Summary: The River Restoration Project Offers A Sprinkling Of Hope

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The “River Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkling of Hope,” is an article in the newspaper “The Sacramento Bee,” written by Daniel Weintraub. This article was published in Sacramento, California’s state capital. In Sacramento, many rich people, rich businesses, and politic people. I chose this article because I think the river plan is a good idea since we are in a drought again. I believe he is credible because he has been working for “The Sacramento Bee” since 2000, and his articles appear three times a week. The San Joaquin River is in California, and is one of California’s largest rivers. This river is one of California’s water sources, and provides water for 4.5 million people. I do agree that this river plan will help California with it’s drought. I believe that it is worth the $100 million dollars because of the experts that had supported, the studies that proved the river plan would help California, and the great impact that the plan would have on people’s lives. …show more content…
The restoration will help save the people in the state and other states as well. As Daniel Weintraub explains “Few issues in California, or anywhere in the West, cause as much bitter division as water.” This sentence explains how we value our water during a drought. We try to save up as much water as possible, and while doing that it does mean we have to spend money.. With this explanation, we understand how important it is, and how it is worth is to put in the great amount of

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