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Water storage is crucial to the Delta, as well as the state’s future, says editorial

Posted by: Maven on March 24, 2008 at 10:05 pm

From Inside Bay Area, this editorial:

Adding an aqueduct around the Delta to either replace or supplement current pumps could help protect fish in the Delta and improve water dependability. But there are legitimate concerns that an aqueduct would be a reincarnation of the dreaded Peripheral Canal. Voters rejected it in 1982 because of fears that it would reduce water flowing into the Delta that is necessary for fish and a healthy ecosystem.

The hope is that the studies sought by state water officials will provide answers on just how much water can be sent south without jeopardizing efforts to restore the Delta ecosystem and fish populations.

What should be increasingly clear is that there is no way to provide adequate and reliable water supplies to users and the Delta environment in dry as well as wet periods without substantial water storage.

That means any of the possible courses being studied by water officials should include water storage in reservoirs and aquifers. There is no way to assure enough water for the Delta, farms and urban users in dry years without a major increase in storage.

Without storage there is a very real threat that either the Delta or agriculture will lose out. California cannot afford to let either take place.

Read the full text of this editorial from Inside Bay Area by clicking here.

March 24, 2008 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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