The U.S..Interior Department has announced $210 million in funding from the recently enacted infrastructure bill for Western water storage and conveyance, including $137 million for projects in California’s Central Valley.
The projects are expected to develop over 1.7 million acre-feet of additional water storage capacity, enough water to support 6.8 million people for a year, the agency noted in a release. The funding will also invest in two feasibility studies that could advance water storage capacity further once completed.
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