Mario Santoyo: Time to make the case for building Temperance Flat Dam
The California Latino Water Coalition, Nisei Farmers League, valley mayors, water leaders, business leaders and ag leaders will be seeking federal support for construction of the Temperance Flat Dam above Millerton Lake.
After four years of California’s worst drought and two years of no federal water deliveries, water might finally be on its, way storage facilities are inadequate to hold the precious resource. Why? Because we have not had the necessary federal support to build the dams.
Some of our legislators say the right words but fail miserably in their actions; others just don’t care about our valley and its people. We have an opportunity to secure funds from Proposition 1 to get the job started, but without federal funds we will not be able to get the job done.
The time is now to make our case to as many federal legislators as possible.
Mario Santoyo, Executive Director, California Latino Water Coalition, Sacramento
This story was originally published November 12, 2015 at 12:10 PM with the headline "Mario Santoyo: Time to make the case for building Temperance Flat Dam."