The Brief
- The Marin Municipal Water District wants to raise the level of the Nicasio Reservoir by several feet, upsetting residents who fear the expansion could flood their homes.
- The agency issued a public statement saying it’s looking into the residents’ concerns in preparation of an Environmental Impact Report, which is necessary to greenlight raising the dam.
NICASIO, Calif. – The tiny Marin County town of Nicasio is up in arms, not because the nearby dam will fail, but because an expansion plan could flood their town if it succeeds.
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To store more water, the Marin Municipal Water District wants to use a rubber dam to raise the level of Nicasio Reservoir by about 4 and a half feet. Just upstream of the reservoir is the tiny hamlet of Nicasio, with about 250 homes and a population under 1,000.…