A major Southern California water supplier approved a motion to help move forward a project that would tunnel water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California.
LOS ANGELES – A major Southern California water supplier voted Tuesday to approve a motion to help move forward a project that would tunnel water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California . Members of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California approved allocating $141.6 million for the planning and preconstruction of the Delta Conveyance Project.
The DWR says it will make improvements to how water is captured and moved in California during wet years so that it can be used during dry years, all via a tunnel system. The DWR says the project would restore the reliability of the State Water Project and make sure water clean and affordable water is provided to 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland. The tunnel would have two intakes in the north delta with fish screens.
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