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Michael Fitzgerald: Maybe more waves need to be kicked up on Stockton water project

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 15, 2009 at 7:48 am

From Michael Fitzgerald at the Stockton Record:

“If city leaders proposed building another waterfront project, some budget-straining showpiece such as the arena, the public outcry would break all decibel meters.

Especially if, with government hacking jobs and services, and regular folks pinching pennies, it involved a steep tax hike.

Yet the Delta Water Supply Project, the plan to build a plant to pump out Delta water and treat it for Stockton’s use, is sailing forward with nary a peep.

The DWSP, which broke ground recently, is a grand waterfront project. It’s just farther down the waterfront. Its $217 million cost is more than three times the arena’s.

Its total cost is probably closer to $260 million. All expenses reckoned, it is far and away the biggest capital project in Stockton, ever.

Paying for it will entail a painful 60 percent water rate increase.

Yet, as I say, nary a peep. …”

Read more from columnist Michael Fitzgerald at the Stockton Record by clicking here.

November 15, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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