DWR Updates

Aerial view of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The status quo in the Delta is not an option and puts the state’s clean water supply at risk.

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Aerial view of McCormack Williamson Tract.

Driving along Interstate 5 south of Sacramento, you wouldn’t notice anything unique about the land stretched out beyond your car window. But hidden between Interstate 5 and Walnut Grove, lies one of the most important environmental restoration sites in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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Aerial view of the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta, looking east along the San Joaquin River.

Rain and snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta and supplies drinking water—through the State Water Project (SWP)—to 27 million people. Yet the reliability of this critical water supply is compromised.

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