Environmental Justice Starts by Providing More Water for Everyone Reason.com

California hasn’t built major water infrastructure since the 1970s, when its population was roughly half its current size. Anyone who proposes a water-infrastructure system must spend years developing environmental reports and fighting environmental groups, which often function like litigation machines. I’d like to see those who oppose such projects be required to provide reports on where alternative supplies will come from.

As the Marina desalination project shows, stopping water projects in the name of “environmental justice” does nothing for poor people who face escalating water bills and it often hurts the environment, as well. (Marina doesn’t benefit directly from the plant, but will benefit if there’s more water in the system.) Without the plant, the utility will continue to rely on the river.

via reason.com