A much-anticipated water storage project in northern California received a major financial commitment from the federal government Monday.
According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the Biden Administration has committed $30 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the Sites Reservoir project.
Despite the wet start to this year’s rain season, Shasta Dam remains at only 25% capacity.
“So three-quarters of the lake is empty; we need some really significant winter storms back-to-back-to-back to help fill this lake,” said Don Bader, the area manager at Shasta Dam.
Bader says they would like to have the dam typically around 60% full during this time of year. He says the dam depends mostly on rainfall.
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