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California’s $16 Billion Climate-Hardy Water Tunnel Moves Ahead

/in , /by /Bloomberg Law by Emily C. Dooley

California’s plans to build a new tunnel to move water from the northern Delta to the thirsty, populous south of the state advanced a step Tuesday, when a key partner agreed to help fund some of the effort. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the largest treated water supplier in the nation, voted to pay nearly $59 million in 2021 and 2022 to the state Department of Water Resources to help move the project forward.

 

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California Water Supplier Heading to Court in State Permit Fight

/in , , /by /Bloomberg Lawby Emily C. Dooley

A powerful California water distributor plans to take the state to court over a permit it received last month to manage water delivery. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Tuesday voted to sue the state of California over a permit one state agency granted to another at the end of March.

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Water Policies Amid COVID-19 Differ Across Humboldt County

/in , , /by /North Coast Journal of Politics, People, and Artby Kimberly Wear

Water suppliers across the region — from local cities to community service districts — are suspending shutoffs for nonpayment in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting widespread business closures.

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