NEW REPORT: Retiring Toxic Farmland in Western San Joaquin Valley Would Save Water, Environment and Taxpayer Money
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By stopping irrigation of all of the salt-polluted land that’s in the “San Luis Unit” – a large portion of the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, California residents could benefit from significantly reduced toxic runoff into the Delta, and increased supplies of precious and scarce water that can be put to better uses, according to a report from the environmental research firm EcoNorthwest of Seattle, Wash.
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Along with retiring the land, the groups are calling on Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. and his State Water Board to stop the “paper water” claims that run with the land – the disparity that exists between water rights claims and water that actually exists. Currently, the State Water Resources Control Board has allocated water rights claims that exceed available water from the Delta watershed by a factor of five, they estimate.
Delta and sustainable water advocates respond here.
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