"(bw news) STOCKTON, CA – Stockton is ground zero for the nation's biggest and most troubling water war – nearly 25 million Californians get their water from the Delta, which surrounds the city in an intricate pattern of rivers, farms and levees. But the Delta faces multifaceted environmental and political problems, which have led to the decline of fisheries, wildlife and water quality, and special interests are directing the dialogue away from resolution and restoration.
“It's unbelievable," said Lloyd G. Carter, former Fresno Bee reporter and President of the Save Our Streams Council. “I have watched this for 30 years. They've been searching for a solution to the Delta's problems for decades. It's what I call the phenomena of endless studies no results. We know what we have to do. Put water back into the Delta."
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) has spent more than $100 million advocating some form of peripheral canal or tunnel conveyance system, which would route water around the Delta rather than restoring it. In reaction, Stockton's Restore the Delta, an environmental group, is teaming up with the founder of the nation's largest construction company, A.G. Spanos to sustain Delta water rights. “The Spanos company understands what's at stake for water quality and quantity for the region," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, the Campaign Director for Restore the Delta. “We are against the outside threat to take water away. Our business, farmers and environmental community are all on the same page."
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“It's unbelievable," said Lloyd G. Carter, former Fresno Bee reporter and President of the Save Our Streams Council. “I have watched this for 30 years. They've been searching for a solution to the Delta's problems for decades. It's what I call the phenomena of endless studies no results. We know what we have to do. Put water back into the Delta."
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) has spent more than $100 million advocating some form of peripheral canal or tunnel conveyance system, which would route water around the Delta rather than restoring it. In reaction, Stockton's Restore the Delta, an environmental group, is teaming up with the founder of the nation's largest construction company, A.G. Spanos to sustain Delta water rights. “The Spanos company understands what's at stake for water quality and quantity for the region," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, the Campaign Director for Restore the Delta. “We are against the outside threat to take water away. Our business, farmers and environmental community are all on the same page."
rest of article is here:
http://bwnews.us/2011/09/12/the-delta-water-wars-heat-up/
www.restorethedelta.org