Rep. David Valadao Reintroduces Water Storage Bill In Congress

In a joint effort with the other 11 Californian Republican members of Congress, Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) introduced a new bill in Washington this week that would focus on on streamlining operations, expanding water storage infrastructure, and increasing accountability.

According to the bill, known as the Working to Advance Tangible and Effective Reforms (WATER) for California Act, water conveyance through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, consistent with the Endangered Species Act, would be promoted in the state, as would advancing key surface water infrastructure projects. This would require the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) to be operated consistent with the 2019 regulations, rather than with Biden administration changes that made it more difficult for farmers to get water. Stakeholders in the CVP and SWP would also receive all water they contract and pay for.

The WATER for California Act will also provide eligibility for funding for the Shasta Enlargement Project, which would increase water storage across the state, as well as authorize more surface storage to provide water for those who need it in drought conditions as established by the WIIN Act. Altogether, the proposed act aims to get more water to farmers when needed, expand water storage, upgrade and build more water infrastructure, and make all projects legally airtight by complying with federal and state regulations...









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This is good news. It has always been desperately needed. The current situation of years of drought that still isn’t over and massive flooding in areas not used to this amount of rain this fast, makes the need for this all the greater. I strongly support this effort on our behalf.

 

After these years of drought and now massive flooding one would think that common sense would prevail and that the status quo here in this state would be unsustainable.

 

I live in South West Australia, which has the same climate type as most of CA. We use private dams on our properties to store and provide water. It works pretty well.

We are also a world leader in desalination. As large industrial dams have been low we have been able to supplement this with desal. A considerable percentage of urban area water now comes from desal.

You have several advantages in this regard - nuclear power and desalination were made for each other. The desal needs power and the nuclear plant needs water. One of the by-products from desalination is uranium, as the oceans are full of uranium.

Nuclear power is illegal for us so we power desal off gas. You could do much better if you had the political will.

 

Our political leaders in California have no political will. They seem to want to preserve their coastal cities and depopulate the interior of the state.
On a side note, in my home city we have a botanical garden that has trees, plants, shrubs, and flowers from all 5 Mediterranean climate areas on earth, Greece to Israel, South Africa, Australia, and of course here. It is one of the venues here:

https://www.turtlebay.org/