The country’s tallest dam no longer has enough water to supply Californians electricity while millions of dollars meant to enhance the state’s water reserves have gone unused for seven years, the Washington Examiner reported Monday.
Voters in 2014 approved Prop. 1, which authorized $7.5 billion to alleviate California’s water woes.
The Examiner said storage facilities were the largest portion of the bond, which also included projects such as water recycling, groundwater sustainability, and drinking water safety. A total of $2.7 billion were dedicated to the construction of reservoirs to capture excess water runoff during winters.
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