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Various views on the water storage issue

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 30, 2007 at 1:39 pm

There was a lot of commentary over the weekend regarding water storage and new dams. Here is a rundown of the commentary:

In support of new dams, an editorial from the Contra Costa Times:

With a population growing at nearly 600,000 a year and the threat of ever-decreasing snowpacks linked to global warming, there will be an increasing strain on water supplies.

It should be obvious to our lawmakers and the public that the state’s water systems are not adequate to meet future needs. That is particularly true if even some of the more benign global warming forecasts are accurate.

California needs a comprehensive water policy that includes greater efforts at conservation. But more efficient use of water will not be enough.

For the full text of this article from the Contra Costa Times, click here.

For another view, the Sacramento Bee wrote against the new dams proposal – at least for now, saying:

The Delta is the proverbial hub of Northern California’s water system. Any new reservoir proposal anywhere in Northern California can’t be pondered without knowing first how to fix the Delta. Time and political energy are precious things. The Delta needs to be center stage, with distractions kept to a minimum.

For the rest of the Sacramento Bee story, click here.

The LA Times ran an editorial on Saturday against dams altogether, saying:

Of the many ways to save and store water, dams are among the most expensive. They also alter the natural landscape in violent and often irreversible ways. The trend in the modern West is to tear down dams, not build them. Water solutions going forward should be based on cooperating with nature, not continuing the legacy of manhandling river systems into unrecognizable forms.

For the full text of the LA Times article, click here.

So there are plenty of diverging views on the water storage issue. We certainly haven’t heard the end of it yet!

April 30, 2007 · Filed Under Water Storage

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