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AGAINST FISH.
DISTRICTS ARE GOING AGAINST THE
FLOW.
>> I CAN'T THINK OF EVERY TIME
IN MY LIFETIME WHEN THIS
COMMUNITY HAS FACED A THREAT OF
LINDA: CLAIMING THE STATE WATER
BOARD IS DECLARING A WATER WAR
ON STANISLAUS AND MERCED
COUNTIES BY MOVING FORWARD WITH
A PROPOSAL THEY SAY WILL AMOUNT
TO AN ECONOMIC DEATH SENTENCE.
>> OUR ECONOMIST TELLS US IF
THAT FLOW REGIME HAD BEEN IN
PLACE LAST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE
AND OVER 6500 JOBS WOULD HAVE
BEEN LOST.
QUALITY CONTROL PLAN WAS
RELEASED TODAY.
PHASE ONE CALLS FOR 40%
UNIMPAIRED FLOWS ON THE
RIVERS.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> UNIMPAIRED FLOW IS A MEASURE
WOULD FLOW DOWN RIVER IF IT
WEREN'T DIVERTED OR STORED IN A
RESERVOIR.
LINDA: FLOWS THE STATE WATER
BOARD SAYS ARE NECESSARY TO
PROTECT FISH AND WILDLIFE.
>> THIS IS A VERY, VERY HARD
DECISION TO MAKE.
LINDA: AND CONTROL SALINITY
LEVELS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING TO
CROPS IN THE SOUTHERN DELTA.
>> NO ONE IS GOING TO BE HAPPY
WITH WHAT IS ULTIMATELY DECIDED
BECAUSE SOME WILL SAY IT'S TOO
MUCH WATER WE'RE PUTTING BACK
INTO THE RIVERS, SOME WILL SAY
IT'S TOO LITTLE.
ARGUE THEY WERE SHUT OUT OF THE
PROCESS.
AND TODAY'S RECOMMENDATIONS WILL
HURT FARMERS AND COMMUNITIES.
>> WE HAVE INVESTED $25 MILLION
INTO STUDYING THE RIVER AND WE
TOO SHARE THEIR PASSION FOR THE
FISHERY BEING RESTORED, BUT WE
HAVE BETTER SOLUTIONS AND WE
WANT TO SEE THOSE SOLUTIONS GONE
TO FIRST BEFORE WE POTENTIALLY
WASTE SO MUCH WATER.
LINDA: BOTH SIDES ARE HOPING TO
HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER.