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They’re empty now, but presumably they would not have been pre-drought, delaying the point when the current shortage begins.
by lovecg 5y ago
They’re empty now, but presumably they would not have been pre-drought, delaying the point when the current shortage begins.
- wpietri 5y agoYou can't presume that. You have to show it. In particular, you have to show the new reservoir would capture water that would last long enough to matter. It has been years since some of the large reservoirs were close to full. Where specifically do you believe new reservoirs should be built? And why do you do believe that they will capture water that keep from evaporating long enough to make a difference during the next drought cycle?
- Someone 5y agoI don’t think it is a given that, this time, there will be a post-drought that fills the current reservoirs. If so, if extra reservoirs were built years ago, they would have been useful exactly once. On top of that, that ‘useful’ could have been very limited. For example, shortening a half year drought by a week would not be worth anything if it just meant crops would die a week later. You have to do some serious modeling on expected rainfall, the costs of reservoirs and water usage to figure out whether additional reservoirs are worth the investment.