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San Diego could benefit from river restoration

Posted by: Maven on October 3, 2009 at 6:01 am

From the San Diego Union Tribune:

“Water release from a dam in Northern California is breathing new life into a dry stretch of the San Joaquin River. Reviving the river will improve San Diego’s drinking water too.

The Natural Resources Defense Council has worked to restore historic flows on the San Joaquin River.

For the first time in nearly 60 years water is now being released into the dry riverbed from the Friant Dam near Fresno.

The NRDC says the release is a critical step in restoring California’s failing salmon industry.

Monty Schmitt is the NRDC’s San Joaquin River Restoration Project manager. “You guys get a fair amount of water for drinking water down in Southern California comes from the Delta,” Schmitt says. “Adding fresh new flows of water to the Delta from the San Joaquin is going to contribute to improving water quality.” …”

Read more from KPBS by clicking here.

October 3, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin River Restoration

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