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Protecting delta smelt - Will Water Still Come Out of the Tap?

December 15, 2008

Posted by Doug Obegi in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
baydelta, california, delta, deltasmelt, deltavision, endangered, salmon, water, watersupply

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued its long-awaited biological opinion on delta smelt. The opinion concludes that we must restrict water exports from the Delta to prevent the extinction of the delta smelt. While this tiny fish is...continued

Debunking the myth of having to choose between water for people vs water for fish

December 2, 2008

Posted by Doug Obegi in Living Sustainably

Tags:
california, deltasmelt, endangeredspecies, virtualriver, water, waterconservation, watersupply

Last week, the San Diego Union Tribune published an editorial on water policy and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Not only did the editorial get many of the critical facts wrong, but it also perpetuated a superficial theory that California can...continued

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...continued

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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