Delta
(The following article was
previously printed in the Redding Record Searchlight.)
Column
By Tom Elias
From Hanford Sentinel - Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
Coalition response...Naysayers of the proposed tunnels will be quick to criticize this column
while overlooking the truth presented by the author. Conditions in the Delta
aren't getting better, despite 30 years of environmentally-based flow
restrictions. Doing nothing, as some insist is the path our state should take,
will only continue the problems that plague threatened and endangered species
as well as our water system. The proposed tunnels would separate water that
would flow to farms and 25 million Californians from water dedicated for fish
and the Delta's ecosystem. The tunnels are designed for a delivery capacity of
only 9,000 cfs. The canal voted on by the voters in 1982 had a capacity of
22,000 cfs. A 1966 report stated ,"the canal must be operational by
1974" to "prevent great damage to the commercial and sport fisheries
that are dependent on the delta." Thirty-eight years have gone by since the
canal was proposed to be finished. The Delta is a mess. Water supplies are
unreliable. Food-producing land is fallowed every year because of water
shortages and consumers pay the price at the checkout stand. Governor Brown is
demonstrating the kind of leadership now that will move California forward and
away from the do-nothing, gridlock mentality that hurts the rest of the state.
WATER SUPPLY
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Editorial
From Fresno Bee - Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
Press release
From DWR - Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
Blog
By Fritz Durst
From NCWA - Friday, Aug. 10, 2012
WATER QUALITY
Story
From Ag Alert - Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
DELTA
Story
From Vacaville Reporter - Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
Column
By Frank Gayaldo
From Lodi News-Sentinel - Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012
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