New Water Tunnel Route Sets Up Conservation Battle Over Delta Island
From The Sacramento Bee:
“The new route proposed for Gov. Jerry Brown’s giant Delta water-diversion project may conflict with direction from California voters, who spent $35 million in 2001 to acquire part of the new route as permanent wildlife habitat.
“In a major revision of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, as the project is known, state officials announced Aug. 15 that the pair of 40-foot-diameter water tunnels would shift east to pass under Staten Island, a 9,000-acre tract of farmland.”
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