Water, money and a new dam
As Sacramento bureaucrats, city folks, enviros and farm water officials continue talking about fixing the state's water system, it's a good time to look at the cost of a new dam on the San Joaquin River -- about $3 billion.
In June, the federal government released a report on the idea, which would create up to 1.26 million acre-feet of additional storage. That's double the size of Millerton Lake.
How will this price tag fit into the current compromise that is being fashioned in Sacramento? It's hard to know right now.
Officials are talking about a $9 billion bond, though there are few details about how it will
be divided among the many needs throughout California.
Keep your eye on the mad scramble for money and compromise right now in Sacramento. The Bee's Sacramento reporter E.J. Schultz has been writing almost daily about it, and his reports have been among the most informative.
Comments:
The San Joaquin River will flow to the Pacific Ocean again soon, and Salmon and Steelhead will return as far up as Friant. There will be no new dams on the San Joaquin, a river betrayed.
Posted by: Paul at October 27, 2009 4:20 PM
Paul is, sadly, probably right. The enviro-criminals have such a strong grip on the weak-minded, government-theist populace of California that the end appears nigh, or at least indellibly etched in the Sierra batholith.
I am only heartened by the belief the pseudo-intelligencia proponents of agricultures demise will also suffer due to the lack of food and the State's irreparably damaged economy.
Posted by: mikebp at October 28, 2009 10:20 AM
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