San Joaquin River Restoration Plan

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Most of California’s water comes from a few rivers. Some of rivers have their own benefits. California should invest money in restoring the San Joaquin River. With the restoration of the river along will come farmers get water, more crop growing, and salmon increase.

The San Joaquin River restoration plan will be a benefit to all farmers. Although farmers may lose 20% of their water, but water districts will capture more water from flood years and save it for dry years.(Weintraub paragraph 8) The restoration will allow farmers to regain the water they lost when they lost the river. The farmers also will be getting water from water districts to make up for the 20% water they lose. The river restoration plan will help out the farmers out a

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