California’s water agency today released a long-awaited environmental report outlining the details and impacts of a controversial proposal to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and.
The tunnel project, which would cost billions and take decades, aims to help shore up water supplies in much of California. The new environmental impact report outlines the impacts.
It’s no quick fix. The scaled-down tunnel which would bypass the Delta and funnel more water south still has to clear a gauntlet of reviews, would cost at least $16 billion and could take 20 years.