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Letter: Removing Searsville Dam would be 'beyond insane'
Original post made on Apr 19, 2015
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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.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Apr 19, 2015 at 10:12 am
Menlo Voter is a registered user.
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.