For Immediate Release: 8/26/20Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA – The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has reported that a recent collection of water samples from cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (HABs) along the Stockton waterfront contain microcystins up to 220 times higher than the “danger” level (the highest advisory threshold). These extremely dangerous readings were found at 5 out of...Read More

– Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta At the August 20, 2020 Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority meeting, it was revealed that the proposed Delta tunnel would cost $15.9 billion for construction and that $400 million would be budgeted to mitigate impacts resulting from construction.  Discussion of immediate planning expenses and tunnel costs occurred after comments from...Read More

Harmful Algal BloomsCalifornia: Beware the Green Goblin—aka Harmful Algal Blooms – Kate Poole, NRDC Expert Blog 8/17/20Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, are not just smelly and gross-looking. HABs pose serious human health risks, kill pets and other animals that ingest them, harm aquatic ecosystems, contaminate drinking water, and prevent the use of rivers and lakes for swimming, boating,...Read More

By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta Just how realistic is this Delta Conveyance Project in 2020? Will this star-crossed project be another COVID-19 victim? The Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) appears to have even less support than former Governor Jerry Brown’s California WaterFix. The Sacramento News & Review reported in recent weeks that Kathryn Mallon,...Read More

Harris, Biden’s VP pick, opposed USMCA, backed farm bill – AgriPulse 8/14/20Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick as his Democratic running mate, has gone on record opposing new trade agreements, including the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and has taken up the interest of farmworkers during her short tenure in the U.S. Senate. Harris, a former California attorney general, was elected to...Read More

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2020Contact:Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053 barbara@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, CA – Yesterday, the California Department of Water Resources filed a validation complaint to be positioned to sell bonds for the design, planning, and construction of the Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel), even though no project plan or environmental impact report has been released to the...Read More

Stockton algae bloom has higher level of toxins this year, officials say – KCRA-TV 7/28/20 (VIDEO) A yearly algae bloom in the Port of Stockton is back. The bloom happens during the summer and turns the waterway green, creating a problem in the ecosystem. The watchdog group Restore the Delta said the harmful levels of algae are...Read More

Landmark Lawsuit Settlement Between Environmentalists and State Water Boards Strengthens Delta Protections – 7/20/2020Restore the Delta sends a heartfelt congratulations to California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Network, and AquaAlliance for securing a landmark settlement agreement with the California State Water Resources Control Board to uphold the common law Public Trust Doctrine and other legal protections...Read More

For Immediate Release: 7/22/20 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgStockton, CA – Last week, Restore the Delta published photos of Harmful Algal Blooms along Stockton’s downtown waterfront, area sloughs, and other river confluences into the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary and reported our finding to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board for investigation.  Yesterday, the Central Valley Regional...Read More

by Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla In 2007, we produced our first Delta Flows newsletter and began our advocacy for increased flows to improve water quality for the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary.  While tunnel plans come and go (and come back again), we still have not been able to persuade the state that freshwater flows for the estuary aren’t...Read More