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 […]

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Column: It’s about time California built the Sites Reservoir

November 13, 2023

SACRAMENTO —  California’s state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still […]

Newsom accelerates plans for California’s largest reservoir in nearly 50 years

November 10, 2023

“Investing in Western water infrastructure is a top priority for Reclamation and the Biden Administration as witnessed by the commitment […]

CBS NEWS SACRAMENTO Final plans for Northern California’s Sites Reservoir released

November 10, 2023

SACRAMENTO – The final plans to increase Northern California’s water storage by building Sites Reservoir were released by the Bureau […]

Gavin Newsom fast-tracks plan to build California’s first new reservoir in decades

November 10, 2023

Gov. Gavin Newsom put a long-debated water storage project north of Sacramento on the fast track for approval Monday, using […]

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