Supes hear water issues update
The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard an update on water issues, including the state’s Delta Conveyance project, which would build a water tunnel to divert resources south. The tunnel would be drilled under the Delta and would remove water from the upper parts of the Sacramento River to directly deliver it to pumps in Tracy. The water would eventually be pumped to Southern California and the Central Valley, bypassing the river delta itself. By taking in freshwater at inputs near Courtland and Hood, the diverts water in the delta that is currently halting saltwater intrusion. The project is now expected to cost the state about $20 billion, inflated up from the original cost of $12 billion.
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