State water agency's final environmental impact report on the proposed Delta Conveyance Project now is reduced in scope compared to other considered options after feedback.
EPA has accepted for investigation an administrative complaint alleging the California State Water Resources Control Board discriminated against Native American tribes and other peoples.
The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Dept. of Water Resources (CWR) offered additional detail to their revised plan to build a $15-billion water conveyance system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Photos courtesy California Natural Resources Agency Engineering revisions include elimination of two concrete-lined sedimentation basins, to be replaced by earthen bays (above). The preferred plan includes three pumping plants (below). Related Links: Gov. Brown Unveils Scaled-back Bay Delta Plan View the Partially Recirculated Draft EIRt/Supplemental Draft EIS The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Dept. of Water Resources (CWR) offered additional detail to their revised plan to build a $15-billion water conveyance system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Officials released a revised draft environmental-impact report and statement for the new plan, known as California WaterFix. Designed to eliminate the difficulty
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) unveiled a significantly down- sized plan to restore his state's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a major water resource for both agricultural and urban users.
