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Thursday’s top of the scroll: Peripheral canal drilling could start next month

Posted by: Maven on July 16, 2009 at 8:58 am

From Stockton’s Record:

State water officials plan to drill into channel bottoms at 16 locations throughout the Delta as they explore possible intake sites for a peripheral canal.

The drilling could begin as soon as next month.

The California Department of Water Resources said it needs data about channel soils to help plan where a canal would begin, as well as tunnels for various proposed alignments. The state has been surveying private lands for some time, a Water Resources spokesman said today, but this stage of the project requires notification and a public comment period, which ends July 26.

The work is part of a massive environmental review for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, an effort to improve the state’s water supply while also restoring Delta habitat. The canal is a key part of that plan, though foes say it will destroy, not restore, the estuary.

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July 16, 2009 · Filed Under Delta Issues

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