Farmers Lose 18% of Water to Salmon--Food Costs to Increase

March 26, 2010, 12:18 PM

"Now, in the first full year of the restoration, east San Joaquin Valley farmers will lose up to 230,000 acre-feet of water to keep the flow going. It amounts to 18% of the water they have been getting after an average season."
How is the water being used?  "Jacobsma also said some restoration water may reach the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where officials could attempt to pump it back to east-side farmers through canals. But that might prove difficult because federal officials have been forced to cut back pumping to protect threatened fish."
Fish, not people--by court order.
Another weapon being used in the suicide of California.

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