The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) goes ahead in its plans to build the controversial single tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The tunnel tunnel is controversial because it would drive already imperiled Delta smelt, long fin smelt, winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon and other species into the abyss of extinction.
Delta Counties Assert that Single Delta Tunnel Project is No Better than Twin Tunnels Water Grab and do not support the "economically and environmentally costly Delta tunnel project"
Delta tunnel: DWR rejects consideration of No Tunnel alternatives in EIR
The alternatives were rejected as not meeting criteria for “climate resiliency” or “seismic resiliency," but the proposed project also has issues.
Delta Tunnel Receives $59M (MWD) Despite Opposition
We hope the board will abandon the tunnel and focus on developing local and regional water sources to provide jobs and reliable supplies.
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California barrels forward on its reckless fish-killing Delta Tunnel plan
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California barrels forward on its reckless fish-killing Delta Tunnel plan
redgreenandblue.orgThe California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is moving full-speed ahead with its campaign to build the controversial single tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, as demonstrated in the latest Delta conveyance update from the...