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Hearings could set new course for Delta

Posted by: Maven on March 20, 2010 at 6:17 am

From the Contra Costa Times:

“Hearings beginning today are one of the first steps to be taken under sweeping water reform laws meant to strike a new balance in the Delta — proceedings that could help determine how water is divided between the environment and people.

Specifically, the State Water Resources Control Board today begins sorting out how much water must flow through the Delta to preserve its “public trust” values. The question, which returns to direction a state appeals court set in the 1980s that was never followed, could be answered in a number of ways.

“It could be the launching point for something very significant, or, depending on how it works out, it could be much ado about nothing,” said Richard Frank, executive director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at UC Berkeley’s School of Law. … “

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March 20, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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