Letter against helping aquifer made no sense

The letter printed by Bill Fuhs, which was against helping our aquifer, made no sense, other than he is consistent about blaming all problems related to a lower water table on Fred Weybret.

Can anybody who knows Fred readily imagine him out there draining our aquifer for the last 30 years? Yep, it was Fred who drilled all those wells into the aquifer. Yep, he installed all the pumps.

Yep, maybe he should be blamed for the dry winter, too. Yep, according to Fuhs, the efforts by Fred and the NSWCD to preserve and recharge our aquifer are bad and should be stopped by signing a petition.

So, here we are with a declining aquifer that has a river running across the middle of it (i.e. the Mokelumne) that two years ago overflowed its banks and gushed with excess water running off to the ocean.

It often does that in wet years. Yet it is a bad idea to channel that excess water into the aquifer. According to Fuhs, the water district's funding should be taken away by signing a petition so it can't build systems to put this water to beneficial use to replenish our aquifer.

Isn't this kookery? Is it better to send water rightfully belonging to the people of this area downstream to others, or to the ocean?

Dona Costa
Lodi