Delta Conveyance Updates

The status quo in the Delta is not an option and puts the state’s clean water supply at risk.

Following Governor Newsom’s recent direction, DWR is pursuing a new environmental review and planning process for a single tunnel solution to modernize water infrastructure in the Delta.

Rain and snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta and supplies drinking water—through the State Water Project (SWP)—to 27 million people. Yet the reliability of this critical water supply is compromised.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is taking formal steps to withdraw proposed permits for the WaterFix project and begin a renewed environmental review and planning process for a smaller, single tunnel project that will protect a critical source of water supplies for California.