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Ten guiding principles released at Sacramento Water Summit

Posted by: Maven on April 26, 2009 at 7:39 am

From the California Progress Report:

Nearly 50 environmental advocates gathered for an intensive all-day Water Summit this Tuesday in Sacramento. Initiated in the fall of 2008 by PCL and the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water, the Water Summit is a statewide effort that brings together water advocates from environmental, environmental justice, fishing, tribal, and faith-based communities to share perspectives and take coordinated action to reform California water policy.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Water Summit participants endorsed ten principles to guide the group’s efforts in water policy reform:

1. California must respect, and adjust to meet the natural limits of its waters and waterways, including the limits imposed by climate change. We must fund only those policies and self-management strategies that incorporate such limits and shift our relationship with water, aquatic ecosystems, and our economy toward sustainability and equity.

2. Every Californian has a right to safe, sufficient, affordable and accessible drinking water. Special effort must be made to provide ready access to this basic human right to disadvantaged communities, especially those currently without any safe drinking water.

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April 26, 2009 · Filed Under General Water Issues

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