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STATE: Water Imperative
Wednesday, 01 August 2012
Riverside Press Enterprise
California needs water policy solutions, not another futile water war. A new plan to help the troubled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta offers an opportunity to move past stalemate and inaction on one of the state's most pressing issues.
The Struggle for Delta Water
Friday, 02 March 2012
San Francisco Chronicle
California water planners passed a milestone Wednesday in efforts to balance the competing needs of fish, farmers and cities when they released 10,000 pages of scientific documents framing the plan to restore the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and increase water exports.
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On Smart Water Plan, Get in Sync-- or Sink
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
San Diego U-T
Interior Secretrary Ken Salazar and Gov. Jerry Brown's unveiling Wednesday of plans for a $14 billion water-delivery system could prove a landmark day for San Diegans who have long worried about the stablity of water supplies coming south to our arid region.
Let Delta Plan Be A Starting Point for State's Water Needs
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Fresno Bee
California's future is directly tied to its ability to move water to where it's needed. The problem has been that the many interests with a stake in water policy have not been able to agree on a plan, causing a stalemate for several dacades.
California Peripheral Canal Coming Soon
Friday, 01 June 2012
SF Gate
While the future of a proposed high-speed railroad to move people in California remains in doubt, a proposed giant canal to move water from Northern California to the south appears almost assured-- with a little help from Washington. Now the questions are: How big? And whose hand is on the spigot?
Water Trumps Rail
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Riverside Press Enterprise
Gov. Jerry Brown has the state's top infrastructure priorities half right. California badly needs to shore up the state's primary water system. But a bullet train project threatens to become a costly boondoggle. The governor should push ahead with water plans, and sidetrack the high-speed rail proposal before it rolls over taxpayers.
Common Ground Must Be Found Around Delta's Banks
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Modesto Bee & Fresno Bee
There is much at stake as the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta continues to deteriorate. It's an issue that impacts most of the state because 25 million Californians have their water tied to the Delta in one form or another.
