Food and Water Watch has released a study on the cost of the peripheral tunnels to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) ratepayers. The study finds that homes and businesses in LAWPD will pay between $4 a month and $19 a month for the tunnels, averaged out over 40 years.   That is in...Read More

In a recent blog post, NRDC’s Tina Swanson reports that the San Francisco Bay is in a “persistent, manmade drought” characterized by inadequate flows of fresh water.  She notes that estuaries need fresh water, just as people do.  And the Bay-Delta Estuary hasn’t been getting enough fresh water for decades. Says Swanson, “For the first...Read More

To the Winnemem Wintu, water is life and water is sacred.  The Winnemem Wintu people are among the leaders advocating for California to pass a human right to water bill.?? Says Chief Caleen Sisk, “Please support AB 685 ‘Human Right to Water.’  Let’s have California lead the nation in ‘water is life!’ Call your representative...Read More

Last week (August 6) DWR began overwater drilling in the Delta “to collect data for proposed water conveyance alternatives associated with BDCP.” Work continues through October. DWR needs these geotechnical investigations to support the environmental documents for the BDCP. Does this mean we shouldn’t expect to see the BDCP EIR before October? Click here for...Read More