The State Water Contractors hailed the Delta Stewardship Council’s certification of the Delta Conveyance Project, while a coalition of opponents argued the agency ignored the project’s flaws for political expediency. The council determined that the project is consistent with the Delta Plan, but also sent two issues back to the state Department of Water Resources to demonstrate consistency with a Golden Mussel mitigation strategy and the siting of planned Delta Conveyance Project facilities in relation of farmland designated for use for recharging recycled water. … Restore the Delta, a coalition of tribes, environmental interests, fishing advocates and others, said the decision “ignores state law, threatens important tribal cultural sites and the health of the Delta ecosystem.”