Thread: Democrats blocking real fix on water

Democrats blocking real fix on water

By Dennis Hollingsworth
2:00 a.m. August 30, 2009

It's time for California's legislative Democratic leaders to either get serious about water reform or get out of the way.

So far they haven't done either one.

California is in the midst of a water crisis that affects everyone who lives here. The existing water system is broken and is no longer capable of meeting our needs. Millions of residents are facing cutbacks in their water supplies, rising costs and the threat of rationing. Tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars have been lost from the state's economy in just the last three years. And federal environmental regulations are sending billions of gallons of our fresh-water supplies to waste into the ocean.

Fortunately there is a growing consensus among the state's academic experts, environmental, fisheries and wildlife agencies, farmers, public water providers, business leaders and specialists in economics and engineering on what needs to be done. Environmental restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, increased surface and groundwater storage, water conservation and new conveyance systems to protect the purity of the water supplied to two-thirds of California's population are all part of that prescription.

But instead of getting behind the plan, Democratic leaders in the Senate and Assembly are backing a package of “water billsâ€

Simple solution: GET RID OF THE ILLEGALS! And send their anchor babies home with them!

There's a water shortage in Cali? I haven't read anything about it in the MSM.

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

There's a water shortage in Cali? I haven't read anything about it in the MSM.

I GOOGLED "California Water Shortage" and got you some background articles:

Results 1 - 10 of about 541,000 for California Water Shortage.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... r+shortage

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Originally Posted by Ratbstard

There's a water shortage in Cali? I haven't read anything about it in the MSM.

I GOOGLED "California Water Shortage" and got you some background articles:

Results 1 - 10 of about 541,000 for California Water Shortage.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=n ... r+shortage

Thanks JD2 but I was actually ragging on the MSM here not covering it much.

I think California's water belongs to Colorado, which just signed a deal to flood the deserts of Mexico.

Originally Posted by vortex

I think California's water belongs to Colorado, which just signed a deal to flood the deserts of Mexico. :wink:

The biggest problem isn't the Colorado River water, it's the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River water (both of which are within CA.) that the federal judges want to run out to the ocean instead of letting it go to southern California for drinking water.

Federal ruling helps fish, not southern California
Sacramento ...Jun 5, 2009 ...
"There's no question any more about the fact that the Bay-Delta ... water diversions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta must be cut 5 ... Reclamation also must adopt a new water flow standard for the American River, ...
www.sacbee.com/378/story/1920924.html