The continuation of an important process to help the water supply of California is noted, with calls for public input.
Stockton Record
Article published Jul 27, 2006
Hearings for water plan next week
STOCKTON - The federal government plans to consider the environmental effects of connecting California's two primary water canals and wants public input.
Hearings in Sacramento and Stockton next week will be on subjects addressed in an environmental report for an intertie, or pipeline, that would connect the Delta-Mendota Canal with the California Aqueduct.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's project includes building a pumping plant in a rural area of Alameda County west of Tracy.
The intertie would help meet the state's water needs while providing "operational flexibility" for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project, according to the agency.
Meetings will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday in cafeteria conference rooms C-1001 and C-1002 at 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento; and from 6 to 8 p.m. next Thursday in the Stewart-Hazelton Room of the Cesar Chavez Central Library, 605 N. El Dorado St., Stockton.
