Wednesday November 13, 2024
SF Gate —
One of California’s largest reservoirs is on track to get bigger.
A $1 billion project to raise the height of B.F. Sisk Dam and increase water storage capacity on the San Luis Reservoir cleared another hurdle.
State agencies and the federal government reached an agreement on Oct. 1 around how costs to build the project would be shared and how the new storage capacity would be divided up if the dam were raised 10 feet. Under the plan, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, one of the largest water districts in the San Francisco Bay Area, would kick in the most funding and have access to the most storage. The agreement will be marked with a celebration in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, said Matthew Keller, a spokesperson for Valley Water.
“There are more steps to get this done, but this a significant milestone and positive direction for this project,” said Keller.