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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead a groundbreaking ceremony on October 14 for the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project. The project will link these two canals with a new underground pipeline and pumping plant to improve water supply reliability for an area of California impacted by drought. The $28 million project is funded by $15.8 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $8.8 million from CALFED, and other federal and state funds. The facility will be located five miles west of Tracy, California.

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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead a groundbreaking ceremony on October 14 for the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project. The project will link these two canals with a new underground pipeline and pumping plant to improve water supply reliability for an area of California impacted by drought. The $28 million project is funded by $15.8 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $8.8 million from CALFED, and other federal and state funds. The facility will be located five miles west of Tracy, California.

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Date: October 12, 2010

Contact: Joan Moody (Interior) 202-208-6416;


Louis Moore (Reclamation) 916-978-5100

Secretary Salazar to Hold Groundbreaking for


Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project
--Event Open to Credentialed Media--

On Thursday, October 14 at 11 a.m., Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead a groundbreaking for the
construction of the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project. The linking of these two canals by
a new underground pipeline and pumping plant will improve the reliability of water supplies in a part of
California hardest hit by dry conditions and loss of jobs.

The Administration has committed $15.8 million of Interior Department funds from the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act for the completion of the Intertie. CALFED funding is $8.8 million. The remaining funding
will come from contributed funds and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation budget. The total project cost is
approximately $28 million. The new facility will be located approximately five miles west of the City of Tracy,
California. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and the California Department of Water Resources
are project partners.

WHO: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar


Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes
Michael Connor, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Senator Dianne Feinstein
Congressman Dennis Cardoza
Congressman Jim Costa
Congressman Jerry McNerney
Lester Snow, California Secretary for Natural Resources
Mark Cowin, Director, California Department of Water Resources
Mike Stearns, Chairman of the Board, San Luis and Delta Mendota Water Authority
Brent H. Ives, Mayor, City of Tracy

Members of the State Senate and Assembly


Other Leaders from the,San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, Byron-Bethany Irrigation
District, Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, West Stanislaus Irrigation District
Western Area Power Administration, San Luis Water District, Friant Water Authority
and Shimmick Construction Company

WHAT: Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Groundbreaking

WHEN: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Off Grant Line Road near Highway 580, between the Delta-Mendota Canal and California
Aqueduct near Tracy, Calif.

Be advised: Media credentials are required. Please wear shoes for rough terrain.

Directions: Westbound I-580: Take Exit 63 for Grant Line Rd. toward Byron, turn right at W Grant Line Rd. Be
prepared to turn right immediately after crossing the California Aqueduct.
Eastbound I-580: Take exit 63 for Grant Line Rd. toward Byron, turn left at W Grant Line Rd. Be prepared to
turn right immediately after crossing the California Aqueduct.

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