California has just seen a first for nearly 50 years: plans to begin construction of a new reservoir that, when completed, will add 1.5 million acre-feet to the state’s water storage capacities per year. On November 6, Governor Gavin Newsom fast-tracked the Sites Reservoir Project. It will be located in Glenn and Colusa counties, in California’s Sacramento River Valley, the northern half of the state’s great Central Valley. Future beneficiaries include 22 storage partners that represent water delivery agencies, serving over 24.5 million people, and over 500,000 acres of farmland. Newsom was able to fast-track the project …
-Written by contributing editor Richard Smoley.

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