Delta
Blog
By Brian Leubitz
From Calitics - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Coalition response...The writer makes three fundamental mistakes in this biased screed
against sensible water use. First, alternative conveyance is actually intended
to improve the health of the Delta by returning flow to a more natural
east-to-west pattern. That will help species, such as the Delta smelt, that are
in decline precisely because the current system doesn't work.
Second, water supplies to farmers
may only go directly to 0.5% of the population but those people use it to grow
food that the rest of us buy at the grocery store. There's an absolute
connection between farm water and the food we find in the grocery store.
And last, claiming that Southern
California was never a very good place to grow crops demonstrates a lack of
knowledge of California's agriculture industry. Los Angeles was the top
agriculture county in the nation during the first half of the 20th Century
before widespread development pushed farming out.
Cutting off water supplies to the
farms in other parts of the state will have the same effect on consumer food
choices. There will be fewer fresh California fruits and vegetables in the
stores, costs will rise and we will be more dependent on food supplies from
other countries that do not have the same food safety and production practices
that we have here in California.
Rivers
Viewpoint
By Ralph Mendershausen, Michael
Martin and Rob Webster
From Modesto Bee - Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Coalition response...The concerns expressed by these authors are exaggerations that
misrepresent HR 2578. This legislation provides an increased supply of water
for people, farms and businesses in years when the water is available, which
may not be every year. Claiming that this proposal would "blow a big hole
in the National Wild and Scenic River system" is rhetoric that ignores
reality. Instead, it corrects an unintended encroachment of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers designation on the Merced River, which included an area previously
defined within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) MID boundary
upstream of Lake McClure. Debate is a healthy discourse but facts are needed.
WATER SUPPLY
Story
From Hanford Sentinel - Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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From Chico Enterprise-Record - Wednesday, July 4, 2012
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From Whittier Daily News - Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Radio news
From KPCC - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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From Hanford Sentinel - Tuesday, July 4, 2012
From KFSN/30 - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
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From ACWA - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
RIVERS
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Monday, July 2, 2012
DELTA
Viewpoint
By Randy Fiorini
From Contra Costa Times - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Story
From ACWA - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From eSanJoaquin - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From eSanJoaquin - Tuesday, July 3, 2012
LEGISLATURE
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From Imperial Valley Press - Thursday, July 5, 2012
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