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Thirsty North Bay gets water funds, tackles regulations: Federal Stimulus Provides $25 million to water recycling

Posted by: Maven on April 6, 2009 at 6:21 am

From the North Bay Business Journal:

NORTH COAST – As the North Bay faces the potential of a third dry year, commerce and agriculture face both boosts and barriers from government in getting enough water to stay in business.

The prospects for easing long-term water-supply issues in some of the North Bay’s thirstiest areas improved dramatically last week when President Obama signed a spending bill that authorized $25 million for the estimated $100 million first phase of recycled-water projects in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties.

“This authorization is certainly good news, but there is a lot of work to be done,” said Felix Riesenberg, principal Napa County water resources engineer partly overseeing the Milliken-Sarco-Tulucay Creek Recycled Water Project, commonly called MST. “The next step is to get the money appropriated.”

The project, located in the groundwater-sparse area east and northeast of Napa, is part of the North Bay Water Recycling Program that received authorization in the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. Other projects in the program are recycled-water extensions in Sonoma Valley and continued Napa Salt Marsh restoration.

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April 6, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California

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