California’s water wars are a political perpetual motion machine. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters It’s gone by several names: Peripheral...
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Governor Newsom takes executive action to streamline permitting for necessary water infrastructure projects Press release from the State Water Contractors: Today, Governor Newsom announced a suite of actions aimed at securing California’s water future. The announcement comes as recent and...
By DWR News The series of atmospheric river storms that brought record-breaking amounts of rain and snow this year has...
The benefits of a long-sought and controversial project to replumb the Delta and send more water south are speculative at...
From the Department of Water Resources: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Delta Conveyance Project for public review. The document is available here and the USACE Draft EIS public...
The biggest mystery in California’s struggle to maintain water supplies is what will happen to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. By...
Comment Period open December 16, 2022 – February 14, 2023 From the US Army Corps of Engineers SUBJECT: The public...
By DWR News The proposed Delta Conveyance Project would help ensure water supply reliability for the State Water Project in light of projected future changes in precipitation and seasonal flow patterns due to climate change. Global climate models forecast a...
At the November meeting of Metropolitan’s Imported Water Committee, agenda items included the second of a two-part presentation on the...
The Department of Water Resources released the Environmental Impact Report on July 27, 2022; the extended public comment period will...
From the Delta Counties Coalition: Today, Don Nottoli, Chair of the Delta Counties Coalition (DCC), which is comprised of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and Yolo Counties, responded to Governor Newsom’s new water supply strategy to adapt to hotter,...
Gavin Newsom’s Delta tunnel plan is out, rekindling a century-old debate about the diversion of Sacramento River water to the...
An old conflict plagues Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to bore a tunnel to carry water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to succeed where his predecessors have failed, building a project to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Will the fifth time be the charm for California’s decades-long effort to replumb...