The project aims to build a 45-mile-long, 36-foot-wide tunnel to pump water from the state's north to points south.
California's long-gestating plan to construct a massive tunnel that will pump water from the state's Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta to points south will cost $20 billion, according to a new estimate.
The tunnel would channel water from under the Delta into aqueducts managed by the State Water Project, California's network of reservoirs, dams and canals that supplies water to 27 million people and irrigates 303,515 hectares of farmland. State officials predict the tunnel would yield $38 billion in benefits, mainly due to an increased water supply that's also better protected from natural disasters like earthquakes.
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