MMWD secures Novato lot for pipeline project

A 4.5-acre site in Novato that was set to become an 87-room hotel might end up a pump station as part of a drought resiliency effort.

The Marin Municipal Water District has signed an agreement to purchase the property on Wood Hollow Drive at Redwood Boulevard from the developer, Navin LLC.

The utility announced the $4.8 million deal as it gears up to begin public outreach on an environmental study called the “atmospheric river capture” project. The initiative involves a proposed...