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This is a key time for California water: we are coming off of three years of serious drought and growing political conflict over water allocations. The Legislature passed a comprehensive water bill last November. A major water bond was proposed to fund a wide range of interventions, but has now...
Coalition viewpoint…Individuals in both the agricultural and urban sectors have already achieved increased water use efficiency and are willing to continue their efforts. Farmers have spent millions of dollars to install improved irrigation systems. Homeowners have reduced their water usage and have received increased water bills. Economics play a very pivotal role in determining water conservation practices. In today’s economic climate, calling for new sources of revenue is welcome but a far cry from reality.
Study suggests ways to save lots of water
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from Chico Enterprise Record – Wednesday, Sept. 8m 2010
OAKLAND — A report by the Pacific Institute of Oakland lays out water-saving ideas it says could save California a million acre-feet of water a year through whittling water use in homes, business and farming.
Coalition viewpoint…Individuals in both the agricultural and urban sectors have already achieved increased water use efficiency and are willing to continue their efforts. Farmers have spent millions of dollars to install improved irrigation systems. Homeowners have reduced their water usage and have received increased water bills. Economics play a very pivotal role in determining water conservation practices. In today’s economic climate, calling for new sources of revenue is welcome but a far cry from reality. ALSO---Claiming that agriculture uses 80% of the developed water in our state without explaining that more water exists presents an inaccurate picture of California water supplies. Most readers may not realize that California farmers use only 41% of California’s water supply and urban folks account for 11%. The remaining 48% is water dedicated to the environment.
Groups Sue State to Protect the Delta’s Public Trust Resources
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from Indybay – Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010
By Dan Bacher
The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and AquAlliance filed a landmark public trust lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court to protect Delta fisheries and water quality from excessive Delta pumping.
AquAlliance among groups suing state water agencies
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from Chico Enterprise Record – Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
SACRAMENTO — Three groups, including Chico-based AquAlliance, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Water Resources and the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Latest Delta lawsuit could pack a wallop
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from Contra Costa Times – Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010
Environmentalists sue state, citing 'public trust' statute
Coalition viewpoint…This lawsuit is part of a coordinated effort to stop needed improvements in the current delivery system that provides water to California families, farmers, businesses and others. The result of this lawsuit could be a catastrophic impact on California’s water supply as we know it. Instead of working cooperatively with other interests to obtain a reliable water future for all, the filers of this lawsuit are hell-bent on achieving their own agenda at the expense of others.
Delta talks going on behind closed doors
from SJ Mercury News – Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
Delta talks going on in secret
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from Contra Costa Times – Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
Future of state's water is being discussed in private to help break logjam in committee negotiations
Coalition viewpoint…Any talks that will move California closer to a reliable water future are important and necessary. Those who are not included in the talks become automatic critics and prove why they are not involved. The answer to California’s water problems involves more than providing for just one region of our state. The answer must include a statewide effort that includes protections and reliability for all water users.
Editorial: Can sewage foes fashion a fair Delta cleanup?
from Sacramento Bee – Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010
If you are one of the 1.3 million people served by the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, you might want to prepare for an eventual hike in your monthly sewage treatment bills.
Coalition viewpoint…Here are the FACTS as pointed out by this editorial:
1. The City of Sacramento has for years been dumping its polluted wastewater into the waters that flow through the Delta.
2. The City of Sacramento has opted for dilution rather than undertake a treatment program that many other cities already employ.
3. The City of Sacramento’s sewage discharges have had a negative impact on the Delta ecosystem, robbing fish of needed food supplies.
To infer that Delta water users should pay the future costs of reducing the ammonium discharges into the Delta from the City of Sacramento simply shifts the cleanup cost from the polluters to the people who are suffering from the problem.
Delta residents to get opportunity to review plan for waterway
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from Sacramento Bee
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