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UC Davis hosts science panel to discuss water issues

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 8, 2010 at 8:24 am

From the Aggie:

” UC Davis was the site of a momentous discussion last week, when an elite science panel met to review California’s water crisis.

The panel, which consisted of members from the National Research Council, was called by Senator Dianne Feinstein in response to California farmers’ protests about water regulations.

The main topic of the panel was the science behind regulations that have limited water pumping from the Delta to agricultural and urban areas in California. These regulations were put in place due to steadily decreasing numbers of fish native to the Delta, which are harmed as a result of the pumping.

Stewart Resnick, president and CEO of agricultural giant Roll International Corporation, which owns Paramount Farms in the San Joaquin Valley, originally called for the panel in a letter to Feinstein.

“Quite simply, the federal agencies have used sloppy science to attribute the entire Delta fisheries decline to the state and federal water projects and have imposed regulations accordingly,” Resnick said in his letter. … “

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February 8, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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