Commentary: Sacramento water agencies must merge to prepare for drought
The Sacramento region’s big climate change threat is water - either too much during floods or not enough to satisfy regional demands. Our biggest problem in preparing for a drought is pretty simple. It’s local government, way too much of it. Surviving long droughts means jointly preparing to store more water underground in wet years because our rivers will provide less. And that demands a seamless regional water plan to start preparing. But Sacramento County alone has 14 water districts north of the American River. … And none have agreed to merge for nearly a generation, endangering the future water reliability of their ratepayers while driving up costs created by way too many fiefdoms.
— Written by Tom Philp, editorial writer, columnist for the Sacramento BeeRelated article: