Not being able to get past the paywall, I can only comment this way: Water in the West is always about money, huge amounts of money. Many of those who would b

Not being able to get past the paywall, I can only comment this way: Water in the West is always about money, huge amounts of money. Many of those who would benefit from capturing the Sacramento-San Joaquin outflow, bought cheap worthless land (no water) and hope to make huge fortunes from dams payed for by tax-payers.