SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-delayed plan to build a giant reservoir in Northern California to help withstand the U.S. West’s notorious droughts got a huge boost on Thursday when the federal government signaled its intent to loan the project nearly $2.2 billion — or about half the cost.
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I wonder if they'll actually build this one.
As long as I lived in California, there was talk about building new reservoirs during the dry years, but as soon as they got a couple wet years in a row, the projects are shelved because 'we've got plenty of water now'.
