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View From SacramentoView From Sacramento
Senator Fran PavleySenator Fran Pavley
Nature Needs Water Too The Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
& The Aquarium of the Pacific October 22nd 2009
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3 Major State Water Issues3 Major State Water Issues
Climate ChangeClimate Change
DroughtDrought
DeltaDelta
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The Climate Is ChangingThe Climate Is Changing
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And The Water Picture Is ChangingAnd The Water Picture Is Changing
More Rain – Less SnowMore Rain – Less Snow Earlier Snow MeltEarlier Snow Melt More Variability – Wet/DryMore Variability – Wet/Dry More Extreme Events – Floods/DroughtsMore Extreme Events – Floods/Droughts Unknown Impact On Total PrecipitationUnknown Impact On Total Precipitation
Bottom Line: Bottom Line: Past Is Not A Guide To Future EventsPast Is Not A Guide To Future Events
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Three Years Of Drought ... Three Years Of Drought ... And Counting?And Counting?
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Even If Rains, We Are In A HoleEven If Rains, We Are In A Hole
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Delta Is Not Meeting Delta Is Not Meeting The Needs of AnyoneThe Needs of Anyone
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64% Chance of Multiple Levee 64% Chance of Multiple Levee Breaks Within Next 50 yearsBreaks Within Next 50 years
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Legislative ResponseLegislative Response
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Package of Bills To:Package of Bills To:
New Delta Stewardship New Delta Stewardship CouncilCouncil
New Delta PlanNew Delta Plan New Delta ConservancyNew Delta Conservancy Refocused Delta Refocused Delta
Protection CommissionProtection Commission New Delta WatermasterNew Delta Watermaster
New Water Conservation New Water Conservation RequirementsRequirements
Improved Water Rights Improved Water Rights Reporting/EnforcementReporting/Enforcement
New Statewide New Statewide Groundwater MonitoringGroundwater Monitoring
New Funding Sources – New Funding Sources – Bonds? Fees?Bonds? Fees?
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This Will Help, But Not Solve, This Will Help, But Not Solve, LA Region Water ProblemsLA Region Water Problems
Climate Will Continue To ChangeClimate Will Continue To Change
Drought Drought MayMay Become New Normal Become New Normal
““Fixing” The Delta Will Take DecadesFixing” The Delta Will Take Decades
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And, Something Unexpected And, Something Unexpected WillWill Happen Happen
EarthquakeEarthquake Catastrophic FireCatastrophic Fire Severe Storms/FloodsSevere Storms/Floods TsunamisTsunamis ToxicsToxics
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So, So, What Should We Do?What Should We Do?
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Improve Regional Self-SufficiencyImprove Regional Self-Sufficiency
Clean-Up Groundwater BasinsClean-Up Groundwater Basins Increase Groundwater StorageIncrease Groundwater Storage Capture & Reuse StormwaterCapture & Reuse Stormwater RecycleRecycle Tiered Water RatesTiered Water Rates Source Water ProtectionSource Water Protection ConservationConservation
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There Is Still Much We Can DoThere Is Still Much We Can Do
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Including Restoring The LA RiverIncluding Restoring The LA River
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““Anne Frank said, Anne Frank said, ‘How wonderful it ‘How wonderful it
is that nobody is that nobody need wait a single need wait a single
moment before moment before starting to improve starting to improve the world.’ I agree. the world.’ I agree.
Let's start now.”Let's start now.”Dorothy Green, “A heartfelt plea for a Dorothy Green, “A heartfelt plea for a
sensible water policy,” LA Times, sensible water policy,” LA Times, October 8, 2008October 8, 2008