Los Vaqueros Reservoir

California Must Enact Solutions to Address Water Crisis

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Friday, December 2, 2022

In August, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled strategies to address the water crisis as well as California's inability to construct much needed water infrastructure improvements.

Key Points: 
  • In August, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled strategies to address the water crisis as well as California's inability to construct much needed water infrastructure improvements.
  • It has been decades since the federal government and California formed a partnership to build the CVP and SWP, two of the nation's largest water storage and conveyance systems, which cross 444 miles from Northern California, through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, to Southern California.
  • Increased water storage is a critical tool to a more resilient water future for all Californians.
  • Now is the time for the state to eliminate environmental logjams and bureaucratic red tape to start building these projects and solve its water supply crisis.