Share Your Thoughts on Funding Water Projects to Address California's Drought

The 2016 water year started on October 1st, and recent studies show that the six main reservoirs of the Central Valley Project are running perilously low. The reservoirs are only at 24% of their total capacity– a combined 200,000 acre-feet below where they started the water year in 2015. That's enough water to supply Sacramento for two years. In fact, half of the reservoirs don't even have 20% of their capacity – San Luis has less than 10% of its federal water capacity. El Nino is expected to hit California this winter, and these storms could carry enough water to alleviate the drought if we had the water storage facilties to capture it. Now in our fourth year of drought, it is clear that both Congress and the California state government need to act to invest in new water resources.

California voters overwhelmingly approved $7.545 billion to fund water projects, $2.7 billion of which will fund storage projects. Before these bond dollars can be disbursed, each state agency tasked with administering a competitive grant or loan process must evaluate project proposals.

Which of the following are projects you believe California should invest in to help solve the drought?