Blog: Water quality, fish and wildlife protection – It’s all voluntary
The future is now. Governor Newsom’s February 13, 2023 Executive Order ordering the State Water Board to consider modifying flow and storage requirements for the State Water Project (SWP) and the Central Valley Project (CVP) is his blueprint for the Bay-Delta estuary and every river that feeds it. When requirements to protect water quality, fish, and wildlife are inconvenient, water managers can ignore them. It’s all voluntary. For ten-odd years, California’s water managers have promised “Voluntary Agreements” to replace the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. They could never figure out the details of what to propose.
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