Dear Friends of Restore the Delta, The Zone 7 Water Agency is scheduled to vote to support the Delta tunnels project at a public meeting this Wednesday. The vote centers around continued financial support. They need to hear from people who oppose the Delta Tunnels project! It is important for urban ratepayers and all of...Read More
Restore the Delta: news of interest: 3/11/2016 Dear friends, Don’t forget to sign our petition telling Metropolitan Water District of SoCal (Met) to reconsider their Delta islands purchase — we need as many signatures as we can get by April 20th. Met will be holding a special meeting on the Delta islands purchase in April, they have put a down payment on the islands...Read More
Dear friends, The board of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Met) voted on March 8 to buy 20,000 acres of farm islands in the heart of the Delta. Two of the islands lie in the heart of the proposed tunnels route. Jeff Kightlinger, Metropolitan’s general manager, told the Sacramento Bee the islands will be...Read More
Dear friends, Join us at two upcoming meetings on the Delta Tunnels (CA WaterFix) in the Bay Area this Friday and in the Tri-Valley next Wednesday. This Friday, 3/11, in San Francisco: What: Hearing to examine impacts of the proposed tunnels on the San Francisco Bay Hosted by: State Senator Lois Wolk, State Senator Mark Leno, Supervisor Scott Wiener...Read More
Dear friends, Board members at Santa Clara Valley Water District are contemplating spending $500,000,000 to $1.2 billion on the NOT needed Delta tunnels, but they cannot maintain their own infrastructure for water export deliveries. See this news story by Mercury News published yesterday, "Failure of key water pipeline into Silicon Valley may have exposed wider problems." How...Read More
Dear Friends of Restore the Delta, The Zone 7 Water Agency is scheduled to vote to support the Delta tunnels project at a public meeting on March 16, 2016. The vote centers around continued financial support. They need to hear from area residents like you on your opposition to the Delta tunnels. Zone 7 sells treated...Read More
Dear friends, Californians for Water Security, the Stewart Resnick Big Ag front group, is asking Californians to send emails in support of the Delta Tunnels/CA Water Fix to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Board. Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) needs to hear from ratepayers like you that will actually pay the costs, NOT a...Read More
The Santa Clara Valley Water District, after firing their pro-tunnels CEO, is reconsidering the decision to support the tunnels plan. To get more background issue, read this recent article. We are holding a meet and greet on Thursday, February 11th from 3 to 6 pm in San Jose (see our flyer below). It will be...Read More
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta and Bill Jennings of California Sportfishing Protection Alliance will be at the Stockton City Townhall with Erin Brockovich on 2/1/16 to discuss the relationship between Delta management, the Delta tunnels project and water quality for municipal use. Date and Time: Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM Location: Atherton...Read More
Here are two current actions you can take to help save our Bay-Delta estuary. 1) Attend our Mardi Gras Benefit on Fat Tuesday, February 9th, at the Waterloo Gun and Boccee Club in Stockton! Get more information and buy tickets at our website. 2) Sign or share our new petition to Gov't agencies asking them to update outdated 20...Read More
