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Interior Dept. Says California’s Water Crisis A National Priority
The U.S. Interior Department says dealing with California’s ongoing water crisis is a national priority.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (August 12, 2009)--Top Obama administration officials say fixing California's ongoing water crisis is a national priority on the scale of restoring Florida's Everglades or the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast.
Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes says the administration plans to host a meeting in Washington next month designed to spur solutions.
Hayes made the announcement while in Sacramento Wednesday to discuss federal efforts to free up water for irrigation and drinking water supplies as the state experiences its third year of drought.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will hold a similar meeting in September about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
The large freshwater estuary supplies drinking water to two-thirds of Californians and serves as one of the most important wildlife habitats on the West Coast.
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We produce an eighth of the nation's food.
Okay, I feel sorry for those folks having water problems and all, but someone is going to have to explain to me why California is any more important than Texas or any other state for that matter.
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