Water Plan
From: Matt Weiser, Sacramento
Bee
California officials on Thursday
released a five-year "Water Action Plan" intended to avoid a
statewide water supply crisis stemming from drought, population growth and
climate change.
From: Bettina Boxall, LA Times
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State officials Thursday released
the draft of a new California Water Action Plan that doesn't include much
action.
From: Ian James, Desert Sun
The state released a water plan
Thursday laying out broad goals for alleviating a list of big problems, among
them worsening water scarcity, uncertain water supplies, declining groundwater
levels and contaminated drinking water.
From: Amy Quinton, Capital
Public Radio
California now has a five-year
draft plan for managing the state's water, but some are criticizing it for its
lack of details.
The 17-page document is designed
to move the state toward more sustainable water management.
It focuses on water conservation,
restoring ecosystems, water storage, flood protection, and safe drinking water.
From: Press Release, Westlands
Water District
Westlands Water District supports
the goals of the draft California Water Action Plan, a proposal to secure
reliable water supplies, restore important species and habitat, and construct a
more resilient water system to meet changing conditions. The Action Plan
acknowledges that California cannot meet the water supply needs of the
residents of the state or reach its environmental goals unless critical actions
are taken to increase water supply and improve the state's water
infrastructure.
From: Press Release, Digital
Journal
Timothy Quinn, executive director
of the statewide Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), issued the
following statement on the draft action plan for water released today by the
California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection
Agency and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The plan
identifies 10 key actions that address pressing water issues and lay the
groundwork for a more resilient water supply future.
From: Associated Press, SD Union-Tribune
From: Associated Press, Stockton Record
From: Associated Press, Modesto Bee
From: Associated Press, Oroville Mercury-Register
From: Associated Press, CBS-13 TV
From: Associated Press, KCRA-3 TV
Leaders of the three state
agencies that deal with California water availability, quality and consumption
said Thursday they will begin looking at the issues comprehensively rather than
dealing with each problem separately.
It's meant to be the backbone of
an effort to identify and prioritize projects dealing with issues such as poor
water quality, declining fish habitat, groundwater over-drafting, and water
scarcity in a warming climate.
Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Alex Breitler, Stockton
Record
Staten Island is so large you
could run a marathon on the levee circling its vast cornfields. And yet, by
car, there is only one way in and one way out.
From: Editorial Staff, Redding
Record Searchlight
Proponents of the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan - the multibillion-dollar effort to both restore the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and replumb it to pipe Sacramento River water
south - frequently claim the project isn't about taking any new water from the
North State, but merely ensuring the existing supplies flow more reliably and
predictably.
Well, maybe. But if they ever get
those predictable flows, the next thing folks down south will want is more
water. And sometimes they tip their cards.
Water Supply
From: Chris Richard, KQED
It's picking time for wine
vineyards in the central California community of Paso Robles, and the farmers
are bringing in a rich harvest.
Farmers here irrigate from the
Paso Robles Groundwater Basin, subterranean beds of sand and gravel that hold
one of California's largest water supplies. It contains an estimated 30 million
acre-feet of water, enough to supply twice as many households as there are in
the entire state for a year.
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