Two Bay-Delta stories on the same day show an estuary in crisis. Lack of freshwater flow is the cause. In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways – AP 8/8/22They may be close by, but these two rivers, central arms of California’s water system, have become too salty to use in some places as the state’s punishing...Read More
For Immediate Release: 7/26/22 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgSacramento, Calif. – Today the California Department of Water Resources released their Draft Environmental Impact Report on the Delta Conveyance (Delta Tunnel) Project. Versions of this massive public works proposal have roiled California water policy since it was first rejected by California voters in 1982 as the Peripheral...Read More
By: Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaDrought Barriers, an evil necessity?Yesterday, Restore the Delta sent the following scoping comment letter to the Army Corps of Engineers in response to a “Dredge and Fill (404) Application from California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to construct North Delta Drought Salinity Barriers Project.” DWR proposes in its application to add two more temporary rock...Read More
In 2021, the State Water Resources Control Board adopted a resolution that reaffirmed out commitment to racial equity, and now they are working to develop a Racial Equity Action Plan to put the resolution into action. Throughout summer 2022, SWRCB staff will engage with communities most impacted by their work to gather feedback on the...Read More
A little good news to end a busy week. We are thrilled to share that on July 7, 2022 the San Joaquin County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce joined the call by California Tribes and Delta environmental justice groups for the State Water Board to finally update the Bay-Delta Plan. More than a decade overdue. Here’s...Read More
Dear Friends,The first seven months of 2022 have been action packed at Restore the Delta. In fact, we feel as if we have completed two years of work in half a year, and there is plenty more coming our way.Drought conditions and Delta water management mistakes continue to take a toll on the Delta, but...Read More
For Release: 7/6/22 Contact: Gary Mulcahy, Winnemen Wintu Tribe, 916-214-8493 gary@ranchriver.comSydney Speizman, Stanford Environmental Law Clinic, 443-745-8613, speizman@stanford.edu SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, California Tribes and environmental justice groups filed a formal response to the State Water Resources Control Board. At issue is the coalition’s request that the Water Board update the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin...Read More
For Immediate Release: 6/30/22 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-205, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA – Today the United States Supreme Court today released its ruling in West Virginia v. United States Environmental Protection Agency. The 6-3 decision found that Congress, did not grant the EPA the authority to adopt on its own a regulatory scheme (using the Clean Air Act) to cap carbon...Read More
For Immediate Release: 6/14/22 Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – A coalition of social, economic, and environmental justice groups have sent a letter to the State Water Resources Control Board in support of a recent petition filed by Stanford Law on behalf of California Tribes and environmental justice groups.The petition asks the State Water Board to update the...Read More
Delta water crisis linked to California’s racist past, tribes and activists say – Los Angeles Times, 5/26/22The tribes and environmental groups submitted a petition to the State Water Resources Control Board demanding the state change its approach and adopt science-based standards that ensure adequate flows in the Delta to improve water quality and sustain imperiled fish,...Read More
