In case you missed it: LA Times Reports on Bay Delta Committee Meeting at MWD Yesterday Bettina Boxall of the LA Times summarized The Bay Delta Committee Meeting at the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California headquarters in her article, “A nearly $17-billion water project is being planned for California. What will it cost...Read More
For Immediate Release: August 14, 2017 Contact: Nora Kovaleski, 408-806-6470, nora@kovaleskipr.com Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Press Release: Restore the Delta Finds Gaping Holes in MWD White Paper #3 Restore the Delta issued a formal response to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California third and final white paper on the...Read More
In Case You Missed It: Dr. Jeff Michael on the 3 Major Assumptions MWD Makes in Third White Paper Restore the Delta’s full detailed response to the recently-released Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s third CA WaterFix white paper will come in the days ahead. In the interim, Dr. Jeff Michael has published...Read More
Press Release: San Diego Demands Documents Regarding Purchase of Delta Islands Yesterday, San Diego Water Authority sent a letter to Metropolitan Water District demanding immediate release of appraisal documents for purchase of the Delta islands in 2016. MWD refused prior public records act requests claiming that no appraisals had been completed. However, MWD's General Manager, Jeff...Read More
Press Release: Restore the Delta Outlines Risks of Delta Tunnels Participation for MWD in Comment Letter Today, Restore the Delta submitted a formal letter regarding the risks of the CA WaterFix proposal to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The comment letter outlined various fiscal, environmental, and supply reliability risks of the project...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
