Transfers
From: Dan
Casamajor, Chico Enterprise-Record
From: Elizabeth
Devereaux, Chico Enterprise-Record
(The following comment is posted
in response to the above two letters.)
Coalition response...
Water transfers are not allowed
to take place without a rigorous review of potential impacts on area-of-origin
water users, groundwater, environmental resources and more. These regulations
require that no negative impacts may result from proposed transfers.
Individuals and organizations that insist any transfer will deplete local water
supplies should be aware that safeguards are already in place to address their
concerns. Public participation in California water policy is important.
Communication with local irrigation and water districts is an important first
step because locally elected boards have the responsibility to oversee the
decisions that affect their constituents. Short-term water transfers have
proven time and time again to provide benefits to both buyers and sellers by
moving water from areas of abundance to areas of need and infusing outside
capital into local areas to upgrade and maintain infrastructure without raising
local taxes or water costs.
From: Heather
Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record
Coalition response...
Proposing that a regional body
assume control over locally elected irrigation and water districts may not be a
good idea. The board members that make decisions on how best to manage their
district have the interests of their constituents to consider. Local
accountability is important. That means that the decisions made by an
irrigation or water district may not be popular with every voter when they're
made to benefit the overall operation of the district. Delegating that
responsibility to a regional authority means that local voters could lose their
voice on important local issues.
Farming
From: Aviva
Shen, ClimateProgress
Coalition response...
There is a reason dry land
farming has been declining in popularity, as the article states. It's just not
as productive. According to a 2001 study by Peralta and Stockle, irrigation on
land allows it to be twice as productive. Modern irrigation techniques, such as
those widely used in California, have almost immensely increased crop
production on the same amount of applied water as was used over 40 years ago.
At a time when millions of people worldwide are entering middle income brackets
and becoming larger food consumers, does it make sense to adopt old, less
productive practices when they could hasten a global food shortage?
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Paul
Helliker, Contra Costa Times
From: Jerry
Meral, The Record
From: William Stelle Jr., Sacramento Bee
From: Charles
Milor, Fresno Bee
From: John
Laird, Sacramento Bee
From: C.J.
Jawahar, Sacramento Bee
From: Burt
Wilson, Sacramento Bee
Water Supply
From: Editorial,
Modesto Bee
Delta
From: Vacaville
Reporter
Salton Sea
From: Lynn Lieu,
The Desert Sun
Dams
From: George J.
Janczyn, GrokSurf's San Diego
People
From: Fresno Bee
From: Modesto Bee
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