"Southern California's biggest water agency voted Tuesday to shoulder most of the cost of replumbing the troubled center of the state's vast waterworks, committing nearly $11 billion to the construction of two massive water tunnels.

The approval pushes ahead a controversial infrastructure project that has dominated discussions of how to halt the steep ecological decline of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta — a decline that has threatened water deliveries to the state's most populous region.

A top priority of Gov. Jerry Brown's administration, the tunnels project has been in the planning stages for more than a decade.

The MWD vote does not assure that it will be built. The project has yet to obtain key permits and faces years of legal challenges by opponents who consider it a costly diversion from more-sustainable water development projects such as recycling and storm water capture."

Bettina Boxall reports for the Los Angeles Times April 10, 2018. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Southern California water agency backs 2 Delta tunnels in breakthrough vote" (Sacramento Bee) [3]

"Water Agency Approves $11B For California Twin Tunnels Plan" (AP) [4]