[Sustain] Email Today: Stop SFPUC From Destroying Beautiful Sierra River (The Tuolumne)

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, in order to provide extra 
water to wasteful East Bay customers, and developers who want to profit 
by building out more water hogging sprawl neighborhoods on lands East of 
San Francisco; has just made plans to drain 25 million more gallons of 
water from a beautiful scenic river in the Sierra Nevadas - the Tuolumne.

This extra water will not be used by residents of San Francisco at all. 
It will instead largely go to shower the lush lawns of communities 
outside of San Francisco; communities which should be learning to 
conserve water, instead of draining more of it from beautiful mountain 
rivers and watersheds.

Today (Monday, October 1, 2007) is the final day for public comment to 
the San Francisco Planning Department on this matter. You can help stop 
the theft of  the Tuolumne's water by taking a second right now to send 
a quick email to the Department's Environmental Review Officer.

_*What You Can Do*_

Copy the sample letter below and then email it to:

wsip.peir.comments at gmail.com

**SAMPLE LETTER TO SAVE THE TUOLUMNE RIVER**

Subject:  No More Diversions From The Tuolumne!

To:
 
Paul Maltzer, Environmental Review Officer
Water System Improvement Program PEIR
San Francisco Planning Department

Dear Mr. Maltzer:

Your environmental review of the SFPUC's plan to take more water from 
the Tuolumne River does not address all environmental impacts to the 
River. I strongly urge you to do additional studies of the Tuolumne 
before finishing the report.
 
I support the alternatives in your draft document that protect the 
Tuolumne from any new diversions.  More water conservation, efficiency, 
and recycling are the best ways to both protect the River, and provide 
permanently sustainable water for the San Francisco Bay Area.

Only by keeping a healthy water flow in the Tuolumne, can we protect 
this beautiful river and the diverse watershed and wildlife which depend 
on it; while at the same time making sure that all future generations in 
the Bay Area will have access to clean water.

Sincerely,

[Your Name and Address Here]

**END SAMPLE LETTER**

To learn more about the Tuolumne River see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuolumne_River

For more information on the proposed diversion, see the Sierra Club 
report at:
http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/yodeler/html/2007/09/conservation11.htm

Thanks for you action and support!

Eric Brooks
Campaign Coordinator
Our City
http://our-city.org
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