For Immediate Release: July 28, 2021Contact: Mariah Looney, (209) 851-0270, mariah@restorethedelta.org STOCKTON, CA – As reported by California State Water Resources Control Board staff, as of 7/27/21, there are more than two dozen outbreaks of harmful algal blooms (HABs) presently in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.   Most of these reported levels of cyanobacteria range between “cautionary” to “dangerous.” The...Read More

 – Barbara Barrigan-ParrillaWe have heard that voluntary agreement talks to set new flow standards for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary have resumed. Apparently, there is a push to cut a deal by mid-August so that related project money could work its way into next year’s state budget.We have heard that not much has changed in the...Read More

For Immediate Release: 7/8/21Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA – Today, Governor Newsom asked Californians to voluntarily cut how much water they use by 15%.Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director, Restore the Delta response:“Governor Newsom’s response to the drought is too little too late. Restore the Delta and our coalition partners began warning state agencies and the Newsom Administration at the end...Read More

For Immediate Release: 6/29/21Contact:Tim Stroshane, Restore the Delta 510-847-7556, spillwayguy@gmail.com STOCKTON, CA – A coalition of Delta-based groups has sent a formal Petition for Reconsideration to the State Water Board opposing the Board’s June 1 order to relax water quality standards for Delta operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project. The Temporary Urgency Change Order...Read More

Dear friends,Our Living Delta is a summer campaign to help Restore the Delta fully recover from Covid business conditions so that we can continue with the immediate and necessary work of protecting the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary during extreme drought conditions. We hope that you can support this campaign with a contribution, and if you have...Read More

After a bitter fight, Southern California’s water kingpin has a new leader – Los Angeles Times 6/9/21The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has hired Adel Hagekhalil as its next general manager, following a bitter power struggle over the future of an agency that delivers hundreds of billions of gallons each year from the Colorado River...Read More

Couldn’t watch Our Living Delta live on Friday?No worries – You can watch our summer campaign kick-off above and donate here!Auction items are still available to bid on until Tuesday 6/8 at 12pm. Check them out here. Dear friends, Our Living Delta is a summer campaign to help Restore the Delta fully recover from Covid business conditions so that...Read More

For Immediate Release: June 4, 2021Contact:Tim Stroshane, Restore the Delta, 510-847-7556Tom Stokely, Save California Salmon, 530-524-0315Matt Holmes, Little Manila, 415-254-3546 Sacramento – Today, a coalition of environmental, fishing, and social justice organizations sent to state and federal water officials a formal protest against the proposed “Temporary Urgency Change Petition” (TUCP) submitted by the California Department...Read More

For Immediate Release: June 1, 2021 Contact:Caty Wagner, Sierra Club, 203-988-3584Conner Everts, Southern California Watershed Alliance, 310-804-6615 Los Angeles – Western Tribes, water, climate, and social justice groups are praising the Southern California Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Board of Directors’ choice of Mr. Adel Hagekhalil to be the next general manager of the state’s largest and most...Read More

What a week, and it’s just started.We awoke Monday to the pleasurable sounds of the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) Jeffrey Kightlinger’s swan song interview with the Water Education Foundation. After 15 years in charge of an arrogant boys club with many issues, Kightlinger is stepping down. Takeaway? We outlasted him! On...Read More