{"id":233790,"date":"2022-03-22T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=233790"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:13:19","slug":"finally-progress-on-vital-sites-reservoir-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/commentary\/2022\/03\/finally-progress-on-vital-sites-reservoir-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalmente, avanza el proyecto vital del embalse de Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simple logic tells us that as climate change alters precipitation patterns, California must expand its capacity to capture and store water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if the overall amount of precipitation remains unchanged, we will receive more of it in the form of rain and less as snow, which means the natural reservoir of the Sierra snow pack will decline as a water source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can prepare for that decline by creating more storage, either in new reservoirs or by replenishing underground aquifers. However, despite the urgency of the situation \u2014 one underscored by the current drought<\/a> \u2014 California politicians have been lackadaisical about doing what needs to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local and regional water authorities have been more diligent. Southern California’s recent construction of more storage capacity is one reason it is less affected by the current drought than Northern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belatedly, increasing storage is moving upward on the political agenda. Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency invited sponsors of the Sites Reservoir project<\/a>, which has been on the back burner for decades, to apply for a $2.2 billion loan that would cover roughly 40% of the project\u2019s estimated cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with some state water bond money and commitments from prospective users of the project \u2014 Southern California water agencies, mostly \u2014 Sites is now in position to put together a financing package to make it a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve definitely turned the corner and we have a nice tailwind at our back,\u201d said Jerry Brown, executive director of the Sites Project Authority. Brown is not related to former Gov. Jerry Brown, whose Colusa County retirement home, incidentally, is not far from Sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not going to happen immediately, despite the urgency of the situation. Just assembling the loan package and getting approval could take several years and there are other hurdles to clear. Nevertheless, the strong possibility of a federal loan is a huge step forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it becomes reality, the reservoir would be constructed on the west side of the Sacramento Valley, west of Maxwell. It would have a capacity of up to 1.8 million acre-feet of water, about half the size of the state\u2019s Lake Oroville, but unlike Oroville, would not dam a major river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sites would be an off-stream reservoir, similar to \u2014 and slightly smaller than \u2014 the Embalse de San Luis<\/a> in the Pacheco Pass west of Los Banos. During periods of high precipitation and runoff, Sacramento River water would be pumped into Sites, then released back into the river as needed for agriculture, residential use or to maintain flows for fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an off-stream reservoir, Sites escapes at least some of the traditional opposition to big water projects from environmental groups, but there is some criticism that it could be used to divert water during low precipitation periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a, kind of, different way of thinking about it,\u201d project boss Brown told the Associated Press. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of fear and distrust and we have to operate in a way that we, you know, secure trust and address the fears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news about Sites should be kept in perspective. It\u2019s just one of many steps that California must take to protect its vital water supply from the potential ravages of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s entirely possible that climate change will not only change the mix of precipitation \u2014 more rain and less snow \u2014 but reduce the overall volume of water that falls on California, thus making more storage even more crucial while forcing us to rethink the entire pattern of water use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing is more critical to California\u2019s future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Comenz\u00f3 a cubrir la pol\u00edtica de California en 1975, justo cuando Jerry Brown comenz\u00f3 su primer per\u00edodo como gobernador, y comenz\u00f3 a escribir su columna en 1981, primero para Sacramento Union durante tres a\u00f1os, luego para The Sacramento Bee durante 33 a\u00f1os y ahora para CalMatters desde 2017. Dan tambi\u00e9n es autor o coautor de dos libros sobre California, \u201cThe New California: Facing the 21st Century\u201d y \u201cThe Third House: Lobbyists, Money and Power in Sacramento\u201d. Es un invitado frecuente en programas de radio y ocasionalmente aparece en la televisi\u00f3n nacional, comentando temas de California. Walters comenz\u00f3 su carrera en 1960 en el Humboldt Times en Eureka, California, un mes antes de cumplir 17 a\u00f1os, primero como asistente de redacci\u00f3n y luego como reportero de la polic\u00eda. 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