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Than the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

There’s A Better Way. Than the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. What’s wrong with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)?. We’re so glad you asked!. $54 billion BDCP cost is a problem. Twin tunnel capital cost: $14.5 billion Operations: $1.5 billion Bond interest for tunnels: $26.3 billion

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Than the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

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  1. There’s A Better Way Than the Bay Delta Conservation Plan

  2. What’s wrong with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)? We’re so glad you asked!

  3. $54 billion BDCP cost is a problem • Twin tunnel capital cost: $14.5 billion • Operations: $1.5 billion • Bond interest for tunnels: $26.3 billion • Habitat & conservation bonds: $7 billion • Bond interest: $3.2 billion • Administration & research: $1.6 billion • This does not include a true evaluation of costs associated with 48 significant and unavoidable impacts inflicted on the Delta

  4. Lack of a BDCP benefit/cost analysis is a problem An independent economist has estimated BDCP will cost $2.50 for every $1 of benefits

  5. BDCP’s failure to protect the Delta is a problem • Continued degradation of Delta water quality to benefit export water quality • Continued use of South Delta pumps without upgrades necessary for fish • Introduction of uncertain fish screening technology in the North Delta • Failure to deal with the reality of over-subscribed water • Unidentified negative impacts on SF Bay water quality

  6. BDCP’s impacts on Southern California are a problem • Rate increase of $200+ per year over 40 years • No increase in supply reliability • Unfair cost apportionment because of uncertainty • Urban users subsidize agricultural districts • Increased dependence on the Delta • Increased MWD financial disparity • Remember what happened with Santa Barbara SWP Pipeline?

  7. Restore the Delta Logo Restore the Delta has a better way

  8. By law, any plan for the Delta must: • Provide water supply for Californians in the most effective way • Protect and restore Delta fisheries and habitat • Protect and enhance Delta communities and agriculture • Reduce reliance on the Delta

  9. Restore the Delta has a better way • Reduces exports to 3 to 3.5 MAF maximum (MWD averages 770,000 AF per year) • Activates a more aggressive statewide regional self-sufficiency plan • Supports regional projects to conserve, recycle, reuse, and capture water • Fits with Southern California goals for reduced Delta reliance • Improves independent supply reliability

  10. The RTD Plan Is Part of the Environmental Water Caucus’s Responsible Exports Plan . . • Fixes the South Delta pumps with known technology • Provides sufficient flows for Delta habitat • Increases flows in the San Joaquin River • Reduces reverse flows in the South Delta • Provides sustainable export yields without harming fisheries

  11. EWC’s Responsible Exports Plan.. • Reinforces Delta levees to a higher standard to protect both Delta communities and exports from • Earthquakes • Sea level rise • Flood damage • Protects Delta agriculture by restoring habitat on existing state lands and wide reinforced levees

  12. EWC’s Responsible Exports Plan • Costs $10-$12 billion • $2.7 billion for regional projects to create new water supplies • $2-$4 billion for reinforced levees with water-side habitat restoration • $1.9 billion for state-of-the-art fish screens • $3.4 billion estimated interest on potential bonds • Generates jobs – 10-20 jobs per million dollars spent vs. BDCP’s 5-7 jobs per million

  13. WHAT’S NEXT? Insist that the Environmental Water Caucus Responsible Exports Plan and other alternatives to BDCP be evaluated.

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