Board members and staff discussed the timeline for new domestic and agricultural water connections in Redwood Valley. Even with the planned 30-inch distribution main connecting Redwood Valley to the broader system, physical bottlenecks (currently a 6-inch line), hydraulic challenges due to elevation changes, and state requirements around water rights and drought resilience mean new hookups are realistically 10 years out. The infrastructure tie-in alone is estimated at 3–5 years, and the state will require multiple consecutive drought years of adequate supply before lifting the existing moratorium.
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