Save the California Delta Alliance (STCDA)

On June 20, 2024, the Sacramento County Superior Court stopped the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) from undertaking further geotechnical investigations implementing the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP, better know as the “Delta Tunnels”) until DWR files a certification of consistency with the Delta Stewardship Council as required under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 (Delta Reform Act). The DCP will, among other things, include two new intake facilities on the Sacramento River in the north Delta near the community of Hood, and a concrete-lined tunnel and associated vertical tunnel shafts to convey water from the intakes 45 miles to the Bethany Reservoir Pumping Plant and Surge Basin located south of the State Water Project’s Clifton Court Forebay. The geotechnical investigations would have included thousands of borings, trenching, installation of monitoring devices, test pits, and other tests throughout the Delta and along the path of the proposed DCP facilities to gather information for further project design and construction. The DCP final environmental impact report identified over 70 significant impacts relating to the geotechnical activities and the need for over 90 related mitigation measures.

Read more at https://somachlaw.com/policy-alert/court-issues-preliminary-injunction-halting-geotechnical-investigations-for-the-delta-conveyance-project/