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California Farm Water Coalition responds to Kern Water Bank lawsuit stories

Posted by: Maven on September 8, 2010 at 9:24 am

From the California Farm Water Coalition, this response to the Fresno Bee’s story about the Kern Water Bank Lawsuits:

“Criticism over the acquisition and operation of the Kern Water Bank defies logic and exposes the naysayers as little more than obstructionists with their own agendas.

– The State transferred the water bank in exchange for the obligation to deliver 45,000 acre-feet of water. Absent that transfer, the State would still have that liability on its books.

– Water transferred during surplus water years to fill the bank went into an environmentally friendly water storage system, which is what the environmentalists clamor for instead of building more dams. Capturing water and storing it during wet years for use at a later date is the way California’s water supply system works. That’s why we store water.

– The State bought back the water in drought years when it was needed because the Kern Water Bank had it available to sell. Without the Bank that water would have gone to the ocean and been unavailable at any cost.

– Calling the water bank’s actions “an attack on Delta water supplies” ignores the fact that Delta water users have a right to all of the water they can beneficially use. Excess water is available to store for use by 25 million Californians who depend on water flowing through the Delta for all or part of their water supply. That’s the need the Kern Water Bank fills.

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RELATED: Mark Grossi at the Fresno Bee’s News Blog shares some thoughts here.

September 8, 2010 · Filed Under Water Banking

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2 Responses to “California Farm Water Coalition responds to Kern Water Bank lawsuit stories”

  1. Chris Gulick on September 8th, 2010 10:11 am

    What a crock. As Judge Judy would say “Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining”.Until we identify how much water is required to sustain the health of the Delta, not water users in the Delta but The Delta as a habitat, how can we possibly define “surplus” ? The concept of a water bank is a good one if publically owned and operated. Private ownership of a public resource is just wrong. $.02

  2. Clarity Blog » Blog Archive » Water Weekly 3: Unacceptable, illogical and tragic on September 16th, 2010 2:40 pm

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