Notes from Metropolitan’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta: An update on the status of the Implementation Agreement, plus Metropolitan prepares to comment on the BDCP’s EIR and a briefing on the Design and Construction Enterprise Maven Meetings May 29, 2014“We are tantalizing close to a draft Implementing Agreement at this point in time,” Director Cowin told Committee members. At...
Delta ISB releases review of the Draft BDCP EIR/EIS Maven FEATURED ARTICLES May 19, 2014The Delta Independent Science Board (Delta ISB) has released its review of the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Environmental...
Restore the Delta and other tunnel opponents hold media call, criticize lack of BDCP Implementing Agreement, say water exporters taking over DWR, and say Feinstein’s S 2918 would remove key protections Maven News and Features May 14, 2014Tunnel opponents release BDCP documents obtained through public records act requests Earlier today, Restore the Delta held a press conference...
The BDCP is affordable for Los Angeles ratepayers, says the City’s Ratepayer Advocate Maven Other News Item May 6, 2014The Bay Delta Conservation Plan is affordable to almost all Los Angeles households under a wide array of cost and...
BDCP Infrastructure Review, Part 1: Santa Clara Valley Water District hears presentation on the proposed organization and construction of the BDCP Maven Meetings April 18, 2014At the January 27 meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Board of Directors, Charles Gardner, President and CEO of Hallmark...
BDCP Infrastructure Review, part 2: San Diego County Water Authority staff review the engineering report for the BDCP Maven Meetings April 18, 2014On February 13, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Special Imported Water Committee held a workshop on the BDCP that...
Restore the Delta holds media call on BDCP’s Delta impacts: would force relocation of Byron residents Maven News and Features April 7, 2014Earlier today, Restore the Delta held a media call to discuss the impacts on specific Della communities, some which have...
San Diego County Water Authority workshop focuses on the governance of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings April 7, 2014On February 13, the San Diego County Water Authority’s Special Imported Water Committee held a workshop in a continuing series...
Dr. Thornberg tells MWD Bay Delta Committee on the BDCP: “Stop hitting the panic button … This project is worth it, it’s as simple as that.” Maven Best of the Notebook April 2, 2014At the March 25th meeting of the Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Dr. Chris Thornberg from Beacon...
This just in … Review of BDCP Effects Analysis by Independent Science Panel now available Maven Breaking News March 24, 2014From the Delta Stewardship Council: The final report from the independent science panel convened by the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta...
Radio transcript: Governor Jerry Brown talks water, budget, and High Speed Rail Maven News and Features March 21, 2014In Tuesday’s edition of the radio show Here & Now, host Jeremy Hobson talks about the drought, and a little...
Court ruling not expected to delay BDCP, says the Department of Water Resources Maven Other News Item March 14, 2014Responding to the stories today in the press regarding the Appeals Court ruling on eminent domain (see today’s Daily Digest,...
The Bay Delta Conservation Plan’s regulatory assurances discussed at the Delta Stewardship Council meeting Maven Meetings March 12, 2014At the February 27th meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Carl Wilcox from the Department of Fish and Wildlife gave...
Climate change and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan Maven Meetings March 11, 2014At the February 25 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Committee members heard a presentation how...
Metropolitan Special Committee on the Bay Delta hears an update on the BDCP’s cost allocation discussions Maven Meetings March 10, 2014At the February 25 meeting of Metropolitan Water District’s Special Committee on the Bay-Delta, Program Manager Randall Neudeck gave a...