An innovative plan to cover a California canal with solar panels could lead to “future larger scale implementation,” potentially conserving more water in the desert Southwest, LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An innovative plan to cover a California canal with solar panels could lead to “future larger scale implementation,” potentially conserving more water in the desert Southwest. A $15 million allocation will study floating solar arrays on the Delta-Mendota Canal, a 117-mile waterway in Central California. The project will involve the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the University of California-Merced,
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