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* Re “Reviving the San Joaquin River,” editorial, Oct. 29:
The collaboration between the Friant Water Users Authority and environmental groups is indeed a precedent-setting activity and a welcome prospect for the San Joaquin River and the San Francisco Bay Delta.
However, at the same time that this collaboration is taking place, the San Joaquin Valley-based Westlands Water District wants to revive the defunct San Luis Drain proposal--the same one that caused the tragedy at Kesterson Wildlife Refuge. The San Luis Drain would dump selenium- and pesticide-loaded agricultural water into the San Joaquin and the bay-delta for Californians to drink. It will probably require a lawsuit to prevent the water district from having its way.
NICK DI CROCE
Board of Governors
California Trout, Solvang
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