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News Release: New Analysis Finds 2023 Storms Would Have Yielded Water for Up to 2.4 Million People, Farms, and Businesses if Sites Reservoir Were Operational Today

March 16, 2023

Sacramento, CA – Today, the Sites Project Authority announced updated findings from an analysis that projected Sites Reservoir could have diverted and captured 250,000 acre-feet […]

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This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?

February 27, 2023

The Sites Reservoir — a $4.4 billion project to add dams and store more water that’ll be sent south — is still years away from […]

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How will California’s water storage hold up in future dry-wet cycles?

January 19, 2023

California’s recent storms have brought record amounts of precipitation but have also revived a perennial debate at the state Capitol over water storage and management.

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Have no Prop. 1 water projects been built in California? No, but they are moving slowly

January 19, 2023

SACRAMENTO —  California voters approved a ballyhooed $7.5-billion bond issue eight-plus years ago thinking the state would build dams and other vital […]

New analysis projects capabilities of Sites Reservoir during heavy river flows

January 19, 2023

The Sites Project Authority released findings Wednesday from a new analysis that projected Sites Reservoir could have diverted and captured […]

News Release: New Analysis Reveals Recent Storms Would Have Yielded Water for Up to 2 Million People, Farms, and Businesses if Sites Reservoir Were Operational Today

January 18, 2023

Sacramento, CA – The Sites Project Authority today announced findings from a new analysis that projected Sites Reservoir could have […]

Sites Reservoir team discusses hopes and hurdles

January 17, 2023

REDDING, Calif. — Water availability has become a critical issue in the face of ongoing drought, and one prominent potential solution […]

California has lots of catching up to do on flood management — with or without climate change

January 16, 2023

SACRAMENTO — When Leland Stanford became California’s governor in 1862, he needed a rowboat to carry him to the Capitol to be […]

News Release: Sites Reservoir Awarded Additional $80 Million in Federal Funds to Increase Drought Resilience

January 4, 2023

Sacramento, CA – Last week, the Sites Reservoir project was awarded $80 million in federal funding from the Bureau of […]

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