Progressive Calif build no new dams to store heavy rain now snow melt off. Just let

[goodpen]

it go to the ocean and wait for the next drought to not have enough water for crops or people. Sure doesn't make any sense. /forward looking and planning people sure are needed in the nation today. what is the water shortage going to be in another 50 years??

[d0gbreath]

It actually takes quite some time to build a dam. It might be a good idea to build a couple for the next time, but every time a dam holds water, it cuts water off from the people down stream.

[Captain Kirk!]

And they just had another mass shooting...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/another-c...orhood-reports

[goodpen]

Cuts water off from people downstream?? After the lake is formed behind a dam it actually is the purpose to release stored water as needed. A dam can also be constructed to provide electricity...something Calif appears to be short of. As the rive travels perhaps another dam, downstream could be beneficial. Another benefit is helping to stop flooding.

[Traddles]

Trying this line again?

Just let
it go to the ocean ...

Rephrasing the false statement slightly does not make it true.

There are numerous existing dams, on major rivers and on creeks that feed those rivers, the Pacific, and into the bay. As I posted in your previous thread, https://thepoliticsforums.com/thread...ghlight=shasta ,

Ummmmm ... while Enviros and Dems pretty much shut down new dam projects in the 1970s, there are multiple dams on many California rivers and creeks. So no, the rain water and snow melt doesn't just run off straight into the ocean or SF Bay. Ever heard of Lake Shasta, on the Sacramento River? Dam. Remember the Oroville Dam on the Feather River that was endangered in 2017? Yeah, dam. Folsom Dam and Nimbus Dam on the American River near Folsom and Sacramento ... dams.

Ever heard of the Yolo Bypass? It's a large flat area into which water from the Sacramento River can be released, the major weirs for releasing water having been built in 1916 and 1929. Upstream from the Yolo Bypass is the Sutter bypass.

Moving on to a few creeks, Lake Berryessa is formed by a dam on Putah Creek. Clear Lake is formed by a dam on Cache Creek. Lexington Reservoir and Lake Vasona on Los Gatos Creek are behind dams. San Pablo Reservoir is on San Pablo Creek behind the San Pablo Dam.

Obviously I could go on and on and ... if I resorted to a search engine. So, no, California rain and snowpack does not "all just run off into the ocean". !

It gives a pretty decent picture of the situation of the many reservoirs in NorCal, with emphasis on the SF Bay Area (it's an Oakland TV station).

In other news, reported 3 months ago,



Construction would take several years, as would filling it. Current projection are that it would be operational in 2031.

The 5 decades pause in dam building was stupid, but to suggest that all this recent rain just runs off into the ocean ignores the previous 7 decades of building bypasses that absorb excess water flow from rivers and a very large network of dams (two are within 15 or 20 minutes' drive of my house). It also ignores the use of percolation ponds to use local aquifers as water storage (the aquifer underlying Silicon Valley is currently so full that water is coming up through low-lying freeway sections' potholes (I could identify such an area on southbound I-880).

[teeceetx]

You can't be serious!

CA actually doing something to resolve their issues? (water, electricity, fires, etc.)

[What'sThat?]

When I was in Cali they completed a huge reservoir in S Calf.....Diamond Valley near Hemet

Started around 1999 and completed around 2003.

At the time it doubled the surface water capacity in Souther California.

[Nox]

And they just had another mass shooting...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/another-c...orhood-reports

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multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting with people down at a residence that was being used as a rental.
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I wonder what liability the owner of the rental has ??? This is after all cali and when the lawsuits flow, there is a tsunami.

[El Guapo]

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multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting with people down at a residence that was being used as a rental.
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I wonder what liability the owner of the rental has ??? This is after all cali and when the lawsuits flow, there is a tsunami.

I'll bet a dollar it's an Air BNB property. Happens in big cities all over. Homey rents a house in an upscale area for the night and has hisself a par-tay. All manner of hoodrat shenanigans ensue.

[MedicineBow]

It actually takes quite some time to build a dam. It might be a good idea to build a couple for the next time, but every time a dam holds water, it cuts water off from the people down stream.

No, they control the flow downstream. That's the whole purpose of them.