On Monday, October 17th, the U.S. Department of Interior announced $210 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West, including $137 million to projects in California. Two of the California projects are located within RCRC member counties:
- B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project (Merced County): $25 million to the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Authority, to pursue the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project. The project is associated with the B.F. Sisk Safety of Dams Modification Project. Once complete, the project will develop approximately 130,000 acre-feet of additional storage.
- North of Delta Off Stream Storage (Sites Reservoir Project): $30 million to pursue off stream storage capable for up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water in the Sacramento River system located in the Coast range mountains west of Maxwell, California (Colusa County). The reservoir would utilize new and existing facilities to move water into and out of the reservoir, with ultimate release to the Sacramento River system via existing canals, a new pipeline near Dunnigan (Yolo County) , and the Colusa Basin Drain (Colusa County).