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Peter Gleick: Another missed opportunity to fix California’s water problems

Posted by: Maven on September 12, 2009 at 11:24 am

From Peter Gleick at the City Brights blog:

“It is raining this morning. Very unusual for September. Maybe we’ll have a wet year. Or maybe the sky is crying because we’ve missed another chance to fix our water problems.

Water Number: Zero. Nada. Bupkis. Nichevo. Nothing. The California legislature failed, at the last minute, to pass comprehensive water legislation that may have been the best chance in a decade to achieve real changes.

I’m bummed. I had hopes.

But it was a long shot. The Legislature and the Governor’s office didn’t leave enough time to craft good bills. The process was really bad — it was largely a closed door, secret discussion that excluded most voices and included only a few — reminiscent of the way water decisions were made in the last century in smoke-filled rooms. …”

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September 12, 2009 · Filed Under Legislation - State & Federal

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One Response to “Peter Gleick: Another missed opportunity to fix California’s water problems”

  1. Ray Walker on September 13th, 2009 2:53 pm

    Bummer … “excluded voices” … & excluded ideas.

    Naaah, … real water and any hope for a real solution were never in the cards. The players are not about to look at alternatives that include a million new acre feet each year for CA. Not a chance … it would be too embar …assing to recognize that an additional million acre feet could be stored in the available air space in Lake Mead and would not damage the environment or the water rights of others … WaterSource/WaterBank waterrdw@yahoo.com

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