House sinks Hetch Hetchy boating proposal

[Auggie]

WASHINGTON — The House has torpedoed a proposal to allow limited boating on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park.

Critics feared the plan could introduce contaminants to the reservoir that supplies famously pure drinking water for 2.7 million people in the Bay Area. Boating on its waters has been banned for nearly a century.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, claimed the decision as a victory for her city, which runs the Hetch Hetchy water and power system. The prohibition was included in a $1.37 trillion spending plan the House approved Tuesday to keep the federal government funded through September.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/House-sinks-Hetch-Hetchy-boating-proposal-14915923.php

I understand the proposal to allow watercraft was floated by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.

This is a victory for anyone who cares about safe drinking water. ALL BOATING should be banned in such reservoirs.

[marble falls]

1. Good for the House, doing the people's business again.

[TeamPooka]

2. inconceivable that they even considered it.

[ailsagirl]

3. GOOD