Delta tunnel plan expected today; opposition already mounted - Chico Enterprise Record - 1 views
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the cost-to-benefit ratio of the proposed tunnels makes no sense.
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The Butte Environmental Council of Chico has joined other groups to call for more science-based "policy before plumbing," explained Carol Perkins, BEC water policy advocate. More water conservation should take place, and better policies to put "beneficial use for people, farmers, fish and aquatic habitat before the economic benefits of the 1 percent," Perkins said.
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The Bay Delta Plan is only one of five very important, and different, plans being worked on for state water, including the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Plan, an upcoming biological opinion, state water flow decisions, etc.
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"If they are going to build some conveyance," said Ted Trimble, manager of Western Canal Water District, "upstream storage should be part of the concept," preferably Sites Reservoir. That would decrease pressure on north-state water.