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Kate Poole: Is the Department of Water Resources trying to shut down the State Water Project?

Posted by: Maven on February 5, 2010 at 8:17 am

From Kate Poole at the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“It’s an odd strategy for the agency charged with operating California’s primary water supply system to try to shut it down. But that is exactly where the Department of Water Resources (DWR) is headed. Let’s hope the state reverses course before it’s too late.

The State Water Project supplies some portion of drinking water to over 23 million people. It is comprised of a series of reservoirs (such as Oroville on the Feather River), pumping plants (including the massive Banks pumping plant in the south Delta) and conveyance canals (the most notable of which is the California Aqueduct, which transports water from Stockton all the way down to Riverside). For the last 50 years, the state has grown up around the State Water Project and relies on DWR to competently run it.

So why is DWR pursuing a reckless legal strategy that, if successful, will shut down the Banks pumping plant and turn the aqueduct into the world’s longest skateboard park? … “

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February 5, 2010 · Filed Under State Water Project (DWR)

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