Earlier this week, the Delta Stewardship Council’s (Council) held a hearing on appeals of the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Delta Plan consistency certification for the Delta Conveyance Project (Delta Tunnel). … According to a Yolo County press release, the certification submitted by DWR is not supported by substantial evidence that the Delta Tunnel is consistent with the Delta Reform Act, or the coequal goals of the Delta Plan: a more reliable statewide water supply and a healthy and protected Delta ecosystem.  Further, it would forever alter the character of the Delta and harm the “Delta as a place” with monolithic intakes and years of construction with massive staging areas.