WaterFix Plan for Delta Tunnels Slimmed Down in California (2)

摘要

The hotly debated $17 billion project to build two tunnels to supply thirsty Southern California with water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in the north will be dramatically reduced in scope and size, state officials announced May 2. A new planning process aimed at using a single water tunnel will begin. The WaterFix project would have created three new intakes near the Northern California towns of Hood and Clarksburg, a popular winery tourism destination. Those pipes would have...