State sets date for start of public comment period for Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Delta Conveyance Project September 20, 2013In a letter to Commissioner Michael Connor, Secretary Laird lays out the latest time frame for the release of the...
Top scientists review the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Best of the NotebookDelta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 19, 2013An independent review of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan has just been released by American Rivers and The Nature Conservancy. ...
Rebuttal: NRDC’s Kate Poole fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach, saying “The portfolio approach provides more water and a more reliable water supply at less cost than provided by the current BDCP” Guest Contributor CommentaryDelta Conveyance Project September 16, 2013Kate Poole at the Natural Resources Defense Council fires back at the State’s analysis of the portfolio approach on the...
Metropolitan committee members discuss the estimated impact of the BDCP on Metropolitan’s rates Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 4, 2013At the August 27th, 2013 of Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay Delta, the Committee heard a presentation on the...
Letter: Congressmembers Matsui and others ask Governor Brown to postpone the release of the BDCP documents, saying “… the current BDCP plan and process are deeply flawed and do not warrant federal funding at this time.” Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features September 3, 2013Congressmembers Doris Matsui, George Miller, John Garamendi, Jerry McNerney and others have written a letter to Governor Brown expressing their...
Aguanomic’s blogger David Zetland moderates a Restore the Delta panel session Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 27, 2013In July, Aguanomic’s blogger David Zetland moderated a panel discussion hosted by Restore the Delta after a viewing of their...
Delta Stewardship Council hears a BDCP update, plus a frank discussion on tunnel size and capacity Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 23, 2013At the Delta Stewardship Council’s meeting on August 22, Karla Nemeth, project manager, and Gordon Enas, engineer, were there to...
Letter: NGO’s send letter to Governor Brown outlining three actions for achieving a Delta solution Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 18, 2013After meeting with the Governor earlier this month, The Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, American Rivers, The Bay Institute, The...
Letter: Another group of NGOs write federal agencies, allege BDCP’s documents are inaccurate and misleading in regards to tunnel size Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 18, 2013Meanwhile, a different group of NGOs, namely Friends of the River, the Environmental Water Caucus, Restore the Delta, the California...
In his own words: DWR’s principal engineer describes the changes to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Best of the NotebookDelta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 16, 2013No doubt, the big story today in the papers will be regarding the changes made to the Bay Delta Conservation...
Reactions pour in from yesterday’s BDCP announcement of changes to the project Maven Delta Conveyance Project August 16, 2013I 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 Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulation August 15, 2013On 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 Maven Delta Conveyance Project August 15, 2013The documents detailing the proposed changes to the tunnels and other project details are now posted at the Bay Delta...
The Sacramento Bee scoops today’s BDCP announcement Maven Delta Conveyance Project August 15, 2013Yes, 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 Maven Delta Conveyance ProjectNotebook News and Features August 13, 2013On August 5, the Brown Administration released a draft Statewide Economic Impact Study that estimated that implementation of the Bay...
