FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Contact:
Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546 steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft;
Barbara
Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053barbara@restorethedelta.org;
Twitter: @RestoretheDelta
Restore
The Delta to Launch Campaign
Against
Peripheral Tunnel:
Ed
Begley, Jr. Narrates "Over Troubled Waters"
Screenings
set for Sacramento, Stockton & Los Angeles
STOCKTON,
CA - Restore the Delta (RTD) announced today its release of "Over Troubled
Waters," a documentary film narrated by Ed Begley, Jr. RTD announced an
Aug. 8 Sacramento premier and screenings in Northern and Southern California.
"Governor
Brown is about to reignite California's water war, and it appears we'll be
refighting the old battle over a Peripheral Canal, but this time it's a tunnel.
The governor is set to propose two 33-foot-diameter peripheral tunnels that
would carry part of the Sacramento River's flow underneath the Delta for 37
miles to the California Aqueduct. The total cost is unknown; the financing
unsecured, and the only certainty is water customers will pay billions and
billions in increased rates," said Restore the Delta Executive Director
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla. "It is disappointing
that the governor is preparing to throw himself behind a 19th century approach
to a 21st century water problem. Gov. Brown lost this battle when voters
rejected the canal in 1982. His retooled peripheral canal, now costing more
than $50 billion in today's dollars, would likely meet the same fate. There's a
better solution. California can divert less water from the Delta and still meet
its water needs by investing in water efficiency, water recycling, new
technologies, and improved groundwater and storm water management."
"Over
Troubled Waters," Restore the Delta's long-awaited documentary, narrated
by Ed Begley Jr., will have its premier at Sacramento's Crest Theater on August
8, 2012. Many special guests will be in attendance. A second Northern
California screening will be held on August 20, 2012 at the Empire Theater in
Stockton. Congressman Jerry McNerney will kick off
that evening's festivities.
The
Southern California premiere will be held on August 28th at the Landmark
Theater in Westwood. Ed Begley Jr. will be the honored special guest at this
first Southern California screening.
Tickets
will be on sale via the Restore the Delta website starting July 17, 2012 for
$10.00. DVD's will be made available to community groups for screenings over
the next few weeks, and will be made available for sale shortly thereafter.
Restore
the Delta is a 7000-member grassroots organization committed to making the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta fishable, swimmable, drinkable, and farmable to
benefit all of California. Restore the Delta works to improve water quality so
that fisheries and farming can thrive together again in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Delta
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