Water supply
Blog
By Dan Bacher
From Daily Kos - Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012
Coalition response...Rejecting the benefits resulting from the proposed raising of Shasta Dam
is to reject the years of science and research that has gone into developing
the proposal. More water in storage means enhanced protections for Chinook
salmon in dry or critical years as the cold water supply increases. Improved
gravel augmentation for salmon in the upper Sacramento River is also included
in the proposal. The water management flexibility for water operations in the
proposal will result in an increased fish survivability rate.
Some critics of the proposal
insist that local projects should replace the raising of Shasta Dam. These
local projects usually are coupled with local benefits and would not provide
the environmental benefits offered to Chinook salmon.
It is interesting to remember
that this discussion would not be taking place today if the original
construction plans, which called for a higher dam, were fully undertaken. The
plans were adjusted at a time when our nation needed the building supplies for
an effort to safeguard our nation during a time of war.
Delta
Viewpoint
By Dan Nottoli and Darrell Fong
From Sacramento Bee - Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
Coalition response...Opposition to planned water system upgrades and ecosystem improvements
in the Delta puts the water supply for more than 25 million Californians at
risk. It also threatens huge swaths of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley that
is the source for much of California's fruit and vegetable crops during certain
times of the year.
Years of water uncertainty caused
by drought and environmental restrictions, as well as a doubling of
California's population from a time when much of our existing water system was
built, tells us that the time is right to invest in our future. As President
John F. Kennedy said at the groundbreaking for San Luis Reservoir near Los
Banos in 1962, "Nothing could be more disastrous for this country than for
the citizens of one part of the state to feel that everything they have is
theirs and that it should not be shared with the other citizens of the state.
That is the way to stand still."
Water rights for people in the
Delta, or anywhere else for that matter, cannot be impacted by new projects.
That's the law. Standing in the way of others who want to invest in tomorrow's
more efficient water supply system is contrary to what Kennedy told us 50 years
ago. And that surely is the way to stand still today.
WATER SUPPLY
Radio news
From Valley Public Radio - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
Blog
By Brad Plummer
From Washington Post - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
Story
From Imperial Valley Press - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From esanjoaquin - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
TV news
From KCRA - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
Story
From LA Times - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
Opinion
By Nancy Isakson and Norm Groot
From Salinas Californian - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
GROUNDWATER
Story
From Modesto Bee - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
DELTA
Story
From Stockton Record - Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
Story
From Contra Costa Times - Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
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