BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
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By Barry Nelson
From NRDC - Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Coalition response...The portfolio approach championed by NRDC and a minority of other water
interest groups glaringly ignores the effects the plan would have on San
Joaquin Valley farmers. An undersized tunnel through the Delta with a capacity
to transport up to 3,000 cubic feet per second would rob 750,000 acres of the
world's best farmland of its water supply ( www.farmwater.org/BDCP-NRDC_alt.pdf), resulting
in lost jobs for thousands of workers and a reduced supply of fresh fruits and
vegetables in local grocery stores grown by California farmers.
The alternative tunnel would cut
water supplies by a third that is currently delivered to 3 million acres of
farmland and 25 million Californians. An analysis of a single tunnel reveals
that multiple shortcomings, including a lack of science to support its plan.
That analysis can be found at http://swc.org/images/stories/SWC.TunnelComparison.FINAL.pdf.
Barry Nelson writes about the
local and regional projects associated with NRDC's alternative plan as if they
are something new, which is contrary to reality. Water users are already
implementing conservation and management practices to make the best use of
their water supplies. Farmers are included in this group with the increased use
of micro irrigation and other technology innovations.
Simply put, the NRDC portfolio
approach does not provide a secure water future for California.
Letter
By Jerry Cadagan
From Modesto Bee - Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Coalition response...Letter-writer Jerry Cadagan fails in his attempt to compare the current
Bay Delta Conservation Plan's twin tunnels with the Peripheral Canal. The
Peripheral Canal would have transported water at a capacity of 21,800 cubic
feet per second (cfs)...the capacity of the two tunnels is only 9,000 cfs.
Learn more about this comparison at www.farmwater.org/p-canalcomparison.pdf.
The BDCP proposal is the solution
for California's water crisis. It is the best opportunity to secure
California's water future and benefit the environment with 100,000 acres of new
Delta habitat.
Letter
By Robert G. Veaco
From The Record - Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Coalition response...The Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its twin tunnels proposal has been
developed through the work of scientists and researchers who have worked
diligently in recent years. The goal of the BDCP is to establish a reliable
water supply and restore the ecosystem of the Delta. Judge Oliver Wanger also
ruled that the biological opinions that govern the export of water that flows
through the Delta were "arbitrary and capricious." He further directed
the federal agencies to redraft the biological opinions and this time to
consider the impact they have on humans. The twin tunnels would provide both
ecosystem benefits and water supply reliability, co-equal goals established by
the California legislature in 2009.
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