The Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) is a proposal to modernize State Water Project infrastructure in the Delta by creating an additional point of diversion along the Sacramento River coupled with existing conveyance facilities in the South Delta.
Press release from attorneys Osha Meserve, Roger Moore, and Thomas Keeling: Today, the Sacramento County Superior Court enjoined geotechnical investigations...
The project involves digging a massive tunnel that some detractors say would add unnecessary costs and divert water from local communities and ecosystems. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Petitioners battling over a massive and controversial California water infrastructure project...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project will cost $20.1 billion according to a new cost-benefit analysis released by the state on Thursday. That’s up from the previous cost projection of $16 billion. Almost all of that...
The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters California’s contentious...
From Restore the Delta: A broad coalition of California tribes, nonprofits, environmental organizations, and commercial fishing groups have filed a protest with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), calling on the denial of the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) Change...
From the Department of Water Resources DWR has updated the permitting schedule for the next several years of the Delta Conveyance Project planning process, creating a pathway for obtaining key permits by the end of 2026. Read the blog post here,...