As state seeks lifeline with Delta Tunnel, project draws concern for small Delta town
California has long had a mismatch. “Where the waterfalls and where the people are. Much of the water, about two-thirds, fall in the Sierra Nevada, but most of the population is in the Central Valley, the Bay Area, along the coast or in Southern California,” said Carrie Buckman, Environmental Program Manager with Delta Conveyance. … Pushing a pipeline plan, like the Delta Conveyance project, on many different occasions seemed dead in the water. The area referred to as the Delta goes from Sacramento to Tracy and the Bay Area to the ocean. Fifty percent of California’s water moves through these waterways.