2 Groups Join to End Water Wars in State
Two committees formed to study water policy issues--one in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Southern California--said Thursday that they have joined forces to seek an end to California’s water wars.
The groups are the Southern California Water Committee, chaired by Ventura County Supervisor John Flynn, and the Bay Area’s Committee for Water Policy Consensus, headed by Contra Costa County Supervisor Sunne McPeak.
Flynn and McPeak said the new State Water Conservation Coalition includes local governments, business interests and environmentalists. They told the state Water Resources Control Board that the new group will work for a statewide consensus on the volatile issue of water quality in the San Francisco-San Joaquin River Delta.
Water drawn from the delta currently is used by San Joaquin Valley farmers and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which imports Northern California water for use by urban Southern California.
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