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CSPA asks State Water Resources Control Board to reconsider state and federal water project consolidation

Posted by: Maven on June 19, 2009 at 7:19 am

From Bill Jennings of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance over at IndyBay.org:

Today, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) and the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) jointly filed a Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) over their recent decision allowing the State Water Project (SWP) and Central Valley Project (CVP) to consolidate their respective places of use.

For the first time CVP water can be delivered to SWP service areas and SWP water can be shipped to CVP places of use; placing addition stress on an already over-promised and broken water delivery system. The decision has grave implications for already degraded water quality and fisheries in the Central Valley.

The CSPA/C-WIN Petition alleges that the State Board decision was an error in law, not supported by substantial evidence and that subsequent new information exists that undermine the need for the consolidation. The Petition asks the State Board to reconsider their decision and reopen the hearing to reconsider the appropriateness of the consolidation of the SWP and CVP places of use.

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June 19, 2009 · Filed Under Central Valley Project, State Water Project (DWR)

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