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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This is +80% of AVERAGE I would like to point out,
not +80% of their entitlement. which has not been 100% for many, many
years...Sandy Denn </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=bwl3@comcast.net href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">Byron Leydecker</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=fotr@crank.dcn.davis.ca.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:22
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity] Westlands Water
Supply this year</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=1 face=Verdana><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">From:<BR><A
title=http://blogs.edf.org/waterfront/2009/06/08/water-supply-improvements-in-the-san-joaquin-valley/
href="http://blogs.edf.org/waterfront/2009/06/08/water-supply-improvements-in-the-san-joaquin-valley/">http://blogs.edf.org/waterfront/2009/06/08/water-supply-improvements-in-the-san-joaquin-valley/</A><BR><BR>Water
supply improvements in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San
Joaquin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR><BR>June 8, 2009 | Posted by
Spreck Rosekrans in Water Supply<BR><BR>Spreck Rosekrans is an Economic
Analyst at EDF.<BR><BR>Anybody reading newspapers or watching television news
over the last two months has heard frightening stories of water shortages that
threaten the viability of agriculture in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Joaquin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. But information compiled by the
California Department of Water Resources reveals that in 2009 water supply in
most parts of the valley will be in excess of 80% of average.<BR><BR>Central
Valley Project deliveries to Westlands Water District, for example, <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">were forecast to be zero</SPAN></B> as recently as
March.<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Westlands now projects they expect
to use 86% of average annual supplies this year.</SPAN></B> Their total supply
is a combination of deliveries from the Delta, water banked last year,
groundwater pumping and purchases.<BR><BR>The data, compiled last month by the
Department of Water Resources and based on a series of interviews with staff
from each of the districts, was attached to a letter from DWR Director Lester
Snow to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein on May 15 . As the table notes, the
information is subject to change.<BR><BR>The information paints a very
different picture for agriculture this year than we have seen reported this
spring. The water shortages are much lower than previously reported. This
year's supplies do, of course, rely on levels of groundwater pumping that
would not be possible every year. Still, one can only conclude that the water
supply situation is not as dire as previously reported and that <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Joaquin</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> farms will still be able to grow
food for our kitchen tables this year. </SPAN></FONT><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><EM><I><FONT color=gray size=3
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Byron
Leydecker</SPAN></FONT></I></EM></st1:PersonName><EM><I><FONT color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: gray">, JcT,
Chair</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><I><FONT color=gray size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">PO
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2327</SPAN></FONT></I></EM></st1:address><o:p></o:p></P>
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color=gray size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mill
Valley</SPAN></FONT></I></EM></st1:City><EM><I><FONT color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: gray">, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">94942-2327</st1:PostalCode></SPAN></FONT></I></EM></st1:place><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><I><FONT color=gray size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">415 383
4810 </SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">415 519
4810 cell</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">bwl3@comcast.net</A></SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org">bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</A></SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
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