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Delta Conveyance Project

On June 19, 2024, this hearing was transferred to the Administrative Hearings Office (AHO) as described in their Notice of Assignment and Pre-Hearing Conference. Please visit the AHO website for current information regarding this hearing.

The Delta Conveyance Project is being proposed by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to modify the State Water Project (SWP) by adding new infrastructure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta Conveyance Project would require changes to DWR’s existing water rights for the SWP in order to authorize the addition of two new points of diversion of water on the Sacramento River in the northern Delta, which requires approval of a water right change petition from the State Water Board. This page includes information regarding the change petition and the State Water Board’s processes to consider whether to approve the petition and under what conditions.

For additional information on the Delta Conveyance Project, visit DWR’s Delta Conveyance webpage.

Announcements

On June 19, 2024, the State Water Board’s Administrative Hearings Office issued a Notice of Assignment and Pre-Hearing Conference.
By the May 13, 2024, protest deadline, the State Water Board received 38 protests of DWR's water right change petition for the Delta Conveyance Project.
On April 18, 2024, the State Water Board issued a revised notice of the water right change petition submitted by DWR for the Delta Conveyance Project. This notice extends to protest period two-weeks to May 13, 2024.
On February 29, 2024, the State Water Board issued a notice of the water right change petition submitted by DWR for the Delta Conveyance Project. The notice includes details on how to protest the petition and the prohibition on ex parte communications.
On February 22, 2024, the State Water Board received a water right change petition from DWR for the Delta Conveyance Project. Due to an expected need for a water rights hearing to resolve contested factual issues related to the petition, limitations on ex parte (off the record) communications regarding the project are now in effect.

Correspondence

July 29, 2024 – State Water Board's Division of Water Rights Letter Concerning Late-Received Protests
April 17, 2024 – State Water Board Response to Requests to Extend the Protest Period and Address the 2009 Time Extension Petition
April 4, 2024 – Response from California Department of Water Resources Regarding Time Extension Requests (available upon request)
April 3, 2024 – Pending Requests for Time Extension of Protest Deadline (available upon request)
April 2, 2024 – Request from Pappalardo for Time Extension of Protest Deadline (available upon request)
March 29, 2024 – Request from Meserve for Time Extension of Protest Deadline (available upon request)
March 26, 2024 – Request from Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians et al. for Time Extension of the Protest Deadline (available upon request)
March 15, 2024 – Letter from California Water Impact Network et al. Regarding Time Extension of Water Right Permits (available upon request)