California reservoir water levels are in "incredible shape," with all of the state's major reservoirs at or above 100 percent of historical average for this time of year, according to data from the ...

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Columbus intends to annex most of the Hoover Reservoir in a series of agreements with townships. The large annexation push aims to protect the important drinking water source from annexation into ...

The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir planned for Northeast Texas has been the center of conflict between two regional water planning groups. The planners reached an agreement that will push the ...

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Construction on California's Sites Reservoir, a $6.8 billion project, is expected to begin by the end of next year. The reservoir, located west of Maxwell, will hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of ...

The plan to build one of California’s largest reservoirs in decades may now cost billions more dollars than expected, planners say. Sites Reservoir, set to be located near Maxwell in the Sacramento ...

Construction costs to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years, a vast 13-mile-long off-stream lake that would provide water to 500,000 acres of Central Valley farmlands and 24 ...

Selecting a random sample from a set is simple. But what about selecting a fair random sample from a set of unknown or indeterminate size? That’s where reservoir sampling comes in, and [Sam Rose] has ...

Santa Ynez Reservoir, empty when the Palisades fire erupted in January, is now back online. City Councilmember Traci Park says the lengthy repairs point to a need to improve how the city manages ...

Canton plans to demolish the underground Cromer Reservoir, which stores 15 million gallons of drinking water. City water officials say the roughly 100-year-old underground reservoir needs significant ...