By: Rich Rifkin

Rich Rifkin — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:28:12 +0000

“Wolk, D-Davis, has long criticized an $11 billion state water bond, approved in 2009 and scheduled to go before voters in 2014.” …… It’s possible I read the bill wrong, but it looks to me like the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 is not an $11 billion bond act. It’s a $38.14 billion act for its first 10 years and it will cost an additional $30 billion for every decade thereafter. ……. According to the bill’s langauge, it would appropriate $455 million for “Drought Relief”; $1.05 billion for “Water Supply Reliability”; $2.25 billion for “Delta Sustainability”; $3 billion for “Statewide Water System Operational Improvement”; $1.785 billion for “Conservation And Watershed Protection”; $1 billion for “Groundwater Protection And Water Quality”; and $1.25 billion for “Water Recycling.” Added together, that’s $11.14 billion one time. But the $3 billion for “Statewide Water System Operational Improvement” is not one time. That would be an annual appropriation. So after 10 years, the total spent would be $11.14 billion plus $27 billion for a total of $38.14 billion. And it will cost $30 billion for each 10 years following.

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By: Rich Rifkin