FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 10, 2014 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Water Tunnels Opponents Release Charts: Urban Ratepayers Get the Higher Bill, Westlands & Kern Get More Water than All Urban Users Combined Call on Gov. Brown not to force families to Subsidize Billionaires Listen to audio from media teleconference: Restore the Delta Experts Briefing: Who got the water and for what? Should we change direction for the future? Also attached: Pie charts and tables at end of article STOCKTON, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD) today released a water export pie chart and tracking table showing where the water goes that is exported from the San Francisco Bay-Delta. The Westlands [...]
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Media Release: Listen to Audio from 2/10 Media Teleconference + Restore the Delta Release Charts: Westlands & Kern Get More Water than All Urban Users Combined
The Bakersfield Californian: While D.C. plays politics, real water issues await
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 30, 2014Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; [email protected]; Twitter: @shopcraft; @MrSandHillCrane; Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 [email protected]; Twitter: @RestoretheDeltaIn case you missed it…The Bakersfield CalifornianTuesday, Jan 28 2014 10:00 PMLOIS HENRY: While D.C. plays politics, real water issues awaitBy Lois HenryThere are real issues to be discussed involving California’s water troubles. Tough issues.Such as, whether we’ve overplanted with crops that simply cannot be accommodated long term given regulatory changes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta.Oh yeah, I went there. Let the howling begin.Can our water system sustain the explosion in almonds, pistachios, grapes and other permanent crops we’ve seen in Kern and other valley counties?I don’t know.But I do know that’s a question being mulled, even among those in the [...]
