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Breaking News: CWC announces tentative funding for Temperance Flat, Sites Reservoir, Los Vaqueros & Pacheco Reservoir.
I’ll believe it when they actually start pouring concrete...
How about rebuilding the Auburn Dam as we the people still own that property and the environmental crap was done long ago and only stopped because moonbeam said that all of a sudden the dam was not earthquake proof, big joke because nothing in California is earthquake proof and as far as I can remember there has never been an earthquake in the Auburn area. REBUILD the AUBURN DAM and raise Shasta first.
Moonbeam will divert it to illegals, Pelosi’s pockets, and George Soros.
More infrastructure projects people can bitch about. Goody.
It's about damn time.
#ICYMI "Acting under this new authority, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke put Shasta at the top of his list. McCarthy then inserted the $20 million that Zinke requested for Shasta in a catch-all spending bill that Congress passed last month."
And re building the Auburn Dam now. We still own the property around this dam that moonbeam stopped after wasting our tax dollars to build this.
“When voters approve $2.7 billion for water storage, the public benefit they’re seeking is water storage. To bury misleading language in the small print is to invite cynicism and drive future voter participation even lower.”
And you're very misleading with the number of reservoirs as only 6 of those reservoirs have more than 2 million acre feet of water. Most are below half a million acre feet and some included are below 5000 acre feet. Maybe you should do more research.
To say that water storage equals dams is misleading. Even if those monies were given to build dams today none of them would be finished with construction in time to save us. We really need to invest in more immediate and reliable water solutions rather than blowing billions an futile strategies like new dams in a state with 1,400 existing dams (most of which in dire need of maintenance)!
Shannon the last reservoir built in California was New Melones Resevoir in 1979. This was at a time when the state had over 15 million less people in the state. Do you know how much water consumption that is? 1 to 2 more reservoirs could fix California's water issue. Besides the fact the liberals want to build a tunnel or 2 to redirect water fast to SoCal; the worst wasters of water in the state. On top of that California dumps 1/3 of its water back into the ocean. And on top of that California is the largest grower of produce and nuts in the nation. 1 to 2 more reservoirs could easily fix California's water shortages. The liberals and environmentalists are part of the problem, not the solution.
Travis Allen will get the dam construction started and says Brown's tunnels are never getting built! www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/political-notebook/article20859...
See the problem with your argument Shannon is that you act like we have been recently proposing new watsheds. Last one was built in 1979, there have been multiple proposals for new dams long before the drought and water shortages. Had we built the Klamath or Trinity watersheds over 10yrs ago you would as would everyone else be singing a different tune. And the fact of the matter is you say a new watershed/storage isn't the answer yet you have no solution, just that a new damn won't fix the problem. The same thing environmentalists been saying for years. You're full of it. Simple water conserving doesn't work. So what's you're solution?
Yes, I think many of us feel we were intentionally mislead. Between that and the HSR proposal, I doubt I’ll vote for any Sacramento-proposed bond again.
“Not only did we not invest in infrastructure, such as general roads, freeways, and airports,” Hanson said, “but specifically in the California water project. This third and final phase of water infrastructure would have given us, depending on how many of the reservoirs such as Sites, Temperance Flat or Shasta Dam raising would be constructed ... enough water. If we did not have to talk about it. It would have been fine."
Hanson: No Investment in Water Infrastructure
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