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The Unaffordable and Unsustainable Twin Tunnels: Why the Santa Barbara Experience Matters

California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) | July 1st, 2016


PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT

1. Examine the deficiencies and cost impacts of Governor Brown’s Twin Tunnels/CA WaterFix, illustrating the untenable financial burden these proposals place on local water agencies and ratepayers;

2. Highlight that the Tunnels/CA WaterFix will not provide more water when needed, i.e., during drought;

3. Explain the unintended consequences of participation in the State Water Project (SWP) utilizing the experience of Santa Barbara County as an example of the statewide problem;

4. Highlight the exorbitant cost and unreliability of importing water from the State Water Project (SWP) to the communities of Santa Barbara’s South Coast.

Keywords

Delta conveyance, economic analysis, Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta