The editors of The Independent newspaper in Livermore this week endorsed Matt Morrison, Jim McGrail, Sarah Palmer and A..J. Machaevich for the Zone 7 Water Agency Board.
The editors wrote:
"Morrison brings a strong environmental background, including knowledge
about water issues. As a member of the Sierra Club, he has chaired the
Bay Chapter’s water committee, served as vice chair of the club’s
statewide water committee and as vice-chair for Delta issues. He is
opposed to the Governor Brown’s plan to build two tunnels to convey
water around the Delta. He believes the project is too large and too
expensive, with no restrictions on the amount of water that can be
pulled out of the Delta. He argues the money could be spent on finding
other sources of water, focusing on conservation and developing more
local storage to reduce dependence on the State Water Project."
and:
"Both Morrison and McGrail have made the point that Zone 7 needs to do
more to educate people when it comes to reducing water use. They also
believe that Zone 7 should have been more proactive in retaining water
levels in the underground basin. Zone 7 has relied too heavily on being
able to obtain water it has stored in Southern California. With the
aqueduct shut down, that water is not available."
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