The latest report by The Bay Institute shows that almost half of storm runoff has been diverted/stored before reaching the Bay-Delta estuary. Read The Bay Institute’s latest water year report.Read More

For Immediate Release: January 24, 2017 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org Brian Smith, 415-320-9384, brian@bpspr.com   DELTA TUNNELS Restore the Delta Reacts to Governor Brown’s State of the State Address Sacramento, CA – Today, California Governor Jerry Brown gave his State of the State Address.   Facing the incoming Trump Administration, governor Brown warned Californians...Read More

In case you missed it, we traveled to East Los Angeles to present our side at the Central Basin Municipal Water District Special Meeting on California WaterFix.   We are live at the Central Basin Municipal Water District meeting! Watch our presentation.   Q&A on Delta Tunnels benefits and costs – Watch our Executive Director...Read More

For Immediate Release: 1/11/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority to Consider Delta Tunnels Spending: Another $4 Million Toward Larger Planning Package   Stockton, CA – According to their own agenda and board packet, the San Luis Delta-Mendota Water Authority will be considering a resolution to contribute another $4 million...Read More

For Immediate Release: 1/4/17 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   Stockton, CA – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued a Secretarial Order directing the Department of the Interior and its bureaus to “take timely actions to help address the effects of drought and climate change on California’s water supply and imperiled wildlife.”...Read More

ICYMI 1/4/17 – Recent News on the Delta Tunnels and California Water   Economist Sees Shift in Delta Tunnels EIR from Farms to Cities   In his first Valley Economy blog post for 2017, Jeffrey Michael, Executive Director of the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific, gives his initial...Read More

In case you missed it… San Francisco Chronicle State releases report on disputed twin tunnels water plan By Peter Fimrite December 22, 2016 Read at SF Chronicle   Excerpts: The analysis, a snooze-inducing tome roughly equivalent in size to 66 Bibles, judges a project that remains at least a year away from final approval. Nevertheless, it generated a...Read More

For Immediate Release: Thursday, 12/22/16 Contact: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta, 209-479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org   EIR for Delta Tunnels Released Today Restore the Delta Response   Stockton, CA – Today, the Delta Tunnels Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) was released online.   As we mentioned yesterday, this document is not a green light for the...Read More

Here is an op-ed by our Executive Director that states what we need to do before we even consider the PPIC “Single Tunnel” Alternative. “Let’s remember, policy wonks at PPIC do not represent the interests of four million Delta area residents, and they certainly don’t represent the hundreds of thousands of people in the Delta’s...Read More

Saving the Delta requires sacrifice by all, not just residents of this region. I hope someone drilled that idea into the State Water Resources Control Board. The board, whose Sisyphean job is to ensure California’s water is used fairly, brought its road show to Stockton last Friday for a public hearing on its dubious Water...Read More