Wasting Water in Southland
The article on the state Water Resources Control Board’s report on water quality in San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (“Southland Must Live With Static Water Supply, State Report Says,” Part I, Nov. 4) presented the issue in the usual simplistic way.
Water issues in the state are nearly always presented as a war between selfish Northern Californian conservatists versus thirsty Southern California city dwellers. I, for one, am a Southern California city dwelling conservationist.
San Francisco Bay is a resource for the entire state, not only those who live adjacent to it. If the bay and the delta are degraded further, it will be a loss to everyone.
Water is a limited resource in California. We must find a way to use it that protects the environment and serves the needs of the people who live, work and farm in this state.
It seems to me that the Water Resources Control Board is on the right track.
GINA FRIERMAN-HUNT
Pasadena
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