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Public commenters tell State Water Board to reject voluntary agreements, guard Bay-Delta protections
Summary
At the State Water Resources Control Board’s Feb. 18 meeting in Sacramento, multiple public commenters urged stronger Bay-Delta flow protections, warned that recent letters seeking rollbacks of the D-1641 and X2 standards threaten the Delta, and urged the board to require firm funding and backstops before approving voluntary agreements.
Several residents, conservation groups and fisheries advocates used the State Water Resources Control Board’s public forum on Feb. 18 to press the board for stronger flow protections for the Bay-Delta and to warn that recent political pressure could undermine regulatory baselines.
Bob Gore, speaking early in public forum, urged the board to convene an ongoing funding conversation and said the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and other flexible funding sources should be considered to meet mounting water-infrastructure needs. "Water is a basic human need," Gore said, calling for coordinated state and federal funding.
Multiple speakers focused on the board’s pending Bay-Delta plan update and the voluntary agreements (VAs) under consideration. Dave Warner said the scientific record provides little support for the VAs and…
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