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The existing reservoirs are, generally, nowhere close to full. https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/Here-s-where-California-reservoirs-stand-after-177005
by fdr 4y ago
The existing reservoirs are, generally, nowhere close to full. https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/Here-s-where-California-reservoirs-stand-after-17700534.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/Here-s-where-Cal...
Looking at the contents of the interview, the problem looks more to be in aquifer recharge. Also probably runoff, and nitrogen pollution (especially, but among others) I bet.
- human_person 4y agoBut is it about the average state of the reservoir or the extreme case of catching (all) the water you get during unlikely but intense weather events?
- fdr 4y agoI’m not sure what you mean. The reservoirs tend to sit at a watershed’s egress point, runoff is obligated to pass through it. If there’s ample room in the reservoir, no runoff is lost. I think a correct reading of the article, which is perhaps too oblique on this point, is the loss of water to runoff where it is not in a watershed with a major reservoir, and not able to infiltrate into the aquifer. Add some runoff, such as agricultural runoff, is heavily polluted, complicating the matter even more.