Has god damned this dam?
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Churtful.RaceBannon said:
I agreeBennyBeaver said:Inspection and maintenance of infrastructure (bridges, dams, roads) is not sexy enough to get political attention and funds.
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Cadillac Desert, anyone?
Play shell games with water levels...and you win stupid prizes.
The real messed up laws reside post Reclamation Act. The Department of Interior's attempt at "reclaiming the desert into a productive oasis" failed but hey...let's keep spraying Lake Tahoe/Truckee water on this fine NV soil for the next 150 years (among other places). Then DoD layed claim to this power (Army Corps), and now we have water rights owners that exceed current capacity by a 25% or more on the Sac, San Joaquin, Truckee, Colorado, Missouri, and all of the mid/upper Columbia tribs. But they own the paper "water rights"...so they take it. Even when the right itself is based on a shell game of shifting reservoir levels and covert transfers by the Federal and State Watermasters.
Same BS here in the Colorado and Missouri system where this IS my business.
Sincerely,
Fish Nerd and Water Resource Superiority Guy
P.S. Boobs...the only saving grace you have with NOT bypassing Portland should water be an issue is, BPA. It ain't the water. Energy commodities resold back to the grid is your only hope. -
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Who was the governor in 05 when it was brought up to fix?Dude61 said:
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Great book. Read Cadillac Desert a few years ago.MisterEm said:Cadillac Desert, anyone?
Play shell games with water levels...and you win stupid prizes.
The real messed up laws reside post Reclamation Act. The Department of Interior's attempt at "reclaiming the desert into a productive oasis" failed but hey...let's keep spraying Lake Tahoe/Truckee water on this fine NV soil for the next 150 years (among other places). Then DoD layed claim to this power (Army Corps), and now we have water rights owners that exceed current capacity by a 25% or more on the Sac, San Joaquin, Truckee, Colorado, Missouri, and all of the mid/upper Columbia tribs. But they own the paper "water rights"...so they take it. Even when the right itself is based on a shell game of shifting reservoir levels and covert transfers by the Federal and State Watermasters.
Same BS here in the Colorado and Missouri system where this IS my business.
Sincerely,
Fish Nerd and Water Resource Superiority Guy
P.S. Boobs...the only saving grace you have with NOT bypassing Portland should water be an issue is, BPA. It ain't the water. Energy commodities resold back to the grid is your only hope. -
But those illegals are happy to be here and earn an opportunity for a better life for their family!!!Dude61 said:
If you can't tell that by how they didn't show up to work yesterday.... I can't help you!!!
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Historically the dam issue in CA has shown failures and successes by both parties. When CA stopped adding storage capacity and the state had half the population that it does at present, Reagan was governor; he viewed dam building as a "big government" boondoggle and he wasn't necessarily wrong at the time. Governor Moonbeam's dad, however, was a staunch supporter of the State Water Project of which Oroville is the lynchpin. This, of course, was back when there were TUFF liberals. Throughout our nation's history, many of our public works projects have been big government boondoggles, but they would never have been built otherwise and we should be glad we have them.Dude61 said:
