Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 15, 2007
Diluting Science
Forum Column - By Michael Wall and Kate Poole - A ruling on the use of water in the Central Valley illustrates the dangers of allowing scientific rigor to be subordinated to political considerations.
By Michael Wall and Kate Poole
On Friday, Aug. 31, Judge Oliver W. Wanger of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California enjoined certain operations of the massive Central Valley Project and State Water Project. These projects pump immense quantities of water out of the Bay-Delta estuary and toward agricultural lands and cities farther south. Wanger's ruling capped a seven-day trial featuring t...
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