The State Water Resources Control Board has added a new chapter and made other language updates to its draft Bay-Delta Plan. … ”The release of these documents puts us on track for updates to the Bay-Delta Plan to come before the State Water Board for adoption in 2026,” E. Joaquin Esquivel, chairman of the board, said in a statement. … In July 2025, staff proposed updates to the plan that would allow water right holders in the Sacramento/Delta to comply with water quality requirements by either leaving a percentage of unimpaired flow instream … or implementing a combination of flow and habitat restoration commitments as a party to the [Healthy Rivers and Landscapes] program. … The July 2025 proposal also incorporated tribal beneficial uses and a formal designation of tribal tradition and culture beneficial uses in the Bay-Delta watershed.

Other Bay-Delta Plan news:

• Politico: Newsom-backed Delta plan inches forward despite federal hesitation
• Action News Now (Chico, Calif.): Updated analysis released by State Water Resources Control Board to advance newest proposed Bay-Delta water quality control plan
• Daily Kos: Blog: State Water Board releases flawed Bay-Delta Plan updates right before Holidays
• State Water Contractors: News release: Healthy Rivers & Landscapes program advances before the State Water Board
• State Water Resources Control Board: News release: Notice of limited recirculation and notice of availability and opportunity for public comment and hearing on revised draft Sacramento/Delta updates