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Open Letter: The SWRCB continues to infringe on water rights

California State Water Resources Control Board and Staff:

Siskiyou County residents have recently received notices for conditional curtailments on the Shasta River. The SWRCB’s flow requirements are still excessively high and unjustified. The McBain and Trush study of 2013 estimated normal flows (even in low years) as 30-50 cubic feet per second (cfs). There were no recommended minimum flows for reaches 4 and 5 (McBain and Trush, pg. 107; 6.4 and 6.5). These lower reaches are what…

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