Friday Top of the Scroll: California delta tunnels project gets partial green light
Opponents of the Delta Conveyance Project said Thursday they had only days to read a 200-page draft decision that, if approved, would destroy their way of life. They stood before the Delta Stewardship Council, asking for more time before it opted to deny their appeals — a move that charts a course for the massive water diversion project to proceed. … At its regular Thursday meeting, it denied appeals to a certificate of consistency from 10 different agencies. However, it chose to remand two issues — about golden mussel habitat and a local land use concern — to the state Department of Water Resources. … The two intake facilities near Hood will handle 6,000 cubic feet of water per second. The 45-mile tunnel will carry water south to pumping facilities, putting it in the Bethany Reservoir and ultimately to Southern California.
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