From an ops point of view, the unforeseen technical difficulties in dealing with this problem are pretty stunning. eg, there is "plenty" of water in a bunch of

From an ops point of view, the unforeseen technical difficulties in dealing with this problem are pretty stunning. eg, there is "plenty" of water in a bunch of upstream reservoirs which can't be released - either because it's in the dead pool, or because dropping the levels causes other problems. The Navajo reservoir has 800,000 acre-feet of water which can't be released due to the high placement of an intake pipe. If that intake is exposed, water to several small cities and part of the Navajo reservation (unfulfilled decades-long promise, still in-process) ceases to flow. Apparently it's a design flaw made in the name of cost-savings. https://twitter.com/edmillard/status/1520915847316836352 https://twitter.com/edmillard/status/1520915847316836352 https://twitter.com/edmillard/status/1520914733674553344 https://twitter.com/edmillard/status/1520914733674553344