News

Sites Team Intent on Building Reservior

April 17, 2024

Its time has come. Sites Reservoir is a critical infrastructure project for California’s changing water supply challenges and it needs to be built, said Sites […]

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California storms deliver above-average snowpack, replenish reservoirs

April 1, 2024

California’s mountains are covered with snow, reservoirs are mostly filled and hills across the state are sprouting green grass and wildflowers after the latest round […]

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California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years gains momentum

March 17, 2024

$205 million from Congress is latest boost for Sites Reservoir, but can it overcome opposition? Colusa County is known for sprawling rice farms and almond […]

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Press Releases

Press Release: Sites Reservoir Awarded Additional $205.6 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Western Water Infrastructure

March 11, 2024

Sites Reservoir Awarded Additional $205.6 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Western Water Infrastructure Maxwell, CA – This week, Congress […]

Press Release: New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today

February 15, 2024

New Analysis Finds Sites Reservoir Would Be 80 Percent Full After Recent Storms If It Were Operational Today 2023 and […]

Press Release: Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process

November 17, 2023

Sites Reservoir Reaches Milestone in Environmental Review Process SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sites Project Authority, as the lead agency under […]

Press Release: California Certifies Sites Reservoir Under Senate Bill 149 for Streamlined Judicial Review

November 7, 2023

California Certifies Sites Reservoir Under Senate Bill 149 for Streamlined Judicial Review Decision Saves Time and Reduces Cost While Ensuring […]

News

California Water Commission Staff Undervalues Public Benefits of New Storage

February 5, 2018

Maxwell, CA – The California Water Commission today announced initial public benefit scores to the 11 project applicants for Proposition […]

Statement on Initial Public Benefit Scores Provided by the California Water Commission

January 25, 2018

You may have heard the California Water Commission (CWC) plans to publish Public Benefit Ratio (PBR) scoring information, which was […]

Project Benefits Animation

November 9, 2017

California needs more water storage options. The Sites Reservoir would provide the state an additional 500,000 acre feet of high-quality […]

Sites Reservoir Comment Period Extended

September 18, 2017

MAXWELL, CA – The Sites Reservoir Authority (Authority) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) – lead agencies for the Sites […]

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