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CSPA Protests State Board's Secret Order Allowing Export Pumping
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) today submitted a formal petition to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) asking it to reconsider its issuance of a “secret” Order allowing export pumping to be increased despite violation of Delta water quality standards. The increase in pumping occurs as the California Delta food chain and Central Valley salmon fisheries are in a state of collapse, due to huge increases in water exports in recent years. Yet the Water Board, a governmental body charged with protecting California's rivers, lakes and bays, is a servant of corporate agribusiness and Westlands Water District, the Darth Vader of California water policy. Art Baggett's issuance of a secret order to violate water standards is "despicable," according to Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director.
The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) today submitted a formal petition to the State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) asking it to reconsider its issuance of a “secret” Order allowing export pumping to be increased despite violation of Delta water quality standards. The increase in pumping occurs as the California Delta food chain and Central Valley salmon fisheries are in a state of collapse, due to huge increases in water exports in recent years. Yet the Water Board, a governmental body charged with protecting California's rivers, lakes and bays, is a servant of corporate agribusiness and Westlands Water District, the Darth Vader of California water policy. Art Baggett's issuance of a secret order to violate water standards is "despicable," according to Bill Jennings, CSPA Executive Director.
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