California’s climate is changing rapidly, and its disadvantaged communities are bearing the brunt of the impacts. It is my sincere hope that MWD and other policymakers seriously grapple with the issues raised in this assessment, regardless of their views on C-WIN’s advocacy.
A major water conveyance project entirely in california update#
The current proposal under consideration, the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP), has an estimated cost of $16 billion.( 1) MWD has not yet published an estimate of its cost share and how much it would increase rates however, MWD has produced a 10-year budget outlook and Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) that provide data and assumptions about the District’s cost structure and supply and demand scenarios.( 2a, 2b) Moreover, MWD has embarked on a strategic planning process designed to update the IRP and budget outlook to evaluate more dynamic scenarios under a changing climate.( 3) These documents provide much of the documentation for the assessment presented in this report. However, it is not a substitute for a comprehensive socioeconomic analysis that should be conducted before Metropolitan votes on whether to finance new water conveyance infrastructure. Its purpose is to present an assessment of risks and potential impacts from the Metropolitan Water District’s (MWD or Metropolitan) continued pursuit of new water delivery infrastructure from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta). This assessment has been prepared for the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN), a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the equitable and sustainable distribution of water in California. Affordability and Reliability for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: An assessment of risks and paradigms in an era of climate changeĪ video of the May 2023 press conference with Max Gomberg can be found here.
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