- Foresthill Public Utility District (FPUD) was
formed in 1950.
- Sugar Pine Dam was completed January
1, 1984. Prior to this date, water was collected and diverted from many sources, i.e. springs, creeks, wells, mine shafts, etc.
- In 2003, FPUD acquired Sugar Pine Dam
in a purchase agreement with the Federal Government.
- Currently FPUD serves approx. 1,781
homes and businesses.
- Population within FPUD boundary is
approximately 5,800 residents.
- Remember the drought in the mid-
seventies? FPUD was forced to pump water out of Paragon mine owned by Malcom Glover because almost all other sources dried up!
- There are, and will continue to be,
Federal and State MANDATED fishery- related water releases even if there is NO WATER GOING INTO SUGAR PINE. Regardless of the increased need for residential or business consumption, these MANDATED releases will continue. The State and Federal Government have prior claims to a certain amount of water (salmon/steelhead habitat, for example) regardless of actual amounts of supply.
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- Raising the radial gates to hold more
water does not equate to a simple calculation of an increase in acre feet (1 acre surface area times 1 foot deep equals 1 acre foot). Sugar Pine's current capacity is approximately 7,000 acre feet. There is a factor called DRY YIELD that requires an engineering study to find the actual available water which may result from increasing reservoir capacity by raising radial gates. This study has not been done yet.
- While the holding capacity of Sugar Pine
is 6,922 acre feet at full pool, in reality the average yield of the resource (50% above and 50% below) is plus or minus 4,500 acre feet.
- There is an area outside of FPUD
boundaries called sphere of influence area. Forest Ranch's proposed increased development area (i.e. more homes, golf course, RV park, etc.) are in the sphere of influence area. This means that FPUD is not obligated at this time to supply Forest Ranch with additional water than the current zoning demands. To get water service from FPUD, Forest Ranch will be required to get FPUD Board approval for annexation into FPUD boundaries.
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