#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 Image
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.
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5 Jan
Our Policy Analyst Tim Stroshane: "First, the Draft Order as written is unacceptable. We incorporate comments of NRDC, The Bay Institute, San Francisco BayKeeper, and Defenders of Wildlife into our remarks on the Draft Reconsideration Order. (1/ Image
"We agree that the Water Board’s Order states conclusions that are not based on actual findings contained in the Order. Please align the conclusions with the findings NRDC et al have identified to have a morally just and ecologically reasonable Draft Order before adopting it. (2/
"Second, on page 40 in its Draft Order, the Board defined “legal users of water” to justify privileging of propertied water users over non-propertied. We don’t believe such a definition can be found in the California Water Code. (3/
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5 Jan
Here is RTD's Delta Science Coordinator Spencer Fern's Statement at today's @CaWaterBoards Workshop:"On the topic of maintaining water quality, I believe that it’s important to keep the standards in place to help lower the amount of harmful algal blooms we see each summer. (1/6) Image
"More importantly making sure runoff is properly managed to not give a nutrient load for harmful algal blooms to prosper. But, that’s why the standards are set in the first place, to ensure that the waterway can continue to be safe to be around. (2/6)
"Last Thursday, I went out with some interns to take a baseline test of the microcystin count at the Morelli Boat Landing which is right under the I5 in Stockton and even though there wasn’t a Harmful Algal Bloom visually present, (3/6)
Read 6 tweets
5 Jan
#ActionAlert: It's time to stand up for the #SFBayDelta at today's @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
Today 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.)
Read 15 tweets
26 Aug 20
The Central Valley Regional @CaWaterBoards has reported that a recent collection of water samples from cyanobacteria #AlgalBlooms along the #Stockton waterfront contain microcystins up to 220 times higher than the “danger” level.

Read more: bit.ly/32tCYb1 #CAWater
Our ED: “We are grateful that the @CaWaterBoards continue to make water quality testing a priority throughout the #SFBayDelta and along the #Stockton waterfront, the most populated urban area within the Delta with CA’s largest #environmentaljustice community percentage-wise. (1/
"We are, however, deeply disappointed in decisions being made by @CA_DWR because none of their plans for the Delta or #cawater management include solving the HABs issue for our region or for Northern California tribal communities suffering with the same water quality problem. (2/
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23 Jul 20
The sad truth is that we have never been more disappointed in @GavinNewsom than we are today. On the day that reports are out about the largest HABs outbreak we have seen, a rubric has been introduced discussing the Delta tunnel's water quality merits for the SWP only.
We feel as if we have wasted the last 18 months trying to collaborate with @CA_DWR & the SEC because the criteria ignores the Delta reform act of co-equal goals. Nothing is being offered to solve our water quality problems. We understand the process much better than DWR thinks.
The problem is the foundation/premises the plan is being developed on. Why should the entire state suffer damage and water quality degradation for the SWP? There is no equity in that.
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18 May 20
The Central Valley Flood Protection Board is floating a draft “statement of no objection” letter once again, without circling back to the #SFBayDelta community for full and robust input. #cawater Read more here: bit.ly/2ZiwewG
The Board’s return to simply drafting language for approval tells us that public participation will require Delta residents once again having to rally to oppose state actions that fail to address Delta community needs... (1/2)
...rather than being given the time to give thoughtful input to the need for comprehensive levee protection in response to Delta sea level rise, storm surge, and river flooding concerns. (2/2)
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