Entire Delegation Opposes Plan to Revoke Water Rights for the Auburn Dam

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Today, U.S. Representative John T. Doolittle (R-Roseville) and every member of the California Republican Delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Governor Schwarzenegger opposing a proposal to revoke the existing water rights held by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the Auburn Dam.

"As recent conditions demonstrate, now is not the time for the State Water Resources Control Board to be using its resources to decrease potential water supply for the state," Doolittle wrote in the letter. "The existing water rights for the Auburn Dam would assist in our combined efforts to provide California's residents with adequate water supply."

"While construction of the Auburn Dam has been delayed, the existing water rights are a valuable potential source of much-needed water," Doolittle added, while citing the additional flood control, recreation, and environmental benefits the Auburn Dam would provide.

U.S. Rep. John T. Doolittle has served in the House of Representatives since 1991. The 4th Congressional District stretches from the eastern Sacramento Region to Lake Tahoe on the south and runs up the Sierra Nevada range to the high desert of Modoc County on the Oregon border in the north. It encompasses the entire counties of El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, and Sierra. Additionally, it includes the community of Orangevale in Sacramento County and the Oroville area in Butte County.

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