Thursday April 27, 2023
Daily Kos —
The California Senate Environmental Quality Committee today approved Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman’s bill, SB 687, to ensure that the State Water Resources Control Board updates the Bay-Delta Plan before considering a change in point of diversion permit associated with the Delta Tunnel.
The measure, “Water Quality Control Plan: Delta Conveyance Project,” moves on to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
This bill does four things:
1) Requires SWRCB, before considering a change in point of diversion or other water rights permit or order associated with the Delta Conveyance Project, or any other isolated Delta conveyance project, to first adopt a final update of the 1995 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, including its update of water quality objectives for the Sacramento River, Delta, and tributaries.