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UVWA committee backs regional IWPC track as PG&E prepares to surrender Potter Valley Project
Summary
Members discussed PG&E's planned surrender of the Potter Valley Project and Lake Pillsbury; staff characterized litigation to save Lake Pillsbury as unlikely to succeed and urged continued support for the IWPC two-basin solution. Staff said DWR-funded designs are at 60% and the state has agreed to fund significant construction costs.
Committee members spent an extended portion of the Sept. 29 meeting discussing PG&E's planned surrender of the Potter Valley Project and the regional options for securing water supplies. Staff framed two main tracks: litigation to try to keep Lake Pillsbury at current levels, and a multi-agency IWPC two-basin solution that would remove aging facilities at some sites, build new diversion infrastructure, increase…
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