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Remember folks, that impoundment (lake) supplies water to the entire lower 2/3rds of the state. If they lose it, they lose 75-80% of the water that's supplied to SoCal and significant portions of the supply to the populous areas from Napa County all the way to LA and even parts of San Diego.
Shasta dam could supply some replacement water if the snowpack in the Sierras holds out.
But Oroville Reservoir is the headwaters of the entire Feather River Project and the California Water Project system. It supplies water to much of the San Joaquin Valley, and much of LA County, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
If it goes down, rationing will be bad enough that I believe there will be a mass exodus out of many areas of California, and agriculture outside of the Imperial Valley will become marginal at best.
California's short-sightedness in allowing additional water storage is about to become glaringly apparent if this thing goes kaput.
Shasta dam could supply some replacement water if the snowpack in the Sierras holds out.
But Oroville Reservoir is the headwaters of the entire Feather River Project and the California Water Project system. It supplies water to much of the San Joaquin Valley, and much of LA County, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
If it goes down, rationing will be bad enough that I believe there will be a mass exodus out of many areas of California, and agriculture outside of the Imperial Valley will become marginal at best.
California's short-sightedness in allowing additional water storage is about to become glaringly apparent if this thing goes kaput.
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