The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Sustainable Water Supplies for the West: Part 1 - Protecting Groundwater Resources."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Water and Power:
"Sustainable Water Supplies for the West: Part 1 - Protecting Groundwater Resources"

When:
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.

Where:
Kellogg West Conference Center
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, CA

Witnesses:
Panel 1: Overview of Regional Perchlorate Contamination and Regional Water Supply Outlook
The Honorable Joe Baca, Jr., Councilman, City of Rialto, CA
Ms. Celeste Cantu', Executive Director, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, Riverside, CA
Mr. Robert DeLoach, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer, Cucamonga Valley Water District, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Ms. Penny Newman, Executive Director, Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice, Riverside, CA
Mr. Phil Wyels, Assistant Chief Counsel, State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA

Panel 2: Local Water Supply Impacts from Perchlorate; Options for Treatment; and Long-Term Outlook for the Water Supply
Mr. Brad Coffey, Water Treatment Section Manager, Metropolitan Water District, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Anthony W. Araiza, General Manager-Secretary, West Valley Water District, Rialto, CA
Mr. Bob Martin, General Manager, East Valley Water District, Highland, CA
Mr. Michael Whitehead, Board Member, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, West Covina, CA

*** Dr. Robert Krieger, Personal Chemical Exposure Program, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA - Will be submitting written testimony to the record.