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From what I've heard the runnoff issue is much, much less of a problem on the Klamath than on other systems. Not sure why that is or the exact numbers, but I can try and find out.
Second... 2020... good question... first they are going to spend 4 YEARS studying removal and then 8 years doing god knows what. One big issue is that the available pots of money are capped (as I understand it)... CA will only pay $250M and the good rate payers of Pacific Corps will only pay $200M. The estimate is $450M for removal, but those numbers depend on who does it, how well they stick to budget and they are today's dollars, not 2020 dollars, or 2025 dollars when the last dam is slated for the hammer. Oh, and by the way, that money CA will be looking for would probably come from THE WATER BOND... which would suck more water from the Lower Sac a la Sites Reservoir and build another multi billion dollar dam at Temperance Flat on the SJ that we estimate would never fill and would have some water in it only 1-4 years.
There is a lot of work to be done on this deal to make it... well... anything beyond a piece of paper that one might bring back and wave to supporters if you are really channeling Neville Chamberlain.
So... on with the good fight.
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