Infrastructure

MWD purchase of Delta Islands moves forward

Metropolitan Water District

Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has been given the green light to move ahead in its purchase of 20,000 acres of land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A ruling by San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Barbara Kronlund called a lawsuit by two Northern California counties to block the purchase …

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California Court Upholds Cadiz Water Project in Mojave Desert

The Cadiz Water Project

The California 4th District Court of Appeal ruled earlier this week in favor of upholding six lower court decisions validating the Cadiz Water Project’s proposal to deliver an average of 50,000 acre feet of conserved, renewable desert groundwater to communities throughout Southern California.  The three-judge panel in Santa Ana stated in …

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House Democrats Introduce legislation for clean water infrastructure

Congress to approve Westlands Water District, Bureau of Reclamation deal

California lawmaker Rep. Grace Napolitano, (D-CA) has joined forces with Rep. Pete DeFazio, (D-OR), to introduce legislation that will help cities and communities finance critical clean water infrastructure projects. The “Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2016”, would authorize $20 billion over five years for wastewater infrastructure. “The Water …

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