reservoirs

Reclamation and Sites Project Authority plans to create new water storage in Northern California

Sites Reservoir would increase California’s existing water supply by providing 1.5 million acre-feet of additional storage capacity to the state…

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Biden’s $8 billion quest to solve America’s groundwater crisis

A researcher measures water levels in an irrigation well near Marienthal, Kansas. Water levels in the state's Ogallala Aquifer have…

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Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?

Plans call for building Sites Reservoir in this valley north of Sacramento. (Risa Johnson / Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)…

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Here’s how much Lake Mead could rise after an epic winter and new water cuts

Photo: Intake towers for the Hoover Dam rise above the surface of Lake Mead in April 2023. Will Lanzoni/CNN Lake…

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Incredible images show DRAMATIC change in water levels at California’s Lake Oroville — at 100% capacity compared to drought of 2021

One of the most important reservoirs on the West Coast is now sitting at 100 percent capacity after spending years…

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