The effort to build California’s largest new reservoir in decades received a welcome commitment of cash on Wednesday — nearly $220 million — which will help keep the project on track to break ground as soon as next year. Planned for 70 miles northwest of Sacramento, the proposed Sites Reservoir won the bulk of the funding because plans to expand the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County fell through, freeing up money in the state’s 2014 water bond. The remainder of the money for Sites came from last year’s state climate bond.

Other reservoir funding news:

• The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.): New setbacks could be fatal for $2.7 billion plan to build major reservoir in Santa Clara County​
• California Rice News: Sites Reservoir project advances toward construction