TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: April 30, 2025
Subject: CONSIDER the proposed updated Delta Water Platform and RECOMMEND its adoption to the Board of Supervisors
Submitted For: TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department: THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT || WATER AGENCY
Referral No: 1, 5
Referral Name: Review legislative matters on transportation, water and infrastructure; Review projects, plans and legislative matters that may affect the health of the San Francisco Bay and Delta, including but not limited to conveyance, flood control, dredging, climate change, habitat conservation, governance, water storage, development of an ordinance regarding polystyrene foam food containers, monitor waste diversion initiatives, and water quality, supply and reliability, consistent with the Board of Supervisors adopted Delta Water Platform.
Presenter: Ryan Hernandez || Principal Planner | DCD
Contact: Ryan Hernandez | (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.
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