BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
Editorial
From SF Chronicle - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Coalition response...In any discussion of Governor Brown's plan to provide water supply
reliability for California it is important to start with a fundamental fact:
The current system isn't working for fish and it isn't working for water users.
The San Francisco Bay Area depends on the Delta for two-thirds of its drinking
water supply. The Bay Area is susceptible to the same earthquake risk to its
water supply as southern California, which is why the City of San Francisco
went to extensive efforts at seismic upgrades to its Hetch Hetchy water supply
system.
Concerns over record water
exports in 2011 should be weighed against the fact that 2011 was a tremendously
wet year. There was sufficient water in the system to support moving and
storing excess water for a future when supplies aren't plentiful. That's how
the system is supposed to work.
BDCP provides water supply and
ecosystem benefits designed to meet California's water and environmental needs
far into the future. For the sake of salmon, Delta smelt, Bay Area water supply
and the food farmers grow for the grocery store, BDCP represents the best
alternative for California.
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From esanjoaquin - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Coalition response...The single tunnel conveyance would be a disaster for San Joaquin Valley
farmers. The normal water supply delivered to these farmers would be cut by a
third, leaving about 750,000 acres of farmland with no water supply in a normal
year. This is not what California needs as it continues to recover from a
struggling economy. Consumers would be faced with a declining locally-grown
food supply and an increasing reliance on more imported products to feed their
families. They deserve better than that.
WATER SUPPLY
TV news
From ABC/30 - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
TV news
From CBS/47 - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Story
From Hanford Sentinel - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Story
From Imperial Valley Press - Tuesday, Feb.
19, 2013
BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
Story
From Ag Alert - Wednesday Feb. 20, 2013
From Sierra Sun Times - Wednesday, Feb. 20,
2013
Story
From Contra Costa Times - Tuesday, Feb. 19,
2013
DELTA
(The following story was
previously printed in the HealthyCal blog.)
Blog
By Daniel Weintraub
From Orange County Register - Tuesday, Feb.
19, 2013
GROUNDWATER
Story
From Monterey County Herald - Tuesday, Feb.
19, 2013
FISHERIES
Story
From Sacramento Bee - Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013
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