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San Francisco Baykeeper urges board to reject voluntary agreements in Bay‑Delta plan, cites recent operations harming salmon
Summary
Christy Ralston of San Francisco Baykeeper told the State Water Board that incorporating voluntary agreements into the Bay‑Delta water quality control plan is “untenable,” citing spring 2025 Central Valley Project and Bureau of Reclamation operations that she said exceeded limits in 2024 BiOps and ITPs and caused losses of protected fish.
At the State Water Resources Control Board public forum on June 3, Christy Ralston, representing San Francisco Baykeeper, urged the board to reject voluntary agreements (VAs) as a regulatory pathway for updating the Bay‑Delta water quality control plan.
Ralston told the board that spring 2025 operations by the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the Bureau of Reclamation “made clear that such a path forward is untenable as it relies on the good faith…
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