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<br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />~gl,S)l.tl ,'gver laU :0 th JICt~to <br />stakeholder inclusive process ro seek <br />consensus; and litigation, in particular <br />a 1997 lawsuir over rhe b2 water. <br />The act fundamentally changed <br />opcration of the CVP, which supplies <br />20 percent of the state's developed <br />water, by putting environmental <br />mitigation, protection and restoration <br />on equal footing with irrigation and <br />urban water supply demands to benefit <br />the Central Valley's aquatic ecosystem <br />and wetlands. <br />Since the CVPIA's passage, <br />numerous environmental restoration <br />measures have been implemented. <br />These includc modification of federal <br />CVP operations, increased water <br />deliveries to wildlife refuges, and <br />installation of fish screens and fish <br />ladders on water diversions. <br />Yet such a shift in philosophy and <br />water system operations does not come <br />without impact to the traditional <br />beneficiaries of the CVP - irrigators. <br />The issue of greatest significance is the <br />allocation of bZ water to the environ~ <br />ment. Although it represents only 14 <br />perceo t of the CVP's total yield, the <br />brunt of Interior>s new 800,000 acre~ <br />feet plan falls on CVP contractors <br />south of the Delta. Under Interior's <br />new bZ plan, west side San Joaquin <br />Valley farmers will receive only half <br />their CVP supplies - even in wet years <br />- while the Silicon Valley will see a 25 <br />percent reduction in CVP supplies. <br />"The policy IS not reliable or <br />sustainable,ll said Jason Peltier, <br />manager of the CVP Water Associa- <br />tion (CVPWA). which represents <br />CVP users. ~'Interior should sit down <br /> <br />Western Water <br />