I recently provided my five single-spaced pages of comments on the Water Master Plan Program Environmental Impact Report. Ten minutes before the deadline. I have a couple more pages, but no more time. So the Water Supply and the CCSD’s proposed plan to solve the declared 350 shortage are still on my mind. Then I ran across the following couple of paragraphs on the Western City Magazine website :
Despite the fact that water supplies are undeniably constrained (and even oversubscribed, in some cases) and climate change is likely to constrain them even more, there is more than enough water to go around — and that includes enough water to maintain the environmental and biological integrity of our rivers, streams, estuaries and wetlands.
In November 2004, the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) published An Investment Strategy for California Water. This publication (available online at www.pcl.org) concluded that new demands for water associated with California’s projected growth could not only be met, but could be met economically and without damaging California’s environment. The following year, the state Department of Water Resources essentially confirmed PCL’s findings in The California Water Plan Update 2005, Bulletin 160-05.
So now I ask:
If I can’t get a second opinion on the state of the water supply shortage in Cambria, can I at least get a first opinion on the qualifications and background of our current source of information? Or a list of references I could contact? Surely if they have been awarded a contract, the CCSD would have this information.
The next CCSD meeting is April 24 at 12:30 at the Vets Hall. See you there!
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