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December 19, 2014
DWR and its federal partners announced significant refinements to the proposed BDCP water facilities to reduce impacts to Delta communities, minimize disturbances or dislocation to Greater Sandhill Cranes, and improve the long-term reliability and operation of the proposed tunnels. DWR also announced additional information about the scope of the recirculated documents expected for release in 2015.
Press Release: Governor Brown's Delta Water Plan Refined to Reduce Local Impacts
eNewsletter: Additional Refinements to Proposed Water Delivery Facilities Reduce Impacts and What to Expect in the Recirculated Draft EIR/Supplemental EIS
Modified Pipeline Tunnel Option Factsheet
BDCP: Expanding Greater Sandhill Crane Habitat Factsheet
Visual Simulation: Modified Intake #3
Visual Simulation: Modified Clifton Court Pumping Facility
Recirculation PowerPoint Presentation
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November 14, 2014
The California State Treasurer’s Office released The Bay Delta Conveyance Facility: Affordability and Financing Considerations, a study of affordability for the water facility construction proposed in the Public Review Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). This independent study, requested by the California Natural Resources Agency, was commissioned by the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (CDIAC), chaired by State Treasurer Bill Lockyer. The study finds that the cost of the Delta conveyance facility is within the range of urban and agricultural users’ capacity to pay. Read the study here.
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November 10, 2014
View today's BDCP eNewsletter:California Water Action Plan and the BDCP
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October 24, 2014
View today's BDCP eNewsletter: Progress in Achieving the Co-Equal Goals.
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October 16, 2014
View today's BDCP eNewsletter, Water Use Efficiency.
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October 03, 2014
View today's BDCP eNewsletter, BDCP Benefits Delta Ecosystem.
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August 27, 2014
The Department of Water Resources and the other state and federal agencies leading the Bay Delta Conservation Plan will publish a Recirculated Draft BDCP, Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS), and Implementing Agreement (IA) in early 2015. The agencies are currently reviewing the comments received through the public comment period that ended on July 29, 2014. The scope of the partially recirculated draft documents will be announced in approximately six to eight weeks. The recirculated documents will include those portions of each document that warrant another public review prior to publication of final documents. The public will also have the opportunity to review the final documents prior to their adoption and any decisions about the proposed actions.
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June 27, 2014
On Thursday, June 26, the Department of Water Resources presented information regarding construction of proposed BDCP water facilities, including visual simulations of the intakes, to the Delta Protection Commission. The full presentation is available below. Additional informational episodes are available here.
To watch, click "Start Prezi" then use arrows to navigate. Click the icon in the bottom right of the player to view
full-screen. Note that this presentation has no audio.
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June 23, 2014
UC Berkeley economist Dr. David Sunding finds that the BDCP would create and protect more than one million full-time equivalent jobs over the project’s 50-year implementation period. Details on the study and other related informational materials available below:
Jobs Impact Analysis Memo
eNewsletter: BDCP Job Creation and Protection
BDCP Jobs and Creation InfoGraphic
YQA: How many jobs will the BDCP create?
BDCP Job Creation and Protection Informational Episode
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June 20, 2014
Opponents of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) grossly misquoted BDCP consultant Dr. David Sunding. At the recent Continuing Legal Education Water Law Conference held in San Diego, Dr. Sunding said that water agencies will not know their specific costs until the financing plan and cost allocations are determined. After that, he said, agencies can fully assess the business case for BDCP.
Dr. Sunding’s presentation can be viewed online and is based on information presented in Chapter 9, of the BDCP. The facts and information in this presentation show that the project passes a cost-benefit test. Additional information on the cost of the project compared to alternative supply projects has recently been released and can be found online.
The BDCP seeks to protect the reliability of California’s two largest water projects that tap a major sources of supply – the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains - by improving how water moves through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. As one part of the state’s overall water plan, the BDCP’s proposed water delivery improvements seek to stabilize Delta water supplies, respond to climate change, and protect against natural disasters.
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