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Thinking way outside the box: Agri-businessman has a plan to create jobs, tear down O’Shaughnessy Dam, get rid of selenium-laced water, lower crime, and save billions of dollars!

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 27, 2008 at 8:29 am

From the Patterson Irrigator:

We are told that to keep up with our growing population, we need to create more jobs. Fortunately, this problem is easy to solve. Given that we now have large proposed developments in Salida and Crows Landing, I propose a 1- to 2-mile-wide corridor tying both together, giving us about 50 square miles for commercial and industrial development.

We would intersect three railroads, the San Joaquin River and the Hetch Hetchy pipeline, where we would get all the water we need for this project, as we will have another source of water for San Francisco (read on). We might even be able to tear down O’Shaughnessy Dam and eliminate Hetch Hetchy reservoir.

We would dredge a ship canal from Stockton (basically up the San Joaquin River) all the way to our corridor and bring the container ships directly to our port, saving on rail and truck freight from Oakland. The dredged dirt would be used to reinforce the levees in the Delta islands and build a dam across the north end of San Pablo Bay (does anyone remember the old Reber Plan?).

Not only would this save us billions, but we would capture about 500,000 acre-feet of water each year that is now used in a futile attempt to keep the saltwater intrusion in the Delta to a minimum. This saved water would replace the Hetch Hetchy water mentioned above. A win-win situation.

But wait! There’s more! Read all about it from the Patterson Irrigator by clicking here.

July 27, 2008 · Filed Under Grandiose water plans

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