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Cardoza hails court order to temporarily lift restrictions on Delta pumps

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 7, 2010 at 7:52 am

From the American Chronicle, this from Congressman Cardoza:

“Congressman Cardoza praised a federal judge´s decision to ease the restrictions on the Delta pumps, temporarily increasing irrigation water supplies to farmers in the San Joaquin Valley.

“Finally we are seeing some sanity after what has been years of dysfunctional management of our state´s water system,” Cardoza said.

In Fresno, U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger said that restrictions placed on irrigation supplies from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could be eased for 14 days. Several Valley water districts – including Westlands Water District and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority – had requested a Temporary Restraining Order on pumping restrictions that resulted from the National Marine Fisheries Service´s Biological Opinion on Chinook salmon. … “

Read more of Congressman Cardoza’s commentary by clicking here.

February 7, 2010 · Filed Under Salmon

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2 Responses to “Cardoza hails court order to temporarily lift restrictions on Delta pumps”

  1. codeofthewest on February 7th, 2010 10:37 am

    remind me to vote against this puppet if he ever runs for wider office.

  2. Kevin D. Korenthal on February 7th, 2010 12:25 pm

    Yes, because only puppets would chose the needs of human beings over that of an ecosystem. The real problem here is the collective lack of will to create a new water conveyance system to move the water that all Californians have a right to.

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