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7 May 2019 SACRAMENTO CA, United States

California Adjusts North-South Water Transfer Project

Gavin Newsom, the new Governor of California, United States, has announced that the State will withdraw permit applications to state and federal water and wildlife agencies to build two giant water transfer tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.The two-tunnel transfer project, chamioned by former Governor Jerry Brown, would have cost about $19 Billion USD...

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25 Jan 2019 SACRAMENTO CA

Jacobs Engineering Appointed To $17 Billion USD California "WaterFix" Program

Delta Conveyance Design & Construction Authority (DCA) has appointed Jacobs for engineering design management (EDM) services related to the California WaterFix programme. Jacobs' initial US$93m contract with DCA will support the preliminary and final engineering design phase of the 15-year programme.

29 Jul 2018 SACRAMENTO CA

California Approves $2.5 Billion USD For New Dams, Water Storage Projects

In a historic vote, the administration of Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday approved spending $2.5 Billion USD to help fund construction of four new dams and four underground storage projects —including two in the Bay Area. The funding came from Proposition 1, a water bond approved by voters in November 2014 during California’s five-year drought...

12 Apr 2018 LOS ANGELES CA

Southern California Commits $11 Billion USD to Tunnels Project

Southern California's largest water wholesaler decided Tuesday to commit nearly $11 billion to build two tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to divert water south to Los Angeles and neighboring counties. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's vote was a landmark decision following a decade of study and debate...

6 Mar 2018 SACRAMENTO CA

Jerry Brown's Grand Plans for California Water Faces Challenges

Two tunnels, one or none? The question continues to swirl around plans to perform major surgery on the sickly heart of California's water system. Confronted with a shortage of funding, state officials announced last month that they would move ahead with the construction of one giant water tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta rather than two.

14 Feb 2018 SACRAMENTO CA

Southern California Water Agency Eyes Possible Control of Delta Tunnels Project

In a dramatic twist on the Delta tunnels saga, Southern California’s powerful water agency is exploring the feasibility of owning the majority stake in the controversial project, a move that raises fears of a “water grab.”

7 Nov 2017 SACRAMENTO CA

Water Data: California Conflict

Digital tools have expanded the ability of governments, companies and nonprofits to measure the uses of California water in detail, and thus build more water-efficient products, boost water conservation, and replace expensive and inefficient infrastructure. But the abundance of water data effectively makes every piece of land and every drop of water in California the subject of measurement—and conflict...

18 Oct 2017 SAN JOSE CA

Santa Clara Valley Rejects Jerry Brown’s Tunnels

In a landmark vote closely watched across California, Silicon Valley’s largest water agency on Tuesday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s $17 billion plan to build two giant tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

11 Oct 2017 LOS ANGELES CA

Southern California Approves $4.3 Billion USD for Delta Tunnels Project

Southern California’s largest water agency Tuesday threw a lifeline to California WaterFix, approving a $4.3-billion buy-in to the water delivery project. This does not ensure the survival of the $17-billion project, which needs significant funding from other urban and agricultural water districts to move forward, but it gives a much-needed boost to the long-planned proposal to build two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the heart of California’s complex waterworks.

23 Aug 2017 SACRAMENTO CA

North California Communities Sue Over Giant Water Project

Northern California cities and counties on Friday were leading a surge of lawsuits to try to block Gov. Jerry Brown's plans to build giant tunnels that would carry water from the north of the state far to the west and south.

16 Aug 2017 LOS ANGELES CA

California Tunnels: Decision Time

Decision time is approaching for the agencies that will have to pick up the nearly $17-billion tab for building two massive water tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the heart of the state’s water works. Whether the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California commits to paying roughly a quarter of the bill could make or break the project.

11 Jul 2017 SACRAMENTO CA

Governor's Plans for California Water Tunnels

Gov. Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. is seeking to complete his family's water legacy: his "California WaterFix" would build two tunnels 40 feet in diameter, buried 15 stories underground to take water from the Sacramento River and move it 35 miles around the eastern edge of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta...