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David Sandino Senior Staff Counsel, DWR (916) 653-7084 dsandino@water.ca.gov

Different Views of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: How We See California’s Most Important Ecosystem NOCALL Spring Institute April 13, 2013. David Sandino Senior Staff Counsel, DWR (916) 653-7084 dsandino@water.ca.gov. What do we mean by the Delta?. Why is the Delta Important?.

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David Sandino Senior Staff Counsel, DWR (916) 653-7084 dsandino@water.ca.gov

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  1. Different Views of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta:How We See California’s Most Important EcosystemNOCALL Spring Institute April 13, 2013 David Sandino Senior Staff Counsel, DWR (916) 653-7084 dsandino@water.ca.gov

  2. What do we mean by the Delta?

  3. Why is the Delta Important?

  4. Delta Fun Facts! • 738,000 acres • 1,100 miles of levees • 700 miles of waterways • 57 leveed islands • 500 species • Supplies water for 25 million people and farms!

  5. Perceptions of the Delta

  6. Home to Native Americans

  7. 19th Century History

  8. Delta Communities

  9. Recreation

  10. Commercial Fishing

  11. Agriculture

  12. Wineries

  13. Transportation & Commerce

  14. Natural Environment

  15. Water Engineering

  16. Upstream Water Users

  17. Delta Export Water Users

  18. Political Hotspot

  19. Jones Tract Flooding-2004

  20. Delta Smelt Index

  21. “Actually so much water is moved around California by so many different agencies that maybe only the movers know on any given day whose water it is”

  22. Aerial Photography

  23. Infrared Aerial Photography

  24. Sacramento Delta Deep Water Ship Channel by Dennis Ziemienski

  25. Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920) Delta Water

  26. Futurists

  27. Climate Change & the Delta

  28. Eco-Friendly Vision

  29. Delta Wetlands Project

  30. Recreational Vision

  31. Draft Habitat Restoration Goals Accelerated habitat restoration in the Delta • 30,000 acres of aquatic habitat in the first 15 years. More than 100,000 acres of restored and protected habitat.

  32. Draft Dual Conveyance with Pipeline/Tunnel • Conveyance facility would feature: • Gravity flow • Three proposed intakes of 9,000 cfs capacity • Three state-of-the-art fish screens • A 925-acre Intermediate Forebay for temporarily storing the water pumped from the river • Two tunnels 35 miles long under th eDelta Preliminary Draft – Subject to Change

  33. Thank You For the Dialogue!

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