San Luis authority signs cost share agreement for Sisk Dam raise
The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority has signed a cost share agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation for the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project. The project will create an additional 130,000 acre-feet of storage space in the San Luis Reservoir. Funding for the project includes $125 million from the 2021 infrastructure law that was announced earlier in January. The project had already received $75 million that was announced last May, $10 million that was announced in 2023 and $25 million announced in 2022. The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act also authorized $60 million for the project, bringing the total to $295 million.
