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I provided the following as comments on an agenda item for
tomorrow's Board Meeting. <br>
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A good alternative policy is laid out at <a
href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xp76ilcab&v=001lnBTEkB9iIGJiQ4svWKc3xsjJpyqqEC2ZRXZn3byYZP5DdO1nn-jZzbSxilgbwuo7bUnF9dUAg7P-HvJ7jx7ZZohqZSQ70O_YxZ84ttdaPeIid2yPWrsg4Qhuwmy1CyF">Restore
the Delta's news release archive</a>. This new approach is the
work of multiple organizations including Restore the Delta, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Planning and Conservations League, etc. ,
etc.<br>
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<td>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:58:10 -0800</td>
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<td>Wes Rolley <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wrolley@charter.net"><wrolley@charter.net></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:clerkoftheboard@valleywater.org">clerkoftheboard@valleywater.org</a></td>
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<pre>I would like the following comments given to the Board for the meeting
on 1/27.
I have been reviewing the agenda packet for the meeting on 1/27/2011. I
want to address the material being presented for Agenda Item Work
Study Session on Imported Water Management.
The material presented here is wonderful example of cogni dissonance
in public policy. Specifically, the goals laid out in Section 2 are
essentially mutually exclusive. There is currently no defined "dual
conveyance" that will also provide for a "resilient Delta ecosystem [D.
2.1.1.9]." The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is, in it's current state,
deeply flawed. The best scientific reviews show that maintenance of the
Delta ecosystem requires that more water be made available, not less.
To continue this charade is to place the real future water supply for
the Water District in jeopardy and will drain large sums of rate payers
money chasing the wrong solution. The Board needs to align it's goals
with physical, as opposed to political, reality before endorsing the
dual conveyance (East Canal plus Tunnel) option.
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