The second threat is also an opportunity. This is the CalFed Bay-Delta Process. It has many good suggestions and programs but it also includes some poison pills that threaten the entire package. One of these is a suggestion that groundwater be controlled on a regional or state basis. This is clearly a threat to local control of our water resources.
Water is a public resource.
If it is decided that water should be sold to the highest bidder, then the environment and agriculture will be two of the first casualties. Reasonable enhancement of the environment helps all of society and affordable farm water ensures a low cost food and fiber supply in the nation. We can see the result of a combination of government regulations and monopolistic corporate greed in gasoline prices in the Midwest and power prices in San Diego. Our system of locally elected directors controlling the area's water policies may not be perfect, but it is preferable to the alternatives.