Rivers
Story
From Modesto Bee - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Delta
Story
From Stockton Record - Friday, Jan. 4, 2013
(The following comment is in
response to the above articles.)
Coalition response...None of the recent stories on protecting fish by cutting water supplies
have put a price tag on the cost to consumers. More egregious is the fact that
water supplies are being cut without any plan to determine what, if any,
benefits there will be to the environment. We can no longer simply say that
fish need more and more water. It's more complicated than that.
During a 14-day period in
December, public water agencies were required to reduce the amount of water
they move through the Delta because of the Delta smelt. As a result, more than
200,000 acre-feet of water was lost without even a plan on measuring benefits
for the environment. Continuing to use old solutions to today's complex
problems doesn't cut it anymore, especially when the old ways aren't providing
any improvements in the system. The lost water could have served more than a
million people for a full year. It could have grown hundreds of millions of
dollars in farm products and created jobs throughout the economy. Instead it
went to the ocean and no one can say whether it did any good at all.
Water supply
Story
From Patterson Irrigator - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Coalition response...Bill Harrison and Peter Rietkerk are right. Snow in the mountains today
doesn't necessarily mean there will be an abundant water supply for farmers
this summer. Constraints on how we store and deliver water have turned
otherwise normal water years into a disaster because of antiquated rules designed
to protect fish that are proven to not work. Who ultimately pays? Consumers who
depend on California farms to fill the shelves at the grocery store. They are
the true end user of farm water and if the trend continues, we will be more
dependent on food products coming in from other countries instead of the safe,
healthy and affordable supplies we could be growing right here in California.
WATER SUPPLY
Video report
From California Channel - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
Story
From Siskiyou Daily News - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
GROUNDWATER
Story
From Chico Enterprise- Record - Friday, Jan. 4, 2013
Story
From Monterey County Herald - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
RIVERS
Press release
From San Joaquin Tributaries Authority - Thursday,
Jan. 3, 2013
DELTA
Blog
From BDCP - Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
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