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 federal lead agencies for the BDCP EIR/S, Bureau of Reclamation, US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),as well as the EPA and the Army Corps, released their comments on the administrative draft of...
At a press event yesterday, Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg shared his views on the water bond, saying it needed to be ‘meaner and leaner.’ He also discussed how the BDCP and water bond are linked and shared his vision...
From Congressman Garamendi’s office: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, several U.S. Representatives from northern California met with Secretary Sally Jewell of...
Mitigating for the BDCP’s effects on Delta agriculture is the topic of a new discussion paper currently under development by the DWR Agricultural Land Stewardship Workgroup. The draft documents are now available online for review and comment from Delta interests...
From yours truly at Capitol Weekly: “The price tag is up to nearly $25 billion, but the benefits are up, too, says the Brown administration as the state inches forward to launch an unprecedented project to move more northern California...
On May 14th, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and the Senate Select Committee on the Delta held a second informational hearing on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to gather different perspectives on the plan from water contractors,...