              1021 E. Miramar Ave., Claremont
              (Los Angeles County Thomas Guide page 571, F-6)

PARTICIPANTS: Officials from the Metropolitan Water District of
              Southern California, Three Valleys Municipal Water
              District, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, local retail
              water agencies; experts on pipeline repair project,
              current local water supplies, and residential water
              conservation.

BACKGROUND:   Beginning early next Monday (June 7), the Rialto Feeder,
              a major imported-water pipeline serving the area, will
              be shut down for around-the-clock repairs. Repairs are
              expected to take about a week, limiting imported water
              deliveries to some areas.

              For the shutdown, water officials have asked residents
              to plan on suspending outdoor watering and non-essential
              indoor water use in order to extend local supplies.
              Affected areas include the cities of La Verne,
              Claremont, Chino, Chino Hills, Montclair, Ontario,
              Rancho Cucamonga, Upland and Fontana.

              Establishment of the Conservation Command Center will
              include briefings on the pipeline repair project, the
              local water-supply situation, and water-saving tips.