Trinity River
From: Editorial, Chico
Enterprise-Record
Our view: A judge shouldn't allow
this year's salmon to be sacrificed for next year's crops in the distant San
Joaquin Valley.
Coalition response...The judge's decision has nothing to do with north state or south state
water "desires." There are quantities set aside for both under
federal law. What is in question is whether or not the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
can take more water than the law provides. Reclamation had more than
400,000 acre-feet of water, enough to farm about 160,000 acres or to meet the
daily needs of 800,000 families, to use for fishery protection this
year. Rather than properly plan to legally provide supplemental flows to
minimize the effect of diseases that exist on the Klamath River on an expected
near historic number of salmon returning to spawn, they choose instead to try
and take this water from other legal uses including protection of endangered
species, management of waterfowl, clean power generation, recreation, industry,
daily human needs, and, yes, farming. Regarding the question of what the
judge's ruling means for the future, northern California residents should take
comfort from a decision to not allow an illegal infringement upon water
rights to occur.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Tom Elias, Marysville
Appeal-Democrat
(This article was previously
printed in several newspapers.)
Backers of the water tunnels at
the heart of the proposed $25 billion plan for updating and replumbing the
Delta of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers thought they had played a trump
card the other day when they presented a 244-page economic impact report.
Coalition response...The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is an effort to obtain a 50-year
conservation permit that will improve the Delta through habitat restoration and
protection of species. This environmental permit should also improve water
supply deliveries to about 4,000 farms and 25 million Californians. This author
fails to recognize the importance of a dependable supply of water. For farmers,
this means they will not be forced to abandon their fields following planting
after learning their water supply will be reduced. It also means that the safe
and healthy food supply farmers provide to consumers will continue.
Comparing the proposed tunnels to
the Peripheral Canal of 1982 is an effort that is absent in facts. Capacity of
the tunnels is only 9,000 cubic feet per second and the canal would have
transported 21,800 cfs. Learn more about the differences at www.farmwater.org/p-canalcomparison.pdf.
The $84 billion identified in the
cost-benefit analysis is a statewide number, not one that will benefit only one
region and not the next. The up and down fluctuations in California's economy
is felt throughout our state and an $84 billion boost will be felt by all.
From: Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee
From: Matt Weiser, Modesto Bee
From: Matt Weiser, Fresno Bee
California water officials are
proposing a dramatic redesign of two massive water diversion tunnels planned
for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a concession to Delta residents who have
complained the project would upend their lives.
From: Alex Breitler,
esanjoaqin
The Legislative Analyst's Office
is not as confident as the state that the governor's twin tunnels plan will
reap billions in net benefits to the state.
Water Supply
From: Todd Fichette, Western
Farm Press
This story out of Texas could be
played out in California very soon.
Every day we take for granted a
number of things:
The lights
will come on when we touch the switch,
Water will
flow from the tap when we turn it on,
Food will be
plentiful, fresh and available at our local grocery store.
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
Lake Powell and increase the
likelihood of a Colorado River water shortage declaration.
The Bureau of Reclamation's
24-month Study Reports utilize hydrologic data from the National Weather
Service to project operations of the Colorado River's system of reservoirs over
a two-year period. Additionally, the August report will explain how much water
is released from Lake Powell over the next water year. That report is expected
to be published Friday.
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