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So 100% of reservoir loss is due to evaporation? In the analogy, filling the glasses before EBMUD turns the water off is like filling a reservoir during (even
by eplanit 5y ago
So 100% of reservoir loss is due to evaporation? In the analogy, filling the glasses before EBMUD turns the water off is like filling a reservoir during (even brief) rainy seasons.
- avianlyric 5y agoThink you would a better leg to stand on if California’s reservoirs actually filled up during the year. As it stands California’s reservoirs never seem to fill completely anymore. Adding more reservoirs won’t help store extra water if it simply isn’t falling from the sky.
- jdavis703 5y agoThe Oroville dam was so full it was at risk of overtopping just a few years ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oroville_Dam
- pixl97 5y agoMore reservoirs doesn't make more water in the first place. This is about how much that falls from the sky in the first place. You should not stop all the water from reaching the ocean in the first place, bad things happen when you do that. We are reaching the point where we just have enough water to keep the rivers flowing so we don't kill all the wildlife that exists in them, we're not adding significant amounts of water to storage.
- defterGoose 5y agoIf you distributed the total available water to more reservoirs then the loss rate from evaporation would actually go up due to an increased ratio of surface area to volume. Simple math, really.