The Delta Protection Commission and the Water Education Foundation co-sponsored a Delta Levee Standards Conference in Sacramento last week – coincidentally, just when the Department of Water Resources (DRW) is proposing to adopt a weak standard as a baseline for future state investments in Delta levees. Central Delta Water Agency attorney Dante Nomellini provided background...Read More

Resources Deputy Secretary Jerry Meral said that the state has, in the past, had a plan to protect Delta levees (although the “plan” seems to have been somewhat piecemeal).  This “plan” was supported by annual general fund appropriations, but support will have to come from bonds in the future.  Meral said that the BDCP would...Read More