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At the last meeting, a letter from a member was shared that said the intakes at these locations could not be approved by the Water Resources Control Board and Delta Stewardship Council during the WaterFix project. What has changed since the previous project to make the proposed intake sites viable?
June 15, 2020
This statement does not accurately reflect the history of the California WaterFix project. During the previous California WaterFix project, the evaluation of the application for Change […]
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020
The maintenance and reception shaft construction areas would be approximately 10 acres in size.
June 15, 2020
The size of the tunnel launch shaft construction area would be based upon the drive length between the launch shaft and the reception shaft because the […]
June 15, 2020
Locations of potential facilities, at this time, were presented at the March 11, 2020, SEC meeting. However, these locations could change in the future.
June 15, 2020
In the previous project, “safe haven” shafts were identified to allow for maintenance and repair of the tunnel boring machine outside of the tunnel. These shafts […]
June 15, 2020
The locations of the maintenance, reception and launch shafts would be in separate locations, so access, support and staging facilities would also be separate.
June 15, 2020
Intake fish screens constructed along the Sacramento River near the city of Sacramento or in the Delta were smaller than the intake fish screens being considered […]
June 15, 2020
In the Notice of Preparation (NOP), DWR identified that the proposed project could divert up to 6,000 cfs with two intake facilities. These intake facilities are […]
June 15, 2020
DWR did not identify the corridor through the Deep Water Ship Channel as part of the proposed project in the NOP. However, this approach may be […]
June 15, 2020
The NOP described the project with a capacity of 6,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) with a possible range in capacities of 3,000 to 7,500 cfs. […]
June 15, 2020
The bottom of the sedimentation basins at the intakes would be located below the groundwater elevation. As described at the January 22, 2020, SEC meeting, the […]