Water agencies and politicians from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on down have repeatedly stressed that water shortages this year from the Bay Area to San Diego prove the need for such a canal. It would divert water around the Delta for delivery to farms and cities.

But numbers developed by a state-run planning group seeking to build the canal show it would not deliver more water in dry years.

Although Taugher goes on to report the PC’s strategy of shipping excess water from wet years south of the Delta for storage and later use, his main point is a good one: The PC will NOT end droughts and it would NOT fix the current problem.

Bottom Line: Stop the political disinformation. Admit that the PC is about reallocating water among existing (agricultural) uses — NOT creating more water…