Metropolitan Water District: ruling does not fix the Delta

Metropolitan Water District has a press release posted on Marketwatch repsonding to Judge Wanger’s decision. MWD stands to lose about 30% of its water supply as a result of this ruling. From the press release:

“California simply cannot lose important water supplies without real consequences throughout the state,” said Metropolitan General Manager Jeff Kightlinger.
“This historic court decision affirms what the water community has realized for some time, but the general public may not fully appreciate–the Delta, both as a valuable ecosystem and essential water supply, is broken. This court ruling did not fix it,” Kightlinger said.

The actual water available to MWD will be dependent on a number of factors – fish, weather, flow conditions in the Delta, and how the curtailments are divided between state and federal projects.

“Judge Wanger’s decision to cut back water supplies doesn’t address various other Delta problems and issues. Invasive species will continue to deplete food supplies for Delta smelt, pesticide runoff that can harm the estuary will persist, and the levee system will remain vulnerable to earthquakes and rising sea levels caused by climate change,” said Kightlinger.
“The Delta needs a comprehensive solution that addresses all of its problems. Part of that solution must include new ways to isolate the impacts of water diversions from the estuary,” Kightlinger said.

To read the full text of the press release from Marketwatch, click here.

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