Governor Gavin Newsom says five newly-funded water storage projects in California will supply over 100,000 households with water for a year.
While visiting Chief Toquer Reservoir in Utah on Wednesday, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camile Touton announced $35 million for a total of six water storage projects, one in Utah and five in California.
They come under the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure law, a historic investment in drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, to deliver clean drinking water to all American families.
The US Bureau of Reclamation says the projects will help store water, recharge groundwater, maximize irrigation efficiency, purify and reuse water, and desalination.
Here in the Central Valley, $3.9 million will go phase 1 of the Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project.
It includes acquiring 350 acres in Kern County for the project expected to produce 2,482 acre-feet of water annually.
Listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern.
