{"id":5494,"date":"2016-05-21T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/editorial-central-oregon-needs-congressional-help-to-save-water\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:33","slug":"editorial-central-oregon-needs-congressional-help-to-save-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/editorial-central-oregon-needs-congressional-help-to-save-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial: El centro de Oreg\u00f3n necesita ayuda del Congreso para ahorrar agua"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial 1 lead-in\">No se debe permitir que los granjeros del centro de Oreg\u00f3n se conviertan en una especie en peligro de extinci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Si la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n va a requerir cambios grandes o peque\u00f1os en la forma en que los distritos de riego toman el agua de la Cuenca Deschutes, el Congreso debe proporcionar el dinero para proteger a los agricultores de las amenazas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Es alentador ver que el Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley, el principal Dem\u00f3crata en el Subcomit\u00e9 de Asignaciones de Agricultura del Senado, ha dado un paso hacia la disponibilidad de dinero. El proyecto de ley de asignaciones agr\u00edcolas del Senado contiene alrededor de $50 millones en nuevos fondos que est\u00e1n destinados m\u00e1s espec\u00edficamente a solucionar los tipos de problemas que tiene el centro de Oreg\u00f3n. El dinero tiene criterios adjuntos que se ajustan a los distritos de riego de la regi\u00f3n: la necesidad de realizar mejoras para conservar el agua, mejorar la eficiencia o mejorar el h\u00e1bitat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">No significa que los distritos van a recibir $50 millones. El lenguaje tendr\u00eda que sobrevivir intacto en un viaje por el Congreso y convertirse en ley. Los distritos locales todav\u00eda tendr\u00edan que aplicar. Tendr\u00edan que competir con otros solicitantes que enfrentan desaf\u00edos similares. Pero ser\u00eda nuevo dinero disponible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Piense en ello como una asignaci\u00f3n sin asignaci\u00f3n en la era posterior a la asignaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Una cuesti\u00f3n clave en la cuenca de Deschutes es utilizar mejor el agua. Casi el 90 por ciento del caudal del r\u00edo Deschutes en Bend se desv\u00eda durante la temporada de riego a los canales de riego, seg\u00fan Deschutes River Conservancy. El cambio es particularmente notable en el invierno cuando se almacena agua. Justo debajo de la presa Wickiup, los flujos en el r\u00edo Deschutes pueden descender a 20 pies c\u00fabicos por segundo a partir del oto\u00f1o, en comparaci\u00f3n con los 1500 pies c\u00fabicos por segundo de la primavera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Puede haber soluciones parciales que se pueden hacer sin dinero. Un an\u00e1lisis sugiri\u00f3 que simplemente se podr\u00eda dejar pasar m\u00e1s agua a trav\u00e9s de la presa de Wickiup en la mayor\u00eda de los a\u00f1os, hasta 100 pies c\u00fabicos por segundo m\u00e1s. Tambi\u00e9n hay un estudio en curso de la cuenca de Deschutes que intentar\u00e1 identificar otras soluciones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">La mayor\u00eda de las soluciones cuestan dinero. Los canales de tuber\u00edas conservan el agua, pero son caros. Por ejemplo, canalizar todos los canales principales del Distrito de Irrigaci\u00f3n de Oreg\u00f3n Central podr\u00eda ahorrar hasta 400 pies c\u00fabicos por segundo para el r\u00edo Deschutes. Podr\u00eda costar m\u00e1s de $300 millones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Newstext_editorial\">Por eso es tan importante que la delegaci\u00f3n del Congreso de Oreg\u00f3n busque maneras de ayudar al gobierno federal.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Oregon farmers should not be allowed to become an endangered species. If the Endangered Species Act is going to require big or small changes in how irrigation districts take water from the Deschutes Basin, Congress needs to provide the money to protect the farmers from being threatened. It&rsquo;s encouraging to see that Oregon Sen. 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