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Delta Conveyance Project, formerly known as California Water Fix and Eco Restore or the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, is a $20 billion [1] plan proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Water Resources to build a 36 foot (11 m) diameter tunnel to carry fresh water from the Sacramento River southward under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Bethany Reservoir for use by ...
A Delta water-delivery project — one tunnel or two — has been touted by Jerry Brown and Newsom’s teams as a way of correcting a fundamental problem with California’s delivery system that ...
The Delta, the central hub of California’s water system, is home to hundreds of thousands of people and 415,000 acres of farmland. ... litigation, to stop the Delta Conveyance Project once and ...
This accounts for 47.2% of the $300 million requested by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) from California’s water agencies. The Delta Conveyance Project will capture excess water flows ...
They estimate the project would yield about 500,000 acre-feet per year — a significant amount but a fraction of California’s annual water needs. Delta farmers, residents, regional Native ...
Mohr added that “the Delta Conveyance Project is a critical part of California’s strategy to ensure a reliable water supply for millions of Californians — modernizing our water ...
California WaterFix, is a planned twin forty-foot (12 m) tunnel project that would extend through the center of the Delta, 150 feet (46 m) below ground. Earlier designs called for a Peripheral Canal to skirt the Delta to the east.
A new analysis shows that building a California water tunnel would cost $20 billion. State officials say the project's benefits would far outweigh the costs.