State Officials Revise BDCP Proposal to Lessen Delta Footprint
From the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA):
“In an effort to reduce the impact of the project on Delta residents, state officials [August 15] unveiled a smaller Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) that shrinks by 50% the project’s total permanent footprint and shifts portions of the project away from some homes and farms.
“The smaller project shortens by five miles the two main water conveyance tunnels that would run under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, reducing them from 35 miles to 30 miles. It also shifts a segment of the proposed twin tunnels east, away from some farms and homes, moving it to land owned by The Nature Conservancy on Staten Island.”