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   From: Intelligent@savetheworldmsn.com   
      
   On 10/14/2021 12:36 AM, Intelligent Party wrote:   
   > https://snowbrains.com/lake-shasta-ca-surpasses-4-million-acre   
   feet-for-first-time-in-1376-days/   
   >   
   >   
   > 5 years later, now on verge of drought.  The dam could be raised 200 feet,   
   > allowing for 10 million more acre feet storage.  Or damn the Eel or Klamath   
   > rivers, both of which run into the sea.  Or revive the potentially polluting   
   > peripheral canal.  Or all four.  The farmers utilize 80% of the State's water   
   > capacity, and the consumer utilize 20% of it.  The Federal Water project is   
   for   
   > the farmers, and has runoff for the State consumer water project.  The Army   
   Corps   
   > of Engineers builds the Federal Damns which last, like the Hoover Damn, and   
   hold,   
   > unlike the State's damns, which though newer, required evacuation of 100,000   
   > residents in recent years.   
   >   
   > Current situation:   
   > "Shasta Lake is California's largest reservoir, capable of holding 4,552,000   
   acre   
   > feet of water.  Right now, it has 1,186,057 acre feet of water stored.    
   Breaking   
   > that down into percentages, the reservoir is at 26% capacity and 42% of   
   average   
   > for this date."   
   > September 7, 2021   
   >   
   > https://www.abc10.com/article/weather/california-drought/reser   
   oir-levels-california/103-a3f855d0-98ba-4597-b334-b30086c50cb6#:   
   :text=Shasta%20Lake%20is%20California's%20largest,of%20average%2   
   for%20this%20date.   
   >   
      
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