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.
The Department of Water Resources released the Environmental Impact Report on July 27, 2022; the extended public comment period will end on December 16, 2022. The document is over 20,000 pages, not including the appendices. At the October meeting of...
An old conflict plagues Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to bore a tunnel to carry water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – demands that more water flow into the Delta to protect wildlife habitat. By Dan Walters, Cal Matters Four-plus decades...
By Lois Henry, SJV Water Kern County water managers are, for the most part, sticking with the proposed Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel but are keeping an eye on details still to come – how it will actually operate and how...
By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters California’s water agency today released a long-awaited environmental report outlining the details and impacts of a controversial proposal to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south. In the report, state officials said...
Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Meral is the director of the California Water Program at the Natural Heritage Institute. He works on funding for California water, Delta infrastructure, and a variety of other California water programs. He formerly served as Deputy Director...