The Local Agencies of the North Delta and the Central Delta Water Agency have written the State Water Resources Control Board, alleging the recently submitted application for a change in the points of diversion for the state and federal water projects as part of the California Water Fix project is defective and incomplete.
The letter states that the most obvious errors include a statement that the applicants own the points of diversion/rediversion, numbers of affected water users between points of diversion marked as ‘not applicable’, application references portions of the Water Fix documents which do not provide enough information to assess impacts, and ignores the need for a Waste Discharge Requirement and 401 certification.
“The examples enumerated above show that the Petition for Change is incomplete if not deliberately erroneous,” the letter states. “The cavalier manner in which some of the most senior water rights in the state are dismissed as nonexistent (e.g.,”N/A”) is disturbing, given the major changes to Delta waterways being proposed.”
The letter requests that DWR and the Bureau of Reclamation be directed to correct and complete their Petition prior to any Board action.
Read the letter here: Joint-Ltr-SWRCB-Water-Fix-Petition-8 31 15
Restore the Delta has issued this press release:
“Focusing on false and misleading information provided by state and federal officials to take water supplies, Local Agencies of the North Delta and the Central Delta Water Agency have filed objections to the potential perjury caused by the misinformation contained in the DWR/USBR August 26, 2015 petition filed to divert water some 35 miles of the Delta estuary.
In yet another attempt to rush building of massive underground water tunnels that would drain the Delta of fresh water and doom sustainable farms, salmon and other Pacific fisheries, last week DWR and USBR filed a petition to change the water export points for the federal and state water projects.
The letter released today from farms and local landowners seeks withdrawal of the water take petition based on misleading and false information provided, utter failure to disclose injuries to other water users, impacts to communities and economic livelihoods based on present water right diversion points. … ”
Continue reading at Restore the Delta here: Delta Tunnel News: CA Water Board Gets “Fixed” Application to Take Water
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