Those who rely on water from the Miocene Canal are set to take part in a meeting to review a proposal to deliver water to property and land owners
New this morning and happening today& a meeting to review a proposal to get much needed water back into the miocene canal.
The camp fire destroyed a vital link of the canal which runs some 25 miles along the feather river.
Since the fire... water has not reached property, orchard and cattle owners along the lower miocene.
Now& a possible short-term fix.
"i mean if you don't have water on your property...your property is worthless."
For those whose property and livelihoods rely on getting water finding a solution, is a matter of live or death.
I talked with ed cox& a key member of the miocence canal workgroupã those directly impacted.
"you can't live on a piece of property that has no water" several other neighbors who did not wish to speak on camera told me& their wellsãare also running dry.
And they're worried.
"this is not much different than a severe droughtã it's an emergency situation."
Under pg&e's plea agreement for its responsibility in the camp fire, it agreed to provide up to 15 million dollars over the next five years tã figure out a way to get water back to the miocene canal.
From this perch above lake oroville butte county's water and resource conversation director explained to me the planãto literallyãsuck water out of the lake "there will be a small barge put into the lake, that will have a pump and pipes and pumping water out of lake oroville."
"the advantage of limes saddle, is it's the closest point to where the canal runs perpendiculateã and put the same amount of water that would replicate before the fire and get water back into the system."
Gosseline says the mioceneãhas for years - been frought with issuesãsimply aplified by the camp fire.
"this is considered a temporary solution for the next 3-5 yearsã there will be continued discussion for long term permanent solutions to give people more reliable water supply."
Gosseline says there is not yet a timeline for when this proposal would be implementedã saying there are plenty of permit and fee details to work out.
But says he is hopeful the concept will move forward.
That meeting is todayãat 11amã it's virtual and open to the public.
Visit action news now, look under news, then newslinks, for miocene canal meeting.
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