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This is great news for all people in the region. This should supply water for the next 2 to 3 years. But I really hope, that these years are used to repair the
by _ph_ 10y ago
This is great news for all people in the region. This should supply water for the next 2 to 3 years. But I really hope, that these years are used to repair the aging infrastructure (see the Oroville dam) and build more dams, to be able to manage larger amounts of water, both in the absence as in long droughts, as in presence as in storing more the snow now present.
- mateo411 10y agoI also hope that they fix the existing dams. We don't really build dams anymore in the US. They alter the surrounding environment too much and wreak havoc on fish species. It's hard for fish to swim up a river when there a dam there. It's too bad that's the case, because it could improve CA's water situation and we could generate more hydropower which does not produce greenhouse gases.
- _ph_ 10y agoI think that mostly depends on the design of the dams. New dams that would be built where currently a river exists, should be built with a small bypass river, which is just large enough to allow the fish and other species to travel upriver still. And of course, locations have to be carefully selected. But any kind of human settlement or building alters the nature, be it by farming or building roads or houses. I think of all the possibilities, setting up a dam is so beneficial overall, that it is worth the tradeoffs. It should also be considered, that while altering the environment, it has a lot of local benefits too, as it creates a huge habitat for water-living species, full of clean and un-polluted water.