Saying he wants to “change the narrative” about California water, U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney will introduce legislation today that he describes as an alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial Delta tunnels. The bill focuses on making the far reaches of the state more self-reliant — and therefore less reliant on the Delta — by recycling wastewater, purifying saltwater and more aggressively searching for and fixing leaky pipes, a summary shows. The bill would cut tax breaks for the oil and gas industries, providing money to fund new research and grants into smarter water management.