A Virtual Tour of Sites Reservoir

[@barbaracole4314]

We're overdue for this, never too late !

[@C2JZ]

I really hope this happens. California faces a dire water emergency and we need all the help we can get.

[@JXiong-zo8ig]

BUILD IT BUILD IT NOW!!!!!

[@benhernandez8738]

About time people, all this rain and it just goes out to ocean,a waste, ant wait to see it

[@randellgribben9772]

are you from the area?

[@ipwee]

Not all of it is waste. California relies on Salmon reproduction to the tune of 1.4 billion dollars a year.

[@terryatpi]

Cool!

[@robertthomas7176]

what concerns are there in regards water salinity

[@bulletscreenprinting]

Best place in the state that they could build this. The habitat in that area is so poor the wildlife suffer for the lack of water. This will be a shot in the arm for wildlife and CA

[@jesse75]

You are correct. Scrub land. Poor soil. Not much animal life.

[@dwainsellers6453]

A much better use of funds than the high speed rail for sure.

[@alexanderx33]

4500 cfs is too little for storm flow by 1-2 orders of magnitude. IE this contributes nothing to equalization volume, which is the entire point of a water storage reservoir. This approach makes sense on a canal (like san luis does for the california aquaduct) but does nothing for preventing flood flows from escaping to the ocean. At best this reservoir would assist Shasta and whiskeytown to reduce their stored volume ahead of a storm event without loosing the water to do so.

[@genepintor3876]

What about the endangered species that live there? Not the fish.

[@jasonmadruga9028]

Convert 1.8 million acre feet to cubic yards = 2.9 billion cubic yards? Can't be right. I'm trying to compare this with Shasta Dam/Shasta Lake. Per Wikipedia, Shasta Lake volume "4,552,000 acre ft" (7.3 billion cu yd?) Shasta Dam "65,350,000 cu yd" (40506 acre feet?). I'm trying to compare numbers in acre feet and cubic yards to compare Sites with Shasta Lake / Shasta Dam.

[@ipwee]

I'm good with the idea. But farmers growing cotton in California are absurd. Millions of acres across the country sustain cotton. Almonds also use a great deal of water. However, our climate is perfect for their production, and they are a major income source for the State.

[@jesse75]

I worked in ag in the Williams area for 10 years. I've seen most farmers rotate crops. Some plant cotton.

[@jesse75]

I worked in ag in the Williams area for 10 years. I've seen most farmers rotate crops. Some plant cotton.

[@herbert92x]

So this is OK but the Auburn Dam was a a cause celeb? 🙄

[@darrinsiberia]

Auburn Dam site was on a fault line. Also that dam involved stopping a major river flow. This reservoir has water pumped in. Now the facts before you twiddle your thumbs.

[@kpb9849]

And we are getting a hi speed train instead fast track this

[@rickpetersen41]

Almost enough water for the people who crossed are border.

[@traxiii]

Sad but true, LOL!

[@jimfree0]

When the underlying fault is reactivated, gonna have a revival of Delta Blues as those mean old levees teach a whole new generation to weep n' moan...

[@jimfree0]

[Pre-existing fault architecture creates acute risks]

[@traxiii]

Could have probably filled it up the last two rainy seasons.

[@patrickr9606]

Absolute waste of TAX PAYER $$$$❗️. The storage vs cost is chump change storage, but the COST of Sites does not pencil out for cost vs. benefit. What crap!

[@jasonmadruga9028]

can you explain? I'm trying to compare with the biggest reservoirs Shasta Lake and Oroville but my conversions of acre feet don't seem correct.

[@mikeprzlomski2092]

We’re going to need to raise taxes. 🤣😂🤣

[@johnpeet1913]

Destroying valuable habitat. Better to restrict use of H2O for Central Valley lawns.

[@DaBinChe]

You mean LA lawns. Central Vally is mainly agriculture.

[@coolwiz7994]

SoCal has better drought resistant residents than anywhere in the Central Valley. You should take a drive into the inland empire and see for yourself. Riverside county has a ridiculous surplus of water even in lean years. We bank it constantly. Educate yourself.

[@johnpeet1913]

I meant to say the use of water for Central Valley lawns is a big waste of water. Sooner or later we are going to have to decide between watering lawns or flushing toilets, washing clothes,etc. 100 years from now they will wonder about our sanity. The central valley has urban sprawl in all towns that water lawns. And we plant winter grass to keep our gardeners busy all year. The Sierra Nevada is one of nature’s great water banks, it shouldn’t be wasted on lawns. Unless it’s a golf course.

[@DaBinChe]

@@coolwiz7994 LOL, if it wasn't for the supply from NoCal and the Colorado River SoCal would be dead.

[@bigjnorcalfishing506]

Residential use of water in CA is less than 10%. Not focusing on the 90% is just plain political corruption and cheap theater.