Mountain county water agencies ask: Has the state gone too far?
Attorney Tim O’Laughlin addresses an April 13 workshop put on by Mountain Counties Water Resources Association at the El Dorado Irrigation District headquarters.
The question of whether the state has gone too far in its efforts to regulate water in California was the topic of a special workshop on Friday 13 hosted by the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association at the El Dorado Irrigation District.
John Kingsbury, the executive director of Mountain Counties, discussed the challenges facing its members including Delta outflow, attempts to dismantle the water rights system, a possible tax on water, potential regulation of individual wells, water restrictions on indoor and outdoor use, declining species, lack of effective management of the Sierra Nevada foothills, loss of local control, increased water rates, environmental and regulatory overreach and how all these things may affect agriculture, tourism and recreation.
The MCWRA Workshop program story was picked up on the front page of Mavens Notebook Daily Digest.
