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Barry Nelson: The State Legislature and water agencies anticipated the State Water Board’s conclusions

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 30, 2010 at 7:22 am

From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“Last week, the State Water Board released a draft report presenting their scientific conclusions regarding the amount of water required to restore a healthy San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem. The draft report, discussed here, clearly reveals that we have, in recent years, diverted more water from this ecosystem than is environmentally sustainable. That conclusion is not news to California’s salmon fishermen or the scientific community. But many others have quietly seen this conclusion coming as well.

Some in the media weren’t surprised by the draft report, as this editorial reveals in the Silicon Valley Mercury News.

The board’s draft report is also hardly a surprise to the State legislature, which ordered the Board to complete this analysis in the water reform package passed at the end of 2009. … “

Continue reading Barry Nelson’s post at the NRDC Switchboard blog by clicking here.

July 30, 2010 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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