On Dec. 8, 2023, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta...
The updated project proposal aims to guard against water supply losses due to climate change, protecting clean and affordable water...
Dear Director Karla Nemeth and Department of Water Resources: By this letter, our public interest organizations submit additional supplemental comments on the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Delta Conveyance Project. These comments follow...
They say the proposed Bay Delta Plan amendments call for substantial increases in outflows to protect the Delta which would...
From the Department of Water Resources: Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Expected Release Date DWR is still on track to issue a Final...
From the Department of Water Resources: The State Water Project (SWP) moves life-sustaining water across the state for 27 million Californians and 750,000 acres of farmland. It supplies families, businesses, crops, and industries with safe and affordable water. Without modernization...
The Delta Stewardship Council met in July at Peter’s Steakhouse in Isleton. On the agenda was an update on the...
From the Department of Water Resources: According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), there is a 72 percent chance...
California’s water wars are a political perpetual motion machine. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters It’s gone by several names: Peripheral Canal, Water Fix and Delta Conveyance. Its design has changed several times, from a canal to twin tunnels and most...
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Governor Newsom takes executive action to streamline permitting for necessary water infrastructure projects Press release from the State Water Contractors:...
By DWR News The series of atmospheric river storms that brought record-breaking amounts of rain and snow this year has many Californians asking if our existing water infrastructure is able to capture and store flows from these extreme weather events....
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...
The biggest mystery in California’s struggle to maintain water supplies is what will happen to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters The most important piece of California’s water puzzle is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the 1,100-square-mile estuary...