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Alex Brietler’s blog: ‘They just think it’s too big’ [the periperhal tunnel, that is]

Posted by: Maven on February 25, 2010 at 8:02 am

From Alex Breitler’s blog:

“Jonas Minton of the enviro group Planning and Conservation League told the audience at Monday’s UOP water forum that the state and water exporters should consider building one small tunnel, rather than two large ones, to convey water past the Delta.

The plan right now is to focus analysis on two tunnels, each capable of carrying 7,500 cubic feet per second of water. Combined, that’s 112,200 gallons per second — enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in five seconds. (See this post for visuals.)

That’s too large to reassure opponents that any future guidelines on how much water can be taken will not be bypassed the next time there’s a water crisis in the south San Joaquin Valley, Minton said. He used U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s recent proposal to tweak biological opinions and send more water south as an example. … “

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February 25, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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