Multiple organizations claim the DWR has continued to violate the California Environmental Quality Act.
CALIFORNIA, USA — There is another delay in the process to build a tunnel to transport water under the Delta. This time, another lawsuit has been filed against the state’s controversial Delta Conveyance Project.
The plan to build a tunnel or tunnels under the Delta has been controversial for decades. Just last month, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a new environmental impact report acknowledging the significant impacts the project would have on the environment. In response, the group Restore the Delta, filed a lawsuit.
“We have partnered with other nonprofits and tribes that work on water advocacy in the Delta in filing a CEQA lawsuit against the Department of Water Resources,” said Cintia Cortez, with Restore the Delta.
The current Delta Conveyance Project plan would put one tunnel under hundreds of miles of …