Where does the water come from to irrigate the golf course?
The Gold Rush developers will tell you the golf course will solve Sutter Creeks looming wastewater problems. In fact, it worsens them because putting wastewater on a golf course requires a special kind of treatment (Title 22 Tertiary treatment) that Sutter Creek does not currently have. Besides building an expensive new treatment plant (and passing those costs on to the ratepayers), Gold Rush will also have to have increased storage capacity to capture the wastewater in the winter when they dont need it, and save it for use in the summer. The ARSA Master Plan has identified Henderson Reservoir as the preferred site for creating the additional storage (300 acre feet). To do this, it will have to be rebuilt to provide the additional capacity. Gold Rush will pay for this, however, there has not yet been an environmental impact study on this and so it has not yet been confirmed that this is a feasible plan and what mitigations will be required. Even with a storage pond, the golf course wil
