Santa Clara Valley Water District rejects Jerry Brown’s twin Delta tunnels plan – San Jose Mercury News In a landmark move closely watched across California, Silicon Valley’s largest water agency on Tuesday voted not to participate in Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion plan to build two giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. By...Read More
The Brown administration is denying scientific evidence when it comes to the impact that the proposed delta tunnels project would have on endangered species and fisheries, says scientist Jonathan Rosenfield of The Bay Institute.Read More
Responding to the vote, our executive director, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, said, "Stewart Resnick's Kern County Water Agency is looking to MWD ratepayers to pay the bill for water that will cost too much to farm. Southern California ratepayers will be on the hook for Beverly Hills billionaire farmers and Delta people will pay the environmental cost." To read more...Read More
Los Angeles, CA –The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted in favor of supporting the CA WaterFix (Delta Tunnels) project today. The vote is an approval by the MWD board to participate in the construction of the tunnels, contribute 26% of funding, and go forth with two joint powers authorities–one for construction, and one...Read More
Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta gleaned essential findings from the recently released State Auditor Report on the CA WaterFix (Delta Tunnels) and condensed them into a fact sheet. Upon review of the Auditor’s 97 page report, Restore the Delta policy analyst Tim Stroshane said: “The State Auditor finds a Department of Water...Read More
In case you missed it: Restore the Delta was featured in numerous stories throughout the state and nation on the State Auditor's Delta Tunnels planning report. See them below! Editorial: California audit shows twin-tunnel WaterFix is broken beyond repair – San Jose Mercury News Audit delivers another hit to California tunnels project – AP State auditor...Read More
Sacramento, CA – This morning State Auditor Elaine Howle determined that the Department of Water Resources broke state contracting laws when they replaced the program manager for California WaterFix—formerly titled the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP), and often referred to as the Delta Tunnels project. Howle and staff concluded that due to the size...Read More
For immediate release: October 5, 2017 Contact: Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Press Release: Central Basin Scheduled to Vote on WaterFix Today despite Unanswered Questions Commerce, CA – The Central Basin Municipal Water District, a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District, is scheduled to vote on...Read More
Excerpt: “The fourteen years of construction required to build the Delta Tunnels is estimated to emit greenhouse gases equivalent to 600,000 new cars on the road each year. Muck trucks and dewatering pumps will run 24/7, and hundreds of new power poles and other electricity infrastructure (some of which will come from gas-fired power plants)...Read More
