Metropolitan Re-Do on California WaterFix Vote Provides Necessary Funding to Move Project Forward

Originally published in Journal of Water, Spring 2018

On July 10^th, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (“Metropolitan”) Board of Directors authorized the district to fund up to 64.6% of the total project costs for California WaterFix. The project, which proposes to construct two tunnels deep underground to convey water under, rather than through, the Delta, would cost $16.7 billion—so M…