water bills
WWD investment will pay... notice the inference that Westlands can sell water to So Cal
Submitted by Lloyd_Carter on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 16:06.Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2008
Fitch Rates Westlands Water District, California's $30.1MM 2008A COPs 'A'
SAN FRANCISCO — Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to Westlands Water District, California's (WWD) $30 million adjustable-rate refunding revenue certificates of participation (COPs), series 2008A. Fitch has also assigned an 'A' rating to WWD's approximately $230 million outstanding parity certificates. The Rating Outlook is Stable.
READ MORE »Delta canal measure put on hold
Submitted by Lloyd_Carter on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 22:29.Delta canal measure put on hold
By E.J. Schultz - eschultz@fresnobee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Story appeared in Sacramento Bee MAIN NEWS section, Page A3
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An Assembly committee on Tuesday shelved legislation to build a canal around the suffering Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, telling the bill's author to try again next year.
Two years in the making, Senate Bill 27 tackled a subject so politically charged that author Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, carefully avoided using the "P" word – Peripheral Canal – as he presented the bill as a way to shore up state water supplies without harming the environment.
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