"January 11, 2012
RESTORE THE DELTA CALLS OUT WEAKNESSES IN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE'S REPORT ON THE DELTA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
Stockton, California - Restore the Delta is challenging the accuracy and value of the Public Policy Institute's recent report on the Delta: Transitions for the Delta Economy. Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla says, "It is disheartening that a report, now funded by a public university, fails to fully and properly analyze Delta water quality, current project proposals, and the real Delta economy."
The PPIC report assumes that the new dual conveyance system, more commonly known to Californians at the peripheral canal/tunnel, will only divert 4.9 million acre feet of Delta water, despite the reality that water contractors will have difficulty justifying the sale of billions of dollars in new revenue bonds to finance the project if they are going to receive a significant smaller share of Delta water. Conner Everts with the Southern California Watershed Alliance says, "Southern California rate payers cannot afford to pay more and more to Metropolitan Water District for an unsustainable water supply. Regional self sufficiency, which can be achieved through conservation, storm water and reuse projects, is a much more affordable way to make more water for Southern California water users."
read more: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact...cqRKy1FLGo12ZAa7Hjxjr2WJIh5DQ0dE-ylUH0_YBAA==
www.restorethedelta.org
RESTORE THE DELTA CALLS OUT WEAKNESSES IN PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE'S REPORT ON THE DELTA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE
Stockton, California - Restore the Delta is challenging the accuracy and value of the Public Policy Institute's recent report on the Delta: Transitions for the Delta Economy. Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla says, "It is disheartening that a report, now funded by a public university, fails to fully and properly analyze Delta water quality, current project proposals, and the real Delta economy."
The PPIC report assumes that the new dual conveyance system, more commonly known to Californians at the peripheral canal/tunnel, will only divert 4.9 million acre feet of Delta water, despite the reality that water contractors will have difficulty justifying the sale of billions of dollars in new revenue bonds to finance the project if they are going to receive a significant smaller share of Delta water. Conner Everts with the Southern California Watershed Alliance says, "Southern California rate payers cannot afford to pay more and more to Metropolitan Water District for an unsustainable water supply. Regional self sufficiency, which can be achieved through conservation, storm water and reuse projects, is a much more affordable way to make more water for Southern California water users."
read more: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact...cqRKy1FLGo12ZAa7Hjxjr2WJIh5DQ0dE-ylUH0_YBAA==
www.restorethedelta.org