From the Delta Stewardship Council:
The Delta Stewardship Council today (Tuesday) appealed a June 24 ruling of the Sacramento Superior Court that invalidated the Council’s Delta Plan over what the court said were the Delta Plan’s lack of enforceable, quantifiable targets for some of its performance measures and the failure to adequately promote options for conveying water across the Delta.
The Delta Plan is the only comprehensive management plan designed to achieve the State’s coequal goals of improving statewide water supply reliability and protecting and restoring the Delta ecosystem in a way that protects and enhances the unique character of the Delta.
“The Plan’s 14 regulations provide significant protections for the Delta that would be lost if the plan were invalidated for even a short period of time,” said Jessica R. Pearson, Council executive officer.
“Those protections include a requirement that new projects to divert water from the Delta, including WaterFix, certify that beneficiaries have first reduced their reliance on the Delta through development of alternate supplies, and a requirement prohibiting new development in Delta floodplains,” she said.
To learn more, please visit the Council’s Litigation Page.
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