Comments for Save the California Delta Alliance (STCDA)

Comment on Good news for the striped bass and the Delta by Richard Williams

Richard Williams — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:15:29 +0000

Thank god…at least this part of the battle is over (I hope). Now we need to get the perhiperal canal and gates project stopped. It ain’t over yet by a long shot!!

Comment on SF Chronical Water Bond Article by Steve Dinger

Steve Dinger — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:27:40 +0000

The article responses to what most of us already know, the Governor, Senators and wealthy business/agri-business are all in bed with one another when it comes to our water. While the State decays, the select few place the rest of us in harms way. Tax Payer’s should not put up with this type of nonsense. It is time to become heard and take action. After all, it is our quality of life they are messing with on a daily basis.

Comment on Sacramento has excess water? by Bottled Water and Privatization « Save the California Delta Alliance (STCDA)

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:40:37 +0000

[...] “For the Love of Water”. The message is pertinant because, as we reported in the post Sacramento has Excess Water? earlier today, Nestlé just signed a 10-year agreement with Sacrmento to open a new bottling plant [...]

Comment on Sacramento has excess water? by Kris

Kris — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:14:42 +0000

That is the most frightening idea. Nestle has already made devastating impacts on other water rich areas by drawing ground water for bottled water. This would just expedite the collapse of the CA delta. Horrible. This is the first I’ve heard of this. Please spread the word.

Comment on Senate Committee votes YES on 2-Gates Study by Gene Beley

Gene Beley — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:01:29 +0000

Nothing ever changes. Science shows these Two Gates dams are bad for the Delta, but government ignores the facts. Big money and special interests in Southern California are going to take the water no matter what the consequences to Northern California Delta area residents like those who live in the waterfront community of Discovery Bay that will get land locked. The big boat cruising community will not want to cruise to Disco Bay any longer and will head to other ports of call. Before we know it, we’ll have not two, but three, then four, then five of these dams in the Delta from Discovery Bay to Bethel Island. These dams will scare off the thousands of people who come to the Delta every year. The boating and resort industry in the Delta will suffer immensely. Next they will probably flood farmers’ lands in their greed to destroy the Delta. But the politicians really don’t give a damn because their main financial support comes from the Big Money interests like the Stuart Resnicks of the world living in Beverly Hills. I’m 70 and consider myself lucky to have been a member of the “Last Lucky Generation” to enjoy the Delta as it was meant to be before state and federal government interests completely destroy it.

Comment on SF Chronical Water Bond Article by Steve Dinger

Steve Dinger — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:09:03 +0000

Until we see desal plants being build in So. Cal or water reserves built throughout the State, we the tax payer’s should vote NO on any bonds or legislation depleting one areas water to prosper another area down stream. Water is too important for the survival of the eco-system and life as we know it. Vote it Down, until you see progress by the abuser’s.

Comment on Controversy over the State Water Board Report by Gene Beley

Gene Beley — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:17:06 +0000

Great news! Maybe we won’t have to break California into two states after all!

Gene Beley, Stockton

Comment on State Releases Delta Flows Report by Controversy over the State Water Board Report « Save the California Delta Alliance (STCDA)

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:33:44 +0000

[...] our post last week, State Releases Delta Flows Report. the recent report released by the State Water Board had a key central conclusion: Significantly [...]

Comment on Delta Council 2nd Draft Plan Comments by Aug. 3 by Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:42:23 +0000

PLEASE STOP THE 2 GATES PROJECT!
As we all know, Two-Gates has been shown to be:
(a) More likely harmful to the Delta Smelt than protecting them. A recent report on the Head of Old River fish barrier identifies that dams located mid-river (not flush) like the Two Gates proposed area entrap smelt behind them and allow their predators to attack them. Not fish protection but fish elimination.
(b) An extremely negative impact to the Delta communities’ economies – affecting marinas and marine-based businesses in the area; thus negatively affecting home values.
(c) A safety issue for boaters and marine rescue operations in the area
(d) A negative impact on the quality of the water in Discovery Bay and potentially affect the health of the citizens using the water for swimming and recreation
(e) An issue for the City of Discovery Bay to be able to safely discharge treated waste water
(f) Unreasonably expensive, especially for a temporary experiment. Project costs more than doubled from original estimates and, not yet estimated, due to safety issue, expensive locks would be required, not inexpensive butterfly gates.

Shannon Morton

Comment on Delta Council 2nd Draft Plan Comments by Aug. 3 by Steve Dinger

Steve Dinger — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:50:17 +0000

I believe the responses by Gene and other’s are accurate depictions of the irresponsible BDCP.

I only ask that the BDCP spend some quality time in Sausalito observing the Bay and Delta Model. Although the presentation has been a popular attraction. It serves as a serious reminder to everyone who observes the model, that w hat makes our lives enriched in the Bay Area is the water run-off and the intrical tributaries that carries the precious water throughout the region. With the salt migration according to the presentation, we have already caused harm and stress to the ecosystem.
In what set of circumstances would it be okay to continue to destroy natural resources in the Bay and Delta to supply ‘water junkies’ in Southern California?

The 2-Gate experiment needs to go away permanently. It was an ill conceived notion, based on lies and deception. The more one learns about the 2-gates and other similar projects, the more one realizes the bureaucrats have been eating off of ‘lead’ plates (as the Romans did) and have gone completely mad.

In the end, will the South be satisfied to drink our Salt Water in Discovery Bay, or will they go into warp speed with desalinization systems (as they should already being doing in a major scale)?