California has outlined a plan for a scaled back giant water tunnel.
SACRAMENTO, CA – A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry it through a single, 45-mile underground tunnel, wrapping around the state’s existing water delivery system and dumping the water straight into the main aqueduct that sends it south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people.
Though California is in the third year of a punishing drought, it also saw record rain falls last October and another major dump of rain and snow in December, some of which the state was unable to capture and store for later use. That preferred route would build two new intake stations that pull water from the Sacramento River just south of the capital city near the small communities of Hood and Courtland.
The Delta region is home to millions of people, more than 400,000 acres of farmland and critical species like salmon and the Delta smelt. It relies on adequate flows from the two rivers to stay in balance, and advocates in the region worry the tunnel will divert that fresh water before it reaches them.
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