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from the San Francisco Chronicle
Water is going down the drain
The second problem is that the Department of Water Resources has already oversold the system by eight and a half times its actual capacity to produce. If additional dams are built, instead of attempting to meet current demands, their annual capacity would be sold as additional water available on an annual basis, even though they will sit empty six out of seven years. Cogdill's solution is no solution at all. Ed.
Dave Cogdill Tuesday, April 14, 2009 -- A brewing perfect "storm" will exacerbate California's water crisis - and drought is just one factor...(Continued on-line at the San Francisco Chronicle)
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