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.
From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Delta Conveyance Project will soon reach an important milestone with the release of an updated cost estimate and a benefit-cost analysis. In advance of this milestone, DWR has...
After Decades of Delay, Complaint Alleges State Water Board Must Decide Whether DWR Has Diligently Pursued its Water Rights Before Considering Newly-filed Tunnel Petition Press release from Central Delta Water Agency, California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), California Sportfishing Protection Alliance,...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water A recent court ruling may have thrown a wrench in the state’s funding plans for the controversial and expensive Delta Conveyance Project – a tunnel to move Sacramento River water 45 miles beneath the ecologically...
By Jesse Vad, SJV Water The controversial Delta Conveyance Project may have bigger problems than legal action over its recently approved environmental impact report. Who’s going to pay the estimated $16 billion price tag? The concept, a tunnel to take...
California’s fertile Sacramento delta region has long been central to debates over how to best manage California’s water resources and agricultural lands. But as the region recovers from the pandemic, many residents are more concerned with immediate problems like power...