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   From: RegulationReform@USA.com   
      
   Raising the Dam at Lake Shasta 200 feet instead of the previously proposed 20   
   will   
   add 10 million acre feet of Water.   
      
   The Klamath Reservoir will add 15 million acre feet of water.   
      
   The Eel Reservoir will add 7.5 million acre feet of water.   
      
   That is 32.5 million acre feet of water between the three.   
      
   Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the two largest reservoirs in the United States.   
   They each hold up to 25 million acre feet of water, but they are presently at   
   40%   
   capacity, each with 10 million acre feet of water, only 20 million acre feet of   
   water total between the two.   
      
   There is a drought ever decade or so in California.  Entire farms could die   
   out.   
      
   The Federal Government needs to put in these reservoirs, like Hoover Dam.    
   Farms   
   are industry.  Industry needs 100% facilitation to work.  Farmers should not   
   have   
   to worry about water, it should be like sunlight. The Federal government water   
   project is for farmers.  The State water project is for drinking water.  The   
   State   
   dam is newer and nearly failed recently.  100,000 were evacuated.  There will   
   be   
   excess capacity from the Federal project diverted to State water use.   
      
   The above capacity numbers are capacity only.  Someone should research how fast   
   these reservoirs would fill up relative to each other and see if the water   
   capacity numbers are really the most pertinent or not.   
      
   Here is pertinent intelligence accumulated so far:   
   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ca.water/y5tkrEW4Gkk   
      
   The California Central Valley produces one-third of all produce grown in the   
   United States.   
      
      
   Possible solutions that apparently aren't:   
   1. Oregon - the Columbia River separates the states of Washington and Oregon   
   and   
   starts in British Columbia and empties tons of fresh water into the Ocean.  All   
   the rivers in Oregon flow South to North.  So unless you were going to float   
   the   
   water down the coast in big tubes it's not liable to matter.   
   2. The Peripheral Canal was rejected by the voters.  I think they thought it   
   was   
   going to cause pollution.   
   3. Turning Salt Water into Fresh Water.  Some Municipalities such as Carlsbad   
   are   
   resorting to this, as is Australia.  Is this really a cost effective solution?   
   Cost effectiveness may be all it comes to.   
      
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