1. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Who We Are
Who We Are
Our mission is to save the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary for our children and future generations.
Esperanza Vielma
Environmental Justice Director
(209)
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Executive Director
(209)

4. Risks of opting-in to the Delta Tunnels:
Risks that arise in these contexts:
legal, organizational/management
intergenerational water supply
environmental
economic/fiscal
scientific
social
Impacts/consequences beyond Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s member agencies

5. Risky Financial Future
Will Agricultural Water Districts Commit?
Joint Powers Authority and Private-Public Partnerships (P3)
Who will pay for cost overruns?
A cautionary tale:
1) Seattle Big Dig
2) Central Coast Water Authority
Water Rates
Cost comparisons:
Delta Tunnels vs Alternative
Water Supply Efficiency Projects

6. Source: Westlands Water District
Board meeting materials, August 9, 2017

7. opt-out of the Delta Tunnels?
What happens if you
opt-out of the Delta Tunnels?

8. What opting-out won’t do:
Lead to water grab at your agency’s expense
Undermine or change the amount of water you are legally entitled to under contract
Put member agencies at risk of an earthquake that will disrupt water supply
No major active fault within 60 miles of the Delta
Other facilities near Los Angeles and the South Bay are at far greater risk
Put member agencies at risk for climate change impacts

9. What is an Environmental Justice community? Examples in the Delta

10. WaterFix Health Impacts on EJ Communities
Toxic algal blooms
Construction or operational impacts
Accumulating contaminants
Fish contamination
Degraded water quality
What will be the perception that Southern California took
the best water & left this behind?

11. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Benefits of Opting-Out:
Who We Are
No injury to the Delta’s drinking water supply and its Environmental Justice communities
Protection to not only the Delta’s environment and economy, but the entire state’s
Savings for member agencies that complement policies and programs that promote regional self-sufficiency
Storm water capture, Groundwater recovery, Reclamation/recycling anyone?
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Executive Director
(209)

12. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Who We Are
“Water districts should understand that a yes vote to fund the Delta Tunnels issues a multi-generational commitment to a project situated in a watershed whose runoff and supplies are expected to decline with climate change through the 21st century.”
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Executive Director
(209)