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<div>It's a pity that our Senator, Diane Feinstein, has such
outdated views on water policy. Our state needs a new Senator
with the vision to lead the state where it needs to go. Building
more water storage is not going to create more water. Does she
think the water will magically appear from the Heavens?
Squeezing the very last drop out of the available water supplies
only prolongs the inevitable shortage for a few more years, at
great cost, to ecosystems and taxpayers. </div>
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<div>We need statewide water budgets. One example of poor water
management is the dairy industry. </div>
<div>It uses half the developed Agriculture water supply, and
given that the Ag industry uses 85% of the state's developed
water supply, one can see that removing dairy farming from the
dry regions of the state would free up an enormous amount of
water for the other half of the Ag industry. </div>
<div>Dairy farming is good where there is plenty of rain and green
pastures. Wisconsin, Oregon, and Northern California counties
like Marin, Sonoma and Humboldt is where dairy cows belong. </div>
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<div>And I do not need to mention the Westlands, as we all know
what retiring their toxic, salty desert lands would do to
improve state water supply. </div>
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<div>We don't need more reservoirs, we need a more sensible
allocation of water supplies. </div>
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<div>Emelia Berol<br>
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I realize I am in the minority among this particular group, but I
would appreciate your attention to the amount of water that has
already been redistributed from water rights holders to the
environment. I would also like to dispute the statement that more
storage will not produce more water. Newer storage projects are
designed to capture runoff water that flows out to sea during times
of the year when it benefits no one and no species. With additional
storage to capture waters that are otherwise lost to the systems,
timing of flows can be adjusted to fit needs, whether among water
users or terrestrial and aquatic species when needs are present.
Don't just give blanket condemnation to a matter about which you
seem to be poorly informed. I wish things could go back to an
earlier era too, when there were plenty of all natural resources to
go around without man's intervention, but that is not the case.<br>
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The damage created in the Westlands began a long time ago, and yet
you openly condemn without knowing or understanding the hardships
being endured to try to correct the situation without bankrupting
family farms. Yes, there are still corporate farms in the southern
San Joaquin Valley, but there are also increasing numbers of hard
working young family farmers who understand the issues and are
trying to help correct what happened in the past. I never hear
that mentioned in e mails such as some in your group seem to be want
to broadcast. That is too bad. You are missing some valiant
efforts of many folks who share a belief that if we focused on
solutions instead of condemning problems, we might actually be able
to afford some heroic "fixes". <br>
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If we live in today's world it is incumbent upon us, as a
questionably advanced species, to be part of what is really
happening, not what we wish were the case. We have the abilities
and technologies available to create and produce without causing
significant harm to ourselves or to nature. But we have to spend
less time and money defending ourselves and more time reaching for
those new solutions to some old problems. I hope a more reasonable
attitude will prevail than to merely condemn without "trial" or
hearing. Sandy Denn<br>
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