Secretary of Natural Resources John Laird has responded to legislator’s demands that the BDCP consider the ‘Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative’.
Mr. Laird writes that the state already has as its goal further advancement in water conservation and recycling as important components of an Integrated Water Management approach. He points to the recent Integrated Water Management Summit as evidence of the state’s commitment to local resource development as a way to reduce reliance on the Delta.
And as for studying the portfolio alternative:
“The alternative of a 3,000 cubic feet per second Delta conveyance – which the Portfolio-Based Conceptual Alternative calls for – will be studied in this process. As with all 15 alternatives that we are studying in this EIR process, it will be evaluated against the co-equal goals, as well as other goals including reliability in the face of an extreme event.”
Read the full text of the letter here.
