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            Report: California Must Re-Think Water Useage
            Report Says Environmental Protection Must Be Redesigned For 
            California 

            The Associated Press 

            June 20, 2008

            SACRAMENTO — A new report says California must completely rethink 
            the way it uses, moves and stores water.

            But doing so won't be cheap.

            Balancing environmental protection with meeting the water needs of 
            an expanding population will cost $12 billion to $24 billion over 
            the next 10 to 15 years. The cost could be as high as $80 billion.

            Those estimates are contained in a draft plan being submitted to a 
            task force established by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

            The task force is exploring how California can ensure the future 
            health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while providing the state 
            a reliable long-term water supply.

            The spending is needed to improve the delta's ecosystem, build a 
            canal or pipeline to move drinking and irrigation water around the 
            delta, and strengthen the region's levees.

            The draft plan was released on Friday and will now be considered by 
            the seven-member Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force.

            The final blueprint is due to the governor in October. 
            Copyright © 2008, The Associated Press




                







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