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EDF: Valley’s economic problems run deeper than water

Posted by: Maven on June 24, 2009 at 8:06 am

From the Central Valley Business Times:

Unemployment in the Central Valley has historically been high even in non-drought years and is currently exacerbated by the worldwide recession and precipitous decline in housing construction and not entirely by cutbacks in water supplies, the Environmental Defense Fund says.

“No doubt the drought plays a role, but its role has been greatly exaggerated. Even if the pumps that divert water from the Delta to the Central Valley and Southern California were run at full capacity, and drove certain species into extinction, the Valley’s problems would not be solved,” the group says.

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June 24, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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