Founded in 1983, Cadiz Inc. is a natural resources company headquartered in Los Angeles with more than 70 square miles of land that’s home to significant water assets and rights in Southern California. We are dedicated to pursuing sustainable projects through the responsible stewardship of our land and water resources.
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OC Register
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/private-360853-water-project.html
By JOHN A. BOHN
The media repeatedly tells us that California has major problems - an unbalanced budget, a stagnant economy, a depressed housing market, and an unreliable water supply. Yet, the state is home to the world's ninth-largest economy and, with a progressive culture of hope and promise, remains an attractive place to live and work.
California's success is dependent on reliable infrastructure and the availability of water. The state cannot ignore failing water infrastructure or avoid making investments that can provide transcendent benefits for the economy and future generations.
By Scott Slater
Published in the SBC Sentinel
May 25, 2012
Cadiz, California is an eastern Mojave Desert railroad stop hidden along historic Route 66, crisscrossed by the BNSF and Arizona and California (ARZC) railroads. Traveling through this part of California, you may have noticed the splashes of green vineyards and lemon orchards that line the desert horizon. Cadiz Inc., a California public company, operates a 1,600 acre farm here. The Company is the largest private landowner in the area, with a total of 34,000 acres (50 square miles) in Cadiz and 11,000 additional acres in other parts of the Mojave.
Los Angeles --- Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ:CDZI] ("Cadiz") announced today that the Board of Directors of Santa Margarita Water District ("SMWD"), the Lead Agency for the proposed Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project ("Project"), voted on Friday, May 11, 2012 to approve an agreement with the County of San Bernardino and Cadiz regarding the County's role in the Project's groundwater management program. The Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") agreement, also approved by San Bernardino County's Board of Supervisors on May 1, 2012, grants the County full enforcement authority over the Project's proposed Groundwater Management, Monitoring, and Mitigation Plan ("GMMMP").
County Board of Supervisors Votes to Approve Memorandum of Understanding With Cadiz and Santa Margarita Water District for Project's Management Plan
Los Angeles -- Today Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] ("Cadiz"), a land and water resource development company with 45,000 acres in California's San Bernardino County, announced that the County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the County's role in enforcing the groundwater management plan for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project. The Water Project proposes to provide an annual reliable water supply to Southern California communities by capturing and conserving thousands of acre-feet of native groundwater currently being lost to evaporation from the aquifer system beneath the Company's property in eastern San Bernardino County's Cadiz Valley. The MOU grants the County full enforcement authority over the Project's Groundwater Management, Monitoring, and Mitigation Plan (GMMMP), a key component of the Project designed to monitor aquifer conditions and establish measures to protect against impacts to critical desert resources.
Company pledges 50% of labor force and 80% of infrastructure spending for Cadiz Valley Water Project to County residents and businesses
Los Angeles -- Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] (“Cadiz”), a land and water resource development company with 45,000 acres in California’s San Bernardino County, announced today a significant pledge to support County-based labor and materials upon implementation of the Company’s Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (“Project”). As part of the Pledge, the Company has committed to purchase 80% of the materials necessary to construct the Project’s facilities from County businesses and to dedicate 50% of the Project’s jobs to County residents, including a goal of 10% for local veterans.
By Winston H. Hickox
Sacramento Bee
Winston H. Hickox, former secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, is a principal with the consulting firm California Strategies. He is responding to the April 13 Viewpoints article, "Plan to tap groundwater for profit shows need for better state policy." That article stated: "The bottom line is that the project relies on unsustainable mining of groundwater, designed to extract groundwater at a rate exceeding natural recharge."
By Scott SlaterMarch 29, 2012
The following provides an overview of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project and offers a response to questions recently voiced in the online community about the science behind the Project. The Project is a Southern California water conservation project that would capture and conserve groundwater to provide a new, reliable water supply for approximately 200,000 individuals across the region per year.
Lines exhibit strong potential for water distribution and storage
February 29, 2012
Los Angeles -- Today Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] (the “Company”) is pleased to update plans to purchase idle natural gas pipelines for conversion to water transmission, including a 220-mile pipeline owned by El Paso Natural Gas (“EPNG”) that originates south of Bakersfield, California and stretches into Cadiz, California, where the Company’s primary landholdings are located. The conversion of the EPNG pipeline, which could link the State’s water distribution network to Cadiz in several locations, may benefit the Company’s projects and landholdings and would create new opportunities for the movement and storage of water in California.
Los Angeles -- Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ:CDZI] (the "Company") is pleased to announce today that Hannon Armstrong Securities, LLC ("Hannon Armstrong"), an investment bank specializing in the financing of essential infrastructure assets in the United States, including next generation water, energy and telecommunication projects, will lead the Company through the construction financing process for the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (the "Water Project"). The Water Project would provide a new, reliable water supply to Southern California residents by capturing and conserving groundwater currently being lost to evaporation from the aquifer system beneath the Company's 34,000-acre property in California's Mojave Desert.
Company’s Water Project Lead, Scott Slater, Joins the Board
February 16, 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA – Cadiz Inc. [NASDAQ: CDZI] announced today the appointment of Mr. Scott Slater to its Board of Directors. Mr. Slater, who is currently the Company’s President and General Counsel, has been added to the Board in recognition of his growing leadership role in the Company and his success in advancing the Company’s Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project (“Water Project”).
