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Public commenters urge board to reject voluntary agreements in Bay-Delta Plan update and to strengthen reservoir storage and flow rules
Summary
During public forum, commenters urged the State Water Board to prioritize science-based protections for fish, tribes and Delta communities over voluntary agreements and to develop reservoir storage requirements and science-based flow rules in the Bay-Delta Plan update.
Public commenters during the Oct. 21 State Water Board meeting urged the board to take a stronger stand in the Bay-Delta Plan update, arguing that voluntary agreements and past practices have failed to protect non-consumptive beneficial uses such as fisheries, tribal resources and Delta-dependent economies.
“Extinction and elimination of beneficial uses is not protection,” said a speaker identified in the record as…
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