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Sunday’s top of the scroll: Peripheral canal deserves study, says editorial

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 19, 2009 at 7:54 am

From the Stockton Record, this editorial, which briefly discusses the background of the peripheral canal, and then:

Who is right has been debated for decades. Likely, it will be decades before it is resolved, if it can be resolved at all.

But we gain nothing – not more water supplies, not better health for the Delta – by simply arguing.

What we need is information, on-site examinations of the Delta ecosystems as well as a close examination of alternative solutions, including how to improve and maintain the fragile latticework of levees spread across the estuary.

River drilling by the state Department of Water Resources as well as ongoing surveys on private lands through which some sort of conveyance canal might run are part of those studies.

To just say no, to fight any objective engineering and scientific examination of options, is short-sighted and gets us no closer to finding a workable solution. We must base decisions about the Delta on facts, not emotional knee-jerk reactions.

Read more of this editorial from the Record by clicking here.

July 19, 2009 · Filed Under Peripheral Canal

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