This means less water pumped before the Delta to the East Bay.
"On Monday, April 11, 2011, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled in favor of the Foothill Conservancy, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Friends of the River in their lawsuit challenging the East Bay Municipal Utility District's 2040 water plan. The groups originally filed suit in November 2009.
“This is a big victory for protecting the Mokelumne River from EBMUD's proposed Pardee Reservoir expansion, which would destroy nearly two miles of beautiful, free-flowing river eligible for National Wild and Scenic River designation," said Chris Wright, Foothill Conservancy executive director. “Judge Frawley agreed with us that EBMUD didn't sufficiently analyze or mitigate impacts to the river's cultural and recreational resources or the safety issues caused by removing the historic 1912 Middle Bar Bridge. He also agreed that EBMUD violated the California Environmental Quality Act by failing to consider the expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir as one of its water supply alternatives. Los Vaqueros is right in EBMUD's back yard, yet they refused to even take a look at it."
more......http://www.foothillconservancy.org/pages/news.cgi?newscatid&newsid=83&_fn_=4.17.18.20.21.19.23.26.27.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.40.43.44.47.49.50.51.53.56.57.58.59.60.61.64.66.79.81.82.83
"On Monday, April 11, 2011, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy M. Frawley ruled in favor of the Foothill Conservancy, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Friends of the River in their lawsuit challenging the East Bay Municipal Utility District's 2040 water plan. The groups originally filed suit in November 2009.
“This is a big victory for protecting the Mokelumne River from EBMUD's proposed Pardee Reservoir expansion, which would destroy nearly two miles of beautiful, free-flowing river eligible for National Wild and Scenic River designation," said Chris Wright, Foothill Conservancy executive director. “Judge Frawley agreed with us that EBMUD didn't sufficiently analyze or mitigate impacts to the river's cultural and recreational resources or the safety issues caused by removing the historic 1912 Middle Bar Bridge. He also agreed that EBMUD violated the California Environmental Quality Act by failing to consider the expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir as one of its water supply alternatives. Los Vaqueros is right in EBMUD's back yard, yet they refused to even take a look at it."
more......http://www.foothillconservancy.org/pages/news.cgi?newscatid&newsid=83&_fn_=4.17.18.20.21.19.23.26.27.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.40.43.44.47.49.50.51.53.56.57.58.59.60.61.64.66.79.81.82.83