Judge calls for pump shutdown

Contra Costa Times ^ | 4/19/7 | Mike Taugher

[SmithL]

WHAT'S NEXT

State water officials say they will appeal a court order that would shut off the State Water Project, which supplies 25 million people with water. At the same time, they are seeking permits that would render the shutdown unnecessary.

It is uncertain whether those permits will be issued, but if they are the result would likely diminish the water supply from the East Bay to Southern California.

[Badeye]

Nice place to visit, but this is just another example of why I’d never in a million years live there.

Lets see...you can die from flooding, landslides, earthquakes, wildfires, riots, expressway shootings and if you happen to survive it all...you get the opportunity to die of thirst?

The sun shines in other states...and water isn’t an issue.

[sr4402]

WHAT'S NEXT?

Another form of Brownout for California from their favorite liberal/progressives.

[Maelstorm]

First sane recommendation I’ve heard anywhere.

[bert]

Alternatively, if the endangered fish populations were exterminated the law would no longer apply since the species is gone and no longer endangered.

[Red Badger]

Brownout?.........Maybe a Wetout?.........H20ut?........

[Paul Ross]

Yikes.

And insult to this injury...the activist lawyers, having prevailed, will likely walk away with thousands and thousands of legal fees having to be paid at the taxpayer's expense.

[Red Badger]

Doesn't work in liberal logic. There was a case here where they argued that because there were no specific endangered species found, that the project in question should be stopped, because one might be there that didn't get counted, and the habitat was ideal for that one that was not there, so it might stop by and decide to live there............

[mowowie]

Yup, Living in Boston sucks but i’ll take this place any day over CA.

[Lancey Howard]

California. LOL

[Badeye]

Indeed, nobody will take your ‘dirty water’ from you guys!

(just kidding)

[Lancey Howard]

If you think there is a water shortage now, just wait until all the homeless from South Park show up.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

“endangered species such as Delta smelt and salmon.”

Delta smelt...

Well, he who dealt it, smelt it.

[tubebender]

And in Washington state a judge refused to grant a permit to Fish and Game to kill Sea Lions that are killing endangered Salmon in the Columbia River. The envirals run on a one way street in the courts...

[Colorado Doug]

In the event of an economic downturn from this, I say lay off the judges first.

[ClaireSolt]

Congress needs to deprive all these presure groups of standing to sue and gum up the works of everything anyone tries to do. Maybe they should get into smelting, instead.

[calex59]

Time to get rid of the endangered species act. Dismantle the EPA and quit running our lives to the tune of enviros.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Simple solution, repeal the law making fish more important than people.