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Reliable water for California: BDCP offers a roadmap, says Laura King Moon

Posted by: Maven on September 10, 2009 at 8:15 am

From Capitol Weekly, this commentary by Laura King Moon of the State Water Contractors:

“As Californians, we live in one of the most productive, creative and environmentally diverse places on earth. It is also one of the most complicated – especially when it comes to water.

Today, an unparalleled water crisis grips California, one that threatens farms, industries, the environment and the well-being of communities up and down the state. In response, an unprecedented and far-reaching solution is unfolding through a statewide planning process called the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), which has been much discussed in the past few weeks during a series of legislative hearings.

BDCP seeks to create a more modern and stable water supply for California, while protecting and enhancing the environment of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta is the heart of the state’s water supply system, a water “hub” where a portion of freshwater from the Sierra watershed (about 18 percent in an average water year) is routed to 25 million residents, businesses and farms in the Bay Area, Central and Southern California. Recently, the Delta’s ecosystem has collapsed due to many factors, while its fragile levees are at risk from earthquakes, sea level rise and floods. The result: fisheries are failing, state and federal water deliveries have been curtailed, and future water supplies are uncertain. …”

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September 10, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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One Response to “Reliable water for California: BDCP offers a roadmap, says Laura King Moon”

  1. WaterSource on September 10th, 2009 8:43 am

    “We need an effective and achievable long-term solution for California and the Delta that benefits the entire state”…

    A prudent person would at least investigate for FREE the merits of a new non-tributary fresh water Source that could yield a million acre feet each year for California and could be stored/accumulated in the unused air space in Lake Mead which holds 28.5 million acre feet, already exists and has been paid for by the American people.

    Development of the Source will not damage the environment or the water rights of others.

    … “such an undertaking is not only possible, but can be intertwined with the equally important task of healing the Delta”.

    “An unprecedented and far-reaching solution” … not likely without real water from a real Source.

    WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

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