Tell California's Elected Officials: Don't Give Away California's Water!
Target:
Senator Diane Feinstein and other elected officials.
We the undersigned write to express our concern regarding the proposal to give Westlands Water District a stronghold on Delta water at a time when California's economy, people, and environment are facing a water crisis.
As you are aware, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is negotiating a settlement to the long-standing lawsuit over toxic drainage produced by irrigating lands on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Rather than addressing the drainage problem in the most cost-effective manner, the current settlement proposal would give a powerful group of businesses an extraordinarily long (60-year) contractual right to Delta water, allowing them to continue irrigating these toxic lands.
This settlement threatens the water supplies of other Californians and the health of the fragile Bay Delta by limiting state and federal authority to reduce deliveries in order to protect the public interest. The settlement would also forgive hundreds of millions of dollars of debt owed by Westlands, and millions of dollars in operations costs, leaving the taxpayers to pick up the tab.
These drainage-impaired lands should be retired, and the water that is being used to irrigate them should be returned to the people of California for use in stabilizing the Bay-Delta, its fisheries, and the water supplies of those that depend on this vital resource.
We respectfully urge you to ensure that California's water future is not given away at this critical time of need.
As you are aware, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is negotiating a settlement to the long-standing lawsuit over toxic drainage produced by irrigating lands on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley.
Rather than addressing the drainage problem in the most cost-effective manner, the current settlement proposal would give a powerful group of businesses an extraordinarily long (60-year) contractual right to Delta water, allowing them to continue irrigating these toxic lands.
This settlement threatens the water supplies of other Californians and the health of the fragile Bay Delta by limiting state and federal authority to reduce deliveries in order to protect the public interest. The settlement would also forgive hundreds of millions of dollars of debt owed by Westlands, and millions of dollars in operations costs, leaving the taxpayers to pick up the tab.
These drainage-impaired lands should be retired, and the water that is being used to irrigate them should be returned to the people of California for use in stabilizing the Bay-Delta, its fisheries, and the water supplies of those that depend on this vital resource.
We respectfully urge you to ensure that California's water future is not given away at this critical time of need.
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# 741:
3:55 pm PST, Feb 29,
Meg Duff, California
Please care for our wetlands so that they will still be healthy and beautiful for our children's children. Please do not give into the pressure to do just what is most expedient in the present, but keep the long-term health of this fragile world in mind as you make our policy decisions. Respectfully yours, Meg Duff
Please care for our wetlands so that they will still be healthy and beautiful for our children's children. Please do not give into the pressure to do just what is most expedient in the present, but keep the long-term health of this fragile world in mind as you make our policy decisions. Respectfully yours, Meg Duff
# 740:
8:07 am PST, Feb 9,
Greg Young, California
Please take a close look at this important issue and make the decision to protect californias natural heritage.
Please take a close look at this important issue and make the decision to protect californias natural heritage.
# 739:
8:41 pm PST, Feb 8,
Name not displayed, California
Save our fisheries!!!! Don't give the water away!!!
Save our fisheries!!!! Don't give the water away!!!
# 738:
7:47 pm PST, Feb 8,
Scott Tibbedeaux, California
I am tired of our states water being praticlly given away for next to peanuts and at the expence of our water ways and fisheries
I am tired of our states water being praticlly given away for next to peanuts and at the expence of our water ways and fisheries
# 737:
6:42 pm PST, Feb 8,
Steve Carrico, California
Please investigate the long term impact and do not allow the Westlands water agreement to to be approved. The Delta's fragile ecosystem is on the verge of crashing. Please help provide for a bright future for my children and generations to come. Save our water. Thank you for your time and attention, Sincerely Steve Carrico
Please investigate the long term impact and do not allow the Westlands water agreement to to be approved. The Delta's fragile ecosystem is on the verge of crashing. Please help provide for a bright future for my children and generations to come. Save our water. Thank you for your time and attention, Sincerely Steve Carrico
# 736:
5:27 pm PST, Feb 8,
Frank Barber, California
# 735:
4:48 pm PST, Feb 8,
William Dutra, California
# 734:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 8,
Gordon Light, California
Catastrophic evidence is being gathered and revealed regarding the disappearing Sacramento River wild salmon stocks, as well as other andromodous species. Primary cause for this decline is the excess pumping of northern California water to the California Aqueduct, and the macerating effect of the ill-functioning pumps on the young fish as they try to make their way to the ocean. A wonderful food resource is being decimated, and too many lives are being compromised to please this greedy corporation. Please take a position and help! No periferal canal! Investigate desalinization as they have successfully done in Mexico!
Catastrophic evidence is being gathered and revealed regarding the disappearing Sacramento River wild salmon stocks, as well as other andromodous species. Primary cause for this decline is the excess pumping of northern California water to the California Aqueduct, and the macerating effect of the ill-functioning pumps on the young fish as they try to make their way to the ocean. A wonderful food resource is being decimated, and too many lives are being compromised to please this greedy corporation. Please take a position and help! No periferal canal! Investigate desalinization as they have successfully done in Mexico!
# 733:
4:27 pm PST, Feb 8,
Brijette Overby, California
# 732:
3:55 pm PST, Feb 8,
Gary York, California
There just is not enough water in California so lets not DESTROY our God given resource, and a healthy food source for humans-SALMON We are in a fish/water crises that must be stopped.
There just is not enough water in California so lets not DESTROY our God given resource, and a healthy food source for humans-SALMON We are in a fish/water crises that must be stopped.
# 731:
12:54 pm PST, Jan 19,
Richard Camacho, California
I am not sure why it would even be considered that the taxpayers of California should have to pay for the cleanup of this mess. As I understand it we did not create this issue, but rather the Westlands AG group. The proposal is ridiculous and I am completely outraged that the idea is even being entertained. I would also like to add that I am against any bond measure that would fund through taxpayers the raising of any dams or the building of a "water conveyance system" (peripheral canal?). This measure has been defeated in the past and will be defeated again. I will not stand by and foot the bill for anymore big contractors projects, especially when it will have detrimental impacts on my delta. Water conservation and higher efficiency use standards are what is needed, not diversion tactics. Thank you.
I am not sure why it would even be considered that the taxpayers of California should have to pay for the cleanup of this mess. As I understand it we did not create this issue, but rather the Westlands AG group. The proposal is ridiculous and I am completely outraged that the idea is even being entertained. I would also like to add that I am against any bond measure that would fund through taxpayers the raising of any dams or the building of a "water conveyance system" (peripheral canal?). This measure has been defeated in the past and will be defeated again. I will not stand by and foot the bill for anymore big contractors projects, especially when it will have detrimental impacts on my delta. Water conservation and higher efficiency use standards are what is needed, not diversion tactics. Thank you.
# 730:
7:02 am PST, Dec 18,
Ines Seidel, Germany
# 729:
6:34 pm PST, Dec 17,
Courtney Boeck, Michigan
# 728:
10:18 pm PST, Dec 16,
Wisconsin Winter, California
# 727:
4:08 pm PST, Dec 14,
Rudolph Grahn, California
# 726:
6:38 pm PST, Dec 13,
Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado
# 725:
3:51 pm PST, Dec 12,
Vince O'Malley, California
# 724:
2:50 pm PST, Dec 12,
L DeHaan, California
Hello Senator Feinstein, Please refrain from giving into the Westlands' claim for more water from the Bay Delta. The fisheries are struggling badly enough as it is and denying them water at this time will merely decrease the chances that they will be able to recover. Thank you.
Hello Senator Feinstein, Please refrain from giving into the Westlands' claim for more water from the Bay Delta. The fisheries are struggling badly enough as it is and denying them water at this time will merely decrease the chances that they will be able to recover. Thank you.
# 723:
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11:25 am PST, Dec 12,
Mark D Nobles, California
Keep the water flowing!!! |
# 722:
11:07 am PST, Dec 12,
Bryan Sander, California
# 721:
10:41 am PST, Dec 12,
Andrea Jones, California
# 720:
10:58 pm PST, Dec 11,
Steven Heaver, New Jersey
# 719:
9:43 pm PST, Dec 11,
Bowman Chan, California
Where Trinity "lake" is now was once a thriving rural area with the thriving community of Trinity Center. Now it is nothing but a big brown mudhole devoid of any persons! Trinity "lake" was one of the greatest calamities ever brought down on Trinity County!
Where Trinity "lake" is now was once a thriving rural area with the thriving community of Trinity Center. Now it is nothing but a big brown mudhole devoid of any persons! Trinity "lake" was one of the greatest calamities ever brought down on Trinity County!
# 718:
8:05 pm PST, Dec 10,
Cole Graves, California
# 717:
12:43 pm PST, Dec 10,
Dave Epstein, California
The Trinity River is a vital natural resource in the STate of California. The health of its fish populations is essential to the health of the greater Klamath River ecosystem. More water is needed to ensure the health of the system.
The Trinity River is a vital natural resource in the STate of California. The health of its fish populations is essential to the health of the greater Klamath River ecosystem. More water is needed to ensure the health of the system.
# 716:
11:26 am PST, Dec 10,
Marc Boler, California
# 715:
6:43 pm PST, Dec 6,
Kristen Calandra, Illinois
# 714:
2:57 pm PST, Dec 3,
Billy Downs, California
The Trinity River is a success story in fisheries restoration. The returns of fish and fisherman are spectacular adding much needed revenue to Trinity County.
The Trinity River is a success story in fisheries restoration. The returns of fish and fisherman are spectacular adding much needed revenue to Trinity County.
# 713:
3:43 pm PST, Nov 29,
Gary Mercer, California
# 712:
1:03 pm PST, Nov 20,
Desiree Diaz, Illinois
# 711:
12:19 pm PST, Nov 20,
Seth Arentsen, California
I met a gentleman by the name of Jim last time I fished the Trinity. He was one of the original group that turned the steelhead fishery around and continue to work on creating a better Trinity. Thank you to all who are involved in keeping this river as beautiful as it is.
I met a gentleman by the name of Jim last time I fished the Trinity. He was one of the original group that turned the steelhead fishery around and continue to work on creating a better Trinity. Thank you to all who are involved in keeping this river as beautiful as it is.
# 710:
7:52 pm PST, Nov 14,
Scott Partridge, California
Please consider the value of the fishery for providing good jobs to the local area. I spend money where there are steelhead, travewling to foreign countrie and at great expense. The Trinity could be managed to be world class.
Please consider the value of the fishery for providing good jobs to the local area. I spend money where there are steelhead, travewling to foreign countrie and at great expense. The Trinity could be managed to be world class.
# 709:
10:15 am PST, Nov 14,
Craig A Wetherbee, California
# 708:
11:14 am PST, Nov 11,
Ben Smith, Texas
# 707:
9:50 am PST, Nov 11,
Walter Jorgensen, California
Water is for Fish First!
Water is for Fish First!
# 706:
10:00 pm PST, Nov 9,
James Ferguson, California
# 705:
6:07 pm PST, Nov 9,
Duke Otoshi, California
Please be kind to our fish and natural resources which cannot survive without the water.
Please be kind to our fish and natural resources which cannot survive without the water.
# 704:
2:24 pm PST, Nov 8,
Don Gustafson, California
# 703:
2:13 pm PST, Nov 8,
Mike Goicovich, California
# 702:
2:08 pm PST, Nov 8,
Jamie Hargrave, California
# 701:
11:27 am PST, Nov 8,
Dean Dowd, California
Save the river please.
Save the river please.
