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Judge eases curbs on pumping to San Luis Reservoir

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on February 9, 2010 at 6:16 am

From the Hollister Free Lance:

“A federal judge has temporarily lifted pumping curbs designed to protect salmon migration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an action that allows the diversion of more winter storm flows to the San Luis Reservoir and to farms and cities in the south.

Friday’s ruling is the latest in a tortuous legal fight over Endangered Species Act protections that limit pumping from the troubled delta east of San Francisco, a source of water for 23 million Californians and millions of acres of farmland.

The decision was a victory, however brief, for San Joaquin Valley irrigation districts that have tried in the courts and the halls of Congress to loosen pumping restraints that have reduced their water deliveries.

Ironically, the ruling was issued by U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger, whose earlier decisions forced the federal government to strengthen protections for the delta’s collapsing fisheries. … “

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February 9, 2010 · Filed Under Salmon

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