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U.S. taxpayers are paying for lion's share of Brown's Delta Tunnels
“The largest irrigation district in the nation that receives hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies, Westlands Water District, wants the nation to not only give them a permanent water contract for free with virtually no strings as to how they will contain their toxic groundwater pollution, but now we find out they have been gaming their responsibility to pay for these expensive tunnels to export even more water to these toxic lands,” explained Carolee Krieger, Executive Director of California Water Impact Network. “Continuing to send more water to irrigate these toxic soils at taxpayer expense makes no sense.” Map of Westlands Water District on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley
“The largest irrigation district in the nation that receives hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies, Westlands Water District, wants the nation to not only give them a permanent water contract for free with virtually no strings as to how they will contain their toxic groundwater pollution, but now we find out they have been gaming their responsibility to pay for these expensive tunnels to export even more water to these toxic lands,” explained Carolee Krieger, Executive Director of California Water Impact Network. “Continuing to send more water to irrigate these toxic soils at taxpayer expense makes no sense.” Map of Westlands Water District on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley
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