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Friday’s top of the scroll: Placer water agency concerned about impact of Delta plan: More water to flush Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta could mean less for Placer County

Posted by: Maven on January 27, 2012 at 5:41 am

Greetings! I’ve updated the site a little earlier than usual as I’m headed downtown to UCLA’s Future of Water in Southern California where I’ll be tweeting live from the conference all day. You can follow my tweets here: https://twitter.com/#!/Aquafornia If you’re attending, find me and say hi! And now this from the Auburn Journal:

“The Delta Plan is raising serious concerns with the Placer County Water Agency.

Board members have asked staff to submit agency concerns over the potential impacts on Placer County’s water supplies from plans to solve downstream water issues involving the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The water agency will be lodging its concerns in comments on a draft environmental impact report for the proposed Delta Plan and has been active on several fronts in bringing attention to perceived problems.

Water agency leaders focused much of their concern at a board meeting earlier this month on language in the fifth revision of the plan calling for “a more natural flow regime” in the delta. They fear it could dramatically impact areas upstream of the Delta, including Placer County. … “

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January 27, 2012 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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