… State, federal and local agencies recently established a workgroup to explore creating a dredging program for the South Delta’s clogged channels. [Farmer Mary] Hildebrand is part of a surprising new coalition called the Great Valley Farm Water Partnership that aims to nudge the South Delta dredging program along. The Great Valley Farm Water Partnership brings together growers from the Delta and the San Joaquin Valley, which have historically clashed over water, to find common ground. The Partnership identified seven joint problems, including modernizing levees in the Delta and boosting water exports from the Delta during wet years, and prioritized tackling the build up of South Delta sediment.