BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
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From LA Times - Thursday, April 4, 2013
Coalition response...The alternative plan put forth by the lawmakers simply does not meet the
water needs of California. Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley would lose water
that could irrigate 750,000 acres under the single-tunnel plan. Less acreage
planted means less jobs and a reduced supply of fresh fruits and vegetables
from some of the most productive land in the world. The negative impacts of
this proposal can be viewed at www.farmwater.org/BDCP-NRDC_alt.pdf. Additional
water restrictions would be felt by the 25 million people who rely on water
that flows through the Delta for a portion of their water supply.
The alternative plan calls for
conservation and recycling of water at the regional level but fails to
acknowledge that these efforts are already underway.
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan
is a comprehensive effort to improve water supply reliability and the Delta
ecosystem. It is much more than creating a few wetlands and building a pair of
tunnels. The BDCP is an approach to fixing numerous ecological and conveyance
issues that currently prevent the reliable delivery of water. Scientists and
researchers have worked for years in developing the BDCP as the best opportunity
to create a dependable water supply and a restored Delta ecosystem. The result
of these efforts is the current BDCP and it provides a secure water future for
California.
GROUNDWATER
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From Central Valley Business Times - Thursday, April
4, 2013
Coalition response...This story reflects the work of farmers, local water districts, some
environmental groups, and state and federal agencies to resolve the runoff of
certain minerals from nearly 100,000 acres in the Grasslands Drainage Area
south of Los Banos. From 1995 to 2010, the drainage of selenium from the soils
to the San Joaquin River was decreased by 87% and the reduced amounts for salt
and boron were 72% and 64% respectively.
It is important to realize that
none of the farm water drainage from these lands ever flowed into the Kesterson
Reservoir.
BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
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