Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: LA Times
Coalition
response...The
editorial writers do a good job in recognizing that everyone will lose if
something is not done to fix the Delta and achieve a reliable water supply and
restore the Delta ecosystem. Scientists and researchers have worked for seven
years to develop the Bay Delta Conservation Plan as the best opportunity to
achieve these goals. Now is the time for all interests in California to come
together to resolve the problems that have plagued our state's water for 150
years by moving forward with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
From: John
Wildermuth, Fox and Hounds
From: John
Wildermuth, Redding Record Searchlight
Coalition
response...California's
water picture has changed since voters went to the polling booth in 1982. Many
changes have occurred over the past 30 years, including regulatory restrictions
based on evolving environmental policies. These changes take water away
from people and from the farms that grow our food. Years of scientific
study and research have resulted in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)
- an opportunity to improve water supply reliability, while improving the
Delta ecosystem.
It is important to
understand that BDCP is not the 1982 plan to build the Peripheral Canal. The
canal was an isolated facility while BDCP's tunnels provide operational
flexibility to maintain in-Delta water quality. The canal had a capacity to
divert 21,800 cubic feet per second of water and the tunnels' capacity is only
9,000 cfs. Learn more at www.farmwater.org/p-canalcomparison.pdf.
From: Ross
Farrow, Lodi News-Sentinel
Coalition
response...Seven years
of scientific research has gone into the development of the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan (BDCP), which is the best opportunity to provide a reliable
water supply and to restore the Delta ecosystem, both mandates from the
California Legislature. Recent proposals to fix the Delta have surfaced from
individuals and organizations but do not fulfill this legislative directive.
Changes have been made to BDCP from its earlier drafts, including a change
in the tunnel capacity to transport water, from 21,000 cubic feet per
second to only 9,000 cfs. Also changed as been the number of tunnels from three
to two.
BDCP is the best
opportunity California has to reliably deliver water to 25 million Californians
and thousands of farmers and to restore the Delta ecosystem in a way that
protects fish.
From: Andy Ball,
San Jose Mercury News
Coalition
response...Andy Ball
does a good job describing the danger to California if action is not taken now
to fix the Delta. We must look to a solution that is based on science and will
benefit all of California. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is that
answer.
Those who benefit
from the improved conveyance will pay for the construction, operation and
maintenance costs. State and federal funding sources are being identified to
pay for ecosystem restoration and enhancement. Improvements to the Delta
include the creation of more than a 100,000 acres of habitat that will protect
fish and support other ecosystem restoration efforts.
The tunnels will
provide an improved, reliable conveyance of water through the Delta that has
been absent in recent years. Farmland has gone unplanted and water costs to
many urban residents have risen as a result of the precarious water supply.
Andy Ball
understands why the Bay Delta Conservation Plan is an important part of
California's water future.
Transfers
From: Herb
Jacobson, Chico Enterprise-Record
Coalition
response...The proposed
water transfer from Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District (GCID) required the
district to conduct extensive research to guarantee the absence of negative
impacts to the local community, including groundwater levels. This research is
required by Reclamation before approval is granted. GCID used the best
available science to model any effects from the transfer and committed to a monitoring
program that assures a protection for the environment.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Stuart
Leavenworth, Sacramento Bee
Water Supply
From: Antoine
Abou-Diwan and Richard Montenegro Brown, Imperial Valley Press
From: Joe
Little, ABC 10 TV
Groundwater
From: John Cox,
Bakersfield Californian
From: Lisa M.
Krieger, Contra Costa Times
Transfers
From: Heather
Hacking, Chico Enterprise-Record
San Joaquin River
From: Carol
Campodonica, Merced Sun-Star
Fisheries
From: Edward
Ortiz, Sacramento Bee
From: Associated
Press, KTVU TV
From: Associated
Press, Stockton Record
From: Associated
Press, Contra Costa Times
From: Associated
Press, Fresno Bee
From: Associated
Press, Modesto Bee
From: Associated
Press, Sacramento Bee
From: Associated
Press, Silicon Valley Mercury News
Courts
From: Desert Sun
From: Ben
McCall, Desert Sun
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