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State report's recipe for a restored delta:  More water

Coalition viewpoint---This blog is a mish-mash of personal opinions, falsehoods and recycled rhetoric.  The State Water Board, in releasing its staff report, did not identify water exports as the "real culprit" for the current Delta conditions.  Quite the opposite...the Board went to great lengths to explain that the legislative directive for conducting the report restricted the study to only look at water flows and no other factors.  The Board also stated that the report is non-binding.  To continually blame San Joaquin Valley farmers for the ills of the Delta is irresponsible and damages effort to restore the Delta's environment and provide a reliable water supply to farmers and 25 million Californians.

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Corporate farms use most Delta water

Coalition viewpoint...As proven during the past two years, reducing water deliveries to San Joaquin Valley farms has resulted in significant impacts---

1.  Thousands of farm workers lost their jobs.

2.  Rural communities have suffered from a depressed economy.

Scientists agree that the cause of impacts to the Delta environment can no longer be attributed to a single factor.  It is not just water flowing through the Delta for use by San Joaquin Valley farmers and 25 million Californians.  Other factors include ammonium from urban wastewater affecting the water quality; non-native species eating the food supply of such species as the Delta smelt; and predators that eat juvenile salmon.  To continue to point to water deliveries from the Delta as the sole impact on the Delta is short-sighted. 

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Valley-L.A. water deal may be in works

Coalition viewpoint...This exchange helps reduce the potential of Westlands farmers from losing a share of next year's water supply that could flow to the ocean instead of farms.  It provides Metropolitan with water they can use now and possibly reduce the likelihood of more severe shortages next year.  This is an excellent example of the water user community working together to bring some flexibility back into the system that has been hobbled by questionable environmental restrictions in recent years.

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Editorial: ACID overhaul's benefits reach beyond district

Coalition viewpoint...Water delivery upgrades are never a cheap expense.  ACID directors and staff worked diligently to obtain the needed funds to upgrade its delivery system. Upgrades to delivery systems such as ACID's are all part of the flexibility that California's water system needs to modernize an aging infrastructure.