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4 DAM PROJECTS = 1.8M ACRE FEET OF STORAGE
Three of proposed water projects are in Diablo Range on westside of Northern San Joaquin Valley & the Delta
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There is a proposal to raise the current 305-foot earthen dam at San Luis Reservoir by 20 feet. That would add 130,000 acre feet of storage to the 2 million acre foot reservoir. The additional water would be enough to meet the needs of 650,000 people for a year.
Three reservoir projects in the Diablo Range on the westside of both the Northern San Joaquin Valley and the Delta are part of a strategy to store receive runoff during wet years to cushion California water supplies against prolonged drought. The projects — raising San Luis Reservoir, building a Del Puerto Canyon dam and raising Los Vaqueros Reservoir — would add 245,000 acre feet of water storage capacity.