Members of a recently formed legal entity that hopes to continue diverting water from the Eel River to the Russian River after the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project is decommissioned are celebrating the recent awarding of federal funds designed to help their efforts.
Members of a recently formed legal entity that hopes to continue diverting water from the Eel River to the Russian River after the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project is decommissioned are celebrating the recent awarding of federal funds designed to help their efforts.
Both the Mendocino County Inland Water & Power Commission and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted recently to take the next steps in the long process of dismantling the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
Both the Mendocino County Inland Water & Power Commission and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted recently to take the next steps in the long process of dismantling the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project.
Last week, a plan was submitted to Pacific Gas and Electric Company that would maintain diversions from the Eel River to the Russian River amid a dam removal process in the Potter Valley. The plan was submitted by three of the five groups who previously formed a partnership to balance water diversions with fish interests.