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  2. Hell Hole Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Placer County's 1961 bond approval allowed its water agency to seek out water supplies that were not already claimed by others. Loon Lake, south of Hell Hole, was already prescripted, but the rugged, untouched Hell Hole was not. In 1934, the State of California took steps to claim any unclaimed water rights along the American River's three forks.

  3. Auburn Dam - Wikipedia

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    200–750 MW. Auburn Dam was a proposed concrete arch dam on the North Fork of the American River east of the town of Auburn, California, in the United States, on the border of Placer and El Dorado Counties. Slated to be completed in the 1970s by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it would have been the tallest concrete dam in California and one ...

  4. ‘It’s truly a crisis’: Placer County calls on Governor Gavin ...

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    September 16, 2024 at 12:51 PM. Daniel Kim/Sacramento Bee file. Placer County leaders have called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to help stabilize the insurance market, which they say has made it more ...

  5. Nevada Irrigation District - Wikipedia

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    Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is an agency in Northern California that supplies water for much of Nevada County and portions of Placer and Yuba Counties. The water is used for irrigation, municipal and domestic purposes. It was established in 1921. The Nevada Irrigation District owns and operates a system of ten reservoirs, many part of the ...

  6. PG&E sued by El Dorado and Placer counties over ... - AOL

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  7. River Fire: Water agency asks residents to cut back on non ...

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    Crews continue to make progress on the River Fire near Colfax. The Placer County Water Agency is now asking people in their district to cut back on non-essential water use so firefighters can keep ...

  8. Mosquito Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Placer County Water Agency, which operates the Middle Fork Project (a water supply and hydroelectric power generation system, and California's eight-largest public power project), sued PG&E after alleging that the fire had caused, in addition to physical damage to its facilities, the loss of tens of millions of dollars in power production ...

  9. Between Placer County neighborhoods, residents see ‘night and ...

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    PG&E said its average customer’s electric bill for July 2024 was $207, which is about 46% higher than the average Roseville Electric customers currently pay, at $142 a month. Roseville Electric ...