12-30-2004, 03:17 PM
I don't know specifics....but I do have generalizations!
The problem is not the amount of water, it's getting that water. Currently the DWR owns a C-pool in Johnson. When the water level get's to that level, the irrigation users can't draw it down any more. The reason (as far as I understand) that the c-pool is at the level it currently is, is because there is a problem with the pipe going out the dam on Johnson. I guess it is difficult to draw the water down below the c-pool (maybe the pipe is too high? or running uphill?). The irrigation users know this. Poor engineering I guess. The cost of fixing this would most likely not be worth it to the irrigation users.
I'll see if I can find out the specifics of this problem.
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The problem is not the amount of water, it's getting that water. Currently the DWR owns a C-pool in Johnson. When the water level get's to that level, the irrigation users can't draw it down any more. The reason (as far as I understand) that the c-pool is at the level it currently is, is because there is a problem with the pipe going out the dam on Johnson. I guess it is difficult to draw the water down below the c-pool (maybe the pipe is too high? or running uphill?). The irrigation users know this. Poor engineering I guess. The cost of fixing this would most likely not be worth it to the irrigation users.
I'll see if I can find out the specifics of this problem.
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