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The Sites Reservoir was proposed in the 1950s. [2] California had serious droughts in 1977-1978, 2006–2010, and 2011–2017, raising concern about water insecurity. [3] The project is intended to improve reliability of supply during drought conditions.
Map of California's interconnected water system, including all eleven reservoirs over 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3) as well as selected smaller ones. This is a list of the largest reservoirs, or man-made lakes, in the U.S. state of California.
Bethany Reservoir: Bethany Forebay Dam: Italian Slough tributary: Alameda: California Department of Water Resources: 1961: Earth: 95 29: 5,250: 6,480 Big Bear Lake: Bear Valley Dam: Bear Creek: San Bernardino: Big Bear Municipal Water District: 1911: Multiple arch: 80 24: 74,000 [1] 91,000 Big Dry Creek Reservoir: Big Dry Creek Dam: Dry Creek ...
California's state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper. So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for deciding that ...
California is one step closer to building its largest water storage facility in nearly 50 years, after a court ruled in favor of the Sites Reservoir project following a challenge by environmental ...
The proposed $4.5 billion Sites Reservoir on ranch lands in Glenn and Colusa counties would be California’s first major reservoir in nearly 50 years. It is designed to capture more water from ...
The 1.73 million acre-feet (2.13 km 3) reservoir would have been located along the California Aqueduct several miles south of San Luis Reservoir, and would have allowed for the storage of water during wet years when extra water could be pumped from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. [66]
Yolo County Superior Court ruled in favor of Sites Reservoir, which would capture and store water from the Sacramento River