Delta
(This article was previously
published in the LA Times.)
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From SF Chronicle - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
Coalition response...Opposition to planned water system upgrades and ecosystem improvements
in the Delta puts the water supply for more than 25 million Californians at
risk. It also threatens huge swaths of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley
that is the source for much of California's fruit and vegetable crops during
certain times of the year.
Years of water uncertainty caused
by drought and environmental restrictions, as well as a doubling of
California's population from a time when much of our existing water system was
built, tells us that the time is right to invest in our future. As
President John F. Kennedy said at the groundbreaking for San Luis Reservoir
near Los Banos in 1962, "Nothing could be more disastrous for this
country than for the citizens of one part of the state to feel that everything
they have is theirs and that it should not be shared with the other citizens of
the state. That is the way to stand still."
Water rights for people in the
Delta, or anywhere else for that matter, cannot be impacted by new
projects. That's the law. Standing in the way of others who want to
invest in tomorrow's more efficient water supply system is contrary to what
Kennedy told us 50 years ago. And that surely is the way to stand still.
WATER SUPPLY
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From Western Farm Press - Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
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From NOAA - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
DELTA
Radio
From KQED - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
Blog
By Jeff Michael
From Valley Economy - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
Press release
From Rep. Garamendi - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
Blog
From Coalition for a Sustainable Delta - October 2012
CONGRESS
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From ACWA - Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
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