AquAlliance submitted comments regarding the need for expanded public participation in the latest regional water planning effort. In 2008, the Center for Collaborative Policy emphasized the need for “an Area-wide Visioning activity” to initiate a planning process that could benefit the region’s water. The report also recognized the importance of having the most vocal and knowledgeable public voices at the table. Choosing to ignore this advice, Butte County, the leader in the current 6 county planning initiative, wrote a proposal that continues dysfunction as usual in the local water world. The California Department of Water Resources, never having a problem squandering the public’s money, will most likely fund this to the tune of $900,000. 12.23.10
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