Re: [californiadisasters] Delta plan gets a nod from feds

And includes beefing up the sending of water to SoCal, which shouldn't have been done in the first place.   The politicos couldn't get in the front door so they're rattling the windows. 

Fix the levees.  Nothing more is needed here.  Do NOT use the levee needs as an enticement to allow more water theft.   The voters (including SoCal which can out vote NorCal) turned it down.  What part of NO is hard to understand?  This is yet another example of why the infrastructure is such a mess.  Take care of the necessary FIRST, then worry about pork projects. 

Rick

Blame the typos on the iPhone. It's awkward to type on one. 

On Dec 16, 2010, at 6:12 AM, Vic Pollard <sactovic@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

This Bay Delta Conservation Plan process, boring as it sounds (and mostly is) is worth paying attention to, becasue it's SUPPOSED to include beefing up the deteriorating Delta levees, which could collapse in an earthquake or flood, cutting off much of the water supply for Southern California.   The state report, issued by the Resources Agency, calls for five intakes and two huge tunnels to carry Sacramento River water from the north Delta to south Delta pumps, a project that is estimated to cost $13 billion. The tunnels would replace earlier plans to build a peripheral canal around the Delta, a plan that was rejected by voters in 1982 after it was authorized by once and future Gov. Jerry Brown.