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Environmental

Dec. 3, 2008

Environmentalists Renew Attacks in Battle Over Delta Water

A lawsuit seeking to shut down the large pumps that remove water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has opened a whole new chapter in the protracted battle over the state’s thirst for water and the threat of ecological collapse in the delta.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A lawsuit seeking to shut down the large pumps that remove water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has opened a whole new chapter in the protracted battle over the state's thirst for water and the threat of ecological collapse in the delta.

The two environmental groups that filed suit Monday in Sacramento Superior Court are also seeking to take hundreds of thousands of acres of fa...

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