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Sacramento Valley water transfer idea leaves locals fuming - Chico Enterprise Record - 0 views

  • There's a plan for water transfers could move up to 511,000 acre-feet of water each year for the next 10 years from the Sacramento Valley to the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area.
  • The Bureau of Reclamation received a very clear message Tuesday night that people in the Sacramento Valley don't like that.
  • More than 100 people attended Tuesday's meeting in Chico.
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  • The document says that maximum would be allowed in dry and critically dry years, and up to 360,000 acre-feet during other years through 2024.
  • One of the alternatives in the plan is to not farm land in Northern California. "How about some crop idling in the area of (water) demand," Vlamis said.
  • Recent rules by the State Water Resources Control Board require local groups to create sustainable water budgets by 2022. Robyn DiFalco, director of the Butte Environmental Council (www.becnet.org) said it "seems clear the San Joaquin Valley proposes to balance their water budget with Sacramento Valley water."
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Drop in the bucket? - 1 views

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    Advertisement Though reports recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) conclude that proposed 2013 water sales will not affect the hydrological and environmental health of the Sacramento Valley north of the Delta, North State water advocates disagree.
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