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Public comments periods open for two changes at PG&E s Potter Valley Project kzyx.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kzyx.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PG&E announced this week that the spillway gates on top of Scott Dam will remain open, which will lower the level of Lake Pillsbury by about a quarter, and curtail flow into the East Branch of the Russian River to those of dry years like 2020 and 2021.
The Board of Supervisors worked out most of the details except the amount of a sales tax to fund water and fire, which they plan to present to the voters in November.
The Inland Water and Power Commission calculates it would take $1.6 to $1.8 million a year for the next five or six years to acquire rights to the Potter Valley Project water and pay for a feasibility study to raise Coyote Valley Dam.