stupid rules.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/getting-answers-why-are-dams-releasing-water-in-a-drought/
Meanwhile enough water has just run down the LA (concrete) River
into the Pacific to supply all of LAs water needs for a year.
“When you look at the Los Angeles River being between 50% and 70%
full during a storm, you realize that more water is running down the
river into the ocean than what Los Angeles would use in close to a
year,” said Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at UCLA. “What a waste of water supply.”
That's a need that is currently met by pumping water from far north.
Those pumps consume 1/3 of Ca. electricity. We spend more money on
keeping homeless methheads high than on increasing Ca. water
infrastructure.
On 1/4/23 1:28 AM, ScottW wrote:
stupid rules.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/getting-answers-why-are-dams-releasing-water-in-a-drought/
We can add water management to the list of subjects in which Scott is expert. Where do you propose storing the snow melt when it arrives?
Meanwhile enough water has just run down the LA (concrete) RiverWhere would you store all that water?
into the Pacific to supply all of LAs water needs for a year.
“When you look at the Los Angeles River being between 50% and 70%https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam
full during a storm, you realize that more water is running down the
river into the ocean than what Los Angeles would use in close to a year,” said Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor for environment and sustainability at UCLA. “What a waste of water supply.”
That's a need that is currently met by pumping water from far north.I'm pretty sure that last claim is incorrect.
Those pumps consume 1/3 of Ca. electricity. We spend more money on
keeping homeless methheads high than on increasing Ca. water infrastructure.
On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 8:26:06 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
On 1/4/23 1:28 AM, ScottW wrote:
stupid rules.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/getting-answers-why-are-dams-releasing-water-in-a-drought/
We can add water management to the list of subjects in which Scott is
expert. Where do you propose storing the snow melt when it arrives?
We obviously need more and larger reservoirs or get off the snow melt dependency.
But neither is happening.
Meanwhile enough water has just run down the LA (concrete) RiverWhere would you store all that water?
into the Pacific to supply all of LAs water needs for a year.
“When you look at the Los Angeles River being between 50% and 70%https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam
full during a storm, you realize that more water is running down the
river into the ocean than what Los Angeles would use in close to a
year,” said Mark Gold, associate vice chancellor for environment and
sustainability at UCLA. “What a waste of water supply.”
That's a need that is currently met by pumping water from far north.I'm pretty sure that last claim is incorrect.
Those pumps consume 1/3 of Ca. electricity. We spend more money on
keeping homeless methheads high than on increasing Ca. water
infrastructure.
A little...that's peak demand percentage which is an issue when rolling blackouts
are required. Those pumps really can't be just shutdown.
But the total consumption is still around 1/5, by far the largest consumer of electricity.
“The American River is a pretty big basin and Folsom is not really a big reservoir, so it was coming up a foot an hour” at times, Bader said.
Big river... little reservoir. Great!
On 1/4/23 1:16 PM, ScottW wrote:
“The American River is a pretty big basin and Folsom is not really a big reservoir, so it was coming up a foot an hour” at times, Bader said.
Big river... little reservoir. Great!No worries. They made room.
https://www.abc10.com/article/weather/flooding/water-released-folsom-nimbus-dams/103-c19b636d-6e38-4c2e-84a0-d6c3edb9b0eb
On 1/4/23 12:27 PM, ScottW wrote:
On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 8:26:06 AM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
On 1/4/23 1:28 AM, ScottW wrote:
stupid rules.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/getting-answers-why-are-dams-releasing-water-in-a-drought/
We can add water management to the list of subjects in which Scott is
expert. Where do you propose storing the snow melt when it arrives?
We obviously need more and larger reservoirs or get off the snow melt dependency.Snow melt is where California's water comes from.
But neither is happening.
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