Posted by Steve S
a resident of Menlo Park: University Heights
on Apr 19, 2015 at 9:02 am

Wow. 19th century thinking and statement from Brian. So dry up all our rivers and kill off all the wildlife and forests that depend on them? Talk about a disservice.
Dams and reservoirs waste huge amounts of water through evaporation; a disservice during a drought and otherwise. Is that waste a failure of engineering? Building more dams doesn't make it rain more so they can actually fill up. Groundwater storage is the solution for California, not more dam caused evaporation ponds.

Posted by Menlo Voter
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 19, 2015 at 10:12 am
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Searsville is so full of silt as to be virtually worthless as a water storage facility. Dredging would be required to make it useful again and that would send huge amounts of silt downstream destroying fish habitats.