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Cloverdale council adopts water‑supply finding for Esmeralda project after debate, 4–1
Summary
After a technical presentation and three hours of public comment, the Cloverdale City Council voted 4–1 to adopt a November 2025 water supply assessment and verification for the proposed Esmeralda mixed‑use development, finding supplies sufficient under a range of scenarios while several residents pressed for independent review and raised contamination concerns.
The Cloverdale City Council voted 4–1 on November 30 to adopt a water supply assessment (WSA) and water supply verification (WSV) for the proposed Esmeralda mixed‑use development, clearing a procedural hurdle that will be part of future environmental review but does not itself approve the development.
Consultant Brad Arnold of EKI summarized the technical report and told the council the WSA/WSV “indicates that Cloverdale has sufficient and reliable water supplies to meet the projected demands, including that with the project through 2045” under a range of hydrologic conditions. The study accounts for droughts and the possible decommissioning of the Potter Valley Project and relies on Cloverdale’s senior water rights and the city’s 2021 Urban Water Management Plan for baseline inputs.
The WSA estimated the project’s total potable water demand at about 76,000,000 gallons per year at…
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