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Delta Vision holds meeting in Oakland tonight regarding Strategic Plan

Posted by: Maven on August 20, 2008 at 7:32 am

Finishing up 18 months of work, the Delta Vision Task Force is holding meetings statewide regarding the task force’s Strategic Plan. Mike Taugher gives us some details of the plan in this article from the San Jose Mercury News:

The latest draft, about 100 pages, suggests creating an agency akin to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission to maintain a balance between the needs of water users and the environment. The final plan is scheduled to be completed in October.

The new agency would have control of some funds and would be charged with ensuring state and federal agencies adhere to the Delta plan, said Delta Vision spokesman Keith Coolidge.

The 18-point plan is meant to revitalize the Delta’s environment, preserve the special characteristics of its geography, end the focus of some agencies on maximizing water supplies and improve the way government oversees the Delta.

“California’s water supply and the Delta ecosystem are both irreplaceable assets of paramount importance to the state’s future,” the draft says. “Neither can be fully secure if the other ails; the ecosystem will remain under stress if water supplies are unreliable, and the water supply will remain vulnerable to interruptions if the ecosystem is unhealthy.”

The plan says the cost of water is likely to increase and it sets out ambitious targets for increased water-use efficiency, new groundwater desalination plants and environmental revitalization.

The strategic plan also calls for the building of a peripheral canal. Read more from the San Jose Mercury News by clicking here.

Tonight’s meeting is in Oakland; upcoming meetings will be held in Chico, Fresno, Ryde & Stockton. For more information, click here.

Delta Vision Task Force will be holding it’s regular meeting tomorrow & Friday to further discuss the Strategic Implementation Plan. For meeting agenda and weblinks, click here.

August 20, 2008 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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