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Centennial Dam
Centennial Dam is a proposed dam on the border of Placer County and Nevada County in Northern California near Colfax. The contingent reservoir would be created by a 275-foot dam along the Bear River between two existing reservoirs — Lake Combie and Rollins Reservoir — and would hold 110,000 acre feet of water. Name The project, set to be run by the Nevada Irrigation District upon approval, would begin construction in 2021, which would coincide with the district's 100-year anniversary — thus providing the dam and reservoir its proposed name. Cost The Nevada Irrigation District suggests construction of the dam will exceed $250 million, with an additional $54 million allotted for a new road crossing. Criticism The " Save the Bear, Stop Centennial" campaign was created in opposition of the proposal by non-profit environmental organizations, the Foothills Water Network and South Yuba River Citizens League.{{cite web, url=https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/peter-van-zan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Placer County, California
Placer County ( ; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn. Placer County is included in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area. It is in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions, in what is known as the Gold Country. The county stretches roughly 65 miles (105 km) from Sacramento's suburbs at Roseville to the Nevada border and the shore of Lake Tahoe. Etymology The discovery of gold in 1848 brought tens of thousands of miners from around the world during the California Gold Rush. In addition, many more thousands came to provide goods and services to the miners. On April 25, 1851, the fast-growing county was formed from parts of Sutter and Yuba Counties with Auburn as the county seat. Placer County took its name from the Spanish word for sand or gravel deposits containing gold. Miners washed away the gravel, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
