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Article: Outreach prevents dam from being damned. (Olivenhain Municipal Water District's reservoir)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 26, 1994
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Environment: Water project moves forward with nary a complaint
Conciliation works better than confrontation when planning a water storage project near environmentally sensitive lands. That's the lesson a North County water district says it learned in designing a proposed emergency storage reservoir.
Planned for just west of Lake Hodges, the Olivenhain Municipal Water District's reservoir will cost up to $80 million and hold up to 24,000 acre-feet, or 7.8 billion gallons. The district serves 39,000 people from Rancho Santa Fe to the Escondido border.
Environmental reviews are complete, and the district expects final federal approval early next year.
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