$4.5 billion Sites project would be eighth largest reservoir in California, with groundbreaking planned for 2026
Jerry Brown, executive director of the Sites Project Authority, visits ranchland near Maxwell, Calif., in rural Colusa County north of Sacramento, where the new $4.5 billion Sites Reservoir is proposed for construction. California is no stranger to severe droughts. Eleven of the past 17 years have been in drought, with urban water shortages, barren farm fields, and a lack of water for fish and wildlife — the most recent ending just last winter when soaking rains finally returned.
But there have been no enormous new reservoirs built, like Shasta, Oroville and others were in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Experts cite many reasons. Most of the best spots are already taken. President Reagan changed the rules in the 1980s so that the federal government no longer pays 100% of the costs. Environmental laws passed in the 1970s — from the Endangered Species Act to the Clean Water Act — limit where and how projects can be built, and give opponents powerful tools to block them.
Dry grass surrounds a sign denoting the Sites Town Square on Friday, July 23, 2021 in Sites, Calif. The sign is one of the few remnants of the once bustling town anchored by a sandstone quarry. The town would be underwater as part of the planned Sites Reservoir. The reservoir would be used to store water during wet years for use during droughts and would be large enough to supply 1.5 million households each for one year.
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