MMWD approves $9.7M to advance Sonoma-to-Marin water pipeline

The Marin Municipal Water District took another step this week in pursuit of what the agency says is its largest supply and drought resiliency project in 40 years.

The district board voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize spending $9.7 million to design a pipeline that would tap into an existing aqueduct system to get Sonoma County water to Marin reservoirs.

The pipeline project was selected in February as the district’s priority effort to boost supply. If completed, it would...