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Valley voices heard by State Water Board
Unimpaired flows vote postponed
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Over 1,000 people gathered on the north steps of the State Capitol on Monday in protest of the State Water Resources Control Board’s plan to allocate 40 percent of unimpaired flows along the lower San Joaquin River and its tributaries — the Stanislaus, Tuolumne and Merced rivers.
After witnessing hundreds rally at the State Capitol, receiving thousands of written comments and hearing hours of testimony from farmers, laborers, students, citizens and even lawmakers who opposed their plan that would cut local water use for the benefit of fish and wildlife, the State Water Resources Control Board has postponed its critical vote on the proposal.
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