Comments of San Francisco Baykeeper et al re: Draft Staff Report on Sacramento/Delta Updates

San Francisco Baykeeper | January 19th, 2024

In the face of a growing and severe ecological crisis, the Board has spent the better part of two decades crafting updates to the Bay-Delta Plan to reasonably protect fi

In the face of a growing and severe ecological crisis, the Board has spent the better part of two decades crafting updates to the Bay-Delta Plan to reasonably protect fish and wildlife beneficial uses. These delayed and too often meager efforts have so far done nothing to reverse the catastrophic path we are on, despite the potential permanent loss of these beneficial uses. The Draft Staff Report’s proposed project and the Voluntary Agreement alternatives will not change our course.

Comments on and Protest of Temporary Urgency Change Petition Regarding Delta Water Quality

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | February 17th, 2023

Comments on the Delta Conveyance Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Delta Stewardship Council (Delta Council) | March 15th, 2023

Comments on the Draft Pyrethroid Control Program and Research Plan

Delta Stewardship Council (Delta Council) | September 18th, 2023

Comments on the Scientific Basis for Implementation of Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento River, Delta, and Tributaries

Delta Stewardship Council (Delta Council) | March 8th, 2023

Committee for Delta Resources Improvement Working Paper Regarding the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta/San Francisco Bay Estuary

Committee for Delta Resources Improvement | December 1st, 1986

Comparing and integrating fish surveys in the San Francisco Estuary: Why diverse long-term surveys are important

UnIversity of California, Davis (UC Davis) | June 30th, 2020

Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) | July 16th, 2008

For over 50 years, California has been pumping water through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for extensive urban and agricultural uses around the state. Today, the Del

For over 50 years, California has been pumping water through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for extensive urban and agricultural uses around the state. Today, the Delta is ailing and in urgent need of a new management strategy. This report concludes that building a peripheral canal to carry water around the Delta is the most promising way to balance two critical policy goals: reviving a threatened ecosystem and ensuring a reliable, high-quality water supply for California. More information can be found in the following supporting appendices: Appendix A. Policy and Regulatory Challenges for the Delta of the Future Appendix B. Levee Decisions and Sustainability for the Delta Appendix C. Delta Hydrodynamics and Water Salinity with Future Conditions Appendix D. The Future of the Delta Ecosystem and Its Fish Appendix E. Expert Survey on the Viability of Delta Fish Populations Appendix F. The Economic Costs and Adaptations for Alternative Delta Regulations Appendix G. Peripheral Canal Design and Implementation Options Appendix H. Delta Drinking Water Quality and Treatment Costs Appendix I. The Economic Effects on Agriculture of Water Export Salinity South of the Delta Appendix J. Decision Analysis of Delta Strategies Interactive Map: Voting Patterns on Proposition 9 (Peripheral Canal), June 1982 Interactive Map: A Multi-Purpose, Eco-Friendly Delta Interactive Feature: Delta Island Flooding (With Repairs) Interactive Feature: Delta Island Flooding (No Repairs)

Compilation of 2018 Delta Levee Five-Year Plan Data

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | December 14th, 2024

Information provided in the Plans of the participating 74 Levee Maintaining Agencies (LMAs) include the level of protection of the LMAS' levee system at the time of the c

Information provided in the Plans of the participating 74 Levee Maintaining Agencies (LMAs) include the level of protection of the LMAS' levee system at the time of the creation of the Plans, the proposed work within the next five years to bring the LMAS' levee system to their desired level of protection, and a summary of the cost related to the proposed work. Proposed work includes multi-benefit projects, levee projects to meet a desired level of protection, studies, emergency planning, habitat enhancement projects, and additional protection. Also in this report is a summary of the LMAs’ 2009 five-Year plans, which were submitted to DWR in accordance with the Delta Levees Special Flood Control Projects Program 2009 Five-Year Plan Solicitation.

Compliance with D-1641 San Joaquin River October Flow Requirements

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | October 9th, 2023