Thread by @RestoretheDelta

#ActionAlert: It's time to stand up for the #SFBayDelta at the 1/5 @CaWaterBoards TUCP Workshop! We need your help explaining that protecting Delta water quality matters and that this year protecting the Delta must become a priority. It’s time for change. bit.ly/32StnhU

On 1/5, there will be a @CaWaterBoards Workshop on a plan by the @CA_DWR and @usbr to gut water quality standards for the Delta starting in February and to leave a “temporary” barrier in place – that was to be removed at the end of November – that can interrupt fish migration.

(Never mind that #Deltasmelt cannot be found naturally in the wild from sampling, or that iconic salmon runs are at risk.)

Also, fresh water flows are needed to flush and nurture the largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas – an estuary that has already been damaged for all beneficial water uses for people for decades– because of excess water exports and lack of incoming flows.

While the recent storms have not ended the drought, and careful water planning and management is required going forward by government agencies to protect water resources, (1/2)

we do not believe the answer to our long-term water management woes is simply to gut D-1641 water quality standards for the Delta each and every year that we experience drought – or what is truly the new water normal. (2/2)

(D-1641 is the order through which the State Water Board amended the Federal and State Projects’ water right license and permits to require meeting specified water quality objectives set forth in the Bay-Delta Plan.)

Protecting Delta water quality is about protecting the people of the Delta, fisheries, and the environment.

Find out how to participate here: bit.ly/32StnhU