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April 29, 2026

The courts, project costs, and political realities are combining to sink the DCP From the California Water Impact Network: In...

DELTA STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL votes 6-1 to remand the Delta Conveyance Project back to the Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

Press release from the Delta Stewardship Council: On April 23, 2026, the Council voted to remand the project on two...

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR: Delta Conveyance Project achieves important milestone, advances closer to construction

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

California’s keystone water infrastructure project, the Delta Conveyance Project, marked an important milestone and forward progress towards full permitting. From the Office of the Governor: Yesterday, Governor Newsom’s Delta Conveyance Project achieved an important milestone: the Delta Stewardship Council decisively...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS applaud the Delta Stewardship Council’s vote of Delta Plan consistency for the Delta Conveyance Project

State Water Contractors

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

The Delta Conveyance Project is the state’s most important climate adaptation project, protecting the future for more than two-thirds of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: California Delta tunnel project gets partial green light

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

The Delta Stewardship Council denied appeals to the conveyance project, but remanded two issues to the Department of Water Resources...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: DWR: Delta Stewardship Council determination affirms record; Limited remand to clarify two areas

Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

Statement from the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) appreciates the careful and thorough review conducted by the Delta Stewardship Council regarding appeals of the Delta Conveyance Project’s Certification of Consistency with the Delta Plan. The...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Tribal and environmental advocates denounce Certification of Consistency approval for the Delta Conveyance Project

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

April 24, 2026

Groups warn the project ignores state law, threatens important Tribal cultural sites and the health of the Delta ecosystem. Press...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Delta Counties celebrate final court victory blocking illegal financing for delta tunnel

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

April 22, 2026

Court decision is now final, protecting ratepayers, the Delta, and the rule of law From the Delta Counties Coalition: The...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Proposed decision favors California in Delta tunnel project dispute

Courthouse News Service

Delta Conveyance Project

April 21, 2026

A vote on the draft decision is expected Thursday at the Delta Stewardship Council meeting. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service A draft decision issued Monday on appeals to California’s Delta Conveyance Project appears to hand the state a major...

NOW AVAILABLE: DRAFT Decision on Appeals of DWR’s Certification of Consistency for the Delta Conveyance Project denies the appeal except for two counts

Delta Stewardship Council

Delta Conveyance Project

April 20, 2026

From the Delta Stewardship Council: A DRAFT Decision on appeals of the Department of Water Resources’ Certification of Consistency No....

PRESS RELEASE: California Supreme Court denies review of major appellate decision rejecting DWR’s attempt to validate bond financing for Delta tunnel project

Guest Contributor

Delta Conveyance Project

April 20, 2026

Press release by attorneys Roger Moore and Thomas Keeling In a major milestone that prevailing attorneys described as a victory...

SJV WATER: Rosedale-Rio Bravo reduces support for Delta tunnel; agrees to buy more land above Lake Isabella

SJV Water

Delta Conveyance Project Groundwater News

April 19, 2026

By Sonia Lemus, SJV Water The Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District significantly reduced how much it will pay toward the planning phase of the so-called Delta Conveyance Project, which will take Sacramento River water under the ecologically sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin...

COMMENTARY: How the Delta Conveyance Project is being designed with sound engineering and transparency

Guest Contributor

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

April 3, 2026

By Graham Bradner, Executive Director for the Delta Conveyance Design and Construction Authority California’s Delta Conveyance Project is among the...

SJV WATER: Support for Delta tunnel dropping in Kern County

SJV Water

Delta Conveyance Project

April 2, 2026

By Lois Henry, SJV Water Financial support for the controversial Delta Conveyance Project has been eroding among Kern County agricultural...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Ruling on DTEC’s Evidentiary Objections to DWR’s “Subpoena Panel” Exhibits and Related Testimony (Hearing on Proposed Delta Conveyance Project)

State Water Board

Delta Conveyance Project

March 29, 2026

This procedural ruling responds to the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition’s (DTEC) November 21, 2025 evidentiary objections to exhibits submitted by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and related testimony by Anecita Agustinez, Kristina Reese, and Susan Lassell (DWR’s witnesses). DTEC...