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Tuesday’s top of the scroll: ‘Two Gates’ project could ease water crisis

Posted by: Maven on June 30, 2009 at 7:51 am

From the Fresno Bee:

A bold experiment in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta could protect threatened fish and ease California’s water crisis. But it faces steep challenges.

The idea is to submerge massive barriers in river channels to prevent the delta smelt from swimming toward certain death at water pumps in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The experiment, called the “Two Gates” project, comes up at water rallies and political strategy sessions among San Joaquin Valley lawmakers who support the idea. They hope it will bring more water to 25 million residents and millions of farmland acres.

The gates — which have not been fully detailed publicly — would be mounted on sunken barges in two large channels in the central part of the delta. They would prevent turbid water from flowing south toward the pumps. The adult smelt tend to follow the turbid water, scientists said.

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June 30, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized

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