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Newly formed Delta Vision Foundation to advocate for water solutions, and that’s a good thing, says editorial

Posted by: Maven on March 16, 2009 at 7:36 am

From the Inland Daily Bulletin, an editorial which begins by praising the announcement that the Delta Vision Task Force has reconstituted itself in the form of a foundation, from which they will advance and promote the ideas developed in task force’s plan:

The task force spent two years developing a holistic approach to managing the Delta that emphasizes protecting both the state’s water supply and the Delta’s ecosystem. The task force’s recommended a “dual conveyance” approach, which is a variation on the old peripheral canal pushed by local state Sen. Ruben Ayala of Chino in the 1980s, only to be spurned by voters in a state referendum. Some water would be diverted into the State Water Project before it reaches the Delta, with the rest flowing into the Delta and a lesser amount of water being pumped from the Delta into the water system.

Managed properly, dual conveyance would sustain the estuary while protecting the water supply from a potential disaster – like an earthquake that causes saltwater to breach the earthen levees and ruin the Delta’s fresh water. That would drop the state’s economy into a recession that makes the current one look like a cakewalk.

Researchers with the Public Policy Institute of California concluded last summer that a peripheral canal alone, rather than dual conveyance, would be best for the water supply and the Delta; that some water should be diverted to supply lines and the remaining water that flows into the Delta should not be pumped.

In either case, some form of peripheral canal is necessary to protect the water supply, the economy and the Delta. We’re glad the members of the task force have stuck together to advocate for their multifaceted solution that includes increasing water conservation and storage facilities.

Now, if only elected leaders would listen to them.

Read the full text of this editorial in the Inland Daily Bulletin by clicking here.

March 16, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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