Delta Conveyance Project Archives ~ Page 18 of 46 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

October 31, 2020

Press release: Delta Counties Coalition joins coalition of water stakeholders united to oppose state water agency attempt to green light...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Slammed Over ‘Blank Check’ for Delta Tunnel Project

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

October 29, 2020

Lobbing another hurdle at California’s $16 billion plan to tunnel underneath the West Coast’s largest estuary, environmentalists on Thursday sued...

PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Challenges California’s $16 Billion Move to Fund Delta Tunnel Project

Center for Biological Diversity

Delta Conveyance Project

October 29, 2020

Revenue Bonds Would Lock in Funding Before Any Environmental Review From the Center for Biological Diversity: Five environmental groups sued the California Department of Water Resources today for adopting a resolution approving the issuance of the Delta Program Revenue Bonds....

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance Update: Preliminary cost and benefits, the mechanics of opting out, and more …

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

September 30, 2020

Presentation covers the preliminary cost estimate, the preliminary benefits analysis, the agreement in principle for the State Water Project Delta...

NOTICE OF PERMIT APPLICATION: Delta Conveyance, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Contra Costa, and Alameda Counties, California

Maven

ANNOUNCEMENTS Delta Conveyance Project

August 26, 2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has posted Public Notice SPK-2019-00899 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx The California Department of Water...

COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: Gov. Newsom must clarify his Delta tunnel plan

Cal Matters

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

August 25, 2020

What is needed is a “Grand Bargain” between all parties on the Delta tunnel, confirmed in legislation, to apportion water for exports and ecological flow. By Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gov. Gavin Newsom recently released his...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: The Delta Independent Science Board discusses the upcoming environmental review

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 25, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Back in April of 2020, the Delta Independent Science Board (DISB) submitted a letter to the Department of Water...

MET BAY DELTA COMMITTEE: Delta Conveyance update

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 5, 2020

[cmtoc_table_of_contents] At the end of July, Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta held a meeting; the main agenda...

THIS JUST IN … Delta Conveyance Project Scoping Summary Report Now Available

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

July 10, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has published a Scoping Summary Report for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project. This scoping report is a summary of the public scoping period that concluded in April. It includes all...

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Delta Tunnel is not a Social Justice Project

Restore the Delta

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

June 26, 2020

This guest commentary is written by Tama L. Brisbane, poet, With Our Words Inc. Stockton Poet Laureate Area Coordinator, California...

COMMENTARY/REBUTTAL AT CAL MATTERS: A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project

Cal Matters

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

June 24, 2020

Opponents of the Delta tunnel project never say their position will lead to higher food prices and can even lead...

THIS JUST IN … DWR Submits Delta Conveyance Project Section 404 permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

June 18, 2020

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has submitted a (revised) Department of the Army permit application pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act...

LETTER: San Joaquin Valley water districts object to further temporary funding of the Delta Conveyance Project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

June 16, 2020

Yesterday, four San Joaquin Valley water districts led by the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District, sent a letter to...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Why not a western alignment?

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

May 6, 2020

Congressman Garamendi pushes for consideration of a western alignment for Delta conveyance; DWR responds In his scoping comments for the...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: A sampling of scoping comments (UPDATED)

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

April 22, 2020

Last Friday, April 17th, the public comment period for scoping comments on the Delta Conveyance Project closed. Here are some of the comments that I have received, listed in alphabetical order. This list is likely nowhere near complete, however. If...