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Originally Posted by Tobra
Wonder if it has occurred to any of the geniuses running water policy to get some earth moving equipment out there and make the hole behind the dams a little less shaped like a "V" and a little more shaped like a "U"
Every cubic yard of dirt would give you that much more water behind the dam, assuming it ever rains again. I wonder how many dump trucks you could fill and drive out of there every day, and how many days until it rains.
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They did this for half a century in the foothills east of LA. Dig a hole, use the rock they removed as aggregate for concrete and sand, and in the winter trap the water and let it percolate into the aquifer. Then the citrus farmers (and later the cities) pumped the water back out.
They also routinely dug out the rock, sand and silt from a little ways behind our local dam, increasing its capacity and providing addl materials.
But 15-20 years ago local environmentalists in Claremont et al. began a “ban the strip mining” movement. So now no more digging.
And so it goes…