LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Two Lake County projects that aim to help the threatened Clear Lake hitch have received state funding.
The hitch is the focus of an emergency declaration the Board of Supervisors passed in February.
The Governor’s Office reported that it has dedicated $71 million to address drinking water shortages, species protection and populations particularly impacted by drought.
Those projects include $500,000 to fund stream gages and well transducers for use in Clear Lake to better understand the relationship between streamflow, well pumping and water use.
The second project, for a contract to investigate groundwater/stream water interactions in the Clear Lake region, also will receive $500,000 for a contract to investigate groundwater/stream water interactions in the Clear Lake region.
The funding for both, totaling $1 million, will support the threatened Clear Lake hitch.
Other awards that are part of that funding round include:
• $10 million to provide immediate and near-term financial and technical support to help small communities whose water supplies have been impacted by drought.
• $55 million to address dry wells by providing hauled water and well repair and replacement.
• $5 million to provide direct relief grants for small-scale and historically underserved farmers.
$1 million awarded to help Clear Lake hitch
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