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I :.0 I I Page 2 Alert Canal foes: ®alta promises broken Farmers, anglers say health of estuary ne- Millions'of acre-feet of water were supposed to come from glected rivers on California's north coast-rivers that were deemed Sart Jequin County The government should keep its promises. wild and scenic and could not be tapped. 5o said farmers, anglers and water law ers Even though that water never materialized, exports from ��sor �� who got one last chance Thursday to protest the Delta soared. C"Iellas daestit a plan proposing a peripheral canal as the "You people have bought into this idea of co-equality"of mince words when it "linchpin" of the state's future water system. the environment and water supplies, Nomellini told Frank. comes to the Delta The canal would take water from the Sacra- "That turns upside-down the whole promise...that the mento River near Hood and skirt it around needs of Northern California come first." and the politics the central Delta to State and Federal Nomellini said he expects a decade-long court battle. Surrounding it. pumps near Tracy, and from there to farms Frank said Thursday's arguments were "well thought out" "The Delta's not and cities as far South as San Diego. and that he'd share them with the rest of the task force. broken," he says- One problem, critics say: The government "We have absolutely no ower" in the ultimate outcome, "Everything around historically promised that the Delta's needs he said. "We've been asked to hear from folks like you would come first. Only surplus water would and come u with recommendations," but it will be u to the Delta is broken be shipped South. p P the lawmakers after.that. — the state and "What is currently conveyed to the South is vaHous depart- already too much water, and the Delta tells And perhaps the judges. mens Get more us so," said Dave Scatena, a fisherman. Alex Breitler, The Record, 8/29/2008 water flowing In Stockton to hear his angst was retired environmental attorney Richard Frank, one through the Delta, of the sever' members of Gov.Arnold Delta -W LENTO and well all be in Schwarzenegger's Delta Vision Blue Ribbon -r Y n American River better Sha Task Force. option Sacrnrn;rrro Tracy Pry, The team has written a report to be made River cy final by the end of October. That report will 7/23/08 go to the governor and help shape legisla- Q n I tion next year to tackle the Delta's numer- Peripheral canal: I Y '• western alignments ous problems, at an estimated cost of$12 Qq billion to $24 billion over the next 15ears.. CI sburg Y Peripheral canal: While Thursday's meeting was their last ' eastern alignments chance to publicly condemn the draft report, Ho The De rtment canal opponents vowed they would continue �� � Crich. �� '.y .c �to fight. And many are seasoned veterans- S,c,ir{jlr 1_ ;. of Water _ r Collrtla Rogene Reynolds, who lives on Roberts Is- Resources s Resources is land, brought a blazing red "Stop the Canal" �•.�� f ��~ DryCrePk button—a keepsake from the successful �.x talking to 1982 campaign against a similar proposal. Rde ut „... landowners west "This is a simple rehash of what w&bad 30 ears ago,"she said. of the Sacra- y g RIO VISTA a { i 3` River A Delta Vision spokesman said very little of Isl'etar � ,f° '^��- mento River in ti ) LiIDI the report is "in concrete"and that the pub- order to buy up lic comments taken Thursday would help shape the final version. f; "x.. 3 ail the islands and Many observers, however,say they feel the Tf make them into a whole thing is a done deal. yq salt sink in order While the report says the environment and water supply should be treated as "co- "Wk cob Qat ey, to benefit the equals," and while a canal would be only STpL�� fl5herleS: part of the proposed solution, critics note that the report fails to quantify how much Disc ve�y Jim McLeod, fresh water will be needed to keep the Delta ' Bay - healthy. indeed,that answer might never -r' J �1 Tracy,CA be known, according to the report. What the government did know as far back �OReS s throe as 20 years is that it would eventually need more water,said Stockton Lawyer Dante 0 Baaks— u, Mantec Nomellini,who represents Delta farmers. DeEtPumpingPlaittj° pump ng - .�� „ South� .�PEant �`' t �Pwl�¢ingPlan OTRAL°lf C Note:The orange and green lilies J�/�y 1 showpossible wesfiern eastern eli"ents fw a peripheral canal,respectively. G��f o Jv�ofQ/