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Dan Bacher: DWR promotes peripheral canal as snow survey results announced

Posted by: Maven on January 31, 2010 at 8:30 am

From Dan Bacher at IndyBay.org, this commentary:

“The water content in California’s mountain snowpack is 115 percent of normal for the date statewide, contrasting with snow water content only 61 percent of normal last year at the same time, according to the snow survey conducted Friday by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR).

Electronic sensor readings show northern Sierra snow water equivalents at 129 percent of normal for this date, central Sierra at 101 percent, and southern Sierra at 119 percent. The sensor readings are posted at http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/snow/DLYSWEQ.

You would think that the Schwarzenegger administration would be happy with this news, but DWR used the release of the data to perpetuate the myth that California is still in a “big drought” and to campaign for the construction of the peripheral canal and new dams.

“Today’s snow survey offers us some cautious optimism as we continue to play catch-up with our statewide water supplies,” claimed DWR chief deputy director Sue Sims. “We are still looking at the real possibility of a fourth dry year. Even if California is blessed with a healthy snowpack, we must learn to always conserve this finite resource so that we have enough water for homes, farms, and businesses in 2010 and in the future.” … “

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January 31, 2010 · Filed Under Drought, Weather & Snowpack

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