The Bay Delta Conservation Plan: An Overview And Local Perspectives

摘要

In a 1982 referendum that split the state, voters rejected a proposal to move the Delta's main diversion point from its existing location in the south Delta near Tracy. Ever since, efforts to balance the needs of fish, farmers and cities for water from the Delta have been characterized as "water wars." It's an easy narrative: Water-rich north versus water-short south. But nothing about the Delta is that simple, except this: It's hard to overstate the Delta's importance to California's economy and natural heritage. The Delta supplies a large share of the water used in Southern California and the Santa Clara and San Joaquin valleys.