A ten day public hearing begins Tuesday for the proposed Sites Reservoir project near Maxwell in Colusa County. The hearing is for the permit to be issued for the storage of up to 1.5 Million Acre-Feet of water, which would be diverted by canals and pipelines 17 miles from the Sacramento River. Before issuing the permit, the State Water Resources Control Board needs to be assured that enough water will be available for senior water right holders, as well as water quality, fish and other wildlife in the river and the delta. The meeting begins at 9AM Tuesday, the 6th, the 9th through 11th, the 16th, 18th, 23rd, 24th and 30th, and can be viewed on the SWRCB Youtube Channel.
-Steve Gibson