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'Avert ecological disaster': Advocates sue California over one of the largest water systems in the world
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Set us as preferred In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where California’s biggest rivers meet, the state’s massive pumps send water flowing into canals to about 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.A major new lawsuit argues the state is taking far too much water out of the Delta, harming native fish and the ecosystem, causing toxic algae blooms, and threatening local farms and communities.“The goal that we are aiming for is to save the Delta,” said Carolee Krieger, executive director of the environmental group California Water Impact Network.
“We want them to cut back the water they take out of the Delta by half.” Her group filed the lawsuit Friday together with the Central Delta Water Agency, which represents hundreds of local farmers concerned that heavy pumping can draw seawater farther into the estuary, making their irrigation water salty, damaging their crops.Dave Owen, a professor at UC Law San Francisco, said the suit is “a frontal assault on the State Water Project.”“I think this case is a very big deal if it manages to go forward,” Owen said.“This is one of the most ambitious California water lawsuits that I have seen.”The plaintiffs argue “excessive and unsustainable” pumping by the state Department of Water Resources constitutes a “wasteful and unreasonable use of water.” They accuse the agency of violating both the state Constitution and the public trust doctrine, the principle that certain natural resources must be preserved for the public.
Climate & Environment A new scientific assessment finds California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in poor ecological health, and that a big reason is the amount of water being pumped out.They are asking the Alameda County Superior Court to order the state to pump out less water, leaving more to flow through the...