There are many links today that all contain information on Westlands’ decision to remove themselves from the BDCP. We strongly encourage you to take the time and look over as many as you can.
from BDCP – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Department of Interior responds to Westlands
Letter
from Aquafornia
State Water Contractors respond to Westlands Water District’s withdrawal from the BDCP planning process
Release
from Aquafornia
Metropolitan Water District’s statement regarding Westlands’s and the BDCP
Release
From MWD
Select PDF link
Westlands pulls out of water plan
Story
from Fresno Bee – Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
Westlands Water District yanks delta plan funding
Story
from San Francisco Chronicle
Water district pulls out of Delta coalition
Story
from Stockton Record – Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
Westlands quits Delta habitat effort
Story
from Sacramento Bee – Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
Westlands pulls out of delta water plan
Story
from Hanford Sentinel – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Westlands bails out of Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Story
from Central Valley Business Times – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Farmers pull out of Calif. delta restoration plan
from Ventura County Star
Farmers pull out of Calif delta restoration plan
Story
from Mercury News – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Farmers pull out of delta restoration plan
TV News
from California TV News – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
California Bay-Delta --- Doomed to Failure?
Blog
from Inkstain – Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
New Hope for a Thoughtful Process in the Water Wars
Blog
from California Spigot – Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010
And Now, Will the Real BDCP Project Purpose Please Stand Up...
Blog
from NRDC – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
By Kate Poole
Westlands Water District Withdraws from BDCP Process
Blog
from Indybay newswire – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
A whole cartload of schadenfreude for me
Blog
from Public Record – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Westlands takes ball and goes home
Blog
from Delta National Park – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Westlands SEC investigation urged
Letter
from Hydraulic Brotherhood – Tuesday Nov. 23, 2010
Water rights transfers bring big bucks and controversy
TV News
from California TV News – Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010
Coalition viewpoint... Much has been said and written about the action of Westlands Water District’s announced withdrawal from the BDCP process. Many participants involved in the BDCP process have echoed this same frustration but Westlands is the first participant to publicly act upon these frustrations. The frustration was magnified in a meeting last week in Washington, DC, in which Interior officials gathered the BDCP participants. Also invited by Interior were other interests who refused to work as partners of the BDCP planning process and instead have consistently acted to derail the efforts. When Interior officials announced the need for $100 million from water contractors to conduct further studies and could only answer with “I think we need more water” when asked by the contractors for the science to back up their request...well, it’s not difficult to understand Westlands’ response.
The BDCP planning process remains an important factor in resolving California’s water problem. Its co-equal goals of a reliable water supply and restoring the Delta environment remain just that---co-equal. Efforts to place one in front of the other will not benefit the process.
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