The Central Valley Flood Protection Board’s Mar 27th Meeting, during a pandemic, includes — Consent item 5D regarding the Delta Tunnel, a “Statement of No Objection”. Our letter explains that the Central Valley Regional Flood Board should hold off moving forward with a request to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding flood analysis and the Delta tunnel for 60...Read More
Dear Public Water Agency Board Members and Management Teams: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in California, our request to you today is very simple. We are asking you to do two things as a sign of solidarity, support, and care for your ratepayers. First, whether you represent a retail water agency, a special...Read More
How to send your commentsWe hope everyone has heard, the Delta Conveyance Project Scoping comment period has been extended to April 17, 2020, at 5:00 PM. This gives everyone more time to submit their comments regarding the tunnel project.How to Comment:Email: DeltaConveyanceScoping@water.ca.gov Mail: Department of Water Resources, Attn: Renee Rodriguez, P.O. Box 942836, Sacramento, CA 94236 Fillable online form: View...Read More
Late today, Department of Water Resources announced the extension of the Delta Conveyance Project Scoping Period to April 17, 2020 at 5:00 PM. People now have until then to submit their comments regarding the tunnel project. Restore the Delta thanks DWR for extending this deadline during the COVID-19 pandemic. How to Comment: All comments received during...Read More
Dear Friends of Restore the Delta,First off, we hope you are safe, healthy, and not overly stressing. Changing our lives (collectively) on short notice is hard. Fear of the unknown is stress inducing. And waiting to see what happens can be stressful also. Our staff and board extend our best thoughts, well wishes, and empathy to all of you,...Read More
RAINEditorial: A week of rain is nice, but does virtually nothing to help L.A.’s water issues – Los Angeles Times 3/11/20Two years ago, L.A. County voters approved Measure W, a tax to capture and clean storm water before it can carry its urban detritus to the sea. It’s a solid beginning, but it will be years before...Read More
For Immediate Release: 3/6/20Contact:Tim Stroshane, tim@restorethedelta.orgBarbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – Restore the Delta sent letters on Thursday 3/5/20 to four state water contractors with questions about their participation in the Delta Conveyance Project. The questions are simple. 1. With what water will future Delta tunnel and dams and reservoirs be able to operate? 2. Will California’s key water...Read More
Today is California’s first-ever, Super Tuesday Primary. We encourage everyone to get out and vote. Find your Polling Place here. While you are waiting in line to vote, here are a few water-related items that may be of interest. 1) Here is a must-watch video. Hear what Stockton youth think of Delta mismanagement, the tunnel, and related...Read More
For Immediate Release: March 2, 2020Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Stockton, CA – Late Friday, Californians learned of a deal between the Trump Administration and Westland water district that would give “permanent” water contracts to the most arid farmlands of California. Westlands Water District gets permanent U.S. contractfor massive irrigation deliveries – LAT 2/28/20“The Interior Department on...Read More
For Immediate Release: 2/19/2020Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgThe Sacramento Bee is reporting this afternoon:Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a pre-emptive strike against President Donald Trump, said Wednesday he plans to sue Trump’s administration to block a controversial plan to increase water deliveries to the San Joaquin Valley.Newsom’s office said he “will file legal action in the coming days...Read More
