California is the sixth largest economy in the world, and Silicon Valley is a primary driver of our state’s job creation and growth. Yet our success is at risk unless we move to protect our water supply. That’s why we are urging the Santa Clara Valley Water District help secure our water supplies now and well […]
A bloc of San Joaquin farmers tentatively endorsed the Delta tunnels project Thursday, becoming the first significant agricultural group to support the struggling plan. But the level of support from members of the Kern County Water Agency, which serves much of the $7 billion-a-year farm economy at the southern end of the valley, was less […]
The Kern County Water Agency has voted to participate in the California WaterFix project, potentially saving one of Gov. Jerry Brown’s two legacy projects: the Delta tunnels. California WaterFix would upgrade the state’s outdated water system and maintain a reliable source of water for 25 million Californians and more than three million acres of farmland […]
Governor Brown’s proposal to fix California’s water problem by building massive tunnels to shunt Sacramento River water past the Bay/Delta and south to Los Angeles water consumers and San Joaquin Valley farmers isn’t going to fix anything, let alone make our water supply more reliable. The state admits the tunnels will not supply any new […]
The large and influential Metropolitan Water District in Southern California has voted to go forward with the WaterFix tunnels plan. The powerful Metropolitan Water District voted Tuesday to pay its share of the $16 billion project to build two massive tunnels to pipe water from Northern California to Southern California cities. The 28-6 vote gives […]
/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /Courthouse News (As published by SCVNews (Santa Clarita))by Nick Cahill Mentioned: San Diego County Water Authority
The Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District, the country’s largest water district, on Tuesday cemented support for California Governor Jerry Brown’s contentious Bay Delta water project, agreeing to pay an estimated $4.3 billion, primarily through rate hikes on millions of Southern Californians. The MWD’s decision to fund up to 25.9 percent of the $17 billion California […]
OPINION: Santa Clara Valley Water District Should Join in the WaterFix Tunnel Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Mercury News (San Jose)by Tarkan Maner, Matt Mahan, and Mike MielkeCalifornia is the sixth largest economy in the world, and Silicon Valley is a primary driver of our state’s job creation and growth. Yet our success is at risk unless we move to protect our water supply. That’s why we are urging the Santa Clara Valley Water District help secure our water supplies now and well […]
Group of San Joaquin Farmers Says They’re Willing to Pay for the Delta Tunnels
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Fresno Beeby Dale KaslerA bloc of San Joaquin farmers tentatively endorsed the Delta tunnels project Thursday, becoming the first significant agricultural group to support the struggling plan. But the level of support from members of the Kern County Water Agency, which serves much of the $7 billion-a-year farm economy at the southern end of the valley, was less […]
Kern County Water Agency Opts to Support Brown’s Multi-Billion Dollar WaterFix Project
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Bakersfield.comby Harold PierceThe Kern County Water Agency has voted to participate in the California WaterFix project, potentially saving one of Gov. Jerry Brown’s two legacy projects: the Delta tunnels. California WaterFix would upgrade the state’s outdated water system and maintain a reliable source of water for 25 million Californians and more than three million acres of farmland […]
OPINION: California WaterFix Won’t Fix Anything
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Santa Barbara Independentby Carolee KriegerGovernor Brown’s proposal to fix California’s water problem by building massive tunnels to shunt Sacramento River water past the Bay/Delta and south to Los Angeles water consumers and San Joaquin Valley farmers isn’t going to fix anything, let alone make our water supply more reliable. The state admits the tunnels will not supply any new […]
Metropolitan OKs WaterFix funding
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Lodi News-Sentinelby Brian MelleyThe large and influential Metropolitan Water District in Southern California has voted to go forward with the WaterFix tunnels plan. The powerful Metropolitan Water District voted Tuesday to pay its share of the $16 billion project to build two massive tunnels to pipe water from Northern California to Southern California cities. The 28-6 vote gives […]
Giant Water District Support Boosts Chances Of Bay Delta Tunnels
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /Courthouse News (As published by SCVNews (Santa Clarita))by Nick Cahill Mentioned: San Diego County Water AuthorityThe Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District, the country’s largest water district, on Tuesday cemented support for California Governor Jerry Brown’s contentious Bay Delta water project, agreeing to pay an estimated $4.3 billion, primarily through rate hikes on millions of Southern Californians. The MWD’s decision to fund up to 25.9 percent of the $17 billion California […]