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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 15, 2009

Making Use of Underutilized Tools to Protect Water Quality

Lawyers from the Environmental Law Foundation argue there is an underutilized arsenal that could protect California's deteriorating water supply.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Jennifer Maier and Erin Ganahl

Water resources in California are at risk. On May 1, 2009, the federal government declared the commercial salmon industry in California and part of Oregon a disaster, closing the fishery across the entire length of California for the second year in a row. From April 2007 to March 2008, there were 39 sewage spills requiring beach closures in San Diego County alone.

In California, two thirds of ...

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