State Water Board Member D’Adamo: We must find a better approach
November 5, 2018
BY DORENE D’ADAMO
Protecting California’s fish is an important duty of the State Water Resources Control Board. But it is not our board’s only duty.
I am one of five members on the board, and the only one who lives in the San Joaquin Valley. Our board is required to provide for the reasonable protection of all beneficial uses of water. This calls for balancing the needs of fish with the needs of cities and the people who live in them – people whose lives and jobs are dependent on that water. We must also consider the needs of agriculture, and the beneficial use of water to grow crops.
