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In California, passage of water bills signals new era: EDF helps sparring groups come together to transform water policy

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 4, 2009 at 2:40 pm

From the Environmental Defense Fund:

“In what could be the beginning of the end of California’s long-running and contentious water wars, the California Legislature has passed an historic package of water policy bills. This is a major step toward providing reliable water supplies for all Californians and also protects the beleaguered Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem.

“The transformation of how the state uses water has begun,” says EDF California director Laura Harnish. “We’re moving from a model based on extraction and conflict to one of conservation and collaboration.”
How EDF helped win precedent-setting victory

EDF played a key role in reaching this breakthrough solution, forged amid rising tension among different interest groups and with the Delta near ecological collapse.

Together with other conservation groups including the National Resources Defense Council and the Nature Conservancy, we worked closely with the Legislature, Governor Schwarzenegger’s staff and major water users to reduce over-reliance on the Bay-Delta and to make conservation a cornerstone of future water management. …”

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November 4, 2009 · Filed Under Water Legislation

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