Delta
Column
From Redding Record Searchlight - Tuesday, Aug. 14,
2012
Coalition response...Naysayers of the proposed tunnels will be quick to criticize this column
while overlooking the truth presented by the author. Conditions in the Delta
aren't getting better, despite 30 years of environmentally-based flow
restrictions. Doing nothing, as some insist is the path our state should take,
will only continue the problems that plague threatened and endangered species
as well as our water system. The proposed tunnels would separate water that
would flow to farms and 25 million Californians from water dedicated for fish
and the Delta's ecosystem. The tunnels are designed for a delivery capacity of
only 9,000 cfs. The canal voted on by the voters in 1982 had a capacity of
22,000 cfs. A 1966 report stated ,"the canal must be operational by
1974" to "prevent great damage to the commercial and sport fisheries
that are dependent on the delta." Thirty-eight years have gone by since
the canal was proposed to be finished. The Delta is a mess. Water supplies are
unreliable. Food-producing land is fallowed every year because of water
shortages and consumers pay the price at the checkout stand. Governor Brown is
demonstrating the kind of leadership now that will move California forward and
away from the do-nothing, gridlock mentality that hurts the rest of the state.
Story
By Mandy Honeychurch
From Capitol Weekly - Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
Coalition response...This story presents an accurate and reasonable portrayal of the efforts
surrounding the current efforts to provide a reliable water supply to farmers
and 25 million Californians and at the same time provide restoration to the
Delta's ecosystem. Absent in this article is the emotion and rhetoric that too
often creep into news stories. A good job done by the author.
Opinion
By John Michelena
From Modesto Bee - Monday, Aug. 13, 2012
Coalition response...The author raises acceptable concerns regarding the construction of twin
tunnels through the Delta that are designed to provide a more reliable supply
of water. Current plans are still a work in progress and those who rely on the
water that passes through the Delta are awaiting answers to some of the same
questions the author raises. Recent years of reduced deliveries of water that
flows through the Delta have been a failure for many farmers and the 25 million
Californians who rely on that water. Regulatory efforts to provide ecosystem
improvements have failed. To do nothing dooms a significant number of
farmers and our state's food production capacity as well as any chance of
improving the environmental health of the Delta. The proposed tunnels may be
California's best option for both.
WATER SUPPLY
Story
From Chico Enterprise-Record - Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
DELTA
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From esanjoaquin - Monday, Aug. 13, 2012
Opinion
By Assemblyman Dan Logue
From Assemblyman Logue - August 2012
FISHERIES
Story
From YubaNet - Monday, Aug. 13, 2012
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