Legal Opinion
In re Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated Proceedings
California Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 2008No. S138974PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
California’s two largest rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin Rivers, meet to form a delta (California Delta or Delta) near the City of Sacramento, and their combined waters, if not diverted, flow through the Delta, Suisun Bay, and San Francisco Bay, to the Pacific Ocean. The flow of water through this region, commonly known as the Bay-Delta, forms the largest estuary on the West Coast of the United States. It is also the hub of California’s two largest water distribution systems, supplying drinking water for two-thirds of California’s residents and irrigation water…
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