![]() ![]() The 3,000-plus-page document, which details the proposal as well as various alternatives, marks an early but critical stage of an initiative that could benefit 27 million Californians who receive water through the delta. ![]() The new plan, officially called the Delta Conveyance Project, was released by the state Department of Water Resources as part of the project’s draft environmental impact report. With drought and climate change, Crowfoot said the need for a more water-resilient water supply is only growing. The proposed tunnel would allow water shipments to bypass the delta’s sensitive wetlands and aging water infrastructure, thereby protecting and even boosting water supplies for the Bay Area, Southern California and farmland in between. The estimated $16 billion pipeline, iterations of which have circulated for decades, is designed to better move water from the state’s wet, rural north to drier, more populated points south. Gavin Newsom’s office renewed its commitment on Wednesday to launching California’s biggest water project in half a century, unveiling a newly configured plan for a 45-mile conveyance tunnel through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less Spraypainted graffiti on Highway 160 near Hood in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta shows locals’ displeasure with a proposed tunnel to help with water exports. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of3 Burgin opposes the tunnel plan, fearing that freshwater exports would increase seawater intrusion from San Francisco Bay. Glenn Burgin drives his truck at his farm in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Stockton on Sunday. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of3 The proposed tunnel under the delta would have intakes near Courtland and Hood. A jet ski rider makes his way down the Sacramento River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Courtland (Sacramento County) on Sunday. ![]()
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