Protecting watersheds first step in water policy
is the title of the OP-ED from John Kingsbury, MCWRA executive director. The State’s focus on the Delta crisis and the twin tunnels has been temporarily overshadowed by the drought. Three years of dry weather conditions, continued population growth, regulatory policies, and the lack of new water supplies has created a perfect storm. The water districts and agencies in Mountain Counties have aggressively implemented conservation measures to ensure a reliable water supply for their ratepayers, while the Administration and Legislature struggle with finding a bi-partisan water bond with long-term solutions. If the State is going to solve the water crisis, it must look to the headwaters as “Protecting watersheds first step in water policy”.
Link to Maven’s Notebook and the full OP-ED : http://wp.me/p2XWwm-4VG
