Research Documents
Climate Equity and Seismic Resilience for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary
Comment Letters on Delta Tunnels || Last update: 01.31.17
Comment Letters on Related Legislation ||
Outreach Materials: Tools for Community Action ||
Testimonies and Declarations before the State Water Board 2016-2018 ||
Comment Letters 2019-forward
– Coalition Letter to Governor Newsom RE: Water Portfolio Process
– Coalition Letter to Secretary Crowfoot and Secretary Blumenfeld Re: Request Posting of Single Tunnel, & Water Resilience Portfolio, Comments & Correspondence on Agency Web Sites
– Letter to Secretary Crowfoot RE: Delta Conveyance Finance Authority, Delta Conveyance Design and Contstruction Authority
– Letter to Senator Atkins and Assemblymember Rendon RE: SB 01
– SB 01 Coalition Letter
– Letter to Secretary Crowfoot and Secretary Blumenfeld RE: Rethinking California Waterfix
– Coalition Letter to Senator Feinstein RE: David Bernhardt
– Coalition Letter to Senators Warren, Blumenthal, and Harris RE: David Bernhardt
– SB 204 Sign On Letter
– WIIN Act Draft Prepayment Contract Between the United States and Westlands Water District, Irrigation and M&I Contract No. 14-06-200-495A-XXX
– Re: New Information Regarding Deformities in Sacramento Splittail and Drinking Water Quality Raise Significant National Issues for Consideration in the Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed 10-Year Agreement to Use the San Luis Drain for Discharges to the San Joaquin River and San Francisco-Bay Delta by the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority
– RE: Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment Cross-Valley Contractors Interim Renewal Contracts (Draft EA-19-0441)
– Letter to Bureau of Rec, Westlands Prepay Contract, 1.7.20
– Restore the Delta comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for Long-term Operation of the California State Water Project
– Reject Calls to Abandon Public Interest and Environmental Protection in the Delta
– Written Comments on DWR’s Draft EIR for Long-Term Operation of the SWP
– Preliminary public review draft of amendments to Chapter 4, Ecosystems, of Delta Plan
– Objection to Adoption of Westlands Water District Board of Directors Distribution District #1 & #2 Resolution Nos. 101-20, 102-20, 103-20 and 104-20 Because of:
(1) Insufficient Public Notice and Inadequate Project Description and
(2) Failure to Comply with the California Environmental Policy Act (CEQA), the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), and state and federal Endangered Species Acts.
– Restore the Delta’s comments on Water Resilience Portfolio
– Delta Conveyance Scoping Comments
Outreach materials: Tools for community action
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Handouts
– Basics: Save the SF Bay-Delta, Stop the Tunnels (Recommended for distribution) PDF
– 10 Questions Delta Tunnel Boosters Don’t Want You to Ask PDF
– 2017 California Sustainable Water Plan Shortened PDF | Web version
– 2016 Real Water Solutions for a Sustainable California PDF
– Delta Tunnels Impacts on SF Bay-Delta Water Quality – 5 Questions Jerry Brown Doesn’t Want You to Ask PDF
<strong- Earthquake Fact Sheet: Addressing Myths PDF
– Why the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta Estuary Matters to Stockton and San Joaquin County (Covers local impacts) PDF
Maps, Tables, And Other References
– Average Annual South of Delta Water Deliveries, 2000-2009 PDF (Table)
– Delta Tunnels Project Relative to Existing Delta Infrastructure PDF (Map) *Alignment has slightly changed although points of diversion remains the same, updated map.*
– Bay Bridge Replacement vs CA Water Fix/Delta Tunnels PDF (Table Comparison)
–Users of Delta Water Irrigating Selenium-Impaired Soils in the San Joaquin Valley PDF (Map and Table)
– Where Does Delta Water Go? And What For? PDF (Pie Chart and Table)
– Restore the Delta Response to the BDCP Presentation by Paul Helliker (DWR Director) [March 3, 2014] PDF (PowerPoint)
– California Sportsfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA): San Joaquin Waters and BDCP (Former name for Delta Tunnels) [April 2014] PDF (PowerPoint)
Important Publications & Studies
– Environmental Water Caucus Responsible Exports Plan [September 1, 2015] PDF
– EcoNorthwest Report: Estimated Costs to Retire Drainage Impaired Lands in the San Luis Unit [July 13, 2015] PDF
– Delta Protections Commission’s Economic Sustainability Plan [2011] LINK
Articles
– Newspaper editorials opposed to the Delta Tunnels LINK
– Water Quality Impacts of the Delta Tunnels Project by Tim Stroshane, Policy Analyst [August 27, 2015] PDF
– Dante Nomellini, “The Peripheral Canal: San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Proposals.” The Water Report #53 [July 15, 2008] PDF
Letters to Governor Brown
–The Delta Tunnels Proposal: Built On A House Of Cards, An Open Letter to Governor Brown [March 16, 2016] PDF
Delta Plan/Delta Stewardship Council
Letters
– Restore the Delta comments on Delta Plan Amendments EIR [January 22, 2017] PDF
– Restore the Delta comments on 5/25 CSO and Performance Measures amendments; environmental justice policies [June 7, 2017] PDF
– Comments on Draft 2017-2021 Science Action Agenda [May 31, 2017] PDF
– Joint Comment Letter concerning DSC Storage Conveyance Options [April 17, 2017] PDF
– Joint Enviro Groups Comments to Delta Stewardship Council Meeting, Pertaining to Development of Delta Plan Amendment(s) [June 23, 2016] PDF
Comment Letters on Related Legislation
2014 Water Bond Information: Restore the Delta comments
– Joint Comment Letter: SB848 to (Wolk) – Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality, and Water Supply Act of 2014 [April 23, 2014] PDF
– Joint Comment Letter: AB2554 (Rendon) – Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014 [April 23, 2014] PDF
– Joint Comment Letter: AB1331 (Rendon) – Clean, Safe, and Reliable Drinking Water Act of 2014 [April 23, 2014] PDF
Comment Letters on Delta Tunnels
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Letters
– Additional Comments on Final Environmental Impact Report/Statement [January 27, 2017] PDF
– Request for Termination of the California Water Fix project [November 29, 2016] PDF
– Request for full Operations and Financial Disclosure and Honesty in connection with issuance of new Draft EIR/EIS for California Water Fix project if project not dropped [September 22, 2016] PDF
– Objections to Petitioners’ evidence and requests for disqualification of witnesses in the matter of the California WaterFix request for a change in the point of diversion [July 12, 2016] PDF
Comment Letters on Drought Barriers
Reports
– A Century of Salt Water Barriers by Tim Stroshane [June 5, 2015] PDF
– Our Annotated Guide to the Governor’s Drought Proclamation of April 1, 2015 PDF
Letters
– Letter to California Department of Water Resources [March 16, 2015] PDF
– Letter to Army Corps of Engineers [March 30, 2015] PDF
Water Quality, Flows, TUCP
Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan (WQCP)
Letters
– Restore the Delta and Environmental Justice Coalition for Water Comments for Phase I RSED [March 16, 2016] PDF
– Governor Brown’s Letter to SWRCB on Update to WQCP [September 19, 2016] PDF
– 150+ Groups Coalition Letter to SWRCB to Update WQCP [April 5, 2016] PDF
– 150+ Groups Coalition Letter to USEPA to Update WQCP [April 5, 2016] PDF
Temporary Urgency Change Petition (TUCP) 2015
– Restore the Delta Presentation to SWRCB Workshop [June 24, 2015] PDF (PowerPoint)
– California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Presentation to SWRCB Workshop [June 24, 2015] PDF (PowerPoint)
Legal Documents
– Lawsuit: Restore the Delta Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Press Release [June 4, 2015] PDF
– Restore the Delta Protest-Petition to SWRCB, DWR, and USBR [July 21, 2015] PDF [June 17, 2015] PDF [May 5, 2015] PDF
– Restore the Delta Protest-Petition to SWRCB [February 13, 2015] PDF
Other Letters
– Letter to USBR: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Revisions to the Coordinated Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, and Related Facilties [January 31, 2018] PDF
– Environmental, Fishing, Environmental Justice and Tribal Coalition Response to Water Agency Consortium Request that Water Board Abandon Unimpaired Flow Approach to Water Management in Bay-Delta [October 26, 2015] PDF
– Joint Letter on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Coordinated Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project [September 29, 2015] PDF
