The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 27, 2017, 12:07:11 pm
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California's giant water tunnels win first crucial approval
June 26, 2017 by Ellen Knickmeyer And Scott Smith
U.S. wildlife officials gave crucial first approval Monday to California Gov. Jerry Brown's decades-old ambitions to build two massive tunnels that would re-engineer the water system in the nation's most populous state.
The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the $16 billion project likely will not endanger more than a dozen federally protected species in the largest fresh-water estuary on the West Coast.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-california-giant-tunnels-crucial.html#jCp