Delta islands to be sold to Southern Cal water agency

[jeff bradshaw]

Just read that southern california water agencies approved funding to purchase 5 delta islands to help allow twin tunnells to be installed, see below web link.

http://m.kcra.com/news/delta-islands-to ... y/36375052

[mark poulson]

Man, big money is at it again! A Swiss insurance co. owns them now, and wants to sell them.
So our "eggs" are in their "basket".
And The
It's time our entire water allotment system is overhauled. They did it in Australia, why not here? Our system is over 100 years old, and was developed when agriculture was the major industry in the State. Today, it only accounts for 2% of our GDP, and yet it holds the other 98% hostage, through it's stranglehold on the State's water supplies.

[Mark Talmo]

Can you imagine what the USA would be like, if we had to import most of our fruits,vegetables, meat, poultry. Boy we would be in a bad place,.. we have to feed our country, from our own land.we have the infrastructure to deliver it across the nation, .. We cannot open ourselves up to problems in possible times of war!!! Its a matter of national security...We just have to be more efficient in agriculture..Just my opinion, ..and I'm usually wrong 51% of the time..

[DDG]

this was on NPR today, they made it sound like a positive situation "These islands will come in handy for gov. browns twin tunnel plan" is literally what they said.

[hydro]

These islands undoubtedly come with water rights for farming . The water that was used to irrigate crops and then be pumped right back into the Delta will now be removed and sent down south resulting in even less water for the Delta ecosystem .