Has anyone every actually proved that the pumps suck in a significant number of fish? Most salmon head north up the Sacramento to spawn, not down into the Delta where the pumps are. Plus, if the intakes for those pumps did not screen out fish and other things in the water, they'd get fouled and the transported water would be putrid.
The southern Californians want to dig a canal around the delta so they can suck unlimited water from further up steam.
Northern Californians having watched what happened to the Owens valley say 'Not a chance in hell, pave over your lawns!'
At the end of the day you can caste this as enviro kook vs. S. Cal but it's not.
It's fisherman vs. farmer, with all of Northern Cal basically saying, 'No more summer water available hear, move along.'
Whoa, hold on there! Did you get that question cleared by the California Politically Correct Science Department before you thought it?
You're going to bring the Independent Thought Police raining down on us, dude!
Fish politics in Kalifornia have NOTHING to do with proof or logic. Logging has been severely curtailed south of the Bay because of endangered fish. The fish were put there by white sportsmen in the early 1900's. There is no archaeological proof in the record that they ever lived there naturally.For once I am glad to see the door swinging to hit all of the envior nuts in So. Cal.