Two EPAs are at odds over a landmark water plan for the Bay-Delta
While the Newsom administration is backing a set of voluntary agreements over freshwater flows, the U.S. EPA is siding with environmentalists and wants to commit 40-60% of the water to fish. The conflict has quietly played out through comment letters between the federal agency and the State Water Resources Control Board within CalEPA. The board is preparing an update to its controversial Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan and the ramifications of the decision could severely impact water deliveries to San Joaquin Valley farmers.
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