Water Education Foundation
This is just one post in the Uncategorized Category
Click here to view all posts

Delta community and environment groups respond to Delta legislative water package

Posted by: Maven on August 6, 2009 at 8:12 am

From the California Progress Report, this commentary by Barbara Barrigan-Parilla of Restore the Delta:

“Restore the Delta, local and statewide environmental groups have voiced their strong concern regarding a package of water bills released by the Legislature. This legislative package, if enacted, would result in a massive and costly restructuring of California’s water laws and water infrastructure – covering several contentious water issues including governance of the Bay-Delta region, water conservation, and an updated version of the multi-billion dollar Peripheral Canal, which was overwhelmingly rejected by California voters in 1982.

“While we are pleased to finally see some of the language, we remain strongly concerned about the process, the transparency, the costs and abdication of oversight contained in these proposals,” said Jonas Minton, Water Policy Advisor for the Planning and Conservation League (PCL). “To be clear, we strongly support the need to address our state’s critical water needs and hope to see issues addressed, including, but not limited to the governance of the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, water conservation, flood management and groundwater recharge, reclamation and reuse.

“However, the Schwarzenegger plan to build a 50 mile- long canal will not generate any new water, abdicates any meaningful oversight, cedes absolute authority to faceless bureaucrats and will cost over $10 billion, even more once you add mitigation and restoration costs. The language in this legislation does nothing to change those facts,” added Minton. …”

Read more from the California Progress Report by clicking here.

August 6, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized

Comments

Leave a Reply