Ted Heilman: Opposed to water board’s efforts to increase flows to ocean

I oppose the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposal to unjustifiably increase unimpaired flows on the Tuolumne River because such an increase will have potentially irreversible negative effects upon surface water supply availability, groundwater sustainability, jobs, labor income, tax base and the greater socioeconomic backbone of the region’s served by Modesto and Turlock irrigation districts. Further, I implore state water board staff and board members to give greater consideration to the benefits of non-flow measures before considering this unfounded and misguided flow-first proposal.

This story was originally published October 17, 2016 at 4:52 PM with the headline "Ted Heilman: Opposed to water board’s efforts to increase flows to ocean."