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Council approves Water Forum 2050 agreement; El Dorado agency not signing
Summary
After a multi-year negotiation, council voted to adopt the Water Forum 2050 regional agreement to balance water reliability and Lower American River health; the El Dorado Water Agency declined to join at this time and council requested continued outreach. The motion passed with one abstention by Mayor McCarty.
City staff and the Sacramento Water Forum presented the Water Forum 2050 agreement, a regional, consensus-based framework to sustain water reliability for the Sacramento region while protecting the Lower American River.
Brett York, supervising engineer in the Department of Utilities, outlined the forum's role in coordinating regional water and environmental priorities. Ashley Casey, executive director of the Sacramento Water Forum, described the agreement's five program areas…
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