Water district suspends Pacheco Reservoir project | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

Water district suspends Pacheco Reservoir project | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

Valley Water officials have suspended the development of the Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, which the agency had been working on since 2017 and whose projected total cost has ballooned to more than $3 billion since then.  The Valley Water board of directors voted 6-0 to suspend the project at the Aug. 26 meeting, following a staff update that identified a number of ongoing challenges with the project. These challenges include rising costs,…