BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
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From The Independent - Friday, May 10, 2013The
Valley's
Coalition response...The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is the best choice for creating
water supply reliability for 25 million Californians and almost 4,000 farmers
and at the same time restoring the Delta ecosystem. The construction, operation
and maintenance costs of the proposed conveyance tunnels will be funded by
those who receive the water. BDCP also includes the restoration of more than
100,000 acres of habitat for the Delta ecosystem.
BDCP does not prevent the ongoing
efforts related to conservation, recycling and other water management
practices. These practices should continue but most water industry officials
have acknowledged that these efforts will not replace the reliability provided
by the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.
Letter
From Fresno Bee - Thursday, May 9, 2013
Coalition response...The original editorial was wrong in claiming that the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan is a "classic water grab with the goal of channeling as
much Northern California water as possible to Central Valley's Big Ag and
Southern California's urban sprawl." Lloyd Carter repeats the
misinformation without any facts to back it up. The amount of water that will
move through the proposed tunnels is governed by existing contracts. Water
deliveries enabled through BDCP may not negatively affect any other user's
water right or the environment. That's the law. Water deliveries are expected
to be in the neighborhood of the average over the past 20 years. Calling it a
"water grab" is simply not true.
Carter's attempt to link the BDCP
tunnels with the Peripheral Canal that appeared on the ballot in 1982 is also
disingenuous. The tunnels are only large enough to transport a maximum of 9,000
cubic feet of water per second, comparison to the Peripheral Canal that was
rated at 21,800 cfs. Read more at http://www.farmwater.org/p-canalcomparison.pdf.
More than six years of research
by scientists, engineers, water managers and fishery experts have gone into the
development of the BDCP, which remains the best choice for creating water
supply reliability and more than 100,000 acres of habitat restoration.
TRANSFERS
Story
From Redding Record Searchlight - Thursday, May 9,
2013
Coalition response... Short-term transfers are a time-tested tool used to improve water
management and send water from areas with available supplies to those areas in
need. Transfers are automatically reviewed by the California Department of
Water Resources to guarantee that areas of origin are not harmed. A portion of
the transferred water will remain in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for
enhancement of the Delta environment. The proposed ACID transfer will undergo
the same stringent review process.
The benefits of approved
transfers are two-fold: (1) districts sending the water receive funding that
would not otherwise be available for improvements to their system without
increasing fees to local water users and (2) areas receive the water are able
to reduce shortfalls in deliveries to their users.
CONGRESS
Press release
From SL&DMWA - Friday, May 10, 2013
Story
From Central Valley Business Times - Friday, May 10,
2013
BAY DELTA CONSERVATION PLAN
Story
From Courthouse News Service - Friday, May 10, 2013
Letter
From Woodland Daily Democrat - Friday, May 10, 2013
Blog
By Alex Breitler
From esanjoaquin - Thursday, May 9, 2013
WATER SUPPLY
Blog
By Mark Grossi
From fresnobeehive - Friday, May 10, 2013
FISHERIES
Blog
By Richard Howitt and Josue
Medellin-Azuara
From California WaterBlog - Thursday, May 9, 2013
TECHNOLOGY
Story
From Western Farm Press - Friday, May 10, 2013
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