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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Westlands Water District yanks delta plan funding<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=byline><span class=fn><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:kzito@sfchronicle.com">Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer</a></span></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=org><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black;display:none'>San Francisco Chronicle</span></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> <span class=updated><span style='display:none'>November 24, 2010 04:00 AM</span></span> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2010/11/24/MNP21GGIUR.DTL#license-/c/a/2010/11/23/MNP21GGIUR.DTL" id="license-/c/a/2010/11/23/MNP21GGIUR.DTL"><span style='display:none'>Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</span></a> <img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01CB8BB1.B0D32150" alt="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/SFC/RWS/www.sfgate.com/MAI/ca20101124MNP21GGIUR.DTL/E/Prod">Wednesday, November 24, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/11/24/MNP21GGIUR.DTL&object=%2Fc%2Fpictures%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Fmn-water24_ph_0494825827.jpg"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=370 height=247 id="Picture_x0020_26" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CB8BB1.B0D32150" alt="http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2010/11/23/mn-water24_ph_0494825827_part6.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=17 height=10 id="Picture_x0020_27" src="cid:image005.gif@01CB8BB1.B0D32150" alt="http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/article/articlebox_img_bg.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=byline><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Michael Macor / SFC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=caption><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Fishermen try their luck in the California Aqueduct near Mountain House Road at the eastern end of the Altamont Pass in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2010/11/24/MNP21GGIUR.DTL&object=%2Fc%2Fpictures%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Fmn-water24_ph_0494825827.jpg"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><img border=0 width=7 height=7 id="Picture_x0020_28" src="cid:image006.gif@01CB8BB1.B0D32150" alt="http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/utils/plus-green.gif"></span></span>View Larger Image</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;display:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";display:none'><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/24/national/w030115S12.DTL"><span style='color:#015660;text-decoration:none'>AP Exclusive: Color-coded terror alerts may end</span></a> 11.24.10<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><b><span style='color:black'>The largest agricultural water district in the country has yanked its support for a plan to manage the future of <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/California" target="_top">California's</a> deteriorating <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Sacramento_–_San_Joaquin_River_Delta" target="_top">Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta</a>, casting doubt on the fate of a process many hoped would solve the water supply and environmental crises in the estuary.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>In a strongly worded letter sent late Monday to David Hayes, deputy secretary of the <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" target="_top">U.S. Department of the Interior</a>, the Westlands Water District charged the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/barack-obama/">Obama</a> administration with "misinformed political interference" and said the district wouldn't fund the Bay Delta Conservation Plan unless it was guaranteed sufficient water deliveries - roughly 70 percent of historical averages.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>"As a public agency, Westlands cannot continue to spend millions of our ratepayers' dollars on a project that is likely to deliver no more and potentially less water to the public than they are receiving today," wrote Jean Sagouspe, president of Westlands, the agency that irrigates as much as $2 billion worth of nuts and produce on 600,000 acres in and around Fresno.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>In his response Tuesday, Hayes called the district's assertions about reduced water deliveries baseless and committed his department to a thorough scientific analysis of the plan, a draft of which was released last week.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>"Given the status of the (Bay Delta Conservation Plan) process, the promise it holds, and the consequences of its failure, it will be a disservice to all involved if Westlands prematurely walks away from the process based on unfounded conclusions or the mere fact that a range of operational criteria are being reviewed," Hayes wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><u><span style='color:black'>Targeting Brown<o:p></o:p></span></u></h3><p><b><span style='color:black'>Critics privately called Westlands' withdrawal political grand-standing aimed at winning concessions on environmental rules from Gov.-elect <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/jerry-brown/">Jerry Brown</a> and possibly even federal regulators. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Earlier this year, Westlands ally Sen. <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Dianne_Feinstein" target="_top">Dianne Feinstein</a>, D-Calif., proposed, then withdrew, a proposal to suspend the <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Endangered_Species_Act" target="_top">Endangered Species Act</a> in order to increase water exports from the delta.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>One of the environmental groups on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan steering committee said the delta's crashing habitat simply must come first.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>"Westlands wants its supply guarantees before anyone else - that's not how this process works," said Cynthia Koehler, water legislative director with the <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Environmental_Defense_Fund" target="_top">Environmental Defense Fund</a>. "This is about saving the estuary from death. We could all march into this process and have temper tantrums, but that's not going to get us very far."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>The Bay Delta Conservation Plan committee convened four years ago under the auspices of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The idea was to craft a roadmap to balance the needs of a healthy estuary and water supplies for farms and millions of city dwellers over a 50-year period. While the effort involved a coalition of water agencies, environmental groups and state and federal agencies, Westlands picked up most of the $150 million tab for studies and planning.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><u><span style='color:black'>Focus on pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></u></h3><p><b><span style='color:black'>To date, work has focused on a pipeline - now a tunnel estimated at more than $12 billion - that would route water from the <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Sacramento_River" target="_top">Sacramento River</a>, around the core of the estuary, to large pumps in the south delta. Proponents say the structure would achieve two goals: ensure a stable supply of water and prevent native fish from being entrained in the current pumps. Federal orders designed to protect those fish have in recent years reduced pumping by the federal and state networks that send water to 3 million acres of farmland and 25 million residents.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>Recent federal scientific reports have suggested, however, that diverting water around the delta would pull salty water farther inland and harm sensitive fish species. And, some state research supports additional flow through the estuary, not less.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="Picture_x0020_77" src="cid:image007.gif@01CB8BB2.7219BCC0" alt="http://imgs.sfgate.com/graphics/clear.gif"></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;display:none'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";display:none'><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/24/national/w030115S12.DTL"><span style='color:#015660;text-decoration:none'>AP Exclusive: Color-coded terror alerts may end</span></a> 11.24.10<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><b><span style='color:black'>The political winds have also shifted. Water utilities that draw their water from sources upstream of the delta, including many in the Bay Area - argue that a new delta pipeline amounts to a water grab masterminded by a set of politically connected agencies, mostly in Southern <a href="http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/California" target="_top">California</a>. At the same time, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has taken a more active role in trying to solve the delta's thorny ecological problems. The state, meanwhile, mandated cities cut water use 20 percent by 2020 to reduce stress on the delta.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>California lawmakers discussed similar targets for agriculture during the debate over 2009's water reform package, but none made the final bill. Nevertheless, Westlands insists that it and its fellow water contractors have done their part by forgoing about 1 million acre-feet of water annually as prescribed by earlier environmental agreements. These days the agency says it receives between 25 and 45 percent of the water it requests from the federal Central Valley Project.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><u><span style='color:black'>Sacrifices made<o:p></o:p></span></u></h3><p><b><span style='color:black'>"We agree that everyone has to sacrifice," said Westlands spokeswoman Sarah Woolf. "But we can't grow crops with no water."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>Even without Westlands' checkbook, many of the other water agencies involved in the planning process expect it to continue. The State Water Contractors, a group of 27 utilities, said Tuesday enough money remains to complete the next phase of the plan, including more technical analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>In the very near term, the state is planning to release an assessment of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan work thus far. The early December report will provide some guidance on next steps to the incoming administration.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>With California mired in a $25 billion financial hole, however, few observers anticipate any major moves on the water front.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='color:black'>"Westlands is laying out a marker here as we're in this holding pattern between administrations," said Jim Metropulos, water analyst with the Sierra Club. "But with the deficit, that's going to suck a lot of the air out of the room."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron Leydecker, JcT</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends of Trinity River</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>PO Box 2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 383 4810 land</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>415 519 4810 mobile</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><span style='color:blue'>bwl3@comcast.net</span></a></span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><span style='color:blue'>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</span></a> </span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>(secondary)</span></i><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'><a href="http://fotr.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.fotr.org</span></a> </span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o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