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Panel lays out multiple storage options, costs and funding gaps to replace Lake Pillsbury storage
Summary
Consultants and Corps representatives reviewed six storage concepts (tributary reservoirs, in-valley dam raises, pond networks, conjunctive groundwater, pump-back pipelines and Army Corps study) with cost ranges and trade-offs; panelists said planning/design funds exist but no construction capital is in hand.
Panelists led by Tom Johnson (consultant) and Eric Nagy (consultant) reviewed multiple storage alternatives intended to replace seasonal storage formerly provided by Lake Pillsbury and discussed where additional storage would fit in a post-decommissioning future.
Options and rough costs presented included tributary reservoir alternatives ($125to250 million), a low-height in-valley dam at Potter Valley (20to40-foot options; roughly $115to220 million), shallow pond storage scaled by acreage (roughly $15to29 million to reach several thousand acre-feet), conjunctive groundwater storage…
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