In Reply to: John Wesley Powell warned about this 130 yrs ago. * posted by BluBlood on October 25, 2026 at 15:26:37
exceptionally wet years. JWP Knew better.
California's SWP is another example of promising more than you can deliver. Contractors signed up for an "entitlement" to the amount of water they wanted. But "entitlement" meant that there was no guarantee that a contractor would get all of their entitlement in any water year. For example, entitlements were reduced to 5% in 2014. That meant that if a contractor was entitled to 1000aft, the SWP would only deliver 50aft.
The low hanging fruit is to recycle the waste water we produce. It would be cheaper and more reliable than assuming we can capture more fresh water than might, or might not, fall from the sky..
Or, are we feelin' luckily?