Environment$20 billion: The Delta tunnel’s new price tagMay 16, 2024The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report says the benefits of the tunnel exceed the cost since other water supplies would cost more.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezUOP Experts Dive Into International Water Law In The Age Of Climate ChangeJanuary 22, 2019 | Cody DrabbleThe University of the Pacific will host the George and Rosemary Tchobanoglous Water Lecture on Thursday with professor Stephen McCaffrey. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Key California Water District Delays Vote On Tunnel SystemMay 3, 2018A Northern California water agency heard hours of public comment Wednesday on whether to give its full support to the governor's plan to build two multibillion-dollar tunnels to remake the state's water system, before choosing to delay the vote.
State GovernmentCalifornia’s Largest Water District Agrees To Spend Billions On Delta Tunnel ProjectApril 10, 2018 | Ben BradfordA massive infrastructure project to build two tunnels under the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta has found new funding from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Gov. Jerry Brown Trims Delta Tunnels Water ProjectFebruary 8, 2018(AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown's administration scaled back the latest version of his four-decade effort to redo California's north-south water system Wednesday, cutting plans to build giant water tunnels from two to one.
EnvironmentCalifornia Says No Decision On Trimming Delta Tunnels PlanJanuary 16, 2018A revised plan posted on a state of California website suggests Gov. Jerry Brown is exploring a scaled-back version of the Delta Tunnels water project. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentSouthern California Agency Approves Brown Administration's Tunnel ProjectOctober 11, 2017Southern California's largest water supplier - Metropolitan Water District, or MWD - has voted to back the Brown administration's $17 billion project to change how the region receives water from Northern California. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentUncertainty For Delta Tunnel Project As Key Water District Backs OutSeptember 21, 2017 | Daniel PotterFresno’s Westlands Water District says it won’t help pay for California’s $16 billion delta tunnels project. That raises questions for how the proposal to overhaul the state’s water system will move forward. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentCalifornia Farming District Rejects Water Tunnel PlanSeptember 19, 2017(AP) - Board members of a key California farming district have voted not to participate in Gov. Jerry Brown's $16 billion water tunnel proposal. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentMillions Of Californians May Be On Hook For Water Tunnels FundingSeptember 18, 2017SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California is increasing the pressure on millions of Californians to help pay for two giant water tunnels that Gov. Jerry Brown wants built.
