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Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact
- State regulators in California endorsed the Newsom administration’s plan for a new water management system for farms and cities from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its rivers.
- The plan, known as the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes program or 'voluntary agreements', seeks to require less water from the watershed.
- Opponents argue that the agreements offer insufficient water and habitat protection for the Delta ecosystem and its dependents.
- Governor Newsom plans to push a bill through the budget process to waive requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act for this plan.
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Key Player in California’s Water Wars Embraces Controversial Newsom Plan
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After decades of deterioration and ecological collapse in the heart of California’s water system, state regulators are embracing the Newsom administration’s controversial plan to overhaul how farms and cities take water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and rivers that feed it. By Rachel Becker CalMatters It’s a major development in a long-running battle over …
Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact – Shasta Scout
Adult fall-run Chinook salmon congregate near the Nimbus Hatchery Fish Ladder on the American River in Sacramento County on Oct. 15, 2012. Photo by Carl Costas, California Department of Water Resources This story was originally published by CalMatters. You can sign up for their newsletter here. After decades of deterioration and ecological collapse in the heart of California’s water system, state regulators today embraced the Newsom administrati…
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