Opinion: California needs a new integrated approach to water planning
Water supply and effective water management have been crucial economic tools in California for centuries. Our state’s agricultural sector is an over $50 billion industry that can only thrive with reliable water. Farmers and ranchers in the Central Valley, food processing plants and distribution companies throughout the state, and more locally, the vineyards, farms, orchards and ranches in the Capital Region contribute to an agricultural economy that currently employs more than 1.1 million people throughout the state.
-Written by El Dorado County Supervisor Brian K. Veerkamp and Kenneth V. Payne, general manager of the El Dorado Water Agency.