1970

Cal-Am announces Peninsula water shortage. Current use is at 15,000 af per year. Cal-Am proposes a dam in two stages. Stage one will be completed in five years and supply the Monterey Peninsula until 1985. The cost will be $8.5M, with a 240’ high dam yielding 25,000 af of water per year. The second phase, to be built in the ‘80s, would yield 42,000 af per year, adequate to supply the Peninsula until 2000. This stage would cost $14M and raise the height to 350’.

 Cachagua community opposes dam project. (Vandevere)