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April 30, 2025

From the California Water Impact Network: The cost of living in California has always been high – and it’s getting...

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS denounce court decision to prohibit further Delta Conveyance Project geotechnical activities

April 15, 2025

Decision implies that data gathering is construction, a ruling that is inconsistent with the intent of the Delta Reform Act...

RESTORE THE DELTA: Court refuses to lift injunction on geotechnical investigations DWR says are essential to controversial Delta tunnel project

Restore the Delta

Delta Conveyance Project

April 11, 2025

Press release from Restore the Delta: A Sacramento Judge has rejected another attempt by the California Department of Water Resources...

PRESS RELEASES: Restore the Delta’s poll of CA voters reveals strong preference for investments in local water supplies over building the Delta tunnel; Californians for Water Security responds

Press Release/Notice

Delta Conveyance Project

April 5, 2025

Restore the Delta poll shows widespread opposition to Delta Tunnel and strong preference for local water solutions Press release from...

C-WIN: Sacrificed for the benefit of the few? C-WIN releases video on the Delta’s forgotten voices

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Delta Conveyance Project

April 5, 2025

From the California Water Impact Network: The California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) has released a short video on the dire threat posed by Governor...

C-WIN PRESS RELEASE: The mask comes off: DWR reveals true purpose of the Delta tunnel

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

April 2, 2025

Press release from the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) The Newsom administration has long insisted the primary purpose of the...

SF BAYKEEPER: Coalition demands cancellation of Delta tunnel change petition over DWR’s repeated failure to provide required water use data

Conservation organizations & coalitions

Delta Conveyance Project

March 20, 2025

From the San Francisco Baykeeper and other organizations: A coalition of water advocates, Tribes, environmental justice organizations, and fishing organizations...

Governor Newsom sends letter to State Water Board in support of the Delta Conveyance Project; Conservation groups respond

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

February 19, 2025

Decades ago, a separate, north-to-south conveyance system was envisioned as part of the original State Water Project. The idea persists...

PRESS RELEASE: C-WIN Slams Delta Tunnel in SWRCB Hearing

CA Water Impact Network (C-WIN)

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

February 19, 2025

Board member Max Gomberg explains why the DCP is antithetical to the public interest Press release from C-WIN In the...

PRESS RELEASE: Valley Water District joins 12 water agencies statewide to vote in support of Delta Conveyance Project to protect critical water supply against climate change

Californians for Water Security

Delta Conveyance Project

January 16, 2025

Press release from Californians for Water Security: The Valley Water District overwhelmingly voted 6-1 to allocate additional funding for the...

DELTA COUNTIES COALITION responds to Santa Clara Valley Water District’s disappointing vote to fund harmful Delta tunnel conveyance project

Delta Counties Coalition

Delta Conveyance Project

January 15, 2025

From the Delta Counties Coalition: In response to the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (SCVWD) vote to approve $9.69 million...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Tunneling through trouble: Missteps, mismanagement, and the costly pursuit of the Delta Conveyance Project

Restore the Delta

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

January 7, 2025

In rebuttal to the commentary, Delaying the Delta Conveyance Project puts California’s water security at risk, by Jennifer Pierre, General...

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER: Turning climate change on its head: What Governor Newsom doesn’t understand about his own water agenda

Friends of the River

Commentary Delta Conveyance Project

December 14, 2024

By Friends of the River Earlier this week, Governor Newsom was all over the state pushing his two favorite water...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Delta Counties Coalition responds to Metropolitan Water District Board’s approval of $141 million for Delta tunnel

Delta Counties Coalition

Delta Conveyance Project

December 13, 2024

From the Delta Counties Coalition: In response to Metropolitan Water District Board’s (MWD Board) approval of $141 million in additional...

DELTA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: Metropolitan board approves $142 million in additional funding for remaining planning of Delta Conveyance Project; Restore the Delta and State Water Contractors respond

Maven

Delta Conveyance Project

December 11, 2024

District joins agencies across California in contributing funding for the project’s pre-construction activities in 2026 and 2027 Press release from...