Bay Delta
Conservation Plan
From: Ed Reeder, Sacramento
Bee
Re "Low storage brings water ration orders"
(Page A1, Dec. 29): The current drought should make us rethink how to spend our
water project dollars. Higher dams and water tunnels might have merit when we
have an abundance of water. However, this year if Shasta Dam was twice as high,
it wouldn't provide any additional storage.
From: Beau Goldie, San Jose
Mercury News
Paul Rockwell (Opinion, Dec. 30) claims that the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan will accelerate a fracking boom in California. The Santa
Clara Valley Water District is on record in support of bills that seek tougher
restrictions on fracking. Protecting groundwater quality is of paramount
importance to us. Opposing the Bay Delta plan because some water is used for
fracking is like objecting to paying taxes because you don't agree with every
dollar the government spends.
From: Robert G. Veaco,
Stockton Record (subscription required)
Today's must-read letter --
Published Jan. 2, 2014 Both Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller and Assemblywoman
Kristin Olsen are to be applauded for setting forth the real water issue that
urgently need to be addressed in California - the need to increase our water
supplies.
These far outweigh spending
unknown billions to build tunnels that send water south to support development
of rapidly growing populations occupying physically large counties, including
Los Angeles.
Fisheries
From: Mark J Palmer,
Sacramento Bee
Re "40 years of swimming upstream to save fish"
(Viewpoints, Dec. 29): Peter Moyle has been one of the stalwart researchers of
our California freshwater fish species for many decades, helping protect
endangered fish species and researching the declines of many species. I'm happy
to see he is still active. He could have added that the California Department
of Water Resources continues to be a major impediment to protecting endangered
river and stream habitats.
Water Supply
From: Staff, Modesto Bee
Representatives from three
California agencies will gather Tuesday in Sacramento to discuss agricultural
water transfers and drought preparedness.
"California's farmers and
ranchers need to prepare for a potentially significant drought year,"
warned Karen Ross, who heads the state's Department of Food and Agriculture.
"We are looking at scenarios in which considerable land fallowing and
unsustainable groundwater overdraft will occur, leading to direct impacts
within our rural farming communities."
Water Quality
From: California Almond Board,
Western Farm Press
The impact of the landmark UC
Davis study on nitrates in drinking water, released in March 2012, is being
felt throughout California agriculture as state legislators debate legislation
addressing safe drinking water issues raised in the report. Gail Delihant,
director of government affairs for the Western Growers Association, told those
attending The Almond Conference session on rules and regulations that two key
pieces of legislation are of particular interest to almond growers.
From: Staff, Santa Maria Times
A basin plan amendment that would
add total maximum daily loads of pesticides allowed in the Santa Maria River
and its tributaries will be considered in a public hearing set for Thursday,
Jan. 30.
The Central Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board will conduct the hearing at 9 a.m. in the Watsonville
City Council Chambers on the fourth floor at 275 Main St., Watsonville.
Meetings
From: Staff, California
Irrigation Institute
What is the future of the
water-energy relationship? Can a balance on water use efficiency and energy use
be found? Come engage with other water and power professionals as we explore
the future of water and energy efficiency at the 52nd Annual California
Irrigation Institute Conference!
Thursday & Friday, Jan.
23-24, 2014
Sacramento Arden West Hilton
2200 Harvard Street, Sacramento
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