Published 2 years ago

How a giant 45-mile long super-tunnel might be the key to helping California's parched south

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Proposal would build one tunnel to take water from the Sacramento River to the California Aqueduct. It's a change from the two-tunnel plan championed by former Gov. Jerry Brown. Critics say it will harm communities in the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

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Associated Press News

California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel, wrapping around the state’s existing water delivery system and dumping it into the main aqueduct that flows south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel

California officials have released their latest plan to reroute water from the wetter north to the drier south through a giant underground tunnel

2 years ago·United States

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KRDO

California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel, wrapping around the state’s existing water delivery system and dumping it into the main aqueduct that flows south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people.The proposal released Wednesday would bu…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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CBS News

California outlines plan for scaled-back giant water tunnel

The scaled-back proposal released Wednesday would build one tunnel to take water from the Sacramento River to the California Aqueduct.

2 years ago

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Winnipeg Free Press

California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel, wrapping around the state’s existing water delivery system and dumping the water straight into the main aqueduct that sends it south to vast swaths of […]

2 years ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Washington Examiner

Newsom unveils California water tunnel plan

California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new Delta tunnel plan Wednesday to reroute water that comes into Northern California during rainstorms down to Southern California, which is known to suffer from long droughts that scientists predict will get worse due to climate change.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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