Santa Clara Valley area residents, The Santa Clara Valley Water District will soon vote on the Delta Tunnels project. We need to make sure that they vote NO. The public meeting on August 22nd is potentially one of their last meetings before a vote in the fall. At the last public meeting, the Santa...Read More
Press Release: Restore the Delta Warns SCVWD Board Directors of CA WaterFix Risks in Comment Letter Restore the Delta submitted a formal letter regarding the risks of the CA WaterFix proposal to the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors today. The comment letter outlined various fiscal, environmental, and supply reliability risks of...Read More
“RBOC has, for decades, been at the forefront of opposing proposals that would impair the ability of boaters to access to the 1,000 miles of waterways in the Delta,” said Peter Robertson, president of the organization. “We successfully opposed permanent barriers that would have blocked navigation to popular Delta destinations. We have supported legislation that...Read More
We ask: How can Metropolitan Water District of Southern California be thinking about Delta Tunnels when the major dam for their water delivery system is at stake? What if Oroville Dam were to fail during Delta Tunnels construction? In case you missed it: Bob Bea Takes Us on a Deep Dive Through His Dire...Read More
For Immediate Release July 31, 2017 Contact: Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta Debunks Operations Myths in MWD White Paper #2 Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta released their official response to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s second of three white papers regarding...Read More
Leah Garland with SoCal 350 Climate Action and #EcoJusticeRadio interviewed our fearless executive director and co-founder, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla during one of our recent So Cal trips. We are grateful for the chance to tell Southern California listeners about the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, why it should be saved, and the Delta tunnels boondoggle through a...Read More
In Case You Missed It: July 26, 2017 Contact: Nora Kovaelski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta takes on MWD’s Kightlinger in CA State Treasurer’s “Head to Head” feature on CA WaterFix Restore the Delta was asked by the California State Treasurer’s Office to participate in their...Read More
Several Los Angeles area water users came out today to join us at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Bay-Delta Committee meeting. Check out highlights from their great public comments: MWD 7-25-17 Meeting Southern California water agencies will soon be voting on the Delta Tunnels in September. We need to work together...Read More
The Delta Tunnels project will have an enormous impact on California’s water future! 2018 Gubernatorial Candidates Documented Stance on the CA WaterFix Delta Tunnels Note: We only included the leading gubernatorial candidates from each party according to what we found on Wiki, Ballotpedia and LA Times. These are not endorsements. We are a non-partisan campaign....Read More
Today, we attended and spoke at an important public meeting at the Central Basin Municipal Water District in Los Angeles County, a member agency of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (who will vote on the Delta Tunnels project in September). Southern California ratepayers were there to back us up! Photo: Southern California area ratepayers...Read More
