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I think that we need to send multiple letters to the Mercury News
thanking them for taking this strong position to save CA Water
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<td>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:09:35 +0000</td>
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<td>Restore the Delta, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
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<td>Restore the Delta, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
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Mercury News editorial:
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<p><em><span
style="font-size:12px">Mercury
News Editorial<br>
POSTED: 02/24/15, 2:47
PM PST </span></em><br>
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<p><span
style="font-size:18px">California
needs to get serious
about protecting the
health of the
Sacramento-San Joaquin
River Delta, one of
Silicon Valley's most
valuable water sources.
The short-term needs of
Central Valley farmers
are significant. But
they pale in comparison
with preserving the
long-term water quality
of the estuary that
provides water for
two-thirds of the
state's residents.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:18px">California
took a significant risk
when it waived some
environmental protections
last year for the Delta in
order to pump additional
water south to save acres
of almond orchards. The
results were not pretty.
Tom Howard, the executive
director of the State
Water Resources Control
Board, admitted last week
that he had erred in
calculating how damaging
the impact would be.</span>
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<span style="font-size:18px">The
Delta smelt count dropped
to the lowest level in
recorded history. The
impact on salmon was
equally horrendous. The
state reported that 95
percent of the juvenile
Chinook salmon that
spawned in the upper
Sacramento River died
because of the poor water
conditions. Rising water
temperatures and lower
river levels also resulted
in the growth of invasive
plants that damage water
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<span style="font-size:18px">California
can't let this degradation
of the largest estuary
west of the Mississippi
continue. The state will
determine in March how
much water can be pumped
from the Delta in the
months ahead. Gov. Jerry
Brown needs to demonstrate
that he has his priorities
straight when it comes to
the Delta's delicate
ecosystem.</span>
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<span style="font-size:18px">Big
Ag critics contend that
limiting pumping of
additional water from the
Delta constitutes putting
fish before people. It's a
misleading argument. The
Delta smelt is merely the
canary in the coal mine
when it comes to
preserving the estuary's
health. Further
degradation to the Delta
will ultimately threaten
the quality of the
drinking water for
Northern California
residents.<br>
<br>
Central Valley farmers,
who suck up 80 percent of
the water used in
California, have proved
that they have an
unquenchable thirst for
additional water to
irrigate their crops.
They've already sucked dry
their own aquifers and
irresponsibly planted
thousands of acres of
almond orchards without
sufficient guarantees that
water would be available
during California's
inevitable drought years.</span>
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<span style="font-size:18px">The
public policy makers who
will make the crucial
decision on Delta pumping
in March are the same ones
who are also asking state
residents to trust them to
the care of the Delta with
their plan to build two
massive $25 billion
tunnels to pump even more
water south from the
Delta.<br>
<br>
California's drought shows
no signs of abating as the
final weeks of the rainy
season approaches.</span>
<p><span
style="font-size:18px">Central
Valley farmers need to
come up with an
alternate plan that does
not do further damage to
the Sacramento-San
Joaquin River Delta.<br>
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