Thursday, December 15, 2022

Is DWR Lying About The Low-Utilization Operating Plan For The Delta Conveyance Project?

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The most significant change from the twin-tunnel, three-intake, 9,000cfs capacity WaterFix to the single-tunnel, two-intake, 6,000cfs capaci...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Agricultural Jobs Data for 2021 Show Drought Impacts

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The best quality jobs data (QCEW) was released earliest this month through the end of 2021, and gives the first reliable data on the state o...
Monday, May 2, 2022

Stanford scientists find that the Delta Conveyance Project is a much worse idea than converting Diablo Canyon into a giant nuclear-powered desalination plant.

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  A recent study from Stanford scientists has caused some policy makers, including Governor Newsom, to reconsider the timeline for closing t...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021

2020 data shows Covid impacts on agricultural jobs

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The best quality jobs data (QCEW) was released yesterday through the end of 2020, and gives a first reliable look at the state of agricultur...
Monday, August 24, 2020

New $15.9 bil. Delta tunnel cost estimate: Revisiting DWR's 2018 single-tunnel economic analysis with updated costs shows it is a bad investment for water agencies.

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As reported in the Sacramento Bee , the cost of a single-tunnel Delta conveyance is now estimated at $15.9 billion.  In a previous 2018 anal...
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Sunday, August 23, 2020

Water Blueprint proposes a valley wide sales tax to fund their irrigation water plan. Is it equitable? Is it feasible?

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 Earlier this month, CSU-Fresno hosted the event "Funding Water Infrastructure in the San Joaquin Valley."  The vast majority of t...
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Monday, July 6, 2020

Reaction to CalMatters essay, "A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project"

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Gary Kremen, vice chair of the Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, argues that building the Delta conveyance tunnel promotes social justice....
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