Issues
The water questions facing Zone 7, and what I will do about each.
PFAS Remediation
Zone 7 has built two PFAS treatment plants with a third in design. Continue the program, monitor downstream of every facility, and publish the math so the community can read it.
Water Reliability
Diversify beyond a single import corridor. Stronger groundwater banking, modernized capture, support for Northern California storage. The board will also steward Zone 7's estimated $443 million share of the Delta Conveyance Project through a series of funding votes, the single largest reliability question in front of us.
Flood Management
Move the Flood Management Plan from goals to a funded multi-year capital program with public milestones and audit trails.
Delta Conveyance Project
Zone 7's estimated share of the Delta Conveyance Project is $443 million, funded through water rates over the life of the project. I support hardening the conveyance against a major seismic event. I do not support operating rules that raise Delta salinity or trade Delta water quality for export volume. Each funding vote deserves its own public comparison of engineering, ecological, and cost accounting.