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To: i-node who wrote (100926)	11/3/2018 11:17:11 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 356329

"Why doesn't Cali build more reservoirs?" We are. Gov. Raygun killed the last one on the drawing boards, which would have been twice the size of Shasta, our largest. I was in school and prolly not paying attention, but I prolly would have approved; A few years later, I was fighting against a dam on the Stanislaus. Message 30609909 After Raygun came Prop 13, and people wouldn't spend money on anything. We were still pretty much OK, until 5 years of drought. It doesn't matter how much storage we have if we don't get rain and snow. I don't think we'll dam anymore rivers, but we'll build more off-stream dams. We have San Luis Dam , which also is pumped-hydro storage for electricity. We just funded another project... The proposed Sites Reservoir would be a large offstream reservoir in the Sacramento Valley in Northern California, a project of the California Department of Water Resources. Its primary purpose is to collect winter flood flows from the Sacramento River, diverting the water upstream of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and pumping it into an artificial lake located west of Colusa. On July 21, 2018 the state awarded $816 million in Proposition 1 funding to build the reservoir. [10] en.wikipedia.org = California OKs funds for Sites Reservoir, other water projects sacbee.com = Santa Clara Valley Water District to buy site for huge new reservoir, largest in 20 years in Bay Area Message 31675753 = I'm not aware of desal plans for the Mojave, which is pretty far from the ocean. Carlsbad Desalination Project, San Diego, California - Water ... water-technology.net The Carlsbad desalination project in San Diego County, California US, is the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere. Water Desalination Grant Program - California Department of Water ... water.ca.gov DWR announced the Round 4 final funding awards. Nine projects were awarded a total of $44.4 million. The remaining $48.7 million still available will be - California's Orange County Water District (OCWD), through a pioneering wastewater treatment facility that recycles used water -- or sewage -- and returns it to the drinking supply and Water Recycling Comes Of Age In Silicon Valley Message 30204507