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2009: California Water In Review (and Hopes for 2010)

December 30, 2009

Posted by Doug Obegi in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
baydelta, california, delta, endangered, fishing, resolutions, salmon, virtualriver, water, waterprogram, watersupply

New Year’s provides a good opportunity to look back on the past year, and to look forward to the next.  Here’s my list of 2009’s Good, Bad and Ugly in terms of California water politics, and what I’m wishing for...

California's 2009 Water Supply Announcement Demonstrates Need to Tap Into the "Virtual River"

October 30, 2008

Posted by Doug Obegi in Health and the Environment

Tags:
california, delta, salmon, virtualriver, water, waterconservation, watersupply

DWR's announcement of initial water delivery allocations is a painful reminder of the need to reduce our dependence on the Delta as the major water supply source, and to instead tap into the "Virtual River" of water conservation, efficiency, groundwater...

Doug Obegi
Doug Obegi
Staff Attorney, Western Water Project
San Francisco
I grew up in Orange County, California, a place bounded on one side by beautiful...
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