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Water sale just the beginning?

Coalition response…Voluntary water transfers add flexibility to California’s water system and provide benefits to both the buyer and the seller. Its important to understand that transfers like this undergo a review process by the State of California that must prove no harmful effect to the area of origin or the environment. As water moves downstream through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, part of it remains in the Delta for environmental benefits as well.

Comparing a boiling pot of water to transfers leaves out a very important factor—the oversight and assurance that the transfers meet their needs of the recipients as well as protecting the area of origin.

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