Peripheral Tunnels do not Eliminate Earthquake Threats to Water Supply; Fattening the Levees is a More Effective Solution SACRAMENTO, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown Administration’s rush to construct massive Peripheral Tunnels to take millions of acre-feet of water from the Delta, mainly to benefit mega-growers on the west...Read More
In case you missed it… Global water expert debunks “Jobs” myth from tunnels: From the blog Aquanomics by water economist David Zetland, former UC Berkeley professor, now in Netherlands 27 FEBRUARY 2013 Jobs, Tunnels and the Delta RM sent me this press release, which says that peripheral tunnels would create 136,000 jobs and “net 15,000”...Read More
In case you missed it… The Press-Enterprise OPINION: Peripheral tunnel plan wouldn’t save the delta By Barbara Barrigan-Parrillla Published February 28, 2013 In response to The Press-Enterprise editorial “Shore up state’s imperiled water supply” (Our Views, Feb. 17): Implementation of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan would not help augment a tightening water supply. The entire...Read More
Bond Funds Shouldn’t Mitigate Peripheral Tunnels Damage, Would Take Money from Schools, Public Safety; Unspent Bond Funds should be used for Levee Improvement, State spending should promote regional water self-sufficiency SACRAMENTO, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown Administration’s Peripheral Tunnels, today announced that it opposes using state bond funds...Read More
Faced with a growing number of reasonable alternatives to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (see below), and faced with growing evidence that recent doomsday scenarios about the vulnerability of Delta levees have been exaggerated, the Department of Water Resources and Jerry Meral have come up with a new reason to write off the Delta as...Read More
There are now four proposals besides Peripheral Tunnels for achieving the coequal goals of ecosystem restoration and water supply reliability while protecting the Delta itself: Restore the Delta proposes its “There’s a Better Solution” plan for managing the Delta. The Environmental Water Caucus’s plan posits a reduction in exports and increased outflows, and also calls...Read More
This week the Resources Agency announced that between Nov. 1, 2012 and Jan. 31, 2013, curtailments in pumping to protect endangered fish reduced deliveries from the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project to water districts in the Central Valley, Southern California, and San Francisco Bay Area by about 700,000 acre-feet. The Agency put...Read More
Humor can be very effective when trying to understand a complicated subject. As evidence, take a look at this clever video produced by AquAlliance, which works on natural and human-dominated ecosystems that impact water issues in the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region. Enjoy! We can all use a good laugh. http://www.aqualliance.net/ground-water-issues/aqualliance-players-create-anti-tunnel-skit/Read More
Check out Restore the Delta’s video of Stockton Collegiate International Students in training for completion of the National Geographic/America’s Cup/Full Circle Fund/Restore the Delta photo camp. Stockton and San Francisco students will be on tour starting in the Delta, through the estuary, and out to San Francisco Bay with National Geographic photography professionals, as well...Read More
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com; Twitter: @shopcraft Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla 209/479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org; Twitter: @RestoretheDelta Restore the Delta Responds to State Water Contractors Comparison of Proposed Tunnels SACRAMENTO, CA – Restore the Delta (RTD), a coalition opposed to the Brown Administration’s rush to construct massive Peripheral Tunnels to take millions...Read More
