Plans To End The River Dispute 2003
In 2003 four Southern California water agencies that have failed to reach a key Colorado River water-sharing pact were studying a proposal, from Government Aides including Gray Davis that addressed the deals main stumbling blocks. Davis proposed that the state Department of Water Resources would explore a billion-dollar plan to shrink the size of the sea and restore it to health., and if the plan is feasible, farm runoff that would otherwise have flown into the sea could be desalinated and sent to San Diego County. He also proposed that farmers would pay a $1 surcharge for every acre-foot (about 325,000 gallons) of Colorado River water they use over the next 35 years. Urban users, who use less river water, would pay a $3 fee per acre-foot ($2.50/megalitre). The millions generated would cover the cost of new wetland habitats as well as air quality and Salton Sea mitigation associated with the water transfer to San Diego.
Read more about this topic: Colorado River Dispute
Famous quotes containing the words plans to, plans, river and/or dispute:
“I have no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world’s more interesting with you.”
—Ted Tally, U.S. screenwriter, and Jonathan Demme. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
“The important thing about travel in foreign lands is that it breaks the speech habits and makes you blab less, and breaks the habitual space-feeling because of different village plans and different landscapes. It is less important that there are different mores, for you counteract these with your own reaction- formations.”
—Paul Goodman (1911–1972)
“I cannot tell how many times we had to walk on account of falls or rapids. We were expecting all the while that the river would take a final leap and get to smooth water, but there was no improvement this forenoon.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)