For Immediate Release: 11/16/16 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org San Diego Water Leader Questions Delta Tunnels Backers Why ignore region’s water sustainability projects? Stockton, CA – Yesterday, San Diego County Water Authority’s General Manager, Maureen Stapleton, sent a letter to CA Natural Resources Secretary John Laird asserting that Dr. David Sunding’s economic analysis...Read More
Earlier this year, thousands of Restore the Delta supporters signed a petition urging the State Water Resources Control Board to update outdated water quality standards for the Bay-Delta region. Now we need your action in person! This outdated 20-year-old Water Quality Control Plan allows more than half the water needed for the delta’s ecological...Read More
For Immediate Release: Monday, 11/14/16 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Governor Brown and President-Elect Trump Don’t undermine environmental laws to push Delta Tunnels Stockton, CA – On November 10, Governor Jerry Brown offered his commitment to find “common ground wherever possible” with the incoming Trump Administration, but to oppose the new administration regarding...Read More
For Immediate Release: Friday, November 11, 2016 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Delta Islands Purchase Violated MWD’s Own Administrative Code No appraisal before land purchase Stockton, CA — At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s Real Property and Asset Management Committee Meeting of November 8, 2016, Metropolitan Water District...Read More
In case you missed it! The Record: Trump hasn’t said much about California water, but he did tell a Fresno audience at a rally in May that there is no drought at all, and that the water that farmers should have received was flushed out to sea in an effort to protect “a certain kind...Read More
Dear friends, Update 11.16.16: McClatchyDC reports the bill passed the House Natural Resources Committee. Read article. Please continue to call Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein at their local offices to make sure this bill dies in the Senate! Call the local offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer and...Read More
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2016 Contact: Brian Smith, 415,320-9384, brian@bpspr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Restore the Delta on Prop. 53 Defeat does not approve the Delta Tunnels Stockton – Prop. 53 was never a Delta Tunnels-only proposition. It was a proposition focused on revenue bond debt for large state projects, including High...Read More
In case you missed it! KCET COMMENTARY: Delta Tunnel Planners Should Learn From Seattle's Expensive Goof By Conner Everts November 2, 2016 Original source from KCET Commentary with images and maps. Commentary: Engineers will converge in Los Angeles from November 6-9, during the election, for the Cutting Edge 2016: Advances in Tunneling Technology conference. California, it seems, is a...Read More
Dear Friends of Restore the Delta in the Central Basin Municipal Water District: We are co-sponsoring along with the Southern California Watershed Alliance a screening of our documentary Over Troubled Waters (narrated by Ed Begley Jr.) along with a free Delta tasting (snacks) on Thursday at 6 pm in Bellflower. The event is free!...Read More
In case you missed it! Original source from The Bay Institute How Reducing Flows Harms The Ecosystems Of San Francisco Bay And Coastal Waters The Bay Institute’s major new study, San Francisco Bay: The Freshwater – Starved Estuary, documents how the ecological health of San Francisco Bay and the nearby ocean is at high risk because large-scale water...Read More
