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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 ...
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 ...
The 2022 version of the Delta project also is lacking a potentially vital partner: the San Joaquin Valley farmers who also receive water from the Delta, but through a parallel system run by the ...
The approved Delta Conveyance project is facing legal opposition from Delta water groups and environmental advocates. Environmentalists, local agencies file lawsuits against California Delta ...
The Metropolitan Water District's board is set to vote in December on whether to spend $141.6 million for planning of the proposed Delta tunnel project.
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.
The Delta provides an estimated seven million acre-feet (2.1 cu mi; 8.6 km 3) of water per year, of which about 100,000 acre-feet (0.030 cu mi; 0.12 km 3) are exported to the San Francisco Bay Area, 1.7 million acre-feet (0.50 cu mi; 2.1 km 3) are used locally, and over five million acre-feet (1.5 cu mi; 6.2 km 3) are exported to the San ...
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