Hearing process could boost Sites Reservoir project
The plan to build California’s first new major reservoir in decades advances as the state considers whether to issue a water-right permit for the proposed Sites Reservoir, an off-stream water storage project that could store up to 1.5 million acre-feet annually. The California State Water Resources Control Board last week began a public hearing process on the project’s water-right permit application. Hearings will continue through October. Representatives of agriculture, water districts and government agencies spoke at the first session Aug. 19 and urged the state water board to approve the water-right permit to advance the project.
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