Gerald Meral Commentary: Water, the Delta and Prosperity
From the Manteca Bulletin – a commentary by Gerald Meral, Deputy Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency:
“The latest comprehensive economic analysis of the governor’s plan for fixing the state’s aging water system and restoring the environmental health of the Delta estimates that the project will yield roughly $5 billion in net benefits for California residents and preserve more than a million additional jobs over the next 50 years.
“Many of those jobs will be in San Joaquin County and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.”
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