Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Darrel Fong, Sacramento
Bee
Gov. Jerry Brown and major water
interests from Southern California and the Central Valley are trying to sell a
proposal to the residents of Sacramento and other Delta communities to allow
the construction of twin underground tunnels costing $25 billion to siphon
water from the Sacramento River and deliver it to farms and cities to the
south. We should not be fooled into thinking that the Sacramento region will
gain from this preordained proposal.
Coalition response... Council-member Fong repeats a number of discredited statements in this
commentary on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
•
Research shows that BDCP
will NOT have adverse impacts on local water supply;
•
BDCP will NOT cause a
condition known as "dead pool" at Folsom Lake. Analysis shows
that climate change could have an effect on reservoir levels, whether or not
efforts are undertaken to improve water supply reliability and Delta ecosystems
outlined in the BDCP.
•
The entire state has
shared in water conservation efforts, as water users and suppliers seek to
reduce use and improve management of water across the state. The people
of Sacramento should be recognized for their efforts during the past 13 years,
but it is not an effort limited to the Sacramento-area.
•
BDCP will NOT cause a
massive increase in the water exported from the Delta. It will improve the
reliability of the water delivered through the Delta to those who already have
rights to receive it.
For more information on these,
and other discredited statements - please check out the "Your Questions
Answered" section of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan at: http://baydeltaconservationplan.com/AboutBDCP/YourQuestionsAnswered.aspx
Water Bond
From: Damon Arthur, Redding
Record-Searchlight
Larry Miller has a solution he
says will solve the state's water shortage problems. The Shingletown man was
one of dozens of North State residents who spoke today at an informational
hearing of the state Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee meeting held
in Redding.
Members of the committee, invited
speakers and members of the public talked about water issues facing California
and possible solutions, including building more dams, conserving water, forest
management and groundwater overpumping.
Water Supply
From: Bakersfield Californian
Staff, Bakersfield Californian
San Joaquin Valley farmers have
been told they'll get only a tiny fraction of the water they've asked for in
2014. The least the state can do is try to help them maximize their meager
allotment.
That's the only way to look at
Congressman Jim Costa's request that Gov. Jerry Brown take emergency action to
obtain additional water for valley farmers. By officially declaring that
California is again in a drought, Brown might help persuade the U.S. Department
of the Interior to ease certain water-delivery restrictions.
Reservoirs
From: Mark Grossi, Fresno Bee
Federal authorities this week
released their appraisal of enlarging San Luis Reservoir, the major watering
hole in the center of the state. This reservoir is always worth following.
San Luis gets a spotlight each
summer as west San Joaquin Valley farms and Southern Californians call for more
water.
Quantification
Settlement Agreement
From: Antoine Abou-Diwan,
Imperial Valley Press
Imperial Irrigation District
officials acknowledged months ago that the IID will not meet on-farm water
conservation requirements for 2013, a fact that was underscored at Tuesday's
board of directors meeting.
The on-farm efficiency water
conservation program is one component of the Quantification Settlement
Agreement, which transfers water from the Imperial Valley to coastal, urban
areas. The program offers incentives to farmers to install irrigation efficiency
measures in their fields, like sprinklers, pump-back, and drip irrigation
systems. Conserved water is transferred out of the Valley.
Salton Sea
From: Steven Greenhut, U-T San
Diego
The Legislature's efforts to
"save" the Salton Sea, California's largest lake and one of the
nation's eeriest places, have gone virtually nowhere in the last decade, unless
one counts the millions of dollars that have been spent on personnel and
consultants. That's the conclusion of a recent report by State Auditor Elaine
Howle.
State Water Plan
From: Heather Hacking, Chico
Enterprise-Record
The state is trying to make good
on some deadlines for the California Water Plan Update, but county water
leaders say the section on the Sacramento Valley needs more work.
"Unsatisfactory" was
one word used by a water commissioner to describe it.
Commissioners urged county staff
to send a strong letter to the state Department of Water Resources that the
report was late and incomplete.
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