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More on the Wanger ruling ….

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 31, 2007 at 9:00 pm

The news is that Judge Wanger felt it was ‘uncontradicted’ that the water project operations are having a detrimental effect on the Delta smelt, stating that “the law says something has to be done about it.”

Pumping is to be restricted from December to June, which is the time when the smelt are spawning, and also when most of the snowmelt is coming down the mountains, and when most of the rain occurs. According to DWR’s analysis, this means a cutback of between 6% and 33%. The judge has also ordered more monitoring.

There will be much more on this to come, and I’ll keep posting it as I find it!

August 31, 2007 · Filed Under Delta Issues, Judge Wanger delta smelt ruling

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