Delta Conveyance Project Archives ~ Page 32 of 49 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

November 1, 2016

Coverage from the October meeting of the Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta At the Metropolitan Water District’s meeting...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Dr. David Sunding defends economic benefits of the tunnels to the San Diego County Water Authority

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 31, 2016

Dr. Sunding says California Water Fix is ‘essentially like an insurance policy’ to prevent erosion of existing water supplies At...

CAL MATTERS: Trump administration opposes CA plan for twin water tunnels, then backpedals

Cal Matters

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

October 25, 2016

The Trump administration announced today that it won’t support a tunnel project to transport water from the California Delta to thirstier parts of the state, only to pedal back from that statement hours later. By Judy Lin, Cal Matters This...

METROPOLITAN BAY-DELTA COMMITTEE: Update on California Water Fix, Tule Red Tidal Restoration Project

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 11, 2016

At the September meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Delta, committee members were given an update...

CAL WATER FIX: DWR files Incidental Take Permit application; State Water Board issues ruling on multiple objections to submitted testimony

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 10, 2016

Department of Water Resources files Incidental Take Permit Application for California Water Fix From the California Water Fix website: The...

THIS JUST IN … Northern California Members of Congress Urge Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Water Resources to Provide Transparency about Proposed California Water Fix (Link corrected)

Elected Official

Delta Conveyance Project Policy and regulation

October 5, 2016

Letter from Reps. Garamendi, Matsui, Thompson and McNerney asks agencies to provide detailed information about supposed benefits and costs From the office of Congressman John Garamendi: “Today, Reps. John Garamendi, Jerry McNerney, Mike Thompson and Doris Matsui (D-CA), each of...

CALIFORNIA WATER FIX: Delta legislators voice their ‘strong opposition’ to State Water Board; hearing materials posted

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

October 5, 2016

A group of twelve Delta representatives led by Senator Lois Wolk has filed a letter with the State Water Resources...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Water agency officials discuss the California Water Fix

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

September 28, 2016

Can the conflict over the Delta tunnels be solved? Officials from Northern, Central, and Southern California discuss the tunnels and...

California Water Fix hearings: Motion filed to exclude Westlands testimony from the hearing

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

September 22, 2016

Westlands submitted case-in-chief is irrelevant to Part 1B of the hearing, Protestants say As the California Water Fix hearings resume with Part 1B at the State Water Board today, the Hearing Officers now have a another issue before them. San...

This just in … Californians for Water Security Statement in Response to Release of ‘Outdated’ Draft Economic Analysis

Californians for Water Security

Delta Conveyance Project

September 14, 2016

This just in from Californians for Water Security: Today, Californians for Water Security issued the following statement in response to...

This just in … Groups request new environmental review for Delta tunnels

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

August 18, 2016

Key data missing on water quality, fish, agriculture and public health impacts, they say From the CSPA, PCL, Friends of...

California Water Fix hearing: Tunnel opponents request another extension

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

August 12, 2016

Motion requests the deadline for Part 1B documents to be moved to 30 days after close of Part 1A hearings The Central Delta Water Agency, South Delta Water Agency, and others are requesting an extension of time to submit exhibits...

California Water Fix releases biological assessment

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Water project operations

August 3, 2016

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and DWR Release Revised Draft Species-by-Species Analysis From the California Water Fix website: The California Department...

Metropolitan’s Bay Delta Committee discusses California Water Fix and the state’s Delta smelt strategy

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Ecosystems Fish and wildlife Notebook News and Features

August 3, 2016

Staff also presents an overview of Metropolitan’s science efforts in the Delta At the July meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee...

Radio show: Delta tunnel project under scrutiny as hearings begin

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 2, 2016

John Laird, Barbara Barrigan-Parilla, and Jay Lund discuss the California Water Fix on KQED’s Forum Last week, KQED Radio’s Forum tackled the topic of the California Water Fix project (aka the Delta tunnels) with guests John Laird, Secretary of Natural...