Delta Conveyance Project

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.

August 16, 2013

I received and collected a few reactions from various organizations to yesterday’s announcement. Here’s what I have, listed in alphabetical...

Joint Informational Hearing on the Governance and Financing of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan: An Overview of the Issues

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

August 15, 2013

On August 13th, the Senate Governance and Finance and the Natural Resources and Water Committees held a joint information hearing...

BDCP documents detailing changes now posted

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 15, 2013

The documents detailing the proposed changes to the tunnels and other project details are now posted at the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website. Changes include moving some construction activities and the area for storing ‘reusable tunnel material’ (sometimes referred to...

The Sacramento Bee scoops today’s BDCP announcement

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 15, 2013

Yes, apparently Matt Weiser has all the details on what will be announced at today’s media call. You can read...

Officials present the draft Statewide Economic Impact Study at BDCP Finance Working Group meeting

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

August 13, 2013

On August 5, the Brown Administration released a draft Statewide Economic Impact Study that estimated that implementation of the Bay...

Guest blogger: Another economist weighs in on the BDCP, pencils out the cost of water

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Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

August 7, 2013

Filling in today for the vacationing Maven is a guest blogger. So what do you do when you have two economists that disagree? Add a third, of course! Today’s guest blogger is Rodney T. Smith, Phd, who blogs at the Hydrowonk...

BDCP’s draft Statewide Economic Impact Report released

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Delta Conveyance Project

August 5, 2013

From the Bay Delta Conservation Plan website: “The Bay Delta Conservation Plan has released a draft statewide economic impact study...

Dr. Sunding makes his case for the BDCP to Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 29, 2013

At the July 23rd meeting of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. David Sunding presented the economic case for...

Radio show transcript: Jerry Meral and Jonas Minton discuss the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 25, 2013

Earlier this week on West Marin Community Radio’s show, Post Carbon Radio, Deputy Director of Natural Resources Agency Jerry Meral and the Planning and Conservation League’s Jonas Minton had a congenial debate on the merits of the Bay Delta Conservation...

Phil Isenberg updates the California Water Commission on the Delta Plan, and the role of the Council in regards to the BDCP

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

July 24, 2013

The Delta Stewardship Council’s role regarding the BDCP, as well as the multiple lawsuits filed over the Delta Plan were...

From the July 17 BDCP Public Meeting: Project costs, financing, and economic benefits

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 22, 2013

On July 17, a public meeting was held to discuss the remaining chapters of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan that...

Federal agencies release comments on the BDCP EIR/S

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Delta Conveyance Project

July 18, 2013

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...

State Water Resources Control Board submits comments on the BDCP EIR/S

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Delta Conveyance Project

July 18, 2013

The State Water Resources Control Board, a responsible agency for the BDCP’s EIR/S under CEQA provisions, has submitted their comments...

Letter: Delta Stewardship Council submits comments on Bay Delta Conservation Plan EIR/S

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 16, 2013

As a responsible agency under CEQA as mandated in the Delta Reform Act, the Delta Stewardship Council has submitted comments...

Senator Steinberg speaks on the water bond and the BDCP

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Delta Conveyance Project Notebook News and Features

July 12, 2013

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...

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