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California readies expansive new Delta water plan

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 2, 2009 at 8:54 am

From Truthout:

“An area of land known simply in California as “the Delta” has undergone a rapid decline and this long-term tragedy has spurred state legislators and the governor to take significant measures to save the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast.

California’s Delta is circumscribed by the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers system. It contains more than 500,000 acres of agriculture, provides habitat for 700 native plant and animal species and supplies water to more than 25 million Californians and 3 million acres of agriculture.

Legislators this week were presented the 2009 Delta/Water legislative package, a series of bills folded into one large measure known as SBX7-1, submitted by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg. …”

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November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Water Legislation

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