Pacific Gas and Electric has announced it will stop diverting water through the Miocene Canal. This change is taking effect after the Butte County Board of Supervisors recently approved an amendment to a 2014 water supply agreement between Butte County, the Butte County District Attorney’s Office, and PG&E. Currently, PG&E diverts water from the West Branch Feather River at the Miocene Head Dam, runs it through about 500 yards of the canal for measurement purposes, and then returns the water back to the river. The water eventually flows into Lake Oroville and is used in the State Water Project.