Delta
From: Pat
Snelling, The Union
The California
Delta is starving for water, so state officials set up a plan to take more
water out of the Delta. How does this make any sense?
California has had
a long history of water wars with many battles, and once again the state is
gearing up for another fight.
Coalition
response... Water in
California has generated differing viewpoints throughout our state's history,
all the way back to the Gold Rush. Today's discussion focuses on a proposal to
provide water to 25 million Californians and almost four thousand farms while
restoring the Delta ecosystem, including habitat that will benefit fish
species. Pivotal to this discussion are the facts that surround the proposal.
This piece does
little to provide factual information on how the Bay Delta Conservation Plan
will work for California. The following are some corrections the statements
made by Pat Snelling:
Fact #1---The
proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its two tunnels are prevented by
California law from negatively impacting existing water rights.
Fact #2---Since
2003 San Joaquin Valley farmers have spent more than $2.1 billion upgrading the
irrigation systems on more than 1.8 million acres to increase their water use
efficiency.
Fact #3---Westlands
Water District is a public water agency with a publicly elected board of
directors, not a privately owned business.
Fact #4---More than
50 percent of Westlands farmland grows fresh fruits and vegetables.
Fact #5---The
average farm size in Westlands Water District is actually less than 900 acres,
not 3,000 as the author claims.
Fact #6---Increased
water storage is essential to the future of California and also requires an
improved conveyance system through the Delta.
Each Californian
should seek the facts regarding water issues confronting our state and not rely
on emotion expressed by others.
Transfers
From: John
Holland, Modesto Bee
Should the water
situation worsen for the Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts, they have a
neighbor willing to help out.
The board of the
Oakdale Irrigation District agreed Tuesday to offer some of its Stanislaus
River water for sale to the MID and the TID, which share Don Pedro Reservoir on
the Tuolumne River.
Flood Control
From: Ken
Carlson, Modesto Bee
After two years of
below average rainfall in Modesto, it may come at some surprise that an
$869,000 effort is under way to plan for reducing the flood risk in Stanislaus
County.
In February, the
state Department of Water Resources committed funding for the planning effort
to Reclamation District 2092, which has teamed with Stanislaus County to
develop a floor management plan for the area.
Water Bond
From: Erica
Felci, Desert Sun
State lawmakers
today are renewing a years-long discussion about how to restore California's
aging water system and fix major environmental projects such as the Salton Sea.
The Assembly's
Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee is meeting this morning in Sacramento
to a water bond that's supposed to be on the 2014 ballot
From: Dan
Walters, Sacramento Bee Blog
Public discussions
of a revised state water bond for the 2014 ballot were launched Tuesday with
release of "proposed principles" by the Assembly Water, Parks and
Wildlife Committee.
View the statement
of principles here
From: Lisa
Lien-Mager, ACWA
Lawmakers got a
first look at proposed principles for reshaping the 2014 water bond during a
presentation July 2 before the Assembly Water, Parks & Wildlife Committee.
From: Maven,
Maven's Notebook
With the budget
passed and the Legislature preparing to turn its attention to restructuring a
new water bond, Anthony Rendon, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks
and Wildlife, presented proposed Principles for Developing a Water Bond to
Assembly members and the public at the July 2nd committee hearing.
From: Alex
Breitler, eSanJoaquin Blogs
The process
reworking California's $11.1 billion water bond will apparently be based on
this one-page statement of principles.
View the statement
of principles here
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