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Commentary: Overstating water supplies won’t make it rain, people

Posted by: Maven on January 14, 2010 at 6:08 am

From the Santa Clarita Signal, this commentary by Lynne Plambeck:

“State legislators have long seen an urgent need to provide adequate water supply information to planners. It was obvious to everyone that increased population in California would escalate pressure on the state’s water resources.

So about seven years ago the state passed landmark legislation – the “show me the water” laws – requiring thorough disclosure of water supplies in the form of water supply assessments for all large development projects. They also updated requirements for disclosure in urban water management plans.

Even so, it took many years of insisting by local environmental groups that polluted water not be counted to force disclosure by local water agencies.

Groups demanded that treatment facilities to clean wells polluted with perchlorate should be actually functioning before additional development was approved based on those water supplies. … “

Read more of Lynne Plambeck’s commentary published in the Santa Clarita Signal by clicking here.

January 14, 2010 · Filed Under Development & Population, Southern California

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