.LATimesSkelton writes: 'At first blush, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest action on water seems fanciful and naive. But it has logic and conceivably could work.'
EPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld: “It’s time for California to catch up with the rest of the world. We like to think of ourselves as being on the cutting edge, but when it comes to water we lag behind.
Mayor Eric Garcetti gets kudos in Sacramento for recently pledging that by 2035 Los Angeles will recycle all its wastewater and reduce the need for importing supplies.scale back Brown’s delta twin-tunnels project But even one tunnel, as currently planned, would be huge: 40 feet wide and capable of carrying up to 6,000 cubic feet of water per second. Delta communities and local farmers fear that during a drought, there could be an L.A. water grab that would practically dry up the river.
“We’ll work with them constructively with an open mind,” says Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, who heads the anti-tunnel group Restore the Delta. “We’ll try to get along with these people and see what can happen this time.”
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