(Sites Valley, CA) — Sites Reservoir, a proposed water storage facility 10 miles west of Maxwell, received another monetary boost yesterday with the announcement that it is part of a $152 million investment from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

According to The Appeal-Democrat, the project, which has been in development for more than 60 years, previously received $80 million in federal funding in January from the Bureau of Reclamation. Officials believe that Sites Reservoir will provide significant public benefits – including environmental benefits, flood control and recreational opportunities. The project hopes to turn the Sites Valley, which is located 10 miles west of Maxwell where Colusa and Glenn counties meet, into a state-of-the-art off-stream water storage facility that captures and stores stormwater flows in the Sacramento River – after all other water rights and regulatory requirements are met – for release in dry and critical years for environmental use and for communities, farms and businesses statewide to utilize when needed.

Officials have said that the Sites Reservoir Project could provide as much as 1.5 million acre-feet of additional water storage capacity.