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

Editorial: Raging streams give argument for Sites

Editorial: Raging streams give argument for Sites

January 12, 2017

Watching all the water raging in area streams, creeks and rivers, pounding over waterfalls and spilling out of Shasta Dam […]

Story of the Year: Water (Part Three): Sites Reservoir is front and center

January 5, 2017

The idea to construct Sites Reservoir is nothing new, but actions over the past couple of years by the project’s […]

Sites Reservoir ‘one step closer’ with Prop. 1 regulations

December 20, 2016

The California Water Commission recently adopted regulations that outline in greater detail the process water storage projects such as Sites […]

Delta fixes a key requirement for Proposition 1 reservoir funds

December 16, 2016

Final ground rules for applying for Proposition 1 water bond funds for large storage projects place a big emphasis on […]

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