100 Years Later, The Hetch Hetchy Debate Continues
Pro - Dam Today
"I strongly believe that tearing down a dam that provides more than 2.5 million Californians with high quality drinking water is a terrible mistake...The fact of the matter is that California needs every drop of high quality water that it can get...additionally this would be a hugely expensive endeavor." - Senator Diane Feinstein, on proposals to tear down O'Shaughnessy Dam, May 18, 2005. |
Anti - Dam Today
"Restoration has been a dream of environmental groups...The idea gained strength in 2004 after...the groups Restore Hetch Hetchy and Environmental Defense produced studies showing the valley could be restored, without reducing Bay Area water supplies, at a cost of about $1.6 billion." - Sacramento Bee, July 20, 2006. |