Excerpt from Public Workshops on Planning to Solve Salt Management and Containment Problems in the Western San Joaquin Valley: Response Summary
The study team asked participants to comment on the alternatives currently under consideration for solving salt management and contaminant problems in the western San Joaquin Valley. Although a number of people did comment, many more indicated that they require additional information before they can react. People in all workshops asked for a better explanation of the geographical scope and severity of both the salt management and contaminant problems, how the two issues differ and how they overlap, and which alternatives would solve which problem, who would benefit, and what the environmental and economic impacts of the alternatives would be.
In addition, participants asked some general questions on the alternatives and specific questions on the following topics:
Selenium and other contaminants
Protection of San Joaquin River water quality
The problem of providing irrigation water for saline soil
The feasibility of using evaporation ponds and desalinization
The impact of discharge into the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary
Comments
Many people stated that a combination of solutions rather than a single one would be necessary to solve the total drainage problem in the San Joaquin Valley. Others added that the study team must address the salinity problem immediately and not allow it to be overshadowed by the Kesterson issue (F, C, S).
People attending the Monterey workshop stated strongly that the Monterey Bay alternative should be abandoned because discharge into the bay would violate State law. One person suggested referring to ocean disposal instead of Monterey Bay disposal and looking for other sites. Another person said that we should not look at our oceans as disposal sites at all. A participant in Concord said that since the treated water would reach the ocean eventually if discharged in the Delta, it should be taken directly to the ocean without endangering San Francisco Bay.
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