San Jose Mayor disagrees with Santa Clara Valley Water District leaders on Pacheco Reservoir expansion
By Jana Kadah article
The Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project is a collaboration between Valley Water, the San Benito County Water District, and the Pacheco Pass Water District. The project will boost Pacheco Reservoir’s operational capacity from 5,500 acre-feet to up to
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SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is pushing back against Santa Clara Valley Water District s Pacheco Reservoir Expansion project, but water district representatives say his concerns are misleading.
On Friday, Liccardo held a news conference where he emphasized that the $2.5 billion project to boost Pacheco Reservoir s operational capacity from 5,500 acre-feet to up to 140,000 acre-feet is not a smart investment.
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Dried-out reservoir photos show extent of drought in the southwest as up to 85% of California suffers exceptional water shortages
Lake Oroville, a reservoir formed by the Oroville Dam impounding the Feather River in northern California, has been seen with a dry and cracked riverbed in recent photos
Last month, Lake Oroville was at just 38% of its capacity - a sobering reminder of the massive drought that ran from 2012 to 2016
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