The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a $514 million investment aimed at ensuring clean, reliable drinking water for communities across the Western United States. The Department of Interior says this funding is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and will support five major water storage and conveyance projects. These initiatives are designed to address long-term water scarcity issues in the West, where communities and ecosystems have been facing increasing challenges related to water availability. A significant portion of the investment will go to California, including $129 million earmarked for the highly anticipated Sites Reservoir Project. This off-stream storage project, located on the Sacramento River system near Maxwell, California, will develop up to 1.5 million acre-feet of new water storage capacity.

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