LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: April 9, 2025
Subject: Delta Water Platform
Submitted For: Legislation Committee
Department: Conservation & Development
Referral Name: Delta Water Platform
Presenter: R. Hernandez and E. Groth
Contact: (925) 655-2919
Referral History:
Contra Costa County adopted the Delta Water Platform in 2008 and updated the Delta Water Platform in 2014 to identify and promote activities and policy positions that protect and improve the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta). The Delta Water Platform establishes the priorities, principles, and policy statements that guide the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and Water Agency's positions on key policy matters that would impact the County and the Delta.
The Delta is the largest freshwater tidal estuary of its kind on the west coast of the Americas, draining a watershed that stretches from the western Sierra to the Central Valley through the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to the San Francisco Bay. The Delta provides invaluable ecological, economic, and cultural resources to Contra Costa County and the entire Delta region, as well as a portion of the drinking water for much of the population of California.
The previous version of the Delta Water Platform was brought to the Transportation, Water & Infrastructure Committee on April 3, 2014, in advance of its adoption by the Board of Supervisors on May 13, 2014. The Delta Water Platform has not been brought to the Legislation Committee.
Referral Update:
The Delta Water Platform has been updated to better address the current conditions of the Delta ecosystem, communities, and economy; impacts associated with climate change; and developments in water resilience technologies, strategies, and science. The Delta Water Platform has been refined and expanded and includes new policies.
The updated Delta Water Platform enables the County to more effectively advocate for the future of the Delta, with a focus on environmental jus...
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